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This is the deck I've been playing in ROOT this month (yes I know the month isn't over, no I don't care if everyone in ROOT sees my deck) and it's been pretty average. I know it needs fixing, I end up having to discard quite a bit so the balance is off somewhere. I also know I need some more red enhancements. Any suggestions are welcomed, except of course to play Gardenciples 

Cards in deck: 53
Lost Souls: 8
   Lost Soul (anti-burial)
   Lost Soul (first round)
   Lost Soul (hopper)
   Lost Soul (N.T. only)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (shuffler)
   Lost Soul (Wanderer)
   Lost Souls (2-line)

Lamb Dominants: 6
   Angel of the Lord
   Grapes of Wrath
   Guardian Of Your Souls
   Harvest Time
   New Jerusalem
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 5
   Burial
   Christian Martyr
   Destruction of Nehushtan
   Falling Away
   Mayhem

Fortresses: 2
   The Throne of David
   Tower of Thebez

Purple Sites: 1
   Canaan

White Covenant Cards: 1
   Gibeonite Curse (Black)

Multi-Color Heroes: 1
   Samuel (Gold/Green)

Silver Heroes: 2
   Angel with the Secret Name
   The Angel Under the Oak

Red Heroes: 6
   Ahimelek the Hittite
   Asahel
   David
   Heldai
   Ishmaiah the Gibeonite
   Uriah the Hittite

Green Heroes: 1
   Armorbearer

Purple Heroes: 4
   Abigail
   King Amaziah
   King Hiram
   King Saul

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 3
   Counsel of Abigail (Purple/Red)
   Foreign Sword (Red/Black)
   Pentecost

Red Hero Enhancements: 1
   Bravery of David

Gold Hero Enhancements: 1
   Samuel's Edict

Purple Hero Enhancements: 3
   Authority of Christ
   Reach of Desperation
   Valley of Salt

Black Evil Characters: 4
   Gibeonite Delegates
   Lot's Wife
   Shechem
   The Woman of Thebez

Black Evil Enhancements: 3
   Fortify Site
   Gibeonite Trickery
   Stone of Thebez

I've never used the second part of Canaan's ability but the first part helped me a TGT deck. He couldn't grail my character to get rid of one of my two so I could still block. I do not know what ASP stands for , and I will consider mustering for war but 2 turns is an awful long time when everyone plays speed.

Foreign Sword is fluffly. The way I personally play Red/Purple is with an emphasis on Ahimelek, and Battle Cry and Kingdom United are just great cards anyway. I never use Uriah either, and I actually don't even use AoCP in most of my Red/Purple builds. Schechem and Fortify Site don't seem that great, and I'd find room for Wrath. Wrath can be a nail in the coffin for any main deck, especially if played against a bullet-proof Gideon.

Do you find that defense to be more useful than the standard meta defense, extra size accounted for?

I definitely disagree that Foreign Sword is fluff. It forces your opponent to move through their deck faster, allows access to the Female Only, First Round, and NT Lost Souls if you need access, puts a site on top if you need access, gets rid of ECs like Uzzah and A Slave who can help your opponent stall, and can take out a Writ, Charms, or any other number of harmful artifacts for a turn.

Not sure if forgot to name card, or trolling Pol...

Quote from: lp670sv on February 05, 2012, 02:15:27 AM

Quote from: Chronic Apathy on February 05, 2012, 01:54:44 AM

I definitely disagree that Foreign Sword is fluff. It forces your opponent to move through their deck faster, allows access to the Female Only, First Round, and NT Lost Souls if you need access, puts a site on top if you need access, gets rid of ECs like Uzzah and A Slave who can help your opponent stall, and can take out a Writ, Charms, or any other number of harmful artifacts for a turn.

Not sure if forgot to name card, or trolling Pol...

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your first sentence agrees with pol. you then detail why he is wrong.....

He said it was fluff, and I said I disagree. I am confused.

The problem here is my inability to differentiate between the words agree and disagree at 2 am.

Drop Uriah and Heldai.