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Hi all! This is my first type 2 deck. I looked at some others posted around here and altered them a little (I'm not nearly smart/creative enough to create my own  ). I'm sure this thing couldn't beat 2 starter decks put together until you guys change it; so feel free to mock my deck!



Total Cards: 112
Neutral Cards: 22
Lost Souls: 15
Anti-Burial
Anti-Burial
Color Guard
Color Guard
Female Only
Female Only
NT Only
NT Only
Reveler
Wanderer
Wanderer
2-Liner
2-Liner
Shuffler
Shuffler

Artifacts: 5
Assyria's Tribute
Burial Shroud
Chariots of Fire
Unholy Writ
Unholy Writ

Sites: 2
Pergamum
Dragon Raid


Good cards: 45
Fortresses: 2
The Throne of David
Wall of Protection

Dominants: 4
Son of God
New Jerusalem
Angel of the Lord
Guardian of your Souls

Purple Heroes: 18
Esther
Elijah
Ethiopian Treasurer
Ethiopian Treasurer
King David
King David
King Hiram
King Hiram
King Jotham
King Jotham
King Lemuel
King Lemuel
King's Daughter
Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth
Widow
Widow
Other Heroes: 1
Faithful Servant

Purple Enhancements: 20[/u]
Authority of Christ (Promotional)
Authority of Christ (Promotional)
Authority of Christ (Promotional)
Authority of Christ (Promotional)
Authority of Christ (Promotional)
Reach of Desperation
Reach of Desperation
Reach of Desperation
Reach of Desperation
Reach of Desperation
Peace Treaty
Peace Treaty
Peace Treaty
Unified Kingdom
Unified Kingdom
Great Faith
Great Faith
Royal Parade
Royal Parade
Royal Parade


Evil Cards: 45
Pale Green Evil Characters: 17
Assyrian Archer
Assyrian Archer
Assyrian Archer
Assyrian Archer
Assyrian Archer
Esau, The Hunter
Esau, The Hunter
Prince of this World (Warriors)
Prince of this World (Warriors)
King Tiglath Pilser III
The Assyrian Spoilers
Women as Snares
Women as Snares
The Rabashakeh
The Rabasaris
Messenger of Satan
Messenger of Satan


Pale Green Evil Enhancements: 19
Forgotten History
Forgotten History
Forgotten History
Forgotten History
Forgotten History
Stocks
Stocks
Captured by Assyria
Captured by Assyria
Death of Unrighteous
Death of Unrighteous
The Rabsaris Attacks
Two Thousand Horses
Two Thousand Horses
Two Thousand Horses
Two Thousand Horses
Two Thousand Horses
Confusion
Confusion

Curses: 3
Unknown Nation
Captured Ark
Confusion of Mind

Fortresses: 2
Assyrian Camp
Assyrian Camp (I'm thinking about taking this out. Color Guard and One should be able to protect me from AOCP, right?

Dominants: 4
Christian Martyr
Destruction of Nehustan
Falling Away
Burial

On a side note, how am I supposed to lay my deck out? The way I sorted it looks so... weird.

For being your first T2 deck it looks pretty good.  You seem to have a good card pool as well, that's always the hardest part of getting into T2 in my opinion.

My card pool isn't that deep actually . I'm missing most of the FOOF/ROA on there as well as 2 more Authority of Christs. The rest I have to take out of my type 1 deck...  .

I think you should try to get at least 2 of the important Fortresses such as Throne of David and Assyrian Camp.

I understand The Throne of David, but I'm kinda reluctant to get rid of Assyrian Camp simply because I like my defense to... not die... and there are 5 AOCPS in there. Will removing 2 cards and adding 2 more enhancements really make that much of a difference?

I think you misunderstood me about the Fortresses.  I think you should have more of them, not less.

... I guess that is what happens when I got about 4 hours of sleep last night and should go to sleep now... 

