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I started with this deck and just thought it was so cool and all the cards fit so well together. I want to see what you guys think:

56 cards...

Offense

Deborah
Ehud
Eli the Priest
Moses
Samuel
The Woman at the Well
Zaccheus
   Battle Prayer
   Deborah's Directive
   Ehud's Dagger
   Mary's Prophetic Act
   Meeting the Messiah
   Samson's Sacrifice
   Sword Against Sword
   Taking Egypt's Wealth

Defense

King Merodach-Baladan
King Rehoboam
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebushasban
Nergalsharezer
   Carried into Exile
   Christian Suing Another
   Desecrate the Temple
   Great Image
   Head of Gold
   Imitating Evil
   Nebuchadnezzar's Pride
   Set Fire
   Swift Horses

Users of Curious Arts

Astrologers
The Winged Lion

Artifacts

Holy Grail
Lampstand of the Sanctuary
Magic Charms
Three Nails

I Am Healing

Unknown Nation
Captured Ark

Fortresses

Headquarters at Riblah
Judge's Seat
The Tabernacle

Dominants

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

Christian Martyr

Lost Souls

Hopper

3-Liner
Female
Cannot be Prevented
Shuffler
Wanderer
NT
Revealer


Some of my favorite combos:

King Rehoboam/Christian Suing Another + Mary's Prophetic Act/Samson's Sacrifice(/Battle Prayer)
Sword Against Sword + Great Image/Head of Gold/Nebuchadnezzar's Pride
Taking Egypt's Wealth + Users of Curious Arts

Why the 3-liner over the 2-liner?

Why the 3-liner over the 2-liner?

Why the 2-Liner over the 3-Liner? I dunno...what's the difference in 99% of games? If you want to get into the nitpicks, I personally don't like the idea of my opponent having 4 souls rescued and a half-rescued (by him) 2-Liner in his territory. Now if it's the 3-Liner, then that is fine with me, but I find the 2-Liner volatile in a way which I do not like because I cannot exploit it myself. I actually realize now that I should probably just take the 3/2-Liner out altogether, since I have no Burial...

for some reason i want to see a jephthah in here and maybe something to play on him (capturing caanan?)

Hm...perhaps...perhaps indeed...I don't know if I would want to take anything out though...

I wish there was some way to create more evil brigades in opponents territory (seven wicked spirits,corrupted?)to utilize this card:
<Image of The Lord Fights for You>

If you use SWS or Corrupted to put a character of a brigade they don't have in their territory, guess what the first thing they will discard with TLFfY is? I have never found this card to be useful enough to be worth a card in my deck.

I just thought of something: Does "in battle" always refer to the current battle? If not, then I could see Shibboleth being real purty...

"Field of Battle" refers to all battles but "battle" refers to the current one.

Aw, so Shibboleth won't work in a side battle...

If you use SWS or Corrupted to put a character of a brigade they don't have in their territory, guess what the first thing they will discard with TLFfY is? I have never found this card to be useful enough to be worth a card in my deck.

The only way this wouldn't be useful is if the opponent uses one brigade or if you use multiple brigades.  Otherwise, why not?  Protect forts are about the only way to stop TLFFY, and they are primarily used with single brigade themed defenses like the Babs this deck has.  Splash defenses will have to keep all their characters in hand, or else they go bye-bye.

Also, the fact that TLFFY can get rid of Image of Jealousy, Destructive Sin, all the "place" enhancements, Abom, etc. just makes it an all-around good add if you have the room.  If IoJ lands on Judge's Seat or The Tabernacle, how do you get rid of it?

I noticed that this deck has Deborah's Directive and Moses but no Ibzan and that made me 

take out Samuel for Ibzan because even if he is good for Judges Seat you already have Deborah who is 4/4, a judge, and has access to the Female Only and Eli the Priest who is your other 4/4 and has a SA. and where the Samaratian Water Jar. you have Women at the Well but no SWJ! you crazy!

  ~Jayden