R. David Zopf's Unofficial Deck Archive

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Krassimir and Ventrue by R. David Zopf

Concept: Krassimir supports a group of small to mid capacity Ventrue, using an excess of bleed actions, and untap, along with light tapping capabilities (Misdirection, Anarch Troublemaker, Mind Numb). As it stands, this deck may burn through its blood too fast, but the basic  concepts are there.  This deck is merely a concept.  I haven't run it, yet.

Crypt
3 - Krassimir
1- Ranjan Rishi
1- Boss Callihan
1- Diane Vick
1- Lana Butcher
1- Catherine duBois
1- Edward Vignes
1- Horatio Ballard
1- Victorine Lafourcade
1- Vanessa

Library
Master (17):
5- Blood Doll
3- Minion Tap
3- Misdirection
2- Anarch Troublemaker
2- Hostile Takeover
1- Pentex Subversion
1- Tabriz Assembly

Bleed (16):
5- Govern the Unaligned
3- Threats
4- Social Charm
1- Entrancement
3- Forshadowing Destruction

Untap (11):
6- Freak Drive
5- Wake with Evenings Freshness

Bleed Bounce (6):
3- Deflection
3- Redirection

Combat (22):
7- Majesty
4- Catatonic Fear
4- Rolling with the Punches
2- Lapse
4- Skin of Rock

Mixed Use/Other (17):
3- Clotho's Gift
6- Domain of Evernight
4- Rewind Time
4- Internal Recursion
2- Mind Numb

Regards
DaveZ
Atom Weaver

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To All,
Been giving it much thought, and after one game with a 
single Slaughterhouse and Agaitas, along with three timely 
Scrying of Secrets, I've come to the conclusion that the 
best use for library burn resources is for the _selective_ 
denial of resources available to your prey, not wholesale 
library burn. It seems to me to be far better to 
cripple one aspect of his game than to totally burn his 
deck (prevents table collapse, etc.). If you can pick and 
choose what to burn, then you can get rid of only those 
things that hurt you as their predator (intercept, blood 
gain, rush actions, whatever).

To that end, I hastily assembled the following (Happy 
Families style) deck. Its designed to bleed for about 
three per action (AI's abound in my local play group), and 
to give good information about the library of your prey. I 
guess the tough part comes in deciding what to get rid of. 
I'm sure that will be a judgement call for each game, but 
in general, I'd think about denying people bloat, and 
probably intercept. This is a great negotiating tool. 
Consider that you can haggle with a prey, say by denying 
him access to Bum's Rush unless he agrees to use them on 
his prey, only. *evil grin* Not easy, but potentially 
ruinous. Anyway, here's the deck. Feel free to give me 
feedback, keeping in mind what I want to accomplish...

Deck Name: Library Sniper Deck
Created By: R. David Zopf
Description: Selective denial of library cards, by knowing 
what is in there...

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 19, Max: 30, Avg: 6.17)
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2 Agaitas AUS for NEC 6, Harbingers of Skulls
1 Anisa Marianna Lopez aus FOR NEC QUI 8, Harbingers of Skulls
1 Didi Meyers aus cel DOM obf 5, Malkavian
2 Egothha AUS FOR NEC obf 7, Harbingers of Skulls
1 Gilbert Duane AUS DOM OBF 7, Malkavian, Prince
1 Le Dinh Tho aus dom NEC 5, Nagaraja
1 Ozmo AUS dom obf 6, Malkavian
1 Pochtli cel dom NEC OBF POT 8, Giovanni
1 Roland Bishop aus dom obf 4, Malkavian
1 Zebulon aus dom OBF pro 5, Malkavian

(I may add The Scandalmonger...)

Library: (87 cards) -> Room for additions :-)
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Master (13 cards)
1 Asylum Hunting Ground
5 Blood Doll
1 Hungry Coyote, The
1 Madness Network
1 Rack, The
4 Slaughterhouse, The

Action (14 cards)
2 Govern the Unaligned
4 Night Moves
2 Pulse of the Canaille
3 Sanguine Instruction
3 Summon Soul

Action Modifier (26 cards)
4 Call of the Hungry Dead
3 Cloak the Gathering
1 Forgotten Labyrinth
4 Freak Drive
3 Lost in Crowds
7 Scrying of Secrets
4 Threats

