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I have recently just abandoned the idea of a joshua/musicians offense, I just don't think it's going in the right direction (at least while I'm driving it). Besides, adding Jael, Jael's nail, Barak, Deborah and Music Leader plus extra support for them just raised the numbers too much. I figured if anything goes, it has to be the Musicians that were supposedly going to save Jael, seeing as it is a Rahab deck, lol.

(Version 4- 55 cards)

Lost Souls (7):

Awake
Dull
Forsaken
Lawless
Protector (2016 Promo)
NT Only
Female Only

(No Hopper now)

Dominants (7 ):

Good:
Son of God (I)
The Second Coming
Angel of the Lord

Evil:
Christian Martyr
Falling Away (CoW)
Mayhem
Vain Philosophy (J)

Heroes (13):
Captain of the Host (Wa)
Spy
Ishmaiah the Gibeonite
Asahel (TxP)
Ehud (RoA)
Samuel (RoA)
Israelite Archer
Jephthah (J)
Rahab (CoW)
David the Shepherd
AUtO
Gideon (J)
Joshua, Son of Nun

GEs (6):
Battle Cry
Bravery of David (RoA)
A Soldier's Prayer
Faith of Joshua
Family Bond (J)
Faith of Samson

Evil Characters (10):

Lot's Wife
Abimelech (RoA)
Gibeonite Delegates
Amalekites' Slave
Foreign Wives
Jezebel (RoA)
Sisera
Shechem (RoA)
Army of Jericho
Sisera's Army

EEs (6):
Hunger
Joseph in Prison
Abandonment (EC)
Babel
Devourer (Wa)
Pride of Simon (G)

DUA Enhancement (1):
Foreign Sword

Site/Fortress (2):
Canaan
Jericho (CoW)

Artifact/Curse/Covenant (3):
Gibeonite Curse
Unholy Writ
Ram's Horn (Pri)

If you have any suggestions on how to improve this deck, please tell me, I want to know and learn more about this great game!

All I had to read was the part that says 64 cards. My advice is cut some

Looks extremely GE-heavy, missing Ram's Horn.

With Ram's Horn, I don't know which version you were thinking of. I can see validity in both, but there seems to be a lot more going with the Priests version than the Warriors version, as cbi enhancements on my warrior class heroes would be awesome and much more widely useful than negating redirection of my special abilities (Warriors version), as there are only a few ways of doing that (Treachery of Jezebel and Denying Blame are the only 2 that come to mind).

I am thinking I will go with the Priests version, even though the Warriors version has a Joshua reference.

Yeah, definitely the Priest version. If you add Cornelius, you can use Ram's Horn infinitely, too.

Pardon my ignorance, but how? Could you please explain, I can't figure out how to do that with Cornelius (TEC).

Quote from: ag4hosea on July 18, 2016, 12:50:51 PM

Quote from: Minister Polarius on July 11, 2016, 08:40:43 AM

Yeah, definitely the Priest version. If you add Cornelius, you can use Ram's Horn infinitely, too.

Pardon my ignorance, but how? Could you please explain, I can't figure out how to do that with Cornelius (TEC).

Cornelius negates artifacts, so he negates Ram's Horn (Priests), including the clause about discarding it if you win a battle.

However, don't forget that abilities that assign CBI to other cards, like Ram's Horn, are inherently CBN    So Cornelius can't negate the portion of Ram's Horn's ability that makes enhancements played on WC heroes and Priests CBI.

Ooh, I did not know that abilities granting cbi were inherently cbn. I had managed to surmise the other interactions, but all I saw was a full on negate without that juicy piece of fabulous information. Thanks for explaining!

I can't remember where I got up to, I'll just be a few minutes

Not a huge fan of family bond or Faith of Samson. Faith of Barak and either A Soldier's Prayer or Centurion's Proclamation would be much better.

Counsel of Abigail (RA) ftw.

These are all really good suggestions, but the problem I have is that there are no more enhancements for my judges. The reason I had Family bond was because it does the same thing as holy ground, but my judges can use it as well as Rahab. I do agree with Faith of Samson though. Definitely keeping Counsel of Abigail. I have come to appreciate its usefulness over time  .