Bride, Body Of Christ – Holy Rare Church Woman | Bible TCG
Updated: Sep 28
Genesis Set Card 175/250
Bride, Body Of Christ is a Holy Rare Woman Being from the Church Age, costing 7 Faith with 6 Strength, 7 Hope, 3 Reach, and 7 Move. At your Start Of Turn and your End Of Turn, she Gains +1 Strength and +1 Hope.
The Bible Story Behind Bride, Body Of Christ
Paul had preached the Gospel in Corinth and watched believers become part of the church through faith in Jesus Christ. He described their relationship with the Lord through the language of espousal, a binding promise that anticipated the future presentation of the bride to her husband. The church belonged exclusively to Christ, not to Paul, another teacher, or a religious system.
False apostles were attempting to corrupt the Corinthians by preaching another Jesus, another spirit, and another Gospel. Paul feared their minds might be drawn away from the simplicity found in Christ, just as the serpent deceived Eve. Bride, Body Of Christ therefore presents the church awaiting her Bridegroom while guarding the pure doctrine and devotion given through His apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:2 says: "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."
Paul's jealousy expressed concern that the Corinthians' minds could be corrupted from simplicity in Christ. His warning concerns deception by another Jesus, spirit, or Gospel. It doesn't make Christ's righteousness incomplete or turn a believer's doctrinal understanding into the payment that maintains salvation. The church's acceptance rests upon the Saviour who loved and gave Himself for her.
Jesus Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it. He bore our sins upon the cross, was buried, and rose again so that believing Jews and Gentiles could be reconciled to God and joined by one Spirit into one body. The church didn't create herself through law, tradition, or human organization; she was purchased by the blood of her Bridegroom.
The images of body and bride reveal complementary truths concerning the church. As His body, believers share the life of Jesus Christ and receive everything from Him; as His bride, the church is loved, purchased by His blood, sealed by His Spirit, and awaiting presentation to Him in glory.
Bride, Body Of Christ Bible TCG Strategy
Bride, Body Of Christ is a powerful growing Being. If she stays on the Storyline, she becomes stronger at your Start Of Turn and again at your End Of Turn. This makes her a serious late-Game threat. The longer she remains on the Storyline, the harder she becomes to Exile and the more dangerous she becomes in Challenges. "Your Start And End Of Turn" means the Ability Controller's own Turn boundaries. In Free-For-All, merely being the Facing Opponent on another Player's Turn doesn't create an extra Start or End Of Turn for this Ability.
"Your Start And End Of Turn" means the Ability Controller's own Turn boundaries. In Free-For-All, merely being the Facing Opponent on another Player's Turn doesn't create an extra Start or End Of Turn for this Ability.
Synergies
Ongoing Growth: Bride Gains +1 Strength and +1 Hope at your Start Of Turn and your End Of Turn.
Late-Game Threat: Bride becomes more powerful the longer she stays on the Storyline.
Protection Support: Give Bride Anointing or Eternal, Restore her when damaged, or position a Friendly Being with Protect beside her. Protect on Bride herself would guard her neighbors.
Questions and Answers
Q: If Bride is Created during my Play Phase, when does she receive her first +1 Strength and +1 Hope?
A: She missed that Turn's Start Of Turn because she wasn't on the Storyline yet, but she can Gain her first +1 Strength and +1 Hope at your upcoming End Of Turn.
Q: If she survives until my next Turn, what happens at Start Of Turn?
A: Her Ability activates again, Giving her another +1 Strength and +1 Hope before you continue through the Turn.
Q: How much can Bride grow over one complete cycle from one End Of Turn through the next?
A: She can Gain once at the first End Of Turn, once at the next Start Of Turn, and again at the next End Of Turn, assuming she remains active through all three triggers.
Q: What happens if Bride is Humbled after accumulating several bonuses from her own Ability?
A: Her Ability is Canceled, preventing further growth, and the direct Strength and Hope modifiers generated by that Ability are removed.
Q: What happens if Bride leaves the Storyline and is later Played again?
A: She returns as a newly Created instance using her normal card Stats. The accumulated growth from her previous time on the Storyline doesn't follow her through the zone change.
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