Reaction (18 cards)
1 Delaying Tactics
3 Obedience
5 Telepathic Counter
4 Telepathic Misdirection
5 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (9 cards)
2 Skin of Rock
2 Skin of Steel
5 Spiritual Intervention

Retainer (1 cards)
1 Mr. Winthrop

Equipment (3 cards)
1 Erebus Mask
1 Poker
1 Soul Gem of Etrius

Combo (3 cards)
3 Spectral Divination

For those interested in it, the Happy Families breakdown of 
the crypt disciplines (I went for five disciplines, 
superior count twice) Was;
13 master
13 non discipline
18 Auspex
15 Necromancy
11 Obfuscate
9 Dominate
8 Fortitude

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Greetings, All...
    Subsequent to the dispute about the viability of Assamites in their
current state, I thought I might post my most successful deck with them to
date.  While this in no way represents the clan as the silent killers that
they should be, it does do well in a variety of situations, mostly due to
it's flexibility.  The equipment is of questionable value, I admit, but
often an Embraced vampire with a .44 is just considered not worth the effort
to dispatch with in the hierarchy of events within a game...  Mostly, this
deck suceeds by changing tactics often and unpredictably...  well on with
the decklist, in Glorious ELDB Format

Deck name: Assamite Highlanders
Created by: R. David Zopf

Crypt: (12 cards)
3 Abd al-Rashid (Assamite, 5, CE ob QU)
1 Al-Ashrad, Amr of Alamut (Assamite, 9, au CE ob QU TH)
1 Harika Guljan (Assamite, 3, QU)
1 Kalinda (Assamite, 6, CE OB th)
1 Kanya Akhtar (Assamite, 2, ce)
1 Melek (Assamite, 7, ce OB pr QU)
1 Parnassus (Assamite, 7, au CE QU th)
2 Tansu Bekir (Assamite, 4, ce OB)
1 Thetmes, Calif of Alamut (Assamite, 10, CE do OB po QU, 2 votes)


Library: (90 cards)
4 .44 Magnum
2 Acrobatics
1 Alamut
1 Barrens, The
3 Blood Doll
3 Blur
1 Celerity
3 Cloak the Gathering
11 Embrace, The
7 Flash
5 Forced Awakening
1 Fragment of the Book of Nod
4 Heartblood of the Clan
1 Information Highway
1 Ivory Bow
1 KRCG News Radio
2 Market Square
4 Mask of a Thousand Faces
1 Mr. Winthrop
7 Obfuscate
6 Psyche
1 Sport Bike
5 Swallowed by the Night
5 Taste of Death
4 Taste of Vitae
1 Underworld Hunting Ground
3 Wake with Evening's Freshness
2 White Phosphorus Grenade

In case you hadn't caught on, the idea is to bring up mid-range Assamites
from the crypt, use them to Embrace, then take Heartblood of the Clan
actions ad nauseam to efficiently get up Assamite Elders for free.  These,
along with a horde of raving weenie Embraced vampires make a formidable
force...  Tactic changes can include weenie overrun bleed, bloat (by
transfers off the Elders, and Blood Doll/hunting), and light
combat/intercept.  I know that you'll likely think that this deck doesn't do
any one thing well, but the fact is it has a great number of actions per
turn available to it, and that compensates well for the difficulty in
playing the Assamites...  Comments are welcome.

Oh, in case you didn't understand the deck title, I've always found the
title "Heartblood of the Clan" to have a distictly Scottish sound to it.  In
fact, the title has gone so far as to be the basis for an abbreviation of
the following phrase in my group(s)

"weenie Embraced #5 will attempt a Hearblood of the Clan action to put a
counter on Heartblood of the Clan" is abbreviated to "Aach!!".  Pronounced
as a glottal sound made at the back of the throat, it sounds akin to choking
on a large piece of under-ripe fruit ;-)

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Regards,
R. David Zopf
Atom Weaver
V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC

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    I've been asked on several occasions to get it together and post 
this deck.  I wanted to take some time to explain how the theme develops, 
so I do apologize for the delay.  This deck has been slightly modified 
from it's Glorious ELDB Format(tm D. Davila;-)  to enhance the 
understanding of it's theme.  Some additions are simply to make the deck 
a bit more viable in regular play.  As always, any feedback to enhance 
theme or playability is heavily encouraged.  Thanks for reading.
 
