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My 11-year-old son reached a milestone last night by beating me when I wasn't using a starter deck. Although happy, he wants to improve his deck since it was a close 5-4. He wants to put angels in his deck, particularly Gabriel. Understand that this is the first deck that he has worked down to under 100 cards (and that's without doubles). Any suggestions are welcome:

63 Cards

Lost Souls ( *   <- WOW, that was weird! This is what I typed: Lost Souls ( 8 ) + 1 *

*Hopper
Anti-Shuffler
*/4 Only
Women Only
NT Only
Revealer
Set Hero aside
Different Books
First Round Protect

Dominants

DoN
Doubt
Burial
CM
FA
AotL
SoG

Artifacts

Unholy Writ
U & T
Chariot of Fire
Ark of the Covenant

Fortresses

Z-Temple
Wall of Protection
Jerusalem Tower
Storehouse

Sites

Dragon Raid

Covenants

Cov. of Palestine
Cov. with Levi
Cov. with Phinehas

Curses

Wastelands
Unknown Nation
Confusion of Mind

Good Guys

King David
Zadok
Priests of Christ
Joakim, Son of Joshua
Ahimaaz
Phinehas, Son of Eleazar
Eliashib the High Priest
Joshua the High Priest
Ezra

Good Enhancements

Trumpet Blast
Jehoiada's Strength
Jordan Interrupted
Burning Incense
Grain Offering
Phinehas' spear
Filling Z-Temple
Zeal for the Lord

Bad Guys

Emperor Claudius
Emperor Nero
The Terrifying Beast
Prince of this World (orange)
Fallen Angel (orange)
Seizing Spirit
The Thief
King of Tyrus (orange)

Bad Enhancements

Romans Destroy Jerusalem
Pride Before Calamity
Evil Armor
Deafening Spirit
Two Possessed by Demons
Corrupted
Sinning Hand
Following Demons

The following cards were removed when he shrunk his deck from 70 to 63:

Lost Soul - OT/NT Band
Holy Grail
Siegeworks
Seven Wicked Spirits
Emperor Augustus
Renewing the Covenant
Azariah the High Priest

He had Covenant of Palestine for two reasons: 1) to stop my capture defense; 2) to give King David an enhancement when necessary.

He had Unknown Nation to get his emperors when he needed them.

As for the others, he seems okay with losing those. As you can see, no matter how much I try to drill "initiative," he still likes the big numbered guys.

A shout out to Kirk, by the way. During the game, I commented on a nice decision he made in the middle of a battle. He said that Kirk was a "good teacher." He only met Kirk once at a non-tournament gathering, but the impression has remained.