Gomi No Sensei's Unofficial Deck Archive

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This is a deck I've been playing with and tuning for a bit, and I
just realised it's fairly simple to make storyline-legal. So I'm 
opening it up for comments.

Deck Name: Seasick Bill
Created By: Gomi no Sensei
Description: 'Seasick Bill' -- Hurling Gates! HAW HAW Geddit?! DOM/POT
Thought Betrayed/Increased Strength/Thrown Gate bruise/bleed deck. 
It's fun!

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 25, Max: 36, Avg: 7.92)
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1 Chas Giovanni Tello DOM POT 4, Giovanni
1 Marianna aus DOM nec POT THA 8, Giovanni
1 Ambrogino Giovanni aus DOM NEC POT THA 9, Giovanni, 1 vote
1 Gillespi Giovanni aus DOM NEC POT 7, Giovanni
1 Helena Casimir cel for DOM POT PRE 9, Ventrue, Primogen
1 Kyle Strathcona AUS DOM for POT PRE 9, !Ventrue, Cardinal
1 Constanza Vinti CEL DOM POT 8, Brujah, Prince
1 Donal O'Connor CEL DOM POT 8, Brujah, Prince
1 Francisco Dgo. de Polonia DOM OBT POT PRE pro 9, Lasombra, Archbishop
1 Lisette Vizquel DOM POT pro 6, Lasombra, Bishop
1 Antonio Delgado DOM OBT POT tha 9, Lasombra, Archbishop
1 Marty Lechtansi ani DOM for OBF POT 9, Nosferatu, Primogen

Everybody here has DOM and POT. Neither are negotiable -- dom is 
pointless for Thoughts Betrayed, and inferior Increased Strength + 
Thrown Gate is just sad. There are 7 Giovanni with DOM and POT, 4 of 
which are already here. Add Augustus, Regina, and Silvia, a second 
Gillespi and Ambrogino, and that's 9 Giovanni. Storyline city. Fill 
out with Constanza, Donal, and Lisette. Bumps the average capacity a 
bit, but you weren't planning on getting more than 2 minions out 
anyway.

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (15 cards)
2 Barrens, The
3 Blood Doll
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
3 Minion Tap
4 Special Report
1 Sudden Reversal

I have been getting the feeling that there's a bit too much cyclage
in here, so I could see my way clear to dropping a Barrens and a 
Report for 2 Wakes.

Minion (75 cards)
10 Conditioning
3 Deflection
4 Govern the Unaligned
12 Increased Strength
3 Kindred Coercion
2 Pulling Strings
2 Redirection
6 Relentless Pursuit
12 Taste of Vitae
10 Thoughts Betrayed
11 Thrown Gate

The 'main loop' here is bleed, dropping Conditioning if not blocked,
dropping a Thoughts, Increased, Gate, Taste combat otherwise. Smack
for 4 is nontrivial, and depending on the Increased flow, could be 6
or 8. Relentless Pursuit is freaking excellent here, as it works right
when you need it -- those times when you've dropped a couple of
Increased Strengths hunting for a Gate, and haven't found one.

The Governs are there for pool gain or a quick oust if needed.

Given that there are 15 votes in the crypt, I'm not sure how much
vote defence I really need here, but Storylining the deck drops the
total votes in the crypt to 10, not so good.

Things I want to make room for:

Fame
Tension in the Ranks
maybe 4 High Ground
between 4 and 6 Change of Target

So that's a bare minimum of 10 cards to pitch, and I honestly don't 
know what to lose. The main loop is just barely reliable enough as it 
is; I really think dropping to 9 or 8 copies of each is going to hose
the threat level.

What this deck gets screwed by:

cel/pot maneuver to close + grapple. not too worried here, don't see
too much of it. maneuver to close without grapple, at least I get
my own strike off, and TB hoses most non-pot stuff.

Deflection. Hm. This is a problem. Change of Target at least gets me
to not get in a fight with or bleed my grandprey, but of course I'm 
still out the Conditioning. I tried addressing it with Contingency 
Planning, but it just blows too much. Add Misdirections to tap 
Deflectors? Havens/Rushes to pound Deflectors? Non-trivial problem. 
It's not like Deflection is unheard-of in the tournament environment. 
Given that two Giovanni have THA, and I could sub in Antonio Delgado 
(tha) for one of the 3 offclan dudes, I could see one or two Perfect 
Clarities. Kind of prayerish tho.

