I decided to upgrade starter decks for more advanced games between my brother and I. I have no RoA, TXP, FooF2, RoA2 cards, and only four Disciples cards, so I am working with an "outdated" bunch of cards.
My main question is not what to add for the meta or tournament play... but rather, are these two decks balanced with each other?
I gave each deck a single use curse rather than standard arts. No forts or sites (I would have added Rome, but that "...except for orange" line is rather sad in this context)
---I Deck---
Cards in deck: 56
Lost Souls: 7
Lost Soul
Lost Soul (Female Only)
Lost Soul (Resurrection)
Lost Soul (shuffler)
Lost Soul (Shut Door)
Lost Soul (Wanderer)
Lost Souls (2-line)
Lamb Dominants: 3
Angel of the Lord
New Jerusalem
Son of God
Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
Burial
Christian Martyr
Strife
White Covenant Cards: 1
Unknown Nation (Yellow)
Silver Heroes: 5
Gabriel
Gathering Angel
Michael (Kings, I have AW as well, but neither offers an advantage so I used the cooler artwork)
The Destroyer
The Strong Angel (Kings)
Purple Heroes: 4
Andrew
James
John
Peter
Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 3
Loaves and Fishes
Raising Lazarus
Walking on Water (purple/silver)
Silver Hero Enhancements: 5
Angelic Guidance
Eaten by Worms
Overwhelming Presence
Protection of Angels
Swift Beings
Purple Hero Enhancements: 5
Authority of Peter
Fishers of Men
Reach of Desperation
Wonderment
You Are the Christ
Black Evil Characters: 5
Delilah
Ishbibenob
Philistine Armor Bearer
Saph
The Twelve-Fingered Giant
Brown Evil Characters: 5
Complainers
Esau
Nabal
Shaphat
Uzzah
Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 1
Ashtaroth Worship
Black Evil Enhancements: 4
Bringing Fear
Ishbibenob's Spear
Lahmi's Spear
Wickedness of Delilah
Brown Evil Enhancements: 5
Achan's Sin
Dungeon of Malchiah
Korah's Rebellion
Sin in the Camp
Stiff-Necked
--- J Deck ---
Cards in deck: 56
Lost Souls: 7
Lost Soul
Lost Soul (Anti Angel)
Lost Soul (demon discard)
Lost Soul (discarder)
Lost Soul (Rejoice)
Lost Soul (Speed Bump)
Lost Soul (Thorns)
Lamb Dominants: 3
Angel of the Lord
New Jerusalem
Son of God
Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
Burial
Christian Martyr
Vain Philosophy
White Covenant Cards: 1
Madness (Orange)
White Heroes: 4
Boaz
Elders of the City
Naomi
Ruth
Gold Heroes: 5
Gideon
Ibzan
Jephthah
Moses
Samson
Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 2
Family Bond (Gold/White)
When Judges Governed (gold/white)
White Hero Enhancements: 5
Devotion of Ruth
Gleaning the Fields
Joseph before Pharaoh
Kindness of Boaz
Loyalty of Ruth
Gold Hero Enhancements: 6
Deborah's Directive
Gideon's Call
Samson's Strength
Shamgar's Oxgoad
The Sword of Gideon
Thrown into the Sea
Gray Evil Characters: 5
Emperor Galba
Emperor Otho
Emperor Tiberius
Mocking Soldiers
Sabbath Breaker
Orange Evil Characters: 5
Prince of this World
Evil Spawn
Trembling Demon
Unclean Spirit
Foul Spirit
Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 6
Evil Strength
Expelling the Jews
Fiery Darts
Hypocrite's Proselyte
Persistent Pestering
Sinning Hand
Gray Evil Enhancements: 4
Balaam's Disobedience
Coliseum Lions
Heavy Taxes
Namaan's Chariot and Horses