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Probably the biggest problem with this deck right now is not drawing Lampstand quickly enough. Here is the current 56 card version:

Esther
John
King Asa
King David
King Lemuel
King Solomon
King's Daughter
Melchizedek
Prince Jonathan

   AoCP
   Five Smooth Stones
   Peace Treaty
   Reach of Desperation
   Royal Parade
   Unified Kingdom

   Pentecost
__________

Emperor Augustus
Emperor Nero
Emperor Vitellius
The Entrapping Pharisee
Pharisees
Proud Pharisee
Sabbath Breaker

   Balaam's Disobedience
   Chains
   False Peace
   Heavy Taxes
   Namaan's Chariot and Horses
   Night Raid

   Just a Hireling

The Amalekites' Slave
__________

Chariot of Fire
Lampstand of the Sanctuary
Unholy Writ

I Am Grace

Unsuccessful
Unknown Nation
Captured Ark
__________

High Priest's Palace
The Tabernacle
The Throne of David
__________

Angel of the Lord
Glory of the Lord
Grapes of Wrath
Harvest Time
New Jerusalem
Son of God

Christian Martyr
__________

Hopper

3-Liner
Female
CBP
Shuffler
Wanderer
NT
Revealer

better put wall in there or they can band to your King David and ignore half your defense

I'm really not too afraid of that. That's why I have the Pharisees in there.

I would also take out Mel-cheesy-deck and put in King Hiram to get your forts out faster.

I always use Melchizedek in royalty offenses. He has annoyed my opponent and won me souls on so many occasions. And I see a significant number of self-capture decks, so I find him invaluable. However, if it turns out that I Am Love works with Peace Treaty, then I will consider taking out Melchizedek and putting in Covenant of Palestine, I Am Love, and Book of the Covenant.

Im not a fan of five smooth stones either...unless you are going up against goliath 

Five Smooth Stones is very nice in a deck with such high-number characters. It has actually won me a few battles. And it's one of the few enhancements that John can use.

Needs more Pentecost.

Hormah is overrated.

Hormah is overrated.

Maybe in this deck. But if you use it right, it can be nasty. Just have Hormah, Gates of Hell, the 2-liner LS, and a bunch of dispensable human EC's, and it makes for an amazing endgame strategy (assuming your opponent has used SoG/NJ). MKC had to make 8 successful recues to end with 4 redeemed souls in a game we played.

What happens when they CM Lemuel?  With such a small offense and no CoF, it seems like that would be really tough to come back from.  Or am I missing something obvious?

Lemuel is not essential to my strategy. With SoG, NJ, and AotL, I will hopefully only have to make 2 successful rescues, and I have essentially 5 battle-winners if I am able to use Lemuel at least once. Taking CM, UN, and negaters and stuff into account, that should come to at least 2 battles won the "fair way" just about every game. At least, that's how I figure it should work on paper. Paper is a liar though...

So, do you think it would be best to bump this deck up to 56 cards and put in CoF, Pentecost, King Hiram, and some more defense?

Alright, I updated the deck. I couldn't bring myself to put in King Hiram, because I have never before had problems with not drawing TToD fast enough, but I think I like everything about this deck now.

You could take out Amel's Slave for False Peace to help with getting Lampstand out.

Even if I didn't already have False Peace in there, I wouldn't want to get rid of TAS. It ruins the whole give my opponent Lost Souls he doesn't want strategy.

I prefer BBN to Chains.

BBN?

Quote from: BubbleBoy on May 11, 2010, 07:24:16 PM

Quote from: Ring Wraith on May 11, 2010, 07:21:50 PM

I prefer BBN to Chains.

BBN?

Bearing Bad News?

yuppers

Quote from: Ring Wraith on May 11, 2010, 07:51:39 PM

Quote from: jmhartz on May 11, 2010, 07:45:14 PM

Quote from: BubbleBoy on May 11, 2010, 07:24:16 PM

Quote from: Ring Wraith on May 11, 2010, 07:21:50 PM

I prefer BBN to Chains.

BBN?

Bearing Bad News?

yuppers

That's what I thought, but I was confused because I have no low number unique characters...

Vitaleus. but yeah, definitely didn't notice that.