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This is my first attempt at a Tzimisce deck. It's pretty toolboxy,
and I'd appreciate suggestions on what I'm missing.

gomi

ANI/AUS - Bestialist Mentalist:

2x Devin Bisley 5 Tzi ANI AUS vic
2x Caliban 6 Tzi ANI AUS VIC
1x Omaya 7 !Gan ANI AUS FOR pro flak jacket
2x Dragos 7 Tzi ANI AUS vic free combat cards
1x Anton 8 Tzi ANI AUS cel obf vic +1 intercept
2x Meshenka 8 Tzi ANI AUS VIC cheap vic, Priscus
2x Little Tailor of Prague 8 Tzi ANI AUS dem VIC +1 bleed vozhdmaster

Bleedy stuff: 13% (12 cards)

6x Pulse of the Canaille
2x Tier of Souls
4x Change of Target

Combat Stuff: 60% (54 cards)

6x Drawing out the Beast
6x Song of Serenity
6x Carrion Crows
6x Strength of the Bear
4x Scorpion Sting
2x Song in the Dark
6x Telepathic Tracking
4x Taste of Vitae
2x Aura Reading
4x Chiropteran Marauder
2x Skintrap
6x Inner Essence

Blocky stuff: 12% (11 cards)

6x Read the Winds
2x Precognition
2x Enhanced Senses
1x Telepathic Misdirection

Masters: 15% (13 cards)

2x Haven Uncovered
2x Hungry Coyote
1x Festivo dello Estinto
2x Minion Tap
1x Pentex Loves You!
2x Sermon of Caine
2x Blood Doll
1x Powerbase: Mexico DF

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This is a CEL/obf guns deck. Haven't played it yet; comments welcome.

Crypt

Abd al-Rashid 5 Assamite CEL obf QUI
Yusef, Scribe of Alamut 5 Assamite aus CEL obf qui
Zahir, Hand of the Silsila 6 Assamite CEL OBF qui tha
Darrell Boyce, Consul 6 !Gangrel CEL OBF PRO
Kalinda 6 Assamite CEL OBF tha
Blaise 7 !Gangrel ANI CEL obf vic
Greta Kircher 7 !Toreador AUS CEL obf PRE
Zachary 7 !Gangrel CEL for OBF pre PRO
Ellen Fence, the Tracker 8 !Gangrel aus CEL OBF PRO
Miranda Sanova 8 Brujah aus CEL obf pot PRE
Husamettin 8 Assamite CEL OBF pot pre QUI
Fatima al-Faqadi 8 aus CEL for OBF QUI

Average: 6.75 Best: 22 Worst: 32

9 Saturday Night Special
9 Disguised Weapon
9 Bum's Rush
9 Psyche!
9 Glaser Rounds
4 Blur
4 Flash
4 Pursuit
4 Side Strike
4 Taste of Vitae
4 Blood Doll
4 Tribute to the Master
3 Haven Uncovered
3 Minion Tap
3 Ambush
2 Sacrificial Lamb
1 Fame
1 Memory's Fading Glimpse
1 Covenant of Blood

The idea is: For a single round, Glaser Rounds is better than Manstopper
Rounds if you have more than 1 additional strike (superior Blur):

Saturday Night Special
Glaser Manstopper

1 initial strike 2 initial strike
3 second strike 2 second
3 third strike 2 third
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7 damage 6 damage

And it's just as good (1+3 v. 2+2) with only one additional strike.

Pressing to additional rounds in the same combat just widens the
difference, of course.

Pro (glaser): Doesn't get used if opponent SCEs
Con: Dead card without additional strike, or at least a press, in hand

Glaser Rounds don't see much use, so I'm trying to build around it as
a concept thing. We'll see how it works. I might add more Covenants in
a more Camarilla-heavy environment, but FN and Bloodlines mean we see
less of them than we used to. 

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Deck Name:   Invisible Hand
Created by:  Gomi no Sensei
Description: Nosfie toolbox politics -- bloat, bleed, vote!

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 8, Max: 34, Avg: 5.83]
2  Dimple                     (obf, Nosferatu, 2)
2  KoKo                       (pot, Nosferatu, 2)
2  Murat                      (OBF POT ser, Nosferatu, 7, Prince)
2  Nikolaus Vermeulen         (ani for obf POT, Nosferatu, 7, Prince)
2  Selma the Repugnant        (ani for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 8, Prince)
2  Sheldon                    (ANI AUS for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 9, Justicar)

Library: (80 cards)
Master (12 cards)
1  Direct Intervention
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
2  Information Highway
6  Minion Tap
2  Tomb of Rameses III