What do you think I should take out for another TToD? I was thinking...
Lydia - (Already have 7 heroes to use 8 enhancement)
King Jotham - (No comment)
Assyria + Burial Shroud (then add 1 more evil card)

I'd probably go without Esther unless you are going to face Haman's Plot. 

The reason Esther/King's Daughter are in there is for King Lemuel. I don't think 1 female royalty will draw fast enough, so I put in two.

Ya might want a storehouse with all your enhancements.

I originally was trying to work that in, but I didn't know what to take out. I don't have banding aside from Assyrian Archer so I was thinking of taking out Wall of Protection, but I'm not sure about that. If they can band to my Archers they could abuse my strategy

I'd also like to work in a Household Idols or 5... maybe have a split defense. If I were to have a split defence It would probably be black, so I can have 12 Fingered-Giant x 5 just to make sure Ring Wraith can't abuse his pre-battle immunity or banding  . I'd probably also add in another Chariots of Fire to make sure I can easily recur my heroes because of Wrath of Satan.

I don't know. I've been making different versions on RTS and playing them against other working decks I uploaded around here. I guess I'll just use Guess and Check :/.



Thanks for your opinion/changes.
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Changed a tad. I added in a couple of Messanger of Satans, took out King Sargon II. I'll probably also take out another Prince for Women as Snares

good to see someone new joining type 2

  first off, I'd cut the deck down to 105 card for more reliability

  second, my type 2 deck is also purple and designed to attack on every turn, and 14 heroes are usually enough for this, many in our playgroup run 12 or even less, it depends on how disposable you treat them
  same for evil character, 14 means that very few turns pass without defense
of course, my deck does feature 5x AOC/P, 5x Wrath of Satan, so the count has to be high for me

  as for evil protect forts, one plus one way to search for it, or 2/3 lost soul sites of the right color for color guard is ok, but as you're running purple you probably want more, one site + color guards will never happen when it counts

  Dragon Raid and Pergamum is more harm that good, you won't have much of a chance against a dedicated site deck with only 1 multicolored site, and the Pergamum will hurt you more that it helps, use a generic purple site for protection instead (2/3), or use (2x) promised land and/or an artifact like temple vale (1), searched up by the magi (1) who can also find other important single artifacts, like Burial Shroud and Unholy Writ

  bottom line for finding impotent cards in time in a hundred card deck is you need 3 ways to get it (1 copy + 2 search, or three copies) two is somewhat risky, based on my experience

  other than that, consider cutting Ethiopian Treasurer for 2 more Kings Daughter, depending on your playgroup, he may just be a 5/4 New Testament male, but she's a female royalty with site access

  overall very good, sort of what I was imagining of building for a Throne of David deck on the offense

Yeah, you won't have to worry about sites unless we go to a big tournament.
Ring Wraith is right:  ET has lost a lot of power with protection forts.  aocp can still be used to win battles, however.
HHI might be a good idea.  Ring Wraith and I use banding, but he uses 3 Cov w/ David.  This is your call.  (Forcing him to activate that as his artifact would be beneficial)

A split defense is a great idea!  I really enjoyed having 2 brigades with my new deck this tournament.  Ring Wraith's dad uses Jacob and pre-battle ignoring.  So then I would just choose the other brigade!



I guess the most important thing is to test it out.

HHI might be a good idea.  Ring Wraith and I use banding, but he uses 3 Cov w/ David.  This is your call.  (Forcing him to activate that as his artifact would be beneficial)

A split defense is a great idea!  I really enjoyed having 2 brigades with my new deck this tournament.  Ring Wraith's dad uses Jacob and pre-battle ignoring.  So then I would just choose the other brigade!

not that beneficial. go ahead and waste a DoN on that or Alter of Burnt Offering, there'll always be another waiting. and if Covenant with David isn't up, the Lampy will be... it's how my deck rolls

franta, your "split defence" isn't ordinary. I think it will be very difficult to use a split defence because 2k horses are so powerful, and you'll either not have enough killers for them, or not have enough of them...

also, black is weak