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Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« on: August 22, 2014, 12:16:41 PM »
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I expect decks like this will be a popular build in T2 this season.

Cards in deck: 105
Lost Souls: 14
   Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
   Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
   Lost Soul (Female Only)
   Lost Soul (female only)
   Lost Soul (Resurrection)
   Lost Soul (Resurrection)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (revealer)
   Lost Soul (Site Discard)
   Lost Soul (Site Discard)
   Lost Soul (site doubler)
   Lost Soul (site doubler)
   Lost Soul (Thorns)
   Lost Soul (Thorns)

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

Grim Reaper Dominants: 5
   Christian Martyr
   Destruction of Nehushtan
   Falling Away
   Mayhem
   Vain Philosophy

Fortresses: 3
   Herod's Temple
   The Garden Tomb
   Wall of Protection

Clay Sites: 1
   Damascus

White Sites: 1
   Golgotha

Red Sites: 1
   Caesarea Philippi

Artifacts: 6
   Hidden Treasures
   Hidden Treasures
   Holy Grail
   Lampstand of the Sanctuary
   The Bronze Laver
   Urim and Thummim

Clay Heroes: 6
   Ananias of Damascus (Clay)
   Ananias of Damascus (Clay)
   Barnabas (Clay/Green)
   Paul's Disciples (Clay)
   Paul's Disciples (Clay)
   Paul's Disciples (Clay)

Silver Heroes: 2
   Gabriel (I)
   The Strong Angel (WA)

White Heroes: 9
   Mary Magdalene
   Mary Magdalene
   Mary the Mother of James
   Mary the Mother of James
   Nicodemus
   Salome
   Salome
   Susanna
   Susanna

Green Heroes: 2
   Joanna
   Simeon

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 3
   Nunc Dimittis (Green/White)
   Nunc Dimittis (Green/White)
   Spiritual Warfare (Green/Silver)

Dual Alignment Enhancements: 2
   Gamaliel's Speech (Clay/Gray)
   Gamaliel's Speech (Clay/Gray)
   
White Hero Enhancements: 8
   Consider the Lilies
   Consider the Lilies
   'He Is Risen'
   'He Is Risen'
   'He Is Risen'
   'He Is Risen'
   Words of Encouragement
   Words of Encouragement

Green Hero Enhancements: 3
   Provisions
   Provisions
   Provisions

Multi-Color Evil Characters: 4
   Scribe
   Scribe
   The Sanhedrin
   The Sanhedrin

Gray Evil Characters: 14
   Emperor Tiberius
   Emperor Vitellius
   Hard-Hearted Religious Leaders
   High Priest Annas
   High Priest Caiaphas
   Pharisees
   Pharisees
   Proud Pharisee
   Proud Pharisee
   Proud Pharisee
   Saul/Paul
   Saul/Paul
   The Entrapping Pharisees
   The Entrapping Pharisees

Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 5
   Scattered (Brown/Crimson/Gray/Pale Green)
   Tenants Kill the Son (Gray/Black)
   Tenants Kill the Son (Gray/Black)
   Stoning of Stephen (Gray/Black)
   Stoning of Stephen (Gray/Black)

Gray Evil Enhancements: 12
   Balaam's Disobedience
   Balaam's Disobedience
   Balaam's Disobedience
   Night Raid
   Night Raid
   Night Raid
   Pretension
   Pretension
   Pretension
   Sorrow of Mary
   Sorrow of Mary
   Sorrow of Mary
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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2014, 12:41:07 PM »
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No Burial?

Have you thought about the new Patience to potentially get back Paul's Disciples every turn? Or is Nazareth too problematic?

Goodness might be nice to get around ending the battle...
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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2014, 01:51:43 PM »
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No Peter (Clay) to (A) heal your other clay heroes (Including Paul) if they die in battle and (B) use TGT?

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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2014, 02:07:08 PM »
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No Burial?

Have you thought about the new Patience to potentially get back Paul's Disciples every turn? Or is Nazareth too problematic?

Goodness might be nice to get around ending the battle...

Burial was an oversight from this originally being a T1 deck. Probably drop an EE for that (though I could also see an argument for dropping DoN or FA since I want to have Lampstand up most of the time anyway).

I have been seeing alot of Nazareth in T2 games I've played recently. I think with 3 copies of Paul's Disciples and Herod's Temple, I should be able to keep Paul around. And really I don't need Paul every turn...once all of their ECs (that are in play) are set aside, then it's just a matter of walking in for freebies with TSA or TGT Ladies. As long as I've done the initial damage with Paul, I'm not worried too much about going a few turns without him if he somehow gets taken out.

I might have to try and find a spot for Goodness, more so for the ability to negate a protection Fort like Gates of Jerusalem or protection card like Wolves in Sheep's Clothes than the end the battle ability.

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No Peter (Clay) to (A) heal your other clay heroes (Including Paul) if they die in battle and (B) use TGT?

If Peter can walk in for a freebie (with no support), then that means my TGT ladies can do the same thing. I'd put in another copy of Paul's Disciples before I added Peter.
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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2014, 05:08:44 PM »
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Paul + Treasures + He Is Risen... got it!
Not gonna lie I feel like the guy at the comedy club that laughs 5 minutes after that punch line :)

I love that this is just a solid deck all around, combo or no combo. One way to get the instant use of TGT would be to throw Reassuring Angels or Angelic Visitor in (banded in by He Is Risen) to exchange for Peter or John. Obviously with the current Prophet splash your offense would be spread too thin for this, but I can see a more purple-centric TGT deck enjoying that perk.

Gabriel pulling back Spiritual Warfare is nice too, Hidden Treasures should get some good mileage in this deck.
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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2014, 06:20:43 PM »
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One way to get the instant use of TGT would be to throw Reassuring Angels or Angelic Visitor in (banded in by He Is Risen) to exchange for Peter or John.

If they exchanged to territory, I would definitely be using one or both of them.

The other issue is that I expect Golgotha will see more play. While I could use Benedictus, I'm not as much counting on the ignore winning me battles, (especially since I'm using what could be the most popular defense myself), but more just the fact that they will have very few options once I set aside the majority of their defense.
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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 10:14:58 AM »
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Whats the play if they place Widows of Joppa stopping your Sorrow of Mary's?

You could use Prison to negate protect abilities.
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Re: Paul-Tomb/Pharisees
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 11:59:14 AM »
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The Sorrows aren't super vital to this deck. Widows doesn't protect against Urim and Thummim so I still get to look at their hand when I need to. I can also use Night Raid or Stoning to capture/discard a Widows if they are really causing problems.

Prison is a good suggestion...I might have to find a spot for that.
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