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[Red Dragon Thorn]

Cards 56
LS: 7 Little Boy
Doms:Son of God
Angel of the Lord
Burial
Christian Martyr
Heroes:Jacob
Ahimazz
Jair
Gabriel
Eli
Swift
Guardian Angel
Servant Angel
Good Enhancements:
Lay down Your Life
Baptism
Obideince of Noah
Jubilee
Helmet of Brass
Jacob's New name
Defeating the Enemy
Swift Beings
Sword of the Guardian
Wings
7th Trumptet
6th Seal
Victory
Witness to creation
Evil Characters:Panic Demon X 3 (Grey, Crimson,Pale Green)
Malchus
Red Dragon
Saphira
Gomer
Pharisees X 3
Lying Spirit
Sabbath Breaker
Evil Enhancements:
Lying Unto God
Carried into exile
Sarah's Jealousy
Isaac Decieved
Deciet of Saphira
Dream
Coliseum Lions
Christian Suing another
Artifacts:
Holy of Holies
Davids Harp
Blue Tassels

Basic deck really but it should work fairly well.
Maybe I should try reading the topic before I post.... Its been hacked down to 56 cards.

[seeker]

deck name: its just for fun.

lost souls x7 no special abilitys

domanints:

son of god
angel of the lord
buriel
christian martyr

Sites:
samaria x2 (green)
mildewed house (teal)
jericho (teal)
babylon x2 (red)
kir (gold)
tree of knowledge (gold)
patmos (purple)
pit of dothan (blue)
golgatha (white)
garden of eden (silver)

Evil Charectors:
Archers of Keder
King Zimri
Ananias
saphira (starter G)
Abijah, son of samuel
king Shallum

Evil Enhancements:
Carried Into Exile
Imitating Evil
Escape
Dream
Coliseum Lions

Good Charectors:
Jairus' Daughter
Heman
Asaph
Ethen
Angel of Might
Angel at Jerusalem
Servant Angel
Paladin, the Fighter
Angel in the path
Arianna
Angel of His Presence

Good Enhancements:
Gathering of Angels
Angel's Sword
Seventh Trumpet
Protection of Angels
Swift Beings
Flaming Sword
Victory
Lost Coin Found
Gentle Resolution
Bronze Cymbals
Words of Encouragement



 The deck is mostly a musician theme using bronze cymbals and protection of angels with my white musician trio makes it so that every battle i can reuse protecion of angels untell one of them is destroyed by christian martyr. the evil primarily runs on sites and occasional pink kill cards and drawing cards.
The deck contains no warriors, womans, or rare cards and works well.

Connor Gressitt

[Lamborghini_diablo]

Well no wonder it works well, its illegal.

The number of sites cannot exceed the number of lost souls.

[Master_Chi]

Additional cards that *MAY* be added to give the deck more punch:
Pride Before Calamity
Confusion of Mind

these are rares........

[RedemptionAggie]

Most of the cards on that list of optional cards were rares.  Scheaf never said the optional cards had to be (un)commons.

[Alex_Olijar]

Is this still up and running Schaef?

[crustpope]

Schaef is this still going?  I have thought alot about building these types of decks so I'd like to get involved if I can

[Mageduckey]

Same here - though I have more experience with using commons decks since that's mostly what I have.

[The Schaef]

This is very short notice so I apologize for having to put a rush on this, but anyone who can submit more ideas in the next 12 hours, that would be great.

Given how long this thread has sat unfulfilled, I am going to try hard to finish getting the card stock into shape so that I can do what I wanted to do with these decks, and reward all faithful contributors with a pack of TxPs when they come out (it will probably take me at least that long to get my sand together) 

[BubbleBoy]

I didn't catch this, and I'm sorry to make you repeat it if it has already been said, but are you looking for deck ideas, or for the actual cards?

[The Schaef]

Just the ideas.  I have 50,000 cards in The Storehouse; I'll manage 

[TheKarazyvicePresidentRR]

I think I burnt most of my ideas on my first submissions. Sadly ROA/FOOF=  Rares or I'd have a very easy commons deck ready.

[Alex_Olijar]

Cards in deck: 50
Lost Souls: 7
   Lost Soul
   Lost Soul
   Lost Soul
   Lost Soul
   Lost Soul
   Lost Soul
   Lost Soul

Lamb Dominants: 2
   Angel of the Lord
   Son of God

Grim Reaper Dominants: 2
   Burial
   Christian Martyr

Gold Sites: 1
   Jerusalem

Purple Sites: 2
   Herod's Temple
   Herod's Temple

Curse/Covenant Cards: 7
   Covenant of Salt
I am Redemption
I am Healing
I am Creator
   Covenant with Levi (Teal)
   Covenant with Phinehas (Teal)
   Unknown Nation (Yellow)

Multi-Color Heroes: 5
   Ahimaaz (Teal)
   Azariah the High Priest (Teal)
   Elishana the Priest (Teal)
   Jehoiada the High Priest (Teal)
   Zadok (Teal)

Purple Heroes: 3
   King Hezekiah
   King Jehoshaphat
   King Joash

Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 5
   Burning Incense (Teal)
   Jehoiada's Strength (Teal)
   Melchizedek's Blessing (Teal)
   Perpetual Priesthood (Teal)
   Purifying the Unclean (Teal)

Purple Hero Enhancements: 1
   Unified Kingdom

Black Evil Characters: 7
   Captain of the Temple Guard
   High Priest Annas
   High Priest Caiaphas
   Sadducees
   Sadducees
   Sadducees
   Sadducees

Black Evil Enhancements: 8
   Danites Attack
   False Witnesses
   Foolish Advice
   Intent to Kill
   Net
   Pride of Simon
   Pushed Back
   Worship of Milcom



This summary is from RTS. Sorry about how the Teal and the Covenants/Curses are in the wrong categories. They're marked though.