Deck name: !Toreador Techno Rave Theme Deck
Created by: R. David Zopf
Description: Clubs. Lots of clubs. This deck is mainly about clubs. 
And Songs. Mainly clubs and songs, oh, and Drinks. Yeah, Clubs, Songs, and Drinks. 
Note, this deck is also slightly insane. One word of advise, 
discard the Goth Band and Song in the Dark. Every time.
 
Crypt: (12 cards)
1 Artemis (Malkavian Antitribu, 6, au ce DE fo OB)
1 Donatien (Toreador Antitribu, 9, AU ce po PR, Cardinal)
1 Gillian Krader (Pander, 2, an de)
1 Ian Wallingford (Toreador Antitribu, 6, au CE PR, Bishop)
2 Jost Werner (Toreador Antitribu, 6, an AU PR)
1 Lena Rowe (Pander, 3, au ob pr)
1 Lolita (Toreador Antitribu, 3, fo pr)
1 Remilliard, Devout Crusader (Toreador Antitribu, 4, AU pr)
1 Rigby, Crusade Vanguard (Brujah Antitribu, 5, au CE po PR)
1 Sheila Mezarin (Toreador Antitribu, 6, AU ce fo PR)
1 Victor Revell, Loyalist (Toreador Antitribu, 5, au CE de pr)
 
 
Library: (81 cards)
The Clubs (lets all go club hopping)
1 Barrens, The
1 Fetish Club Hunting Ground
1 Hungry Coyote, The
1 Hunt Club, The
1 Inbase Discotek, Frankfurt
1 Rack, The
1 Succubus Club
 
The Songs (note: some card text has been slightly modified, 
                 be sure to use this text while playing...)
5 Aria of Elation
1 Song in the Dark (I mean it.  Discard this every time)
4 Song of Serenity (good for Jost and Gillian)
 
The Drinks
3 Blood Doll
3 Concoction of Vitality
2 Minion Tap (a little sip for the Methuselah never hurt anything) 
 
The Scene...
2 Art Scam
4 Confusion
1 Entrancement
1 Goth Band (make a point to show them you're an Industrial 
                techno snob, discard the Goth Band :-)
7 Majesty
2 Palla Grande
3 Pulse of the Canaille
6 Social Charm
 
Check out him dancing
4 Sideslip
4 Nimble Feet
 
Things to Avoid while Clubbing
1 Vampiric Disease (Oh, dude, didn't anyone ever tell you about _her_...?) 
1 Vampiric Speed (get it, get it :-)
1 XTC-Laced blood
 
The Morning After...
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
 
A few odd bits to make things run smoother
3 Dementation
6 Telepathic Counter
 
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Regards,
R. David Zopf
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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Greetings, All.
    I cooked up an idea for a Sabbat weenie hunting/blood gain deck on 
a separate thread, and wanted to post it, in case anyone was interested.  
The theme is like the U.S. Cub Scouts, but with little vampires (I can 
elaborate for internationals who are unfamiliar with the institution, 
ask if needed) I don't have the proper number of Hungry Coyotes in my 
collection, so I'm proxy-ing until I decide if its worth trading for 
a tournament play. Feedback is always appreciated.
 
Deck name: The Little Coyotes
Created by: R. David Zopf
 
Crypt: (12 cards)
1 Aaron Duggan, Cameron's Toady (Lasombra, 2, ot)
1 Boy Toy (Malkavian Antitribu, 2, de)
1 Carter (Toreador Antitribu, 2, ce)
1 Christine Boscacci (Pander, 2, do vi)
1 Dani (Nosferatu Antitribu, 2, an)
1 Frederick the Weak (Brujah Antitribu, 2, pr)
1 Gillian Krader (Pander, 2, an de)
1 Heinrick Schlempt (Tremere Antitribu, 2, th)
1 Horatio (Tzimisce, 2, vi)
1 Mitchell, The Headhunter (Pander, 2, ot po)
1 Sadie (Gangrel Antitribu, 2, pt)
1 Samson (Ventrue Antitribu, 2, do)
 
 
Library: (86 cards)
2 Barrens, The
8 Blood Doll
4 Catacombs
2 Celerity
15 Computer Hacking
5 Distraction
8 Dodge
6 Effective Management
2 Fragment of the Book of Nod
4 Hungry Coyote, The
2 Information Highway
4 IR Goggles
5 Leather Jacket
5 Lucky Blow
4 Parthenon, The
1 Pentex(TM) Loves You!
4 Rumors of Gehenna
5 Tribute to the Master
 
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Regards,
R. David Zopf
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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    I've gotten a bunch of good input on tuning these theme decks, so 
I'm going to keep sending them.  (I'll get out the Techno Rave deck 
tomorrow..)     In glorious ELDB format, I give you:
 
Deck name: Virgil's Escort Service
Created by: R. david Zopf

Description: Use Virgil with multiple Blood Dolls to make his special 
ability effective. Extra OBF weenies round out the deck. Heidelburgs 
are included to transfer Ghouls recruited by weenies to Virgil.

