Decklist: Hannah, Paragon of Prayer

It's time for another Paragon build!

Hannah

The Hannah Paragon's ability transforms three Heroes into superstars: Hannah, Ithamar, and Spy. Their abilities are regardless of protection, and they can add Heroes of matching brigade from deck to battle.

The ability to add a Hero from deck to battle represents how Hannah prayed for a son. It is obviously meant to work with Samuel.

Because Ithamar and Spy are so strong in a Hannah deck, most builds will be Green/Clay or Green/Gold. The Gold version might be more powerful, but I decided to go with Clay for thematic reasons.

It's actually super thematic that Ithamar can search for Eli, because Eli is a descendant of Ithamar, rather than of Eleazar. This is a significant detail in the Biblical narrative because after Eli's failures, God restored the role of the High Priest to the line of Eleazar.

Including so many I Samuel Heroes allows us to use Lord of Armies, which is perfect thematically because it is Hannah's prayer.

The best way to play Lord of Armies is to band Amos into battle via Samuel or David (or via Hannah, if Amos is still in your deck).

Amos is easily one of the strongest Heroes in the new set. Banding to him mid-battle makes him a CBI battle-winner. He's even stronger in Paragon, because he can shuffle a card from multiple opponents at the same time.

Most of the included Good Enhancements were chosen for targeting an opponent's hand and/or banding to Amos.

If Amos is still in your deck, you can band to Hannah to add him directly to battle. And if Amos has been discarded or reserved, you can band to The Watchman to exchange him into battle.

Another highlight from the new set is Jeremiah. There are plenty of options in the Reserve for him to use.

The best Enhancement included for Jeremiah is Sin Offering, because he can play it repeatedly (as long as he has initiative). You are likely to have plenty of evil cards to banish in a multiplayer game.

Sin Offering is also very good with some of the Clay priests in the deck, especially Ahimelech.

The "secret weapon" of the deck is Strife, because you can play it on your own Heroes to take advantage of your Paragon ability. Again, think of all the ways this can add Amos to battle.

Vain Philosophy is also stronger in a Hannah deck because she makes it regardless of protect abilities.

For the same reason, the main theme of the defense is Romans. The Romans are much more fun to play when you don't have to worry about opponents' hand protection.

There are plenty of targets for Denarius, so you can be patient for its discard-to-draw effect.

One of the Enhancements you can take with Denarius is Philosophy. While it is in your reserve, it can also be used by Jeremiah. But it is especially brutal when used as evil, because it can potentially discard Son of God. You can even target a different opponent than the one in battle.

In this deck, the evil brigade to supplement Gray could have been anything. I chose Crimson, not only for its chump blockers in Husham and Moths, but also for card draw in The Selfish Shepherds. This has great potential in multiplayer.

The defense also includes three CBP Crimson Enhancements for Sapphira.

Hannah is one of my favorite Paragons because she is a clear example of how a Paragon can completely recontextualize some weak cards and make them the foundation of a playable thematic deck.

If you have found this decklist interesting, I encourage you to try it out yourself. Better yet, make your own version of it! Maybe you'd rather use Spy to incorporate some Joshua shenanigans, or maybe you have a better idea for the defense. Each Paragon has different deckbuilding strategies to explore.

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