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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Deck Building & Design => Deck Concepts => Topic started by: BubbleBoy on July 16, 2009, 04:40:28 PM
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It seems to me like a defense such as this could be very effective; see what you guys think.
Fallen Warrior
Goliath
Lot's Wife
Philistine Armor Bearer
Philistine Priests
The Twelve-Fingered Giant
Babel
Bringing Fear
Danites Attack
Foolish Advice
Joseph in Prison
Net
Pride of Simon
Worship of Milcom
Saph
Gold Shield
Namaan's Chariot and Horses
Lahmi
Wonders Forgotten
Ishbibenob
Great Image
Midianite Attack
Sites
Babylonian Banquet Hall
Babylon x4
Ashdod
Pergamum
One non-DR access fort depending on offense
Protection
Temple of Dagon
Altar of Dagon
Color Guard LS (on Pergamum of course)
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9 ECs is good
13 EEs is way too many
8 sites is good (assuming a 63 deck)
I agree the Dagon stuff isn't worth it
I agree that until the protection of TexP comes out Philistines won't be viable at the top levels.
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Protection?
Needs more Hormah
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Yeah, just wait for the next set. This is close to the defense I'll be using. ;D
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Ah, so the Phillies do get protection! Haha! I am happy. ;D
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Phillies already have protection... :o
But that's not what the fuss is about. ::)
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I guess it's probably the best idea to just shut my face about deck ideas until I get an idea of what's in the next set. :P
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Probably. My deck won't be the same. Ever. :-*
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Well it helps combat Aocp ::) And really guys I dont think we need to keep on spoiling high places for every one :P
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Philies gain no protection next set.
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Philies gain no protection next set.
We will all find out in 2 weeks
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Philies gain no protection next set.
We will all find out in 2 weeks
Unfortunately RR was correct, and therefore Phillistines will probably continue to be avoided by top decks despite some nice new cards.
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You really underestimate them.
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Who needs protection when you can recur them?
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You really underestimate them.
Who needs protection when you can recur them?
You can only recur from the discard pile, and there are other places where they will end up instead. And if you think I underestimate them, then make a deck with them and lets play :)
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I have. Do you want to play the t-1 or t-2 version?
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For the record, I used a Philistine deck before they were cool...(i.e. before TexP came out) ;D
Being that I rarely play T1 2P, I only played it in one tournament but it did fairly well, and it held its own in several online games I played also.
Here is the defense portion of the deck:
Grim Reaper Dominants: 3
Burial
Christian Martyr
Destruction of Nehushtan
Red Sites: 1
Ashdod
Purple Sites: 1
Pergamum
Artifacts: 1
Unholy Writ
Curses: 3
Captured Ark (Crimson)
Go Into Captivity (Crimson)
Unknown Nation (Yellow)
Crimson Evil Characters: 1
Ishbibenob
Gold Evil Characters: 1
Lahmi
Black Evil Characters: 5
Fallen Warrior
Goliath
Philistine Armor Bearer
Philistine Priests
The Twelve-Fingered Giant
Gray Evil Characters: 1
Saph
Brown Evil Characters: 1
Delilah
Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 1
Torment
Crimson Evil Enhancements: 1
Midianite Attack
Gold Evil Enhancements: 1
Wonders Forgotten
Black Evil Enhancements: 3
Bringing Fear
Foolish Advice
Goliath's Spear
Gray Evil Enhancements: 2
Balaam's Disobedience
Namaan's Chariot and Horses
Brown Evil Enhancements: 2
Gibeonite Trickery
Haman's Plot
Definitely going to be revamping this deck with TexP for the upcoming season!
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I have. Do you want to play the t-1 or t-2 version?
T1. I'm not really very good at T2, and I haven't thought through whether Philistines would be viable in that format.
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Ok. My deck for t-1 is less polished, but I still like it a lot. My RTS computer is fried right now. Once it gets back up, Ill get the deck on there and play you with it.
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I just want to have 5 Garrisons, 5 Armorbearers and a few other giants. It's nice to have that many generics.
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5x Armorbearer isn't worth it. Only one unique is even worth recurring.
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Who says I want to recur my uniques? ;)
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What good is Armorbearer unless you want to?
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To always have a garrison.
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....That's a waste of x5 imo. To each his own.
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Go ahead and take it; it needs updating with TxP anyway. :P
(Offense isn't important. ::))
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Offense isn't important!???! :)
If you are using Philistine site lock, you must have an offensive way to take out their access sites. Gold (vengeance of EF) or Blue Genesis (Jacob's dream) work best. But Green Prophets (Hidden Treasures/Edge of the Sword) is OK, too.
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blue is pretty good. if you go the jacob/jacobs dream route, you can use well reopened, and rtc as well. :)
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Good point about Well Reopened. I'd forgotten about how helpful that is in a site deck. I usually use it to reuse my Hormah more rapidly, but it can help get the Banquet Hall out sooner, too.
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Philistines actually work well with Purple sites because of Overwhelmed and Goliath's Armor (with Pride of Simon to recur them).
If you're worried about John and TGT, use Color Guard, and maybe Simon/JiP.
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Protection?
Needs more Hormah
And Kir