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After months of hibernation I finally got my redemption cards out to plan for the new tournament season. Since the new starter decks are not being released late, I'm going to resume playing with last years deck.

I would like to find a new defense that will accommodate my FBTN offense. I'm starting out fresh because the previous attempts at making a defense always seems to fail when the game is close towards the end. Nothing fancy just a solid defense that I can use to block attacks from popular based decks. Anyone have ideas where to start?

How many card spaces do you have for said defense you want?

I'm still a very newby deck builder in redemption, but do have a few years experience in other TCGs, and with our limited collection a few things I have found are a fun solid defense are:

1) trying for low abilities on the ECs to gain initiative and then using capture or destruction cards (e.g. Seige paired with King Zimri or Deceit of Sapphira is fun, Wrath of Satan also works, different Archers are also useful)

2) Along similar lines, using low EC abilities to gain initiative and using lots of discard cards to gain card advantage on your opponent is also fun (there are some cards that even let you look at an opponent's hand and choose a card for them to discard)

3) The other thing that has worked is using larger ECs that are immune to things and/or backing them up with various negates and interrupts in preparation for anything an opponent may play when they gain initiative.

Hope some of that is helpful, God bless.