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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Deck Building & Design => Type 1 Deck Advice => Topic started by: browarod on July 02, 2013, 10:14:35 AM
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Ruth and Friends - T1 2P
Deck Size: 50
*Angel of the Lord
Grapes of Wrath
New Jerusalem
*Son of God
*Christian Martyr
Destruction of Nehushtan
*Vain Philosophy
Magic Charms
Household Idols
Covenant with Death
Lost Soul (first round protect)
*Lost Soul (fool)
Lost Soul (can't be prevented)
Lost Soul (female only)
Lost Soul (wanderer)
Lost Soul (N.T. only)
Lost Soul (revealer)
Lost Soul (hopper)
*Samson
*Gideon
*Jephthah
Moses
The Angel Under the Oak
Angel with the Secret Name
*Elders of the City
*Boaz
*Naomi
*Ruth
*When Judges Governed
*Family Bond
Samuel's Edict
*Gideon's Call
Birth Foretold
*Ruth Meets Boaz
*Kindness of Boaz
Transfiguration
*Foreign Wives
Damsel with Spirit of Divination
King Manasseh
Astrologers
Egyptian Magicians
Uzzah
Balaam
Invoking Terror
*Scattered
Worshipping Demons
Suicidal Swine Stampede
Divination
Forgotten History
Death of Unrighteous
Credit for this deck goes mostly to Gabe, I used the list from his I/J playtesting deck and modified it somewhat. * indicates new card (or new version).
I used to have Golden Cherubim in here, but then realized that I had no idols for Worshipping Demons so I swapped it out for HHI.
I've only played 1 game with this (pre-HHI change), but the biggest problem is that my Ruth cards have literally no protection. They aren't CB-anything and the banding chain gets pretty big pretty quickly which leaves me open to lots of things.
Also, not enough defense against artifacts. Asherah Pole wrecked my Ruth chain with an early Korah's Rebellion (CBN against my offense). I'm thinking of swapping Strife out for DoN, and maybe trying to fit CA in somewhere.
Thoughts/suggestions/ideas would be most helpful.
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If your Ruth Battle Winners are not CBN then its not really worth it to play any of them. Personally I would go with the banding chain Gleaning the Fields and the draw TC card and negate(s). The main purpose of your chain then would be to get the d2 back if you are in a tight situation and need to draw.
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Use DoN instead of Strife.
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Use DoN instead of Strife.
I thought as much. Updated.
If your Ruth Battle Winners are not CBN then its not really worth it to play any of them. Personally I would go with the banding chain Gleaning the Fields and the draw TC card and negate(s). The main purpose of your chain then would be to get the d2 back if you are in a tight situation and need to draw.
What would you suggest the rest of the enhancements be, then?
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Gold battle winners like Capturing Canaan, Ox goad etc...
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Gold battle winners like Capturing Canaan, Ox goad etc...
I was hoping to have a Ruth deck with Judges splash rather than a Judges deck with Ruth splash. :P
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I didn't find more enhancements to be necessary, but if you think you need them and want them to work with Ruth Heroes maybe try Words of Encouragement and Magnificant. It's also tempting to add Moses and Transfiguration to this offense.
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I didn't find more enhancements to be necessary, but if you think you need them and want them to work with Ruth Heroes maybe try Words of Encouragement and Magnificant. It's also tempting to add Moses and Transfiguration to this offense.
Well, the only enhancements I added to your list were Gleaning (for recursion, it's super nice) and Devotion of Ruth. I thought about adding Transfig and Moses, maybe I will.
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I advise against Magnificat. It only sets aside an EC if played on a musician or NT female.
Transfig/Moses I like. CtL can search out or recur Transfig as well.
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I advise against Magnificat. It only sets aside an EC if played on a musician or NT female.
Well, that's not helpful. ::)
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I'd take out Devotion of Ruth, Gleaning the Fields, and Angel with the Secret Name for Blessings, Words of Encouragemnt, and Moses and then if you can find room add Transfig.
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I'm just worried that taking out DoR leaves me with only WJG (and maybe Transfig, technically) as a battle winner I can play on my white heroes. Am I completely wrong about how they function with Judges in that they are strictly support?
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UPDATE:
Removed-
-Gleaning the Fields
-Devotion of Ruth
Added-
+Moses
+Transfig
Still not sure about it overall. Anymore thoughts?
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I'd drop Family Bond. Plain-vanilla negates, even if they can be used by most of your heroes, are usually not optimal. If you want to replace it with a GE, I suggest Deb's Directive or Shamgar's Oxgoad.
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I'd drop Family Bond. Plain-vanilla negates, even if they can be used by most of your heroes, are usually not optimal. If you want to replace it with a GE, I suggest Deb's Directive or Shamgar's Oxgoad.
I wanted to try and fit Deb's Directive in, so perhaps I'll do that.
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When I played a similar deck Family Bond was extremely important. The Ruth band isn't going to have initiative but Elders can get back family bond every battle. There are also times that people will try to beat a protected Samson or Gideon btn that you'll be glad you have it.
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Yeah, that's why I was hesitant to take it out. I think I'm just gonna try it the way it is now (with the Moses and Transfig addition) and see how it works.
Thanks for the thoughts everyone! :D