Minion (68 cards)
1  Ancient Influence
3  Bloodhunt
2  Bribes
3  Cloak the Gathering
6  Computer Hacking
1  Consanguineous Boon
3  Conservative Agitation
1  Cryptic Rider
1  Death of My Conscience, The
3  Faceless Night
6  Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
2  First Tradition: The Masquerade, The
3  Forgotten Labyrinth
5  Fourth Tradition: The Accounting, The
4  Freak Drive
2  Kindred Restructure
3  Kine Resources Contested
2  Lost in Crowds
2  Parity Shift
5  Pushing the Limit
6  Second Tradition: Domain, The
4  Skin of Steel

Notes on Construction

My original aim here was to make an effective Nos vote deck. Along the
way, the plain usefulness of 2nd Tradition to block, plus 4th and 5th
Traditions, morphed things into the toolbox direction. Once I noticed
how many of the Nos Princes (and the Justicar) have Fortitude, all
pretence of focus was abandoned in favor of total toolboxitude.

Notes on Play

The deck needs cycling. The Tombs weren't as useful as the Highways.
The deck has a LOT of bloat, and would benefit from a little less.
Two Fourth Traditions, one Fifth, and one Tap will be cut.
As a result of the bloat, the Parity Shifts were rarely playable.
The Bloodhunts were never useful (I'd thought to use them to cut
deals with combat decks) and will be pared to 1 or pitched entirely.

Off the cuff edit:

Replace both Tombs with Highways. (0)
Cut two Fourth Traditions, one Fifth Tradtion, and one Minion Tap (-4)
Cut two Bloodhunts (-2)
Cut one Parity Shift (-1)
Add two Barrens (+2)
Add one Death of my Conscience (+1)
Add two Freak Drives (+2)
Replace two Computer Hackings with Tasha Morgan, J.S. Simmons (0)
Add one Kindred Intelligence (+1)
Add one Succubus Club (+1)

Total: 80 cards, as before.

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Deck: "Stone's Mourning" (later renamed to 'cocktease')

CRYPT

1x Ulugh Beg 10 Tre AUS cel DOM for pot THA Yusticar
2x Cardano 9 Tre ani aus cel DOM FOR THA Prince of Bawston
1x Bindusara 9 Ven AUS DOM FOR PRE tha +1 bleed
1x 'Uncle' Ian Forestal 8 !Tre AUS DOM THA *
2x Muaziz 7 Tre aus dom for THA +1 stealth no bloodhunts
1x Iliana 7 Gan DOM FOR PRO tha
2x Marlene 6 !Ven AUS dem DOM for tha
2x Vincent Day 5 !Ven aus dom for pot tha

Top-heavy, I know, but that's what you get when you go looking for
AUS/dom/FOR/tha.

LIBRARY

Archon Investigation
Direct Intervention
Sudden Reversal
Anarch Troublemaker
2x Blood Doll
Giant's Blood
Secure Haven
2x Fortitude
Auspex

9xSkin of Night
9xWeather Control
9xDawn Operation
2xPulse of the Canaille
2xRutor's Hand
5xGovern the Unaligned
1xKine Dominance
4xRestoration
3xSkin of Steel
1xRolling with the Punches
5xIndomitability
1xUndead Persistence
1xResilience
2xDelaying Tactics
3xDeflection
2xWake with Evening's Freshness

This one is 70 cards, because it was designed in the middle of that "smaller
decks work better" thread and I wanted to check it out. It swept one 4player
table, got 1 VP in another 4player, and got 3VP in a third 4player. It
then got 0VP over 2 games at the tournament. Shittagoddam.

Small-deck observation: When they clump, they clump like a mofo.

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In the tradition of untap-driven one-vampire decks (cf. Wynn-Wynn),
here's Cardano's Crony Cavalcade:

Crypt

4xCardano 9 Tremere Prince ani aus cel DOM FOR THA
4xRudolpho Giovanni 3 Giovanni NEC
  Blythe Candeleria 3 Tremere -1 hd v. Malkavians aus THA
  Jing Wei 3 Tremere dom tha
  Dr. John Casey 3 Tremere aus tha
  Roreca Quaid 2 Tremere tha

Thaumaturgy

 1xMagic of the Smith
 1xSeeds of Corruption
 3xRutor's Hand

Dominate

 6xGovern the Unaligned
 7xDeflection
 6xObedience

Fortitude

 9xFreak Drive
 1xSkin of Steel

Necromancy

 7xCompel the Spirit

Title Toys: Prince

 6xThe Fourth Tradition: The Accounting
 6xThe Fifth Tradition: Hospitality

Clan Toys: Giovanni

 1xGiuseppe, Gravedigger
 1xAmbrosius, the Ferryman (Wraith)
 1xLeonardo, Mortician
 1xScapelli, the family 'Mechanic'

