Seven Year Famine – Common Hebrew Event | Bible TCG
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Seven Year Famine is a Common Event from the Hebrew Age, costing 7 Faith. It deals 5 Damage to all Enemy Beings.
The Bible Story Behind Seven Year Famine
After seven years of great plenty, a severe famine spread across Egypt and the surrounding lands. The abundance had ended exactly as Joseph had foretold through Pharaoh's dreams. Fields failed, food became scarce, and the nations discovered that their own resources couldn't preserve them through the years of hunger.
Yet God had prepared provision before the famine began. Joseph had gathered corn during the years of plenty and stored it throughout Egypt. When the people cried for bread, Pharaoh directed them to Joseph. Seven Year Famine therefore presents a worldwide need answered through the man whom God had raised up beforehand.
Genesis 41:56 — “And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.”
Joseph didn't create the famine, but he alone possessed the wisdom and authority to open the storehouses prepared for it. The suffering brought people from many lands to the ruler they needed, including the brothers who had once rejected him. The famine became the circumstance God used to bring Joseph's family to the one appointed to preserve their lives.
Joseph offers an illustrative parallel with Jesus Christ, the rejected Son who was humbled and afterward exalted to a place of authority. Mankind was already perishing beneath sin and death, but God had prepared salvation before the need became visible to us. Jesus is the Bread of life, sent from heaven to give life to the world.
The law revealed the famine within the human soul, but it couldn't supply righteousness or everlasting life. Christ fulfilled the law, bore our sins upon the cross, and rose again with an inexhaustible storehouse of grace. The church receives freely from Him, not by purchasing salvation with works, but by faith in the riches of His finished work.
Seven Year Famine Bible TCG Strategy
Seven Year Famine is a major Board-control Event. It can heavily Damage or Exile an entire Enemy Storyline, giving you a chance to recover, push ahead, or clear the way for future Challenges. Because it affects all Enemy Beings and doesn't Target, it can also Damage Enemy Beings with Darkness.
Synergies
Board Clear: Seven Year Famine can deal 5 Damage to every Enemy Being at once.
Control Strategy: It gives slower Decks a powerful way to reset Enemy pressure.
Pray Synergy: Since Seven Year Famine is an Event that deals Damage, Beings with Pray can increase its Damage.
Questions and Answers
Q: If Sarah, Leah, and Isaac are all active, how much Damage does Seven Year Famine deal to each Enemy Being?
A: Their combined Pray +4 increases Seven Year Famine from 5 Damage to 9 Damage against every affected Enemy Being.
Q: Can Darkness protect an Enemy Being from Seven Year Famine?
A: No. Seven Year Famine doesn't Target individual Beings.
Q: What happens to an Eternal Being?
A: Eternal prevents all of the Damage that Seven Year Famine would deal to it.
Q: What happens to an Enemy Being with unused Anointing?
A: Anointing ignores its first Damage instance from Seven Year Famine and is then used.
Q: If several Beings with Resurrect are Exiled at the same time by Seven Year Famine, do their Resurrect Abilities still work?
A: Yes, provided their Abilities were active. They are Exiled at the same time, and the resulting Resurrect triggers resolve afterward according to the normal timing rules.
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