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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Deck Building & Design => National Tournament Winners => Topic started by: The Guardian on August 12, 2013, 12:07:16 AM
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Sealed Deck
Nats record: 5-0-1
Cards in deck: 56
Lost Souls: 7
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul
Lost Soul (Resurrection)
Lamb Dominants: 2
Angel of the Lord
Son of God
Grim Reaper Dominants: 2
Christian Martyr
Strife
Curse Cards: 2
Besieged (Crimson)
Flee from Enemies (Black)
Blue Covenant Cards: 1
Covenant of Noah
Silver Heroes: 4
Angel at Bethesda
Gabriel
Gathering Angel
Legion of Angels
Purple Heroes: 5
James
John
King Jotham
Peter
Widow
Multi-Color Hero Enhancements: 3
Loaves and Fishes
Raising Lazarus
Walking on Water (purple/silver)
Silver Hero Enhancements: 5
Angelic Guidance
Angelic News
Eaten by Worms
Glad Tidings
Overwhelming Presence
Purple Hero Enhancements: 6
Authority of Peter
Fishers of Men
Miraculous Catch
Unified Kingdom
Wonderment
You Are the Christ
Black Evil Characters: 4
Delilah
Ishbibenob
Lahmi
Saph
Brown Evil Characters: 4
Achan
Nabal
Selfish Kinsman
Shaphat
Orange Evil Characters: 1
Prince of this World
Multi-Color Evil Enhancements: 1
Ashtaroth Worship
Black Evil Enhancements: 4
Ishbibenob's Spear
Ishbibenob's Sword
Lahmi's Spear
Wickedness of Delilah
Brown Evil Enhancements: 5
Achan's Sin
Bad Dealings
Gibeonite Trickery
Sin in the Camp
To Each His Own
I don't play Sealed often, and this was the first time I had ever played it at Nationals. However, it was an excellent time to get my best ever pack pulls for Sealed. Usually in Sealed, I'm happy if I can add 6 cards that may or may not come in handy. I ended up adding 8 cards to the I deck, and cutting 2 starter deck cards (Andrew--since I added 2 Purple Heroes, and Water to Wine). Despite what conventional wisdom said (take 3 Kings or 2 Kings/1 Priests), I grabbed a Kings, Priests and Patriarchs and wow did Patriarchs pay off. Covenant of Noah, Gib Trick and Widow (who single-handedly won me a game against arguably the best defense in the field). King Jotham was an amazing pull since both starter decks include Warrior Class ECs--particularly against the I defense since Jotham would get initiative against the big Giants. After I thought I couldn't do much better, I pulled Prince of this World and Flee from Enemies from my Priests pack and traded for the Unified Kingdom and Besieged that my opening round opponent pulled. There were even a few other cards that normally I would have added for sure with an "average pull," but couldn't fit them (Watcher, Acts of Uzziah, King Amon, Abner's Spear, Rust). I consider myself extremely fortunate to have received the I deck because I pulled next to nothing for the J deck other than Covenant with Noah and Prince, which fit in any deck.
That being said, I wasn't the only one who had an amazing pull and I'll do my best to write a tournament report for my 6 Sealed games later this week.
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Nice pulls the packs were defiantly in your favor! Not as classy as picking 3 Prophets packs bet you got the job done ;)
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Nice pulls the packs were defiantly in your favor! Not as classy as picking 3 Prophets packs bet you got the job done ;)
With I/J having a brigade in each deck that is not found in Prophets, it would be really hard to duplicate your achievement from 09. ;)