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Justin · March 11, 2017

Stop the Presses!

The other day we released a preview of the new Paul promo that was primarily based on the Community Created Card project that Gabe helped organize. As Gabe wrote in his preview article, we went…

Gabe · March 10, 2017

Regional Promo 2017 - Job

Despite being a strong Hero in his time, Job (Priests) didn't really catch on until Dust and Ashes was released with the Disciples set. Suddenly we had a Job and angel offense where Job was the star…

Gabe · March 8, 2017

State Promo 2017 - Fearless Traveler

This year's State promo is going to bring us a card that is quite different than anything we've seen before. He brings a number of new twists to the Hero card type that we believe will be a great…

Gabe · March 7, 2017

District Promo 2017 - Paul

If you tuned in to yesterday's promo preview, then it should be no surprise that we're printing the other community created card as a promo this year too. An all new version of Paul is coming to clay…

Gabe · March 6, 2017

Local Promo 2017 - The Watchman

The story of this promo begins unlike any promo we've had before. Not with the games creator, Rob Anderson, not with the play testers and elders, but with the Redemption community! The Backstory…

Gabe · September 9, 2016

CoW Special Borders Explained

For the first time ever Redemption released a special edition set at Nationals for collectors. If you haven’t had a chance to see some of the amazing borders used to enhance the Cloud of Witness…

Gabe · June 29, 2016

What Does the Fox Say?

We had a lot of fun giving cohesion to the animal theme during the development of Cloud of Witnesses. Part of what inspired the expansion of Redemption's animals is Daniel Huisinga's original…

JohnE · June 24, 2016

Amram & Jochebed (Nationals CoW Release)

A long time ago, way back when we released Women of the Bible as the 3rd Redemption expansion, we printed Jochebed. She was one of the first pre-block ignore cards printed. She had limited targeting…

Justin · June 20, 2016

Cloud of Witnesses Special Border Release

Did you hear the news? As if Cloud of Witnesses isn't awesome enough already, Cactus Game Design is going to release a more awesome looking version of the entire set! To buy singles, sealed product…

Travis · May 30, 2016

Just Sit Right Back and I’ll Tell a Tale

Maybe you know the reference being made in the title of this article or maybe you don’t. Maybe I am really telling my age by the fact that I even made the reference. One thing we can all agree on…

Daniel · May 26, 2016

Winner Card Insight - The Coliseum

Win Booster draft, create a card. This was the deal. This was the opportunity. This was the challenge on the floor of the coliseum. Win or die. No tricks, nothing outside of the very authority of God…

JohnE · May 25, 2016

Winner Card Insight – Confusion (101 Ways)

When I won Nationals in 2015 (read about it here) I got a super cool prize, the ability to create a card! Now you may be thinking “But John, aren’t you a playtester, don’t you already create cards?”…

Justin · May 24, 2016

Winner Card Insight - Word of Their Testimony

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation 12:11) From the time it was announced…

Gabe · May 19, 2016

Falling Away

Falling Away has been a staple Dominant since it was introduced in Redemption’s 3rd set – Women. It was introduced to balance the newly printed New Jerusalem promo card. One let you rescue an extra…

Dayne · May 18, 2016

The Cloud of Witnesses Story

The Letter to the Hebrews is an incredible book, even called a masterpiece by secular scholars. The arguments and positions it lays out are strong, unshakable, and help us set the foundation of our…

Gabe · May 14, 2016

Guess Who's Back? (**SPOILERS***)

Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life perfectly pleasing to God, offered himself as the sacrificial lamb to pay for the sins of mankind leading to his death on the cross, rose to…

Scott · May 13, 2016

Nats Winner Creations (**SPOILERS**)

At 2015 Nationals, Rob offered an amazing prize for whomever won T1-2P, T2-2P, and Booster Draft: the ability to design a Redemption card that would be printed in an official set. While the usual…

JohnE · May 12, 2016

Money Money Money (**SPOILERS**)

As Gordon Gecko once said: greed is good. And that’s why all of today's cards deal with MONEY! We added these three cards onto the list in the middle of the playtesting process. We were told we had…

Justin · May 11, 2016

To Seek and To Save (**SPOILERS**)

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10) Jesus spoke these powerful words after Zaccheus, the infamous tax collector, showed Repentance and Restitution for…