Help! I keep getting my butt kicked!

[zk_wylde 0]

First off, i had a question about participating characters... all characters used during the first challenge are considered participating, right?.  Would they be considered particpating during the next challenge as well?  Like can i use a deadly ability twice?  I attack with a deadly guy and my opponent defends with a non deadly,, he kills off one of his characters because of the ability.  When it is his turn to attack, he attacks me with a deadly, but would i be able to use the guy that is already kneeling with the deadly from the previous challenge, or no? 

Also,  I keep getting my ass kicked in this game.  I dont know if we are playing it right, or i just plain old suck at this.  I am using the dragon house and my buddy is using the stark house.  Would someone be able to help me construct a good deck with the dragon house, or give me some pointers?  I want to destroy this turd nugget!!

 

Thank you!

Mark