Crypt: (12 cards)
1 Boy Toy (Malkavian Antitribu, 2, de)
1 Brazil (Malkavian, 2, au)
1 Normal (Malkavian, 2, ob)
1 Olivia (Nosferatu Antitribu, 5, OB PO vi, Bishop)
1 Tansu Bekir (Assamite, 4, ce OB)
5 Virgil (Malkavian Antitribu, 8, AU ce DE OB, Bishop)
1 Yorik (Malkavian Antitribu, 3, de ob)
1 Zoe (Malkavian, 3, AU ce ob)
 
 
Library: (90 cards)
1 Barrens, The
2 Blessing of Chaos
9 Blood Doll
1 Changeling Skin Mask
6 Cloak the Gathering
7 Confusion
1 Crimson Sentinel, The
4 Dementation
6 Disguised Weapon
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Enchanted Marionette
3 Forgotten Labyrinth
10 Ghoul Escort
2 Grenade
3 Heidelburg Castle, Germany
1 Institution Hunting Ground
1 Ivory Bow
2 Marked Path
2 Pulse of the Canaille
4 Spying Mission
6 Swallowed by the Night
8 Telepathic Counter
4 Telepathic Misdirection
2 Walk through Arcadia
2 White Phosphorus Grenade
 
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Regards,
R. David Zopf
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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    I was sitting in a cold, dark place when this variant potence 
Rush deck idea came to me.  It will suffer, as all potence decks do, 
against damage prevention, and in an overly fast (bleed, vote) 
environment wherein it doesn't get early table control...  
Anyway, here it is, in glorious ELDB format
 
Deck name: The Amputator
Created by: R. David Zopf

Description: A fun theme variant of a stock weenie potence deck. 
Do more damage than your opponent, then start pulling off appendages.  
Cackle madly, and often ;-)

Crypt: (12 cards)
1 Agatha (Nosferatu Antitribu, 4, ob PO)
1 Cameron (Lasombra, 2, ot)
1 Dre, Leader of the Cold Dawn (Brujah, 3, ce po)
1 Duck (Nosferatu, 3, ob po)
1 Hasina Kesi (Caitiff, 1, po)
1 Hector Sosa (Brujah, 4, PO pr)
1 Hugo (Brujah Antitribu, 4, PO pr vi)
1 Jacob Bragg (Brujah Antitribu, 3, ce po)
1 Jimmy Dunn (Pander, 4, CE fo PO)
1 KoKo (Nosferatu, 2, po)
1 Lupo (Brujah, 2, po)
1 Tommy (Nosferatu Antitribu, 3, an po)
 
 
Library: (90 cards)
2 Blood Doll
10 Bum's Rush
2 Death of My Conscience, The
8 Decapitate
8 Disarm
3 Haven Uncovered
12 Immortal Grapple
5 Increased Strength
5 Mighty Grapple
1 Pentex(TM) Loves You!
3 Potence
6 Pulled Fangs
4 Pushing the Limit
8 Taste of Vitae
5 Thrown Sewer Lid
8 Undead Strength
 
A few choice pieces of equipment (Meat Cleaver, etc.) would 
enhance the theme, but possibly detract from its playability.  
Thoughts on making either the theme or the operation of this 
deck better would be appreciated. --

Regards,
R. David Zopf
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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Here is the deck I won this past weekend's tourney here in Charlotte,NC with:
Deck name:   Use That Advantage
Created by:  R. David Zopf
Description: Using the Advantage plus Night Moves gains you blood.
MadNet for a guaranteed Edge on your turn.  Light defense of the
MadNet with Pot strikes, Disguised weapons and permanent intercept...

