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Title: Needs Help with deck.
Post by: 3-Liner And Bags Of Chips on March 21, 2011, 11:29:26 AM: Im not sure if this deck is up to par or even worth building. But let's give it a try...

Cards in deck: 112
Lost Souls: 15
   Lost Soul (deck discard)
   Lost Soul (deck discard)
   Lost Soul (Far Country)
   Lost Soul (Far Country)
   Lost Soul (female only)
   Lost Soul (female only)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (site doubler)
   Lost Soul (site doubler)
   Lost Soul (site remove)
   Lost Soul (site remove)
   Lost Soul (site remove)
   Lost Souls (2-line)
   Lost Souls (2-line)

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

Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
   Burial
   Christian Martyr
   Destruction of Nehushtan

Fortresses: 6
   Herod's Temple
   High Places
   High Places
   Pharaoh's Throne Room
   Pithom
   Wall of Protection

Multi-Color Sites: 2
   The Ends of the Earth
   The Ends of the Earth

White Sites: 2
   Golgotha
   Golgotha

Red Sites: 1
   Caesarea Philippi

Blue Sites: 3
   Damascus
   Damascus
   Damascus

Artifacts: 9
   Chariot of Fire
   Chariot of Fire
   Gifts of the Magi
   Hezekiah's Signet Ring
   Hezekiah's Signet Ring
   Samaritan Water Jar
   Samaritan Water Jar
   Samaritan Water Jar
   Three Nails

White Covenant Cards: 3
   Given Over to Egypt (Gold)
   Given Over to Egypt (Gold)
   Given Over to Egypt (Gold)

Blue Covenant Cards: 1
   I am Holy

Multi-Color Heroes: 2
   Seeker of the Lost
   Soldier of God

Gold Heroes: 9
   Good Samaritan
   Good Samaritan
   Sower
   Sower
   The Thankful Leper
   The Thankful Leper
   The Woman at the Well
   The Woman at the Well
   Zaccheus

Blue Heroes: 3
   Claudia
   Jacob
   Jacob

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 1
   Faith as a Mustard Seed (Purple/Gold)

Gold Hero Enhancements: 10
   Battle Prayer
   Furnace of God's Wrath
   Furnace of God's Wrath
   Kindness
   Kindness
   Kindness
   Meeting the Messiah
   Plague of Hail
   Repentance and Restitution
   Repentance and Restitution

Blue Hero Enhancements: 8
   Abraham's Descendant
   Abraham's Descendant
   Abraham's Descendant
   Job Overcomes
   Job Overcomes
   Numerous as the Stars
   Numerous as the Stars
   Obedience of Noah

Gold Evil Characters: 12
   Egyptian Archer
   Egyptian Archer
   Egyptian Archer
   Egyptian Archer
   Egyptian Archer
   Egyptian Horsemen
   Egyptian Horsemen
   Huge Egyptian
   Jannes
   King Shishak
   Pharaoh Hophrah
   Queen Tahpenes

Gold Evil Enhancements: 18
   Building Egypt
   Egyptian Horses
   Egyptian Horses
   Egyptian Horses
   Egyptian Spear
   Egyptian Spear
   Failed Objective
   Failed Objective
   Failed Objective
   Pagan Sacrifices
   Pagan Sacrifices
   Pagan Sacrifices
   Pagan Sacrifices
   Spreading Mildew
   Spreading Mildew
   Wonders Forgotten
   Wonders Forgotten
   Wonders Forgotten
Title: Re: Needs Help with deck.
Post by: RTSmaniac on March 21, 2011, 02:46:58 PM: I would like to see some kind of stall in here too like Burial Shroud and Besieging the City+SideBattle recursion

12 EC is to small with out some kind of speed/search. How about Choose the Rescuer on defence targeting your own TWatW? and Generous Widow with RbD active?
Title: Re: Needs Help with deck.
Post by: CJSports on March 21, 2011, 02:52:16 PM: If you want that many blue enhancements you'll probably need more blue characters.
Title: Re: Needs Help with deck.
Post by: Gabe on March 21, 2011, 03:08:16 PM: I haven't looked over the whole deck yet. I can tell you that for the defense 12 is far too few Evil Characters. You will want a minimum of 14 but probably closer to 16. Egyptian Charioteer is a strong choice to add.

If your goal is deck discard I absolutely love the synergy between Wash Basin (plus 2 NT humans) and Given Over to Egypt on Pithom. You can discard their evil stuff from the bottom, place anything good you don't like on top, then discard it with GotE without the risk of hitting a Lost Soul!
Title: Re: Needs Help with deck.
Post by: Professoralstad on March 21, 2011, 04:58:41 PM: With a goal of deck discard, plus 3 SWJ's and a bunch of forced drawing, your lack of Watchful Servant is troubling. I would try to fit at least two of them in there. Even when he's not ignoring, a generic Luke Hero with good initiative that can't be captured is still awesome.

And although I understand the Awesomeness that is Abraham's Descendant, the rest of your blue doesn't really seem to fit. You're rarely going to get a chance to use Job Overcomes, and one Obedience of Noah with no way to recur it (Abe's Descendant is much better for EE/Curse recursion that GE recursion--although it does both, you rarely get a chance to get the enhancement back) will help vs. very few defenses (Kingdoms, Kir, Grapes, Unknown Nation, etc. are common in T2 decks). I'd probably scrap the blue to make room for The Generous Widow, a couple Watchful Servants, and maybe even splash in a few Judges. Moses and Covenant with Moses and Ehud and 2-3 Daggers are very good options, since the Daggers can be used on your Luke Heroes too, but are CBN battle winners if used against common characters like KoT or Judean kings.

Ambush the City is one of the most versatile cards a Gold T2 can have. When you attack, you have the advantage of knowing who your best attacker is, while your opponent usually doesn't. So if you go in with your second best guy, he uses his best block, and you end up setting them aside and starting with your best guy, you have your best attacker vs. your opponent's second best block (or oftentimes no block). Advantage: you.