This offense is kinda cool I think. It utilizes four groups of two character banding. Elishama is a star here. With his ability, as long as Jehosophat is in play, you can play a OT enhancement from your discard pile onto a hero in your territory. Unified Kingdom or Jehoida's strength are definately my favorite choices. On Jehoiada, Jehoiada's stength is worth a massive 10/4! Unfortunately, Burning incense is NT, otherwise it'd be a great choice as well. All the characters were somehow related to Solomon's Temple.

On defense, you again have a lot of banding. A few extra cards were added to enhance their ability to combat decks that use negation. Captain of the Temple guard can use the two capture enhacnements included unnegateably if either Jerusalem or Herod's Temple is in play. Also, High Priests Annas and Caiphas offer the sadducees fairly large numbers. Caiaphas is also useful in a normal bout - his ability will let you search for any other saduccee in your deck and put it in your territory!


Additional Adds:

The Word Spreads
Authority of Christ (Unlimited)
High Priest's Palace
High Priest's Plot
Altar of Incense
Solomon's Temple

[LukeSnyder]

I don't know if this offer is still alive. However, I would like to help out regardless, so here's my submission

cards - 50

lost souls x7

good doms 2
angel of the lord
son of god

evil doms 2
burial
christian marytr

covenants 4
i am healing
i am holy
covenant with levi
covenant with phinehas

curses 3 - 18
madness
unknown nation
go into captivity

heroes 11
teal
jehoiada
zadok
ahimaaz
eliishima
amariah
eliashib
eleazar son of aaron
zecherias father of john

purple
king jehoshaphat
kind hezekiah

silver
gabriel

good enhancements 10
teal
jehoiada's strength
perpetual priesthood
jordan interrupted
purifying the unclean
burning incense
melchizedek's blessing
sin offering
phinehas' spear
burnt offering

purple
unified kingdom

evil characters 9
crimson
king merodach-baladan
king evil merodach
Ishbibenob
7 sons of sceva
joel, son of samuel
abijah, son of samuel

orange
the thief
fallen angel
seizing spirit

evil enhancements 2
crimson
carried into exile

orange
sinning hand

This deck has some cool combos and strategies. First of all, I believe it meets all of the requirements. It could easily be competitive, all cards are still in print, no tin cards, no rares, no warriors, no womens, no artifacts, and it has a fairly strong theme of attrition, using big characters, healing, and protection.

The offense has some real bruisers like zadok, jehoida, and gabriel. There are a lot of combos in this offence, using the recursion with elishima, such as united kingdom to set off huge bands. purifying the unclean and i am healing can stop your heros from being discarded, and covenant with phinehas and burnt offering can provide re-usable protection. On top of this, there is some pretty decent banding going on. All in all, its not as easy to shut down as one might think.

The defense is smaller and simpler then the offense. However, its still very effective. There is a lot of banding, and some pretty big characters. However, if you block with a smaller character for initiative you can do some damage with carried into exile and sinning hand. Madness, unknown nation, and go into captivity can also provide some serious stopping power.

[southpawami]

Lost Souls: 7
Sites: 7 - Place of Temptation, Hostile Environment, Dangerous Way, Desolate City, Dangerous Road, Jericho, Roman Prison
(My theory deck has fortresses instead of Jericho and Roman Prison.)

Dominants: 3 - SoG, Burial, AotL
Covenants: 4 - I Am Salvation, I Am Grace, I Am Redemption, I am Creator

ECs: 7 - 6 Panic Demons, Spirit of Doubt
EC enhancements: 7 - Retreat, Escape, Seeds of Doubt, Fear of Danger, Consumed by Doubt, Fearfulness, Enticed

Heroes: 7 - Swift, Arianna, Kira, Eli, Paladin, Gabriel (K), Watcher (PA)
H enhancements: 8 - Ears to Hear, Commissioned, Worshipping God, Three Angels, Protection of Angels (PS), Flaming Sword (K), Swift Beings, Winds
subst. Protection of Angels with Spiritual Sight.
subst. Flaming Sword with Eyes Open

The EC enhancements are all about preventing rescue attempts locking the hero in his territory unable to go to battle.  With the escape/retreat, you should be able to hold your panic demons so you can get more up, and the enticed strengthens them all.

The Hero enhancements are somewhat ridiculous in defense.  Worshipping God keeps your covenants from being discarded.  Commissioned makes sure there is a lost soul to rescue.  Ears to Hear makes sure that lost soul's special ability doesn't stop you.  Swift Beings to Winds combo prevents capture and continues the battle.  Three Angels is really your only purely offensive card.  Flaming Sword negates any enhancement.  (the subst. i mentioned is in my deck... it's more offensive in the numbers, and lets me know what is in their hand, as does the ec enhancement fearfulness.) 

The covenants do everything from returning captured heroes to your territory, to preventing your numbers from lowering, to healing all your heroes, to making sure you have a hero for your offense ready.


The weakness is sites.