Crypt: (13 cards) [Min: 13, Max: 24, Avg: 4.62]
1  Agatha  (Nosferatu Antitribu, 4, ob PO)
1  Agrippina (Nosferatu, 4, OB po)
1  Daliyah   (Nosferatu, 4, ob PT)
1  Didi Meyers  (Malkavian, 5, au ce DO ob)
1  Gilbert Duane (Malkavian, 7, AU DO OB, Prince)
1  Kendrick (Nosferatu Antitribu, 7, AN au ob PO, Priscus)
2  Olivia (Nosferatu Antitribu, 5, OB PO vi, Bishop)
1  Tommy  (Nosferatu Antitribu, 3, an po)
1  Victoria  (Malkavian, 5, AU ce ob)
1  Watenda (Malkavian, 3, ob)
1  Zebulon (Malkavian, 5, au do OB pt)
1  Zoe (Malkavian, 3, AU ce ob)

Library: (90 cards)
1  Asylum Hunting Ground
1  Auspex
1  Barrens, The
1  Deflection
4  Disguised Weapon
2  Dominate
5  Faceless Night
4  Govern the Unaligned
2  Haven Uncovered
1  Ivory Bow
1  Kine Dominance
1  KRCG News Radio
2  Lost in Crowds
2  Madness Network
2  Malkavian Prank
3  Mind Rape
6  Minion Tap
1  Muddled Vampire Hunter
9  Night Moves
1  Nosferatu Kingdom
2  Obfuscate
2  Pushing the Limit
2  Redirection
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
1  Sacrament of Carnage
1  Sengir Dagger
3  Spirit's Touch
7  Swallowed by the Night
6  Telepathic Counter
2  Threats
5  Using the Advantage
6  Wake with Evening's Freshness
2  White Phosphorus Grenade

Regards,
R. David Zopf
guenhwyvar@mindspring.com
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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I'd appreciate some feedback on this deck idea for making War Ghouls out of
Arms Dealers.  Weenie Embraced vampires make for more recruit ally actions,
plus fodder for bleeding the prey en masse after the War Ghouls have
softened him up.  There's a couple of Giovanni ally tricks in here, as well.
You'll probably be familiar with them (Ambrosius + Talbot's Chainsaw,
Ambrosius recycling Zombies, & good ol' Compel the Spirit...)  I'm not
trying to make a tourney deck (obviously), but I would like to explore how
good an ally deck can _really_be made...  (I've exhausted variations on my 
Talaq the Window Opener Deck, aka 21 Burst Salute which makes people fear me, 
but doesn't get so many victory points.)
  I've left space for additions (8 cards), but would, of course,
consider exchanges.  I'm not too pleased with the additional stealth angle
for getting ally actions to succeed, but I don't want my vamps in combat
early.  A pool gain system for this deck could help offset the
expense of the allies...  Any thoughts?

Deck name: Allies Can be Cheap v2.1
Created by: R. David Zopf
Description: Combo Ally plus War Ghoul Plus Compel the Spirit 
to make Allies cheap enough to be usable...

Crypt: (13 cards)
1 Angel (Brujah, 2, ce)
1 Dre, Leader of the Cold Dawn (Brujah, 3, ce po)
2 Horatio (Tzimisce, 2, vi)
1 Lolita Houston (Tzimisce, 4, au VI)
1 Lupo (Brujah, 2, po)
2 Rafaele Giovanni (Giovanni, 6, ce NE ob)
2 Rudolpho Giovanni (Giovanni, 3, NE)
1 Vasilis, The Traitor of Don Cruez (Brujah, 2, pr)
2 Wendy Wade (Tzimisce, 3, an au)


Library: (82 cards)
3 Ambrosius, The Ferryman (Wraith)
12 Arms Dealer
4 Blood Doll
8 Bum's Rush
8 Cloak the Gathering
10 Compel the Spirit
3 Distraction
7 Embrace, The
1 Leonardo, Mortician
2 Minion Tap
3 Necromancy
5 Obfuscate
2 Revenant
3 Talbot's Chainsaw
6 War Ghoul
5 Zombie

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Regards,
R. David Zopf
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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This goofy little deck was inspired by a ridiculous billboard on one
of the highway's down here in good 'ol "Springer-ville, USA".  It has
the above quote on it, along with a whole bunch of curious white
tadpoles running about.    Sometimes I just don't believe what
mine own eyes see.  They have a website, too, if your curious;
	www.identigene.com

