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I don't usually play T2, so I don't know how well this deck would do against most T2 decks. Advice is welcome!

105 cards

29 neutral cards
14 LS:
Revealer x2
Switch x2
Site Searcher x2
Deck Discard x2
Hand Discard x2
CBP x2
Fool x2

7 Arts:
Urim & Thummim
DDecree
Silver Trumpets
Bronze Laver
Lampstand
Book o' the Law
Golden Cheribum

7 Sites:
Media x4
Kidron Valley x2
Promised Land

1 Hero/EC:
King Abijam

38 Good Cards
6 Good Doms:
SoG
NJ
AotL
Glory o' the Lord
GoYS
Grapes

3 Forts:
Solomon's Temple x2
Kerith Ravine

15 Heroes:
Melchizedek
Jeremiah
Cherubim x2
King Solomon
King Hiram
Temple Priests x4
Jehoram the Priest x2
Amariah the High Priest
Joshua the High Priest
Phinehas

14 Good Enh:
Temple Dedication
Pentecost x2
Filling Zerubbabel's Temple
His Name is John x2
Jehoiada's Strength x2
Jordan Interrupted x2
Trumpet Blast x4

38 Evil Cards
6 Evil Doms:
Mayhem
Strife
VP
CM
Burial
FA

1 Curse:
Cov w/ Death

3 Forts:
Gates o' Jerusalem x2
Gates o' Hell

15 ECs:
Foreign Wives
King Manny x2
Prince o' Persia
The Bear
The Ram w/ 2 Horns x2
Fallen Angel
Gomer
Korah
King Zedekiah
King Amon x2
King Rehoboam x2

13 Evil Enhs:
Lurking
Ashtaroth Worship
Scattered
Siege
Sin in the Camp (brown)
Dungeon o' Malchiah x2
Wickedness Abounds x3
Gib Trick x3

Only 1 Solomon's Temple for that many priests/Judean kings is not enough.  Definitely need two, and without looking into the deck too much, I'd personally use 3.  You need to worry about fort removal (which is far more common in T2 than in T1, iirc), and you want to get your Temple out quickly.

You have to be wary of Hezekiah's Signet Ring/Nazareth, which will stop your cards to pull Solomon's Temple out.  And you can't guarantee you'll have Glory of the Lord out to protect your first Solomon's Temple before your opponent can clear it.  I didn't look closely, so I didn't notice the Glory of the Lord; with that in mind, only 2 will be enough.  But I think you need more than 1 if you're going to be relying on it much.

I like your deck. I think it will be very competitive. I have been running Persians in Type 1 and Type 2 just to be a little different and have had a bit of success. I would keep in the 2 Rams it is a nice card with Media's. Most people have to read the card because they haven't seen it in a deck before.

Does this mean that your coming to the type 2 only?

Maybe, but it would be a long-shot, since I probably wouldn't have anyone to go with me. I don't play a whole lot of Redemption anymore so it would be tough for me to convince me to go by myself.

I want to see this deck in action, im serious, test this deck and see how it does.