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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Deck Building & Design => Type 1 Deck Advice => Topic started by: Tsavong Lah on January 16, 2009, 01:46:15 AM
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I give you:
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The Irish Deck!
Cards in deck: 56
Lost Souls: 8
Lost Soul (anti-ignore)
Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
Lost Soul (Female Only)
Lost Soul (hopper)
Lost Soul (N.T. only)
Lost Soul (shuffler)
Lost Soul (Wanderer)
Lost Souls (2-line)
Dominants: 7
Angel of the Lord
New Jerusalem
Son of God
Burial
Christian Martyr
Destruction of Nehushtan
Falling Away
Fortresses: 2
Tartaros
The Garden Tomb
Artifacts: 5
Asherah Pole
Captured Ark (Crimson)
Confusion of Mind (Pale Green)
Golden Calf
Hidden Treasures
The Bronze Laver
Sites: 1
Promised Land
White Heroes: 2
Mary the Mother of James
Salome
Green Heroes: 7
Benaiah
Joanna
Joel
Micah
Nahum
O'badiah
Saint Patrick
White Hero Enhancements: 2
'He Is Risen'
No Need for Spices
Green Hero Enhancements: 7
David's Music
Plague of Frogs
Provisions
Search
+Spiritual Warfare
Swords into Plowshares
Two Bears
Visions
Crimson Evil Characters: 1
Seven Sons of Sceva
Orange Evil Characters: 7
Demon behind the Idol
Evil Spawn
King of Tyrus
Mary's Seven Demons
Prince of this World
Seven Wicked Spirits
Trembling Demon
Orange Evil Enhancements: 7
Corrupted
Deafening Spirit
Evil Armor
Following Demons
Pride before Calamity
Sinning Hand
+Two Possessed by Demons
Worshipping Demons
Comments, questions, suggestions, and political debates welcomed. :)
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One of the best enhancements to play on your green prophet with Hidden Treasures is Spiritual Warfare. I've found that people overlook it sometimes because it's multicolored so it's not on their list of green enhancements. Sure, it doesn't do much against an orange defense but who plays with orange... ::)
I'd cut Visions to fit it in. Even if you don't like that idea I'd still change Visions to Sword of the Lord since the later works with Hidden Treasures and the former does not.
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I like this deck because it looks like it would be fun to play.
Suggestion: I would swap out Corrupted for Two Possessed by Demons. 2PD lets you take out two characters (good and/or evil) as opposed to one good character for Corrupted. As a side benefit, if you are trying to shrink down your opponent's list of ECs to use TGT (which you can't do with Corrupted) there is no protection against 2PD.
Nit-Picks: In an Irish deck, I'm pretty sure the correct spelling of the 9/7 Green Prophet's name is O'Badiah. ;)
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you need a green negate. benaiah snatches a spear would be the one you want; on benaiah, it's name-on-name bonus, it negates the enhancement and redirects
the numbers on that enhancement and it can't be negated. Asherah pole could hurt your deck :( i wouldn't advise using it. Wickedness removed could help; it's
amazing! it helps draw lost souls when there are none, it does its name sake and is very useful w/HT. I used it once and removed a guy's captured ark, DON and Judas iscariot FROM THE GAME! ;D Did i mention it put a women's ls in his territory? ;D ;D
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Sure, it doesn't do much against an orange defense but who plays with orange... ::)
me *raises hand* :rollin:
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One of the best enhancements to play on your green prophet with Hidden Treasures is Spiritual Warfare. I've found that people overlook it sometimes because it's multicolored so it's not on their list of green enhancements. Sure, it doesn't do much against an orange defense but who plays with orange...
I'd cut Visions to fit it in. Even if you don't like that idea I'd still change Visions to Sword of the Lord since the later works with Hidden Treasures and the former does not.
Duh, I can't believe I missed that. Thanks! :)
Suggestion: I would swap out Corrupted for Two Possessed by Demons. 2PD lets you take out two characters (good and/or evil) as opposed to one good character for Corrupted. As a side benefit, if you are trying to shrink down your opponent's list of ECs to use TGT (which you can't do with Corrupted) there is no protection against 2PD.
I will try that, thanks. :)
Nit-Picks: In an Irish deck, I'm pretty sure the correct spelling of the 9/7 Green Prophet's name is O'Badiah.
Duly noted. :laugh:
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you need a green negate. benaiah snatches a spear would be the one you want; on benaiah, it's name-on-name bonus, it negates the enhancement and redirects
the numbers on that enhancement and it can't be negated.
I do have Swords into Plowshares, which is nice because it discards evil weapons as well. It also has a strength of 3, which means I can discard it to Patrick and then get it back with Micah. Benaiah Snatches a Spear would be nice for its CBN though... hmm.
Asherah pole could hurt your deck. i wouldn't advise using it.
I might have missed something there, but how so?
Wickedness removed could help; it's
amazing! it helps draw lost souls when there are none, it does its name sake and is very useful w/HT. I used it once and removed a guy's captured ark, DON and Judas iscariot FROM THE GAME! Grin Did i mention it put a women's ls in his territory?
I love Wickedness Removed, and I use it in my silver deck. It also has a strength of 3, which would be nice as a backup in case I needed something to discard to Patrick. I'm just not sure if I want to pull a battle winner out to make room for it, but I will think about that one. :)
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Asherah pole could hurt your deck. i wouldn't advise using it.
I might have missed something there, but how so?
You have benaiah, micah, joel, nahum and o'badiah. They're all OT and form more than half your offense. that's how :-\ Same thing goes for golden calf.
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Are you thinking of Golden Calf? G-Calf does hurt my O.T. heroes, but I usually don't activate it if I'm planning on rescuing with the prophets. You might be on to something though. Any suggestions as to what should go in instead?
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I don't see much site access... at all, besides nahum. :-[ Maybe replacing A. pole w/ priestly crown for the OT heroes and g cow with ends of the earth for the NT heroes would help. You may not always use them, but having them at your disposal
might will come in handy. :thumbup:
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Nice catch. Updated. :)
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Yeah, site access is one of my main concerns. I always have to have at least four different ways to get it in every deck I make, or I won't be able to live with myself.
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"O'Badiah"
I loled
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It was MJB's joke, not mine, but thanks. ;)
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Sure, it doesn't do much against an orange defense but who plays with orange... ::)
me *raises hand* :rollin:
You are lucky I don't count. ;) So only david's music/Swords to P work with patty? Am I missing any?
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Sure, it doesn't do much against an orange defense but who plays with orange... ::)
me *raises hand* :rollin:
You are lucky I don't count. ;) So only david's music/Swords to P work with patty? Am I missing any?
RR, you never count. You should know that by now ;)
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You are lucky I don't count. Wink So only david's music/Swords to P work with patty? Am I missing any?
Visions used to, but it was pulled for S.Warfare. :dunno:
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Sure, it doesn't do much against an orange defense but who plays with orange... ::)
me *raises hand* :rollin:
You are lucky I don't count. ;) So only david's music/Swords to P work with patty? Am I missing any?
RR, you never count. You should know that by now ;)
If I had mod powers I'd so edge you out ;).