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I haven't played the game in a good long while and I just recently decided to play against myself and this deck was always my go to when I verse someone because of how discard and capture heavy it is.
It got beat and would like suggestions to make it much stronger.  I will not be leaving the Gold and Pale Green Brigades.


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Expansions I have for building it up:
Persecuted Church
Thesaurus ex Preteritus
Priests (almost complete)
Rock of Ages (couple tins)
Faith of our Father (couple tins)
Disciples
I/J Starters
G/H Starters
Angel Wars (almost complete)
E/F Starters
Kings (almost complete)
Patriarchs
Apostles
C/D Starters
Warriors
Women
Prophets
Original Unlimited
A/B Starters


Deck
Dominants X9
Angel of the Lord (D)
Glory of the Lord (Kings)
New Jerusalem (Promo)
Son of God (Deck J)
Grapes of Wrath (Thesaurus Ex Preteritus)
Burial (Deck F)
Christian Martyr (Deck C)
Destruction of Nehushtan (Patriarchs)
Falling Away (Women)
Mayhem (Thesaurus Ex Preteritus)
Strife (Deck I)
Vain Philosophy (Deck J)



Lost Soul X10
Site Doubler (Kings)
Rescue Search Hero (Deck I)
Rescue by Angel Underdeck (Priests)
Female or SoG (Deck H)
Traveler (Priests)
1st Round Dom/Angel (Angel Wars)
Rescue Draw 1 (Deck J)
Site Capture FH (Persecuted Church)
Negater (Disciples)
Withdraw Underdeck (Angel Wars)
Site Discard (Deck G)

Lost Soul Sites X3
Chorazin (Disciples)
Jericho (Priests)
Nero's Realm (Apostles)

Artifacts X5
Joseph's Silver Cup (Patriarchs)
Hezekiah's Signet Ring (Kings)
Tables of the Law (Priests)
Three Nails (Apostles)
Wool Fleece (Patriarchs)

Covenants X2
Covenant of Eden (Patriarchs)
Covenant with Moses (Patriarchs)

Curses X2
Go Into Captivity (Priests)
Unknown Nation (Priests)

Fortresses X6
Jerusalem Tower (Patriarchs)
Kerith Ravine (Kings)
Solomon's Temple (Patriarchs)
The Tabernacle (Priests)
Raiders' Camp (Kings)
Satan's Seat (Faith of our Fathers)

Double Character
Saul/Paul (Apostles)

Heroes X6
Eleazar the Guard (Priests)
Israelite Archer (Kings)
Moses (Deck G)
Sower (Disciples)
The Woman at the Well (Thesaurus ex Preteritus)
Naharai (Faith of Our Fathers)
Joshua (Settlers of Canaan)
Samson (Deck J)

Evil Characters X6
Assyrian Archer (Faith of Our Fathers)
Esau, the Hunter (Deck F)
King Tiglath-Pileser III (Kings)
Hophni, son of Eli (Priests)
Phinehas, Son of Eli (Priests)
Spirit of Doubt (Angel Wars)

Good Enhancements X13
The Acts of Solomon (Kings)
Battle Prayer (Kings)
Furnace of God's Wrath (Prophets)
Gideon's Call (Patriarchs)
Samson's Sacrifice
Highway (Prophets)
Raised to Life (Deck F)
Sword Against Sword (Kings)
Two Olive Branches (Prophets)
Purple X1
Trust (Patriarchs)See Dominants GoW
White/Gold X2
Family Bond (Deck J)
When Judges Governed (Deck J)
Power Enhancements X2
Raising Lazarus (Deck I)
The Sabbath (Priests)
Samson's Strength (Patriarchs)
Jawbone (Patriarchs)

Evil Enhancements X14
Pale Green X12
All Hope Lost (Patriarchs)
Captured by Assyria (Faith of our Fathers)
Confusion (Prophets)
Consumed by Doubt (Angel Wars)
Death of Jacob (Deck F)
Death of Unrighteous (Patriarchs)
Fear of Danger (Angel Wars)
Hostility (Apostles)
Judah's Sin (Patriarchs)
Murder (Deck F)
The Rabshakeh Attacks (Kings)
Slave Trade (Deck F)
Power Enhancements X2
Ashtaroth Worship (Deck I)
Siegeworks (Patriarchs) See Dominants DoN

One thing I would definitely do is cut down the size of the deck.

If you have suggestions on what to cut down, Ill look into those cards

There are a lot of cards that don’t really fit what you’re doing.

I know with Saul/Paul and Sower that they don't necessarily fit tho, I do want Saul to become Paul for the Protections he has against some discard abilities.

If you’re committed to gold, I would try to have more Judges in the deck and add a little splash of silver with cards like Angel under the Oak, Angel with a Secret Name, Captain of the Host, and Wheel Within a Wheel. Gideon, Joshua the Conqueror, Samuel’s Edict, Jair, Judges Seat, and Deborahs Directive are some other gold cards I would add.

I won't be adding any brigades to this deck, I just got rid of Trust and Naharai.  I'll likely get rid of Gideon's Call.  I am also trying to keep the deck even between good, evil and neutral cards.  Obviously with the neutral cards it's going to be a lot harder to keep even and would require either shrinking my deck or reducing my offense and defense cards.

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm working on getting back into the game and this deck until I versed myself recently was undefeated.  Definitely found the bad draw and want to reduce the possibilities of bad draws happening in the future.  It will definitely be hard making the choices to remove certain cards and outside input would help a ton.