Redemption with Jayden: What’s Your Defense’s Coefficient of Restitution?
Jayden is back after a short break and has a new series of decks based on GoC phase 2 for the community starting with this first one in the current Lackey Grand Prix.
We’re diving into the next Lackey Grand Prix and the now fully available and legal Gospel of Christ meta with an Empty Tomb deck. It’s no TGT like the old days and it’s no TGT as it plays today with the ignore rule change, but it is a nice happy medium between the two and it’s fun to see Empty Tomb find a niche in the game once again. As we go through this Grand Prix, the plan is to play one new theme from GoC Phase 2 each week and just get a feel for the new cards and share some findings with y’all. Let me know in the comments how y’all are building and playing the themes differently, and in the meantime, here’s Round 1 of LGP #5 against LoJGamez, who used a hot off the press, hyper aggressive “stax” deck.
Deck:
6 Lost Soul (John 8:3-4) (GoC)
1 Lost Soul (The First)
1 Three Woes (RoJ AB)
1 Angel of the Lord (Promo 2018)
1 Son of God “Manger” (Promo)
1 The Resurrection [UR+] (GoC)
1 The Second Coming (CoW AB)
1 Burial (GoC)
1 Shipwreck (Promo)
1 Bethlehem (LoC)
1 Herod’s Temple (GoC)
1 The Empty Tomb (GoC)
1 Sheol
1 Nicodemus, the Seeker / Nicodemus, the Teacher (2022 – National)
1 Delivered
1 Gamaliel’s Speech
1 Fifth Seal (Justice Seekers) (RoJ AB)
1 Book of the Law (Promo)
1 Crown of Thorns (GoC)
1 Denarius (I/J+)
1 Four-Drachma Coin (GoC)
1 Unsuccessful (PoC)
1 Gabriel, Mouth of God [UR+] (GoC)
1 Resurrection Revealer (GoC)
1 The Comforting Cherubs (GoC)
1 John, the Fisherman / John, Son of Thunder (GoC)
1 Simon Peter / Peter, the Rock (GoC)
1 Joanna, the Generous / Joanna, Wife of Chuza (GoC)
1 Joseph of Arimathea / Joseph the Courageous (GoC)
1 Mary, Mother of James / Mary, the Caregiver (GoC)
1 Mary, the Restored / Mary Magdalene (GoC)
1 Good Seed (GoC)
1 The Emmaus Road
1 An Angel Appears (GoC)
1 Baptism of Jesus (GoC)
1 Life in the Son (GoC)
1 Spirit as a Dove (GoC)
1 Lost Child Found (GoC)
1 Reassurance of Jesus (GoC)
1 Supercilious Scribes (GoC)
1 The Terrifying Beast (PoC)
1 Emperor Domitian (RoJ AB)
1 Pontius Pilate (2022 – State)
1 Proud Pharisee (GoC)
1 Simon the Host (GoC)
1 The Entrapping Pharisee (GoC)
1 Clinging to Power (GoC)
1 Just a Hireling (GoC)
1 Withered Seed (GoC)
1 Duplicity (GoC)
1 Pretension (GoC)
Reserve:
1 His Sacrifice (GoC UR+)
1 Send the Helper (GoC)
1 Legion of Angels (GoC)
1 Authority of Christ (GoC UR+)
1 Emptying the Tombs (GoC)
1 “He is Risen” (GoC)
1 Emperor Claudius (PC)
1 The Expert Lawyer (GoC)
1 Tenants Kill the Son (GoC)
1 Balaam’s Disobedience (FoM)
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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.
