Priests Info
ATTENTION: Beginning the first week in June, Cactus will show us one new Priest card each week on the Redemption Website!
The Facts:
- 261 card set: 12 Ultra-rare, 39 rare, 100 uncommon, 100 common, 10 promos (one promo will be for World Vision and you can get it by sponsoring a child or by participating in a 30 hour famine with your youth group).
- $3.00 per pack (10 cards: 5 C, 4 U, 1 R/UR, 1 black and white info card), $135 per box (45 packs)
- Will release late August 2006. Plans are to have priests at Nationals, but they will not be legal at Nationals.
- Heros will be primarily old testament, and Evil Characters will be a decent mix. (Bryon Hake, EZboard).
- Two new brigades will be released, Teal and Orange. (www.redemptionca.com)
- All priests currently in the game are being reprinted in the Teal brigade, plus many new priests are being added. This brigade will be mighty out of the gate, with plenty of heroes, enhancements, covenants, and even a weapon-class enhancement. Even a few Teal sites are being made (www.redemptionca.com).
- All demons that are released from now on will be in the orange brigade (just like silver for angels). Some out of print demons are being reprinted in the Priests set, and some new demons are being added.(www.redemptionca.com)
- There will be a new card type called "Curses." These are the evil equivalent of Covenants. They with have the dual skull and artifact icons and can be used as an artifact or evil enhancement.
- Jeremiah, Aaron, Zechariah, Jethro, Eli the Priest, Ezekiel, Melchizedek and Ahimaaz will all be reprinted in the Priests set. The art and numbers on those cards are probably going to remain unchanged from their prior versions. But expect to see some new or modified special abilities. (Bryon Hake, Ezboard)
- There is a new demon in the works for Priests that may please those who favor the Hand Control strategy. (Stephen Schaefer, Holder's Heroes Blog)
- "None of the Priest Lost Soul cards are R or UR." --The Schaef on EZBoard (Lost Soul Bonus Thread in Game Ideas & Variants area)
- Gray brigade in particular has some cards that, if utilized properly, could make life very painful for speed deckers. - The Schaef (EZ Board)
- Storehouse takes at least 4 hits this set. - Bryon Hake (EZ Board)
- 6 New Temple artifacts in Priests - Bryon Hake (EZBoard)
- There are 26 Priests (Teal Heros) in this set with 18 regular enhancement, 2 covenants, 1 superb weapon class enhancement, and 6 two color enhancements, one for each of the other existing human brigades. - Priests Article 6
- The other good brigades each get three helpful heroes (White gets four), and five good enhancements (silver gets only three) - Priests Article 6
- There is a new dominant in Priests - Schaef (EZBoard).
- Two new Sadducees are making their debut in the black brigade. - Priests Article 8
Rumors/Speculations (seen floating around, but not officially confirmed by Rob, Doug, or playtesters):
- "red card helps get past immunity!"
- Tabernacle will be a new Fortress
- N.T. Priests is Zacheriah (father of John the Baptist)
- Wrath of Satan will be the new National Promo
- More Reprints: Judas Iscariot, Angel at the Tomb.....
The Quotes:
- If people don't like this set, I'm going to be very suprised. - Rob Anderson (RP: Episode X)
- Playing with Priests has radically altered the way I factor Dominants into my deck builds. - The Schaef (Holders Heroes: Making the most of Your Dominants)
- I have not seen this kind of card creativity since the Apostles. - Doug Gray (EZboard)
- This is about as excited as I have been about any set since the Kings came out. - The Schaef (RP - Episode II)
- Although there have been some decks where GotL was the only Dominant I had in my deck, or one of two (the other being the new one). Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? - Schaef (EZBoard).
