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 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.