But, I digress.  On to the deck this inspired.  This goofy little
number is for you sensible NCL players, as there's no way to readily
generate the desired effects (that being a peculiar humor element, and
a particularly nervous prey) under a CL.  The goal is to bring up a
Setite, then start Revelation of the Sire, to change Caitiff into
Setites (those corrupt Setites, alway putting their vitae where it
doesn't belong...)  Notice that a Revealed Caitiff (now Setite) can in
turn Reveal another Caitiff (creating what we might consider the
equivalent of a family therapy session on a daytime talk show), or
Corrupt a vamp, or Computer Hack.  Just play the deck as the cards
flow.  It's heavy on action cards, so it does get bogged down in a
combat environment (these guys fall over like twigs), but hey, Setites
are lovers, not fighters... Right?   ;-)

Crypt(14):
2x Dedefra
2x Nepata
1x Nik 
1x Franciscus
1x Dan Murdock
1x Julius
1x Igo, the Hungry
1x Navar McClaren
1x Hasina Kesi
1x Smudge, the Ignored
1x Magdelena Schaefer
1x Antoinette DuChamp

Library:
Master(20):
6x Effective Management
3x Info Highway
4x Obfuscate
3x Serpentis
2x The Barrens
1x Fragment of the Book of Nod
1x Opium Den

Minion (65):
10x Revelation of the Sire
25x Corruption
8x Computer Hacking
3x Form of Corruption
2x Temptation
4x Lost in Crowds
4x Faceless Night
9x Cloak the Gathering

Regards,
R. David Zopf
guenhwyvar@mindspring.com
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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Many people have it out for Allies.  For the most part, they just
aren't as good as a vamp, pool for pool.  Here's what I came up with
as the best viable use for them...  Don't ask me why, but it wins a
majority VP about 35-50% of the time...

Crypt:

Nosferatu:
1x Dimple 2, obf
1x Regilio, 3, obf, aus
1x Agrippina, 4, OBF, pot

Giovanni:
2x Rudolpho 3, NEC
1x Patrizia 5, nec, tha, qui

!Gangrel:
1x Sadie, 2, pro
1x Leon, 3, ani, for
1x Pieter, 6, OBF, PRO, tha, for

!Tremere:
1x Heinrick Schlempt, 2, tha
1x Brooke, 3, tha, dom
1x Reverend Blackwood, 6, THA, DOM, obf


Library:

Masters (21)
5x Blood Doll
3x Effective Management
3x Necromancy
1x Obfuscate
3x Memories of Mortality
2x Inbase Discotek, Frankfurt
1x The Hungry Coyote
1x Elysium: The Arboretum
1x The Barrens
1x Fragment of the Book of Nod

Actions(14)
3x Ambush
3x Bum's Rush
4x Kindred Intelligence
4x Compel the Spirit

Action Modifiers (9)
9x Cloak the Gathering

Allies (11)
5x Talaq, the Immortal
2x Shadow Court Satyr
2x Nephandus (Mage)
1x Anbrosius, The Ferryman (Wraith)
1x Succubus

Equipment (7)
5x IR Goggles
1x Laptop Computer
1x Talbot's Chainsaw

Combat (27)
4x Dodge
5x Fake Out
4x Theft of Vitae
14x Burst of Sunlight

I'd put in more Bursts of sunlight, but I don't have them...  As you
can see, the allies make frequent and generous use of the daylight to
assist them.  Nephandus finishes the job quite well, and Ambrosius
with Talbot's Chainsaw should be in every ally deck;-)  The vamps are
really just in ther until they can recruit an ally, then they hunt
away like good little minions, to be blood dolled off to pay for the
elevated cost of mortal allies.  Rudolpho , the Necro Skill cards and
Compel the Spirits do a lot to defray the expense, as well...  Just
another not so serious, but oh so fun deck from your faithful AtomWeaver...

