Redemption with Jayden: Building a Deck from Scratch
Join Jayden to learn from his approach on building a deck from scratch.
This week on Redemption with Jayden I’m going to be walking y’all through my deck-building process when I have a new idea and just want to start putting cards together to see where I end up. Capturing every aspect of what goes into building a deck would probably require a whole video series, but hopefully this video conveys the general process and some tips and tricks on how I build a deck from scratch using Lackey. Hopefully it’s not too over the top for new players and not too boring for experienced players. I definitely do a lot of, “Oh, and of course there’s this card,” which might be somewhat daunting for a new player, but that just means the process will take a little longer at first and you’ll be able to do it more quickly over time. I wanted to make sure the video didn’t end up terribly long, so if I’m going too fast feel free to pause and look up some cards along the way. I decided I wanted to build a little choose the blocker combo deck and here is the list I ended up with.
Deck: 52
1 Lost Soul “Complacent” (Zephaniah 1:12) (LoC)
1 Lost Soul “Darkness” (Job 30:26) (Promo)
1 Lost Soul (Distressed)
1 Lost Soul “Forsaken” (Hebrews 10:25) (CoW AB)
1 Lost Soul “Humble” (James 4:6/Proverbs 3:34) (RoJ AB)
1 Lost Soul (Lawless) (Promo)
1 Lost Soul (Prosperity)
1 Chronicles of the Kings (LoC Plus)
1 Crowd’s Choice (GoC)
1 Three Woes (RoJ AB)
1 Son of God (2016 Promo)
1 The Second Coming (CoW AB)
1 Falling Away (Promo 2018)
1 Shipwreck (Promo)
1 Majestic Heavens (Promo)
1 Book of the Law (Promo)
1 The Bronze Laver (LoC)
1 The Fall of Man
1 Judas Iscariot / Judas, the Betrayer (GoC)
1 Zaccheus, the Repentant / Zaccheus, Tax Collector (GoC)
1 Man with Withered Hand (GoC)
1 Jehoshaphat, the Seeker / Jehoshaphat, the Meek (LoC)
1 Jeshua, the Restorer (LoC)
1 Joshua, the Conqueror (LoC)
1 Bathsheba, the Helper / Bathsheba, the Prostrate (LoC)
1 Matthew the Publican / Matthew (Levi) (GoC)
1 Simon, the Zealous / Saint Simon (GoC)
1 Elijah (PoC)
1 The Angel of the Winds (Promo)
1 David, Heart After God / David, the Contrite (LoC Plus)
1 Faith
1 Fountain of Living Water (PoC)
1 Feast of Booths (LoC)
1 Royal Parade (LoC)
1 The Emmaus Road
1 Faith of David (CoW AB)
1 Solomon’s Dream (LoC)
1 Tested by Fire
1 The False Prophet (RoJ AB)
1 King of Tyrus
1 Simon the Magician (EC)
1 Foolish Edomites
1 Nebuchadnezzar (PoC)
1 The Deceiver (RoJ AB)
1 Distressing People (LoC)
1 The Wages of Sin (FoM)
1 Betrayal (PoC)
1 Strike the Shepherd (GoC)
1 Balaam’s Prophecy
1 Dissension in Antioch
1 Hypocrisy (EC)
1 Seized by Babylon
Reserve:
1 King Jehu (FoM)
1 Noah’s Ark (Ark of Salvation)
1 Jeremiah, Hope Bringer
1 Jonah (PoC)
1 Authority of Christ (GoC UR+)
1 Eyes to See
1 Faith of Samuel (CoW AB)
1 Amazing Faith (GoC)
1 Foreign Wives
1 Doomed Canaanites
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Jayden started playing Redemption around 2004 and attended his first National Tournament in 2005. Over the years, he has since become a competitive player with National titles across several categories and, more importantly, has acquired many great friends and mentors through the game. Inspired by video content creators from other games, Jayden endeavored to begin the "Redemption with Jayden" YouTube channel in June 2020 to help promote the game during a time where tournament attendance was low and many games were being played online. While the majority of his content is online gameplay, Jayden now enjoys doing live tournament streaming, box openings, deck breakdowns, and much more in hopes that the channel can be a useful resource for players at every level of the game.