- If there were a such thing as buying and selling stock in a card, I'd sell all my Three Nails stocks. - Bryon Hake (EZBoard)
- There was a particular gray brigade evil character that I found particularly interesting just because it's going to really wreak havoc with the already played false peace card. It's going to take the already infamous False Peace..... and "Kick it up a notch" - Tom Gibson (Redemption Podcast: Episode 14)
- Ambush and Invisible Beings are allowed (even though they make the game fairly easy as well) only because there is a counter to them in Priests - Eric L.(EZBoard)
- If you haven't caught on, the Sadducess are making themselves comfortable in the Black brigade, and are leaving the gray brigade to the Pharisees. - Priests Article 8
The Cards:
| Card Name | Card Type | Numbers | Keywords | Special Ability | Rarity |
| Aaron | Hero (Teal) | 6/4* | |||
| Ahimaaz | Hero (Teal) | 4/2* | |||
| Angel at Jerusalem | Hero (Silver) | ||||
| Buckler | Good Enhancement | ||||
| Demon behind the Idol | Evil Character (Orange) | 1/1 | Generic, demon | "Take an orange enhancement from discard pile and place it beneath draw pile. If an artifact depicting and idol is not in play, discard this Evil Character after battle." | Common |
| Eli the Priest | Hero (Teal) | 4/4* | |||
| Elishama the Priest | Hero (Teal) | 6/6 | Solomon's Temple Priest | "If Jehoshaphat is in play, you may place an O.T. enhancement from hand or discard pile on a human Hero of matching brigade in your territory. The next time that Hero enters battle that enhancement activates and is discarded immediately." | Uncommon |
| Ezekiel | Hero (Teal) | 7/4* | |||
| (*)High Priest Annas | Evil Character (Black) | ||||
| (*)High Priest Caiaphas | Evil Character (Black) | ||||
| (*) High Priest's Plot | Evil Enhancement (Black) | 3/3 | If used by a Sadducee, look at one opponent’s hand. Discard one good card in that hand. Cannot be negated if Judas Iscariot is in play. | Ultra Rare | |
| Holy Holies | Artifact | N/A | |||
| Jehoiada the High Priest | Hero (Teal) | 11/9 | Solomon's Temple High Priest, House of Eleazar | "Your Heroes and Temple Artifacts are immune to Evil Characters of 2/2 or less." | Uncommon |
| Jeremiah | Hero (Teal) | 7/7* | |||
| Jethro | Hero (Teal) | 4/3* | |||
| King Hezekiah | Hero (Purple) | 9/11 | Warrior Class | You may discard an Evil Enhancement in your territory. May band to Isaiah or to a Hero with a reference from II Chronicles 29-32. | Uncommon |
| King of Tyrus | Evil Character (Orange) | ||||
| Lost Soul (Speed Bump) | Lost Soul | N/A | "While this card in play, protect all lost souls from rescue by a player with more than 10 cards in hand" | ||
| Melchizedek | Hero (Teal) | 4/4* | |||
| Nehemiah | Hero (Green) | 6/7 | Warrior Class | All humans gain 0/4 until end of battle. Search discard pile for Wall of Protection or Jerusalem Tower and put in play. | Uncommon |
| Pagan Sacrifices | Evil Enhancement (Gold) | False Religios Practice | "Place in opponent's territory. During opponent's upkeep phase he must discard the top card of own draw pile. If that card is a Lost Soul, put it in play and discard this card instead." | Common | |
| Prince of this World | Evil Character (Orange) | ||||
| Rain Becomes Dust | Curse (Gray) | 1/5 | "All cards that an opponent draws because of a special ability used by that opponent are revealed instead. Place all revealed Lost Souls in opponent’s territory. Discard the rest." | Uncommon | |
| The Trap of the Devil | Evil Fortress | N/A | If the total strength of good cards in battle is 14/* or greater, special abilities on your evil cards cannot be prevented by good cards. | Uncommon | |
| Zechariah | Hero (Teal) | 5/6* | |||
| Total Cards: 25/250 | |||||
For a complete, printer friendly Priests SPOILER list, click HERE. (This is a pdf file and requires Adobe Acrobat in order to view it.)
Newly Added Cards are marked with (*)
* Abilities based on Bryon Hake's comment found in the above "facts" list.
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