Clan Toys: Tremere

 1xThadius Zho (Mage)
 9xOutcast Mage
 1xThe Ankara Citadel, Turkey
 1xCharnas the Imp

Adisciplinary Cards

 1xPalatial Estate
 1xTalbot's Chainsaw
 1xAkhenaten, the Sun Pharaoh (Mummy)
 1xOrder of Hermes Cabal

Master Cards

 6xMinion Tap
 3xBlood Doll
 1xAcademic Hunting Ground
 1xArcane Library
 1xSecure Haven
 1xInformation Highway
 1xMetro Underground
 1xElysium: the Arboretum
 1xGiant's Blood

Play Notes: Cardano is the blood machine.  Minion Tap/Fifth, Governs
and Fourths -- potentially 11 pool gain in 1 turn with an I-Way out (8
from MT, 3 transferred off a Govern/Fourth).  Arcane Library for backup.
Defend with Elysium/Secure/Obedience.  Grow lots of pool, get lots of
allies that can bleed, bleed with them.  If they die (and it seems likely),
get 'em back with Compel -- and they can bleed again that turn!

Weaknesses: Intercept.  Pretty much no way to deal with it.  I could chuck
some of the GtU/Fourths (which are just gravy compared to the MT/5th) for
Seductions or even Alacrities.  My current metagame seems low on intercept,
though.  Killing Cardano will, of course, shut me down -- and with the
heavy pool gain, perhaps less Deflection and more Obedience and/or Wakes
+ more Metro Underground -- it's reasonably important that Cardano be untapped
to defend himself.

It's a cute goofy-ass deck.  Comments?

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This deck's performed nicely in playtests and an actual game, but extra
input is always nice.  Serendipitously, someone mentioned Wynn, Freak
Drives, and ability to rush multiple times in this newsgroup a few days
after I designed this deck.  Heh.

"A Wynn-Wynn Situation"

Crypt: 9xWynn, 3xChandler Hungerford
/*Chandler's just here as Rotschreck insurance for Wynn, but he also makes
a nice platform for Gangrel-Specific Masters while Wynn is coming out, and
isn't bad once he's built up.*/

Actions

 2xRitual Challenge (Gangrel, Permanent +1 hand damage)
 2xShadow of the Beast (Pro, Permanent maneuver/press)
 3xAmbush
 4xBum's Rush

Action Modifiers

10xFreak Drive (For, untap after action is completed/blocked)
 6xUncontrollable Rage (Pro, +1/+2 aggravated hand damage)

Combat

Animalism:
 3xScorpion Sting (+1 hand damage/no dodge)
/*Dodge Countermeasure.  More would be here if I had em*/

Fortitude:
 4xResilience (Prevent 1/3 non-agg)
 5xSkin of Rock (Prevent 1/2)
 4xUnflinching Persistence (Prevent 1/maneuver)

Protean:
 1xAdaptability (Turn agg to normal/Prevent all agg)
/*This hasn't proven useful yet, and may get hucked*/
 5xBone Spur (Hand damage is agg for the round/combat
/*Because combat isn't only on my turn*/
 3xFlesh of Marble (Regular/Aggravated damage is reduced to 1)
/*A Counter-countermeasure vs. tha antifortitude)
 3xForm of the Ghost (Maneuver/Press)
 3xQuick Meld (Maneuver/Additional maneuver)
/*These aren't all quickmelds because i might need the presses)

Adisciplinary:
 5xTaste of Vitae (Gain all blood opponent has lost to damage)

Retainers:
 2xDog Pack (Gangrel, voids strike: combat ends)
 2xWolf Companion (Ani, opponent takes 1 damage @ close range)
 3xMurder of Crows (Ani, opponent takes 1R damage @ close and long range)
/*They'd all be Crows, but that's all I've got*/

Masters:
 2xBlood Doll
 1xEco Terrorists
 1xGiant's Blood
 1xGird Minions
/*The first time I've ever used this card!  Amazing!*/
 3xHaven Uncovered
 2xZoo Hunting Ground

Play Notes:  This deck flows like nothing I've played before, even Cel/Pot
Brujah.  A third to a half the deck is out 2 to 3 turns after Wynn hits the
table.  It's permanent-heavy (working reasonably well even under Thoughts
Betrayed) and has countermeasures against most combat defenses: the retainers
get around Skin of Steel, Dog Packs for S:CE, and Scorpion Stings for Dodges.
So far, everything shows up with reasonable dispatch due to high cardflow.

It is, however, hosed by Elysium (silly me, making a combat deck without
accounting for Elysium).  So I'm probably going to make room for an
Arson and a Sudden Reversal (which will mark the first time I've put
*that* into a deck).

