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Hi there,

now finally coming also up with a deck idea I am  working on since a short time. It is still somewhat clumsy and also more a fun deck than being competitive.
Name is also not really given to it (I am not good in naming decks) - so proposals are welcome! 

Doms
Son of God (J)
The Second Coming (CoW AB)
Three Woes (RoJ AB)
Shipwreck (Promo)
Angel of the Lord (J)
Christian Martyr (J)
Falling Away (CoW)

Souls
Lost Soul (Lawless)
Lost Soul (Darkness)
Lost Soul (Imitate)
Lost Soul (Escape)
Lost Soul (Humble)
Lost Soul (Wicked)
Lost Soul (Forsaken)

Arts
Book of the Covenant (PoC)
Moses' Staff (PoC)
Endless Treasures
Golden Calf (FoM)
Covenant with David (PoC)
Covenant with Moses (PoC)

Forts/Sites
Storehouse (Promo)
Majestic Heavens (Promo)

DAEx
Pharaoh's Daughter (FoM)
Delivered

Heroes
Hur (PoC)
Noah, the Righteous / Noah (Rest and Comfort) (LoC)
Moses' Parents
Moses (CoW)
Cherubim (PoC)
Ezekiel, the Vindicator (PoC)
David, Heart After God / David, the Contrite (LoC)
Elimelech (LoC)
The Angel of the Winds
Jehoshaphat, the Seeker / Jehoshaphat, the Meek (LoC)
Aaron, God's Mediator

GEs
Plague of Disease
Love Righteousness
Faith
Virgin Birth
Word of Their Testimony
Royal Parade (LoC)

ECs
Foreign Wives
The Deceiver (RoJ)
Messenger of Satan (EC)
The Divining Damsel (Promo)
The Serpent (Promo)
Mounted Forces
Second Seal (War) (RoJ AB)
The Rabshakeh (LoC)

EEs
The Wages of Sin (FoM)
Lurking (Promo)
Assyrian Affliction (LoC)
Hired Sword (LoC)
Scattered
Balaam's Teaching (RoJ)
Offer of Exile (LoC)


Reserve:
Oath of Purity (LoC)
Marriage Covenant (LoC)
Plague of Boils (LoC)
Nahshon, the Blacksmith / Nahshon, the Oracle (LoC)
Plague of Darkness
Deluders
Flying Scroll (PoC)
The Rabshakeh's Threats (LoC)
Plague of Blood (PoC)
Foreign Horses (LoC)


The deck is not optimised yet nor finalised in any direction ATM it mainly utilises plagues and offensive banding.
Basic ideas are: Setting up Moses or Calf AFAP and utilise the Exodus banding chain to topdeck opponent's Doms from hand while DCing them with Hur afterwards. Backup options are: Using the same banding chain with getting hand information by Cherubim and ending the band e.g. with CoW Moses or Noah while Ezekiel makes Cherubim CBN.
Chain is: Ezekiel + Cherubim + Aaron + Hur or Ezekiel + Cherubim + Aaron + CoW Moses or Ezekiel + Cherubim + CoW Moses or Ezekiel + Cherubim + Noah. Backup option is Jehoshaphat + David to e.g. get AotL or Royal Parade or sth. like that quickly.
I added as much speed as I was able to find using Elimelech, Pharaoh's Daughter and AotWinds to quickly get to David or another key hero. Virgin Birth also should help in that + Cov. w. David/Moses.
Also bounce your CoW Moses to use your own TC enhancements while putting him back afterwards.
Defense is mainly optimised for speed and equipping itself while providing some banding possibilities while in fact it is still somewhat small for rotation. War might be helpful if your Foreign Horses or Hired Sword might end in DC pile. Nahshon in Reserve can be used also to be included into the banding chain to do some shenanigans with your own or opponent's artifacts.

Looking forward to your thoughts and ideas.

You could also add Zadok and Aaron's Staff (in Reserve if you have Zadok) to have another way to discard your opponent's Evil Doms off the top. Then you can go Zeke + Cherubim + Zadok to activate Aaron's Staff + Moses/Noah and then be able to discard an Evil Dom and finish off the band with a stronger Hero than Hur.

Could maybe also use Lacking Prophecy in Reserve to stop your opponent from just playing their Doms before you attack.

Aaron’s staff is unaffected by anyone that Zadok bands to. He fulfills the “if you’re tabernacle priest enters battle” portion and so after the band completes with any additional hero abilities, Aaron’s Staff will be triggered and do it’s ability.

Yes, Staff would need to already be active when he enters battle. I was just clarifying that Zadok didn’t need to be alone to trigger Aaron’s Staff. But yes, it would need to be active to check the game state when he enters battle. If you are wanting to do the play off Zadok activating it’s, you could always find another Tabernacle priest to band to and Aaron’s Staff would trigger on them entering battle as it will be after it was activated.

Yeah, it wouldn't necessarily work the first time, but if you added Aaron and banded to him and then Moses then you'd be set.