Solomon, Spirit Of Wisdom – Common Apocrypha King | Bible TCG
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Solomon, Spirit Of Wisdom is a Common King Being from the Apocrypha, costing 5 Faith with 5 Strength, 1 Hope, 3 Reach, and 4 Move. His Prophecy Ability Gives him +1 Hope for each Verse in your Hand.
The Bible Story Behind Solomon, Spirit Of Wisdom
Wisdom of Solomon speaks in the voice of a king seeking understanding greater than wealth, health, or royal power. Bible TCG portrays that royal speaker as Solomon, connecting the passage with his prayer for wisdom in 1 Kings 3. The literary voice supplies the card's identity without requiring this entry to settle the book's date or authorship.
The speaker describes understanding as something given in answer to prayer. A crown can confer authority within a kingdom, but it can't itself supply wisdom. This distinction gives the card its focus: the gift of understanding and the greater worth assigned to it.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:7 — “Wherefore I prayed, and vnderstanding was giuen mee: I called vpon God, and the spirit of wisedome came to me.”
Solomon valued wisdom above royal power, riches, health, beauty, and earthly honor because it enabled him to judge rightly and understand what was truly valuable. His prayer also revealed that wisdom must be received with humility. A crown could give Solomon authority over Israel, but only God could give him the understanding required to use that authority well.
Solomon's wisdom became famous throughout the nations, yet it remained the wisdom of a fallen man who later made grievous choices. Jesus Christ needed no wisdom added to Him, because He is the eternal Son in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Solomon received understanding from God, but Jesus is Himself the wisdom of God revealed to mankind.
Christ's wisdom appeared most clearly where the world expected only weakness and defeat. Through the cross, Jesus satisfied divine justice, condemned sin, defeated death, and opened the way of salvation through His blood. Human wisdom would never have designed redemption through a crucified Savior, yet the apparent foolishness of God proved wiser than every philosophy, ruler, and strategy of man.
Solomon, Spirit Of Wisdom Bible TCG Strategy
Solomon, Spirit Of Wisdom begins with only 1 Printed Hope, but his Prophecy Ability can make him much harder to Exile. When his queued Prophecy resolves, count the Verses then in your Hand and give that same Being that much additional Hope, if he remains on the Storyline. The Hope increase doesn't change as your Hand changes later. It's determined when the Prophecy Ability resolves and remains unless another effect changes or removes it.
Synergies
Large-Hand strategy: Keeping several Verses in Hand before Creating Solomon gives him a much larger Hope increase.
Draw preparation: Drawing additional Verses before Playing Solomon increases the value of his Prophecy Ability.
Control finishers: A large Hand built through a slower control strategy can turn Solomon into a powerful and durable late-Game Being.
Questions and Answers
Q: Does Solomon count himself when determining his Prophecy bonus?
A: No. He has already left your Hand. If you had seven Verses including Solomon before Playing him and nothing else changes your Hand before Prophecy resolves, he receives +6 Hope and reaches 7 Hope before other effects.
Q: When is the Hand size counted?
A: When his queued Prophecy resolves. Earlier Queue items may change your Hand after Solomon is Created. Later Hand changes don't alter the bonus already granted.
Q: Can Solomon's Prophecy save him from an opposing Moses, Law Of God?
A: Not by itself. Moses's continuous -1 Hope applies immediately to Solomon's 1 Printed Hope. Prophecy is recorded, but Solomon is Exiled at the Creation Checkpoint before it resolves. The pending self-buff can't affect the departed Being. An already active external Hope bonus could keep him alive.
Q: What does Humble do after Solomon has received his bonus?
A: It removes the direct Hope bonus and his Abilities. Any remaining Damage and external continuous effects still apply, so the resulting Current Hope may be 0 or less and cause Exile at the Checkpoint.
Q: What if Solomon leaves and is Created again?
A: He is a new Being with no old Damage or direct modifiers. Record a new Prophecy and use the Hand size when it resolves. A pending Ability belonging to the previous Solomon can't buff the new one.
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