Bride, Lamb's Wife – Rare Power Woman | Bible TCG
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Bride, Lamb's Wife is a Rare Woman Being from the Power Age, costing 6 Faith with 3 Strength, 8 Hope, 4 Reach, and 6 Move. All other Friendly Beings have +2 Strength and +2 Hope.
The Bible Story Behind Bride, Lamb's Wife
After the Great White Throne judgment and the creation of a new heaven and new earth, John is invited to behold the bride, the Lamb's wife. He is carried to a great and high mountain and shown the New Jerusalem descending from God. Bride, Lamb's Wife presents the church in her eternal glory, inseparably connected with the magnificent city prepared by her Bridegroom.
The New Jerusalem won't be an earthly city constructed by mortal rulers or gradually improved through human achievement. It comes directly from God, possessing His glory and displaying foundations, gates, measurements, and precious materials chosen according to His eternal design. The city reveals the beauty, security, and holiness of the everlasting home Christ has prepared for His redeemed bride.
Revelation 21:10 — “And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,”
The angel promises to show John the bride and then shows him the holy city, joining the people and their eternal dwelling within one glorious vision. A city is more than its buildings, for its identity includes the people who belong within it. The New Jerusalem therefore displays the bride in her completed corporate glory, adorned by God and eternally united with the Lamb.
Jesus loved the church and gave Himself for her upon the cross. He bore her sins, rose from the dead, sanctified her through His finished work, and will present her to Himself in glory. The bride enters the eternal city not because she produced her own beauty, but because the Lamb clothed her in His righteousness and made her fit for His presence.
The nations that are saved will walk in the city's light, and their kings will bring their glory and honor into it. Israel, the servants, resurrected saints, and the nations will retain their appointed identities, while the bride possesses her unique union with Christ as His wife. God's eternal order will bring every redeemed company into harmony without confusing the bride with Israel or the nations surrounding the holy city.
Bride, Lamb's Wife Bible TCG Strategy
Bride, Lamb's Wife is a powerful Storyline support Being. While she remains on the Storyline, all other Friendly Beings have +2 Strength and +2 Hope. Because the Ability affects all other Friendly Beings, she can make a wide Storyline much stronger. She doesn't give the bonus to herself, so protecting Bride, Lamb's Wife is important.
The +2 Hope is an external continuous effect. A Friendly Being Set to 1 Hope therefore has 3 Hope while this bonus applies. Humbling that receiver doesn't cancel the Bride's external Ability; Humbling or removing the Bride does, and the resulting Hope reduction can Exile damaged Beings at the next check.
Synergies
Storyline-wide buff: Bride Gives all other Friendly Beings +2 Strength and +2 Hope.
Wide Storyline value: The more other Friendly Beings you have, the stronger Bride becomes as a support piece.
Stat support: Rise Up And Walk can Give Bride, Lamb's Wife extra Strength and Hope. The Strength helps its Challenges, while the Hope increases how much Damage it can withstand without removing existing Damage.
Questions and Answers
Q: What happens if I control two Bride, Lamb's Wives?
A: Each Bride is "other" to the other, so each receives +2 Strength and +2 Hope from the other Bride. Every additional Friendly Being receives +4 Strength and +4 Hope total.
Q: Does a Friendly Being Created after Bride enter receive her bonus?
A: Yes. Her Ability is ongoing, so any other Friendly Being currently on your Storyline receives the bonus while Bride remains active.
Q: If another Friendly Being is Humbled, does it lose Bride's +2 Strength and +2 Hope?
A: No. Bride is the source of the ongoing Ability, so Humbling the receiver doesn't cancel her passive bonus.
Q: What happens if Bride herself is Humbled?
A: Her Ability is canceled, so all other Friendly Beings immediately lose the +2 Strength and +2 Hope she was supplying.
Q: Why can removing Bride unexpectedly Exile another damaged Friendly Being?
A: A damaged Being may be surviving only because of Bride's +2 Hope. When the bonus disappears, its Current Hope is recalculated and may fall to 0 or less.
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