Jayden found a wild BaboonyTim and brought his Nazareth deck out for a test run! Watch Jayden talk about the deck and pilot through a game.

While we’re in between Lackey Grand Prix, I decided to try out a new build that I think is a little more suitable for casual play, though I’m sure it could be refined to elevate the competitive potential. The concept for this deck is to use a turbo-Nazareth offense with a Lost Soul-hiding defense, although the Soul hiding in this defense is a little less conventional than your typical meek Lost Soul/Sadducees defense.

The hope is to use mass Soul-shufflers like Death of Unrighteous and Suicidal Swine Stampede to put all my Lost Souls back in my deck, and use counters like Nazareth and Moses (CoW) to keep them there. The more turns I can keep Lost Souls off the table, the more turns I can let the attrition-style offense peck through my opponent’s defense.

My original plan for the video was to show the building process as I took the deck from a concept to a game-ready deck, but the timing worked out for me to squeeze in a game when I had found a BaboonyTim in the wild and I think the gameplay is certainly more entertaining. Hopefully you think so as well!

Deck: 63

1 Lost Soul "Darkness" (Job 30:26) (Promo)
1 Lost Soul "Dread" [Exodus 15:16 - K]
1 Lost Soul "Humble" [James 4:6 / Proverbs 3:34] (2022 - 3rd Place)
1 Lost Soul "Imitate" (III John 1:11) (RoJ AB)
1 Lost Soul (Lawless) (Promo)
1 Lost Soul (Prosperity)
1 Lost Soul "Wanderer" [Ezekiel 34:6 - Fundraiser]
1 Lost Soul (Wicked)

1 Crowd's Choice [Fundraiser]
1 Three Woes (RoJ AB)
1 Son of God "Manger" (Promo)
1 Star of Bethlehem [Fundraiser]
1 The Resurrection [UR+] (GoC)
1 The Second Coming (CoW AB)
1 Mayhem (FoM)
1 Shipwreck (Promo)

1 The Ends of the Earth (RoJ AB)
1 Golgotha [2022 - GoC P]

1 Bethlehem Stable (GoC)
1 Chamber of Angels (GoC)
1 Nazareth (Roots)
1 Sheol

1 Four-Drachma Coin (GoC)
1 The Cross (GoC UR+)
1 The Great White Throne (RoJ AB)
1 Tribute [2023 - Seasonal]
1 Twenty Shekels
1 The New Covenant (I/J+)

1 Pharaoh's Daughter (FoM)
1 Zaccheus, the Repentant / Zaccheus, Tax Collector (GoC)
1 Razor (Roots)
1 War in Heaven [2023 - Worker]

1 Moses (Promo)
1 Gabriel, Mouth of God [UR+] (GoC)
1 Angel of Warning (GoC)
1 Michael, Dragon Slayer (Roots)
1 Resurrection Revealer (GoC)
1 The Heavenly Host (GoC)
1 The Messianic Messenger (GoC)
1 Simon of Cyrene (Roots)
1 Simon Peter / Peter, the Rock (GoC)

1 Plague of Darkness
1 Expelled from Heaven (GoC)
1 The Annunciation (GoC)
1 Angelic Guidance (I)
1 Burning up the Chaff (GoC)
1 Swift Beings (Roots)
1 Amazing Faith (GoC)
1 Teaching in Parables (GoC)

1 Suicidal Swine Stampede (GoC)
1 The Serpent (2021 Promo)
1 The Divining Damsel (Promo)
1 Deceiving Spirit (Roots)
1 Red Dragon (Roots)
1 Restless Spirit (GoC)
1 The Deceiver (RoJ AB)
1 The Fallen Star

1 The Wages of Sin (FoM)
1 Did God Really Say?
1 Destructive Sin (GoC)
1 Mask of Worldliness (Roots)
1 Mask of Fear (Roots)
1 Death of Unrighteous (FoM)

By Jayden

Jayden started playing Redemption around 2004 when his brothers taught him to play and he attended his first National Tournament in 2005. Since then, he has become a competitive (mostly Type 2) player with a few National titles and, more importantly, has acquired many great friends and mentors through the game. However, in the years leading up to 2020, there has been a downward trend in attendance at some of the big tournaments, Nationals included. As a result, Jayden wanted to start doing something that would help pique and maintain interest in Redemption and he decided to do so in the form of a YouTube channel called Redemption with Jayden, which he started in June 2020 shortly after graduating college. He loves being able to share decks, games, and strategies, and hopes that the channel can be a useful resource for players at every level of the game.