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Tabernacle Priest / House of Eleazar Deck
52 Cards (I’d like to get down to 50)

LS
Lawless
Humble
Protector/Promo
Open Hands
Punisher
Dull
Imitate

DOM
SoG
TSC
AotL
Grapes
3 Woes
Falling Away
CM

ART/FORT
Covenant of Prayer
The Tabernacle (Nats)
Aaron’s Staff
Ark of the Covenant
Covenant with Phinehas

DAE
Seventh Bowl of Wrath

HERO
Angel of the WInds
Eleazar, Son of Aaron (PC)
Zadok
Melchizedek (CoW)
Eli the Priest (Promo)
Dutiful Priest
Ahimaaz (Pi)
Phineas, son of Eleazar

GE
Reverence and Awe
Gifts and Offerings
Sword of the Lord (CoW)
Eli’s Sound Advice
Trumpet and Sword
Not Alone
Zeal for the Lord
Holy Unto the Lord

EC
The Deceiver
Foreign Wives
Sabbath Breaker
Fire Foxes
Outsiders (black and gold)
Emperor Vitellius
Messenger of Satan
Emperor Domitian

EE
Coliseum Lions
Seized by Rioters
Scattered
Paying Taxes
Plot to Kill
Namaan’s Chariot and Horses
Joseph in Prison
Abandonment

RESERVE
Emperor Claudius
High Priest Ananias
Emperor Nero
Uzzah
Seraiah the High Priest
Ahimelech, Priest at Nob
Trumpet Blast
Joshua the High Priest
Kidron Valley
Jehoiada’s Strength

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I know there are better decks out there, but I always want to play Teal, so here is an attempt at it. I know Joshua is pretty much an auto-include in Teal decks, but I really wanted to keep it Tab and El to keep the deck going strong. I can always exchange him from my reserve with Tabernacle (Priest can use the RESERVE!!!) Please let me know your thoughts. All of these cards are just from my collection, so I know some cards like Balaam's Disobedience should get put in. But I am open for advice. =]

Yes, but he's not Tabernacle and most of the cards trigger off of Tabernacle. That's why he is in the Reserve

You can only get Enhancements out of the Reserve with The Tabernacle so having 3 Heroes and a site in there isn't very efficient since you can only get them with CoP. To get more Reserve access you might be better off putting Trumpet and Sword in the Reserve and putting Seventh Seal in the main deck.

You can only get Enhancements out of the Reserve with The Tabernacle so having 3 Heroes and a site in there isn't very efficient since you can only get them with CoP. To get more Reserve access you might be better off putting Trumpet and Sword in the Reserve and putting Seventh Seal in the main deck.

Thank you for your input! Do you think I should put Kidron Valley in the main deck then? I'm just worried if I get Trumpet Blast from the reserve, I won't have a valid target for it's activation.

RDJ would definitely fit in here along with foreign spearman and or Roman spearman you've got some great toss options to utilize for regardless of protection battle winning

Quote from: kariusvega on August 11, 2017, 01:20:15 AM

RDJ would definitely fit in here along with foreign spearman and or Roman spearman you've got some great toss options to utilize for regardless of protection battle winning

I'm drawing a blank on RDJ...

Romans Destroy Jerusalem.

Quote from: h20tor on August 11, 2017, 08:39:20 AM

Quote from: kariusvega on August 11, 2017, 01:20:15 AM

RDJ would definitely fit in here along with foreign spearman and or Roman spearman you've got some great toss options to utilize for regardless of protection battle winning

I'm drawing a blank on RDJ...

Romans Destroy Jerusalem.

Wouldn't that hit my own Tabernacle?

or play Glory of the Lord to get it back

Rdj is more of a great toss card foreign spearman and Roman spearman are super clutch

It also has something to do with the fact that I'm terrible at cutting cards, but my build uses 8 souls and 8 doms, with 57 cards. It's still fast (especially since I'm not only running both First Fruits and Pentecost, but also a Pharisee/Sadducee defense), and it uses Glory along with the usual array of doms.

I'll second the recommendation to move Trumpet and Sword to reserve and run Seventh Seal instead (since that grabs both T&S and Trumpet Blast). Worst case scenario you can grab them out and use them as "good cards" for Tabernacle.
I also second adding Aaron/Moses. Even with the abundance of CBP stuff, Moses, even the old version, is so strong. Also, since Mo is a musician, the Aaron/Mo band allows you to activate Tabernacle twice.

I know you're running Ahimaaz already, but I'd add U&T. You have plenty of High Priests to activate it with and I've always found the knowledge indispensable.

I've been working a deck very similar to this and managed to squeeze it down to 51 but the last few cuts were painful. I think there is definitely a solid argument to be made for 57 cards since so many priest cards involve searches you can counteract the usual inconsistency 57 cards brings.

Has anyone had experience with running CoW Moses over FBTN Moses?

Can't do it. Running CoW Moses will most likely hurt you more than the opponent since it shuts off Melk, FF, Pentecost, Zadok Anoints, etc. I can only hope one day we finally get priest Moses (Same as old FBTN Moses just as Teal/Gold instead of straight Gold). That's what this kind of deck really wants.

Quote from: Kevinthedude on August 11, 2017, 03:35:22 PM

Quote from: h20tor on August 11, 2017, 03:26:39 PM

Has anyone had experience with running CoW Moses over FBTN Moses?

Can't do it. Running CoW Moses will most likely hurt you more than the opponent since it shuts off Melk, FF, Pentecost, Zadok Anoints, etc. I can only hope one day we finally get priest Moses (Same as old FBTN Moses just as Teal/Gold instead of straight Gold). That's what this kind of deck really wants.

IIRC Moses wasn't actually a priest, so that's pretty unlikely.

That said, I agree about CoW Moses - this deck runs too many TC cards, feasts, and powerful souls to run the CoW version.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests

I know this topic has been debated to death on the boards years ago but there was also a point when Moses didn't even count as a Judge so you never how things may eventually end up.

The elders vetted the topic of Moses "priesthood" thoroughly more than once. IIRC not all translations use priest because that's not what is originally meant in the passage some use to justify an identifier in a card game. There are no plans to revist that topic again.

I figured that was the situation from the older threads I've found. A guy can dream though