Regards,
R. David Zopf
guenhwyvar@mindspring.com
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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This untuned deck succeeded in making it all the way to the finals,
and had a crack at winning Dragon* Con.  I'm just as surprised as you
are, believe me.  I threw it together before driving down to Atlanta,
and played it for the first time once before entering the tourney.  My
changes (already made) are noted at the bottom.
	Several thoughts to keep in mind;
	1. Revised Second Trad. Domain now rocks, as do other Princely
advantages, esp. in light of the revisions to Wake.  I knew a bit of
the meta-game going in to the tourney (read: Ben Peal's weenie horde
deck) and thought that a healthy amount of untap and blood gain wouldbe needed.
	2. Carthage Remembered was also staggering in it's effectiveness,
considering it's disposability.  Most of the time, I played it
expecting to have the use of it for a single round (to try to sneak
some bleeds in unexpectedly).  Often, it went unattended, as others
felt it not worth the action to dispose of it...
	3. I felt that some amount of retainer/location theft might be useful
(due to revised Golden Rule of Ownership), but found myself disposing
of the cards to do so more often than not.  I think that this is more
a consequence of not having _serious_ stealth to pull it off, though,
than it is a devaluation of the tactic...

Crypt

Brujah
	Vasilis, the Traitor of Don Cruez - 2 - pre
	Volker, the Puppet Prince - 5 - CEL, pot, Prince
	Brachah - 5 - PRE, CEL, for
	Rake - 6 - PRE, cel, pot, aus, Prince
	Donal O'Connor - 8 - CEL, POT, DOM, Prince
	Constanza Vinti - 8 - CEL, POT, DOM, Prince
Toreador
	Mariana Gilbert - 4 - PRE, cel
	Tatiana Romanova - 7 - AUS, cel, pre, Prince
	Anson - 8 - CEL, PRE, aus, dom, Prince
Ventrue	
	Gideon Fontaine - 3 - PRE
	Ranjan Rishi, Camarilla Scholar - 5 - PRE, DOM, for
	Sir Walter Nash - 7 - FOR, DOM, PRE, Prince

Total Vampires: 12	Avg. Cap: 5.667
	High Draw: 31	Low Draw: 14


Library:

Masters	
1 Art Museum	
5 Minion Tap
2 Blood Doll	
3 Effective Management	
1 Information Highway	
1 Sudden Reversal
1 Misdirection	
1 Fragment of the Book of Nod	
1 Depravity	
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Warzone HG	
2 Carthage Remembered

Traditions	
7 The Second Tradition: Domain
3 The Fourth Tradition: The Accounting	
5 The Fifth Tradition: Hospitality

Dominate	
2 Far Mastery	
2 Kine Dominance	
5 Govern the Unaligned
5 Scouting Mission

Presence	
2 Legal Manipualtions	
2 Social Charm
2 Catatonic Fear	
2 Majesty	
3 Voter Captivation	
4 Bewitching Oration

Politics
1 Brujah Justicar	
2 Consanguineous Boon	
2 Conservative Agitation
3 Domain Challenge	
3 Kine Resources Contested	
2 Parity Shift
1 Praxis Seizure: Boston	
1 Praxis Seizure: Geneva	
1 Praxis Seizure: Glasgow
3 Closed Session

Equipment	
1 Sengir Dagger	
1 Ivory Bow
1 Bang Nakh - Tiger's Claws

Combat	
1 Lightning Reflexes	
2 Thrown Gate
1 Sacrament of Carnage

Revisions:
	1. Art Museum (1) is out.  A previous version of the crypt had more
Toreador and less Brujah.  The crypt was revised, but I didn't remove
the card.  Oops. Replaced with Carthage Remembered (1)
	2. Far Mastery (2) and Kine Dominance (2), both out.  Again, you need
stealth to make this effective in tournament play.  Replaced with Aire
of Elation (4).
	3. Bang Nakh (1) is out.  Too pricey as compared to other equipment.
Replaced with Carthage Remembered (1).
	4. Information Highway (1) is out.  With the high number of Governs
and Scouting Missions, it was unneccesary for getting minions out
quickly.  Haven't decided what to replace it with yet...

The balance of the equipment/combat is for surprise and feint value
(just gave that away, didn't I? ;-), moreso than anything else, and
kept many an unsuspecting prey running for cover and sucking down 0
stealth bleeds for several turns.  I think most people were expecting
this deck to be a combat deck, based on the vampires they saw.  In a
light combat/heavy vote tournament, it held it's own on both sides.
Vote control was relatively easy to obtain, with a good number of "add
pool to uncontrolled minions" cards.  I held back the Bewitching
Orations to use with Praxi, and the rest of the votes took care of themselves.
That was surprising, especially considering I included titles for the
main objective of being able to use the Traditions cards.
	Had I known more of the meta-game, I might have done without the
Closed Sessions, but the odd Priscus still makes me want to keep themin...
	Any revisions/ observations are welcome...

