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Besides AOCP and Reach of Desperation what are the best purple enhancements?

Yeah, I was going for royalty. 

Esther Promo
King David
King Hiram
King Lemuel
and the 2 new TXP Kings, I forget their names?

I am just wanting to use this with throne of david

If you have King David and Reach of Desperation in there, definitely, definitely put in a Unified Kingdom. This should win you a battle probably 75% of the time. I also put a Royal Parade in every royalty deck I make, because its interrupt ability is invaluable with the high number purple kings. Peace Treaty is also nice to have, but I don't put it in every purple deck I make. I like Testing Solomon's Wisdom as well, because it is hard (if not impossible) to protect against, and is CBN. Those are the main battle-winners.

For non-battle-winners, I would go with Asa's Good Reign or Coat of Mail (the latter only if you have at least two WC kings, which you likely will), because you need ways to get around characters with weapons (as The Throne of David won't work against these). Also, Five Smooth Stones is nice to have with your high number kings.

I usually don't put too many enhancements in a purple offense because Lemuel can recur them. Not to mention AoCP could completely decimate your opponent.

I use I am grace against wc enhancemnts.  You could also use Asa's good reign since it cannot be negated except by an enhancement that says "in play"

It's about 50/50 in type 2....but its a LOT of fun...I am still working on trying to make it 80/20 .

What does struck with blindness do? Also does anyone use the ultra rare purple card that also let's you draw 3 but not play the next enhancment?

Prosperity? Haven't seen that card in a deck in a long time.

A lot of the enhancements for purple deal with ot warrior class evil characters. What happens when the purple royalty run into demons. Is it a massacre?

lol its called lampstand + 3 nails with land dispute to destroy the pit.

That forces you to do a Philistine defense!  Not that, that is a bad thing, it just doesn't leave much difference from purple deck to purple deck.

They flip up Three nails and laugh.

So, do most people partner purple royalty with Phillys?

So, do most people partner purple royalty with Phillys?

Lol, most people partner everything with Phillies.

So do you use Phillys with site lock for your defense or just all of the negates that Philly's have?

I prefer my Phillies with BBQ sauce.

I prefer my Phillies to be on the racetrack.

I prefer my Phillies in Shea Stadium. Losing.

, not that I want the Mets to win, but hey!

He becomes ignored, but that does not mean he leaves battle.

I'm not exactly clear on how "cannot be blocked" abilities work, but if they are the same as ignore, then wouldn't only David be ignoring Emperor Nero?

Yep. But anytime an EC is being ignored by a Hero in battle, it is a winning situation for the Hero. The EC can affect the non-ignoring character though, and said non-ignoring character cannot interrupt any action taken against him since initiative never transfers (as the attacker is always winning with David). What I'm not completely sure of is what happens if Nero is defeating the other character BTN, if he is discarded at the end of battle or not. I would think no, but honestly I have no idea. It's just one of those situations I hope never comes up.

Also, I know the whole thing with immunity vs. ignore where if the hero has an ignore ability and the EC has an immune ability, whichever activates first determines who is winning. However, in a case where a lone hero uses UN to band in King David against Nero, and then Nero gets rid of all heroes except David, who is winning? David's ignore ability was active in a time between two periods in which Nero's ability was working (if that makes any sense at all), but I don't know whether Nero's ability was active the whole time but just wasn't working when David's ability began to work. So...who would win in this scenario? (Sorry if that was the most confusing thing you've ever heard. )

You can ignore immunity to result in a stalemate, since part of ignore is immunity.
You cannot become immune to an ignoring character, as you already are immune because of the ignore. It's just that it's a lame kind of immunity wherein the Hero is still winning (but not hurting) you.

Therefore, in your situation, King David is winning by ignore. If it was a different scenario where you attacked with just King David, and I played an ITB and band card to bring in Nero, then it would be a stalemate, since the ignore reactivates after the immunity is in effect.

What is AOCP and what does it do?

Authority of Christ Promo

It's a purple enhancement that says:

"Discard all evil characters in play. Cannot be interrupted, prevented, or negated."

It is a National Tournament Promo.