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I was blessed with (iirc) 2 wins and 1 timeout win, and in the timeout game I actually controlled (without realizing) who got second and third between Martin and Tim.

Cards in deck: 52
Lost Souls: 8
  Rejoice
  Female-only
  Revealer
  NT-only
  Resurrection
  First round protect
  Shut Door
  Hopper

Dominants: 7
  GoYS
  Grapes
  SoG
  NJ
  AotL
  CM
  FA

Fortresses: 2
  TGT
  Herod's Temple

Artifacts: 6
  Writ
  Charms
  4DC
  Gifts
  The New Covenant
  Captured Ark

Heroes: 10
  John (I/J)
  Peter (I/J)
  Philip
  Bartholomew
  Matthew
  Mary the Mother of James
  Joanna
  Salome
  Susanna
  Lydia

Hero Enhancements: 11
  AoCP
  Miraculous Catch
  Fishers of Men
  MLaMG
  Reach
  Pentecost
  Passover Hymn
  Magnificat
  Consider the Lilies
  He is Risen
  First Fruits

Evil Characters: 7
  KoT (Warriors)
  Uzzah
  Gomer (TP)
  Am Slave
  King Manasseh
  Damsel
  Foreign Wives

Evil Enhancements: 1
  Scattered


Even with getting 1st place, I still feel like the deck could be improved.

I think mine was actually one of the smaller defenses at this tournament, magicians and Pharisees made appearances (I think someone was even playing Assyrians). I've always had the defense in this deck at about 6-8 cards, I didn't know that was considered "defense heavy" haha.

Foreign Wives and Uzzah are auto blocks (so is Scattered) while Manny is utility for Charms as well as banding to Damsel or auto-blocking with Uzzah if I can't discard an artifact. Damsel is there just to draw and KoT I'm not sure why I still run as there's so many ways around him now (and neither version can play Scattered).

I find Lampstand so much less useful now that it doesn't protect from FA or Mayhem. I haven't been able to justify a slot for it in recent revisions.

Quote from: browarod on July 29, 2013, 01:59:32 PM

I find Lampstand so much less useful now that it doesn't protect from FA or Mayhem. I haven't been able to justify a slot for it in recent revisions.

It does protect from FA. It doesn't protect from VP.

Ah, that's what I meant sorry. Got my abbreviations mixed up when I was typing.