Regards,
R. David Zopf
guenhwyvar@mindspring.com
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)

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The "Bitter Nosferatu" Deck
	I don't post deck lists too terribly often, as I find most people
dislike working their way through the twisted recesses of my brain,
which spawn such ridiculousness.  Two goofy ideas I've been batting
about melded together into this "pissed off" Nosferatu deck.

Idea #1: Grand Melee
	The most difficult thing about getting combat deck to work for me has
always been getting the right combo of Rush cards to combat cards.
With the advent of the Sabbat, I thought it might be time to take a
look at two older cards:	

Imperial Decree	1 blood	Justicar or IC member
	+1 stealth
	Put this card into play.  As a D action, any Camarilla vamp may enter
combat with any Non-Camarilla vamp.  Any vamp may burn this card as a
D action (Non-Cam get -1 stalth on this action)	

Covenant of Blood	1 blood
	Non-Camarilla over 7 cap.
	Put this card into play.  As a D action, any Non-Camarilla vamp may
enter combat with any Camarilla vamp.  Any vamp may burn this card as
a D action (Camarilla get -1 stalth on this action)

You see where this is going, I'll bet.  Once a copy is in play,
getting into combat is a simple thing.  Yes, they're fragile, but they
can work quite nicely for a few turns each.


Idea #2: A use for duplicate vamps in the crypt.	
	Often, I find my self with ideas revolving around a few vampire, 
(like this deck) with little to do with the duplicates if they come up...
So I thought that this little blood gain trick might make use of them.
There are certainly better/faster ways, but this is quite amusing to
see, the first time it happens	

Might of the Camarilla --> Redeem the Lost Soul

With those cards in mind, here is the deck...



Crypt:
Nosferatu
3 x Sheldon, Lord of the Clog 9, Justicar, ANI, OBF, POT, AUS, for
4x Harrod 11, IC, +2 bleed, ANI, OBF, POT, CEL, aus, pre

Nosferatu Anti-tribu
3x Cailean 10, Archbishop of Detroit, can establish range each round, 
	ANI, OBF, POT, PRE, dom
2x Young-Sun, Harmonist 10, Cardinal, can burn vamps from top of 
	prey's crypt as a D action, ANI, OBF, POT, THA, aus


Library
Masters (17)
1x Archon Investigation
1x The Barrens
1x Fragment of the Book of Nod
1x Giant's Blood
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
2x Information Highway
2x Storm Sewers
3x Minion Tap
5x Redeem the Lost Soul

Actions (8)
4x Imperial Decree
4x Covenant of Blood

Reactions (6)
6x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Political Actions (17)
4x Anathema
1x Ancient Influence
2x Mark of the Damned
6x Might of the Camarilla
4x The Peace of Khetamon

Combat (42)
2x Decapitate
5x Disarm
9x Immortal Grapple
8x Taste of Vitae
3x Thrown Sewer Lid
9x Torn Signpost
6x Undead Strength


Strengths: When the Grand Melee Actions get up and going, hey, there's
some right hideous mayhem that happens.  Particularly, Cailean against
Camrilla (he's really got it out for them). Politics tends not tot be
a problem, either, with so many strong titles.  Combat is great fun,
and the deck moves fairly well, despite the high number of non-combat
cards...  The blood gain catches everyone by surprise, and I even
caught my prey with four transfers on a vamp twice, & burned it with a
MotCam!  A nifty improvised "bleed" effect.  Other combat decks tend
to kiss your feet, toss rose petals in your wake, and try to avoid the
removal of the Grand Melee cards until they become a problem for them.

Weaknesses: Those Grand Melee cards are inherintly frail.  It does
take big vamps to make it go, and heavy maneuvering opponents can hurt
me (without Cailean).  Also, blocking the Grand Melee actions causes
me grief.  A later incarnation will likely inclue Swallowed by the
Night to alleviate both maneuver problems, and some light stealth for
the actions.  Other revisions might include fortitiude or Concoctions
of Vitality in them.  

In all, its great fun to play some alternative (non-Rush based)
combat that has some really odd cards to support it.  It's hardly
tournament worthy, but its a bunch of fun to play, if only to see the
quizzical looks on your prey's face ;-)

Regards,
R. David Zopf
guenhwyvar@mindspring.com
Atom Weaver (& V:EKN Prince of Charlotte, NC)


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