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It's old hat to the extreme. But I've never built one before, so I'm wondering if I'm missing something big:

Cards in deck: 63
Lost Souls: 8
   Lost Soul (anti-ignore)
   Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
   Lost Soul (Color Guard)
   Lost Soul (deck discard)
   Lost Soul (Site Discard)
   Lost Soul (site doubler)
   Lost Soul (site guard)
   Lost Soul (site remove)

Lamb Dominants: 4
   Angel of the Lord
   Grapes of Wrath
   New Jerusalem
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
   Christian Martyr
   Destruction of Nehushtan
   Mayhem

White Sites: 1
   Jericho

Red Sites: 1
   Lion's Den

Gold Sites: 1
   Kir

Blue Sites: 2
   Hormah
   Roman Prison

Purple Sites: 1
   Pergamum

Artifacts: 1
   Stone Pillar at Bethel

White Covenant Cards: 3
   Confusion of Mind (Pale Green)
   Go Into Captivity (Crimson)
   Unknown Nation (Yellow)

Green Covenant Cards: 1
   I am Salvation

Blue Covenant Cards: 1
   I am Holy

Blue Heroes: 9
   Asher
   Benjamin
   Dan
   Jacob
   Leah
   Levi
   Sarah
   Simeon
   Zebulun

Blue Hero Enhancements: 9
   Abraham's Servant to Ur
   Answer to Prayer
   Book of Jashar
   Buying Grain
   Jacob Buries the Foreign gods
   Jacob's Dream
   Journey to Egypt
   Obedience of Noah
   Reuben's Torn Clothes

Gray Evil Characters: 8
   Emperor Augustus
   Emperor Galba
   Emperor Nero
   Emperor Otho
   Emperor Vitellius
   False Priests
   King Menahem
   Syrian Archer

Pawsome Evil Characters: 1
        The Terrifying Beast

Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 2
   Expelling the Jews
   Romans Destroy Jerusalem

Gray Evil Enhancements: 7
   Balaam's Disobedience
   Deluge of Rain
   Gold Shield
   Heavy Taxes
   Idle Gossip
   Namaan's Chariot and Horses
   Twice Afflicted

Syrian Archer seems nearly useless without any syrians.

Ooh, I don't know about taking out Gold Shield. I have found that to be an extremely useful card, for a variety of reasons:

--It can essentially be used as a battle winner, by converting their attacking hero to a brigade they don't use. It is essentially uninterruptable, since converting a hero to a different brigade doesn't transfer the "special initiative" granted by removal from battle SA's, thus your opponent can't play an interrupt in the hero's former color.

--It can make a hero who has access to a site by color lose access.

--It can be used offensively to give one of your heroes access to an opponent's site.

I'd keep that in there, but I agree with the rest of the changes.

Yeah, this version was sux0r. I made some changes similar to what was suggested and it's pwnz0r now. Gold Shield is absolutely ftw.

I use Sheba for that.