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Title: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 4. Thaddeus)
Post by: jbeers285 on March 16, 2014, 02:20:12 PM

1. John
5/5 Purple (Prophet, Disciple)
Negate Evil Characters.

Versus

4. Thaddeus
8/8 Purple (Disciple) X = number of your good disciples in play
Protect all cards in play, set-aside area, Artifact piles, hands, and decks from Evil Characters with toughness X or less. Cannot be interrupted.

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 6. Abigail)
Post by: Redoubter on March 16, 2014, 03:27:08 PM

Blanket negate EC is fantastic, but with the way defense works nowadays, Abigail's protection is devastating.  Plus she draws.  Plus she bands to someone who can ignore any royalty.  Yeah, Abigail is much better.

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 6. Abigail)
Post by: Praeceps on March 16, 2014, 04:51:52 PM

John

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 4. Thaddeus)
Post by: jbeers285 on March 16, 2014, 05:58:27 PM

reworked bracketing to standard instead of cross bracketing apologies

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 4. Thaddeus)
Post by: Redoubter on March 16, 2014, 06:37:51 PM

This one is even more clear-cut for me.  Thad.

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 4. Thaddeus)
Post by: Chris on March 17, 2014, 01:37:33 PM

I voted for John.

Uses TGT? Check.
Negates evil characters? Check.

He's one of the only Disciples who can make a rescue attempt with one support card (either an enhancement or TGT) and reasonably expect to make the rescue. Thad is a powerhouse in full Disciples decks, and when I build them I usually build so I can abuse Thad as much as possible, but full Disciple decks simply aren't good right now, whereas a case can be made for Gardensciples or even splashing a very small TGT/Disciples group into another offense.

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 4. Thaddeus)
Post by: jbeers285 on March 17, 2014, 02:09:12 PM

John on this one. Clearly the strongest disciple in the game right now.

Title: Re: Rd 2 Purple (1. John Versus 4. Thaddeus)
Post by: Josh on March 18, 2014, 12:00:23 PM

This one is tough.  Both can win battles simply by being pushed into battle, including stopping chump blocks. 

I went with Thad for this reason:  If your opponent is playing a light defense, he probably won't be able to stop either one, even if Thad doesn't have his full posse in play.  However, if your opponent has a decent defense, he might be able to stop John with a negate, a CBIg card, or a battle extender like UW or UN.  Thad can still be invincible, no matter the size of your opponent's D.