The heavy permanent presence also means the deck has more staying
power than most combat decks; once it's run out of cards, Wynn has 2 or
3 retainers, a dogpack, 2 hand damage, a maneuver and a press each combat,
and (natch) built-in rush -- pretty good in an endgame environment.

Freak Drives and action costs tend to empty Wynn out quickly, hence the
Tastes (which I rarely use) and Gird Minions.  Usually, I'm only bringing
out Wynn, and even with Chandler, that's only 13 pool on minions -- 
competitive vs. weenie-based combat decks.

Well, that's the theory behind the deck.  Y'all are invited to nitpick
and comment now.

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'The Amr will see you now.'

6x Al-Ashrad, Amr of Alamut 9 Assamite aus CEL QUI obf THA
    Non-Camarilla. As a (D) action, Al-Ashrad can burn a
    location that requires a Camarilla clan to bring into play.
    If this action is successful, he burns 2 blood. Al-Ashrad
    cannot commit diablerie. +1 bleed.
6x Isabel de Leon 3 Toreador AUS

7x Precognizant Mobility
4x Rutor's Hand
3x Covenant of Blood
4x Contract
4x Bum's Rush
1x Ambush
4x Pulse of the Canaille
2x Delaying Tactics
3x Arson
1x Telepathic Counter
1x Telepathic Misdirection
9x Psyche!
9x Flash
9x Blood Sweat
9x Taste of Death
9x Blur
9x Theft of Vitae
2x Path of Blood
2x Underworld Hunting Ground
2x Taste of Vitae

Play notes: Crypt is only 12 to bring out, so there should be enough
pool to fend off early bleeds, but perhaps only 8 of each combat card
and 3 more Counters plus 3 more Misdirections would help Isabel stave
off the first few assaults.  Take advantage of different types of rush
actions to get around No Repeat Action restrictions and thug vampires
left and right, untapping with Rutor's Hand or Precognizant Mobilities
courtesy of Isabel.  The Hunting Ground's there for Isabel -- the Amr
should get plenty of blood from Thefts.  Even with 9 Psyche!s, S:CE is
likely to be a problem.

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Love Me In My Sleep

This is a goofy Crypt Machine-like Dominate monodisciplinary deck.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 7, Max: 16, Avg: 2.83]
1  Brooke                                      (Tremere Antitribu, 3, do th)
1  Cameron                                     (Lasombra, 3, do po)
1  Christine Boscacci                          (Pander, 2, do vi)
1  Gloria Giovanni                             (Giovanni, 4, DO ne)
1  Ignatius                                    (Tremere, 4, au do th)
1  Ingrid Russo                                (Ventrue Antitribu, 4, DO fo)
1  Jing Wei                                    (Tremere, 3, do th)
1  Mustafa Rahman                              (Tremere, 2, do)
1  Ohanna                                      (Malkavian, 2, do)
1  Royce                                       (Pander, 1, do)
1  Samson                                      (Ventrue Antitribu, 2, do)
1  Shane Grimald                               (Gangrel Antitribu, 4, an do po)

Library: (90 cards)
Master (15)
6  Dominate
3  Effective Management
3  Information Highway
3  Misdirection

Minion (75)
11 Bonding
3  Command
6  Command of the Beast
6  Deflection
1  Foreshadowing Destruction
1  Govern the Unaligned
3  Kine Dominance
2  Mercy for the Weak
6  Pulling Strings
10 Scouting Mission
11 Seduction
3  Slaughtering the Herd
6  Sleeping Mind, The
6  Thoughts Betrayed

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Fancy Not Seeing Us Here

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 8, Max: 14, Avg: 2.83]

 1 Agrippina                                   (Nosferatu, 4, OB po)
 1 Basil                                       (Pander, 1, ob)
 1 Dimple                                      (Nosferatu, 2, ob)
 1 Dollface                                    (Malkavian, 3, au ob)
 1 Duck                                        (Nosferatu, 3, ob po)
 1 Lena Rowe                                   (Pander, 3, au ob pr)
 1 Normal                                      (Malkavian, 2, ob)
 1 Panagos Levidis                             (Gangrel, 3, an ob)
 1 Regilio, The Seeker of Akhenaten            (Nosferatu, 3, au ob)
 1 Tansu Bekir                                 (Assamite, 4, ce OB)
 1 Watenda                                     (Malkavian, 3, ob)
 1 Yorik                                       (Malkavian Antitribu, 3, de ob)

Library: (89 cards)

Master (19)

 1 Asylum Hunting Ground
 4 Blood Doll
 4 Effective Management
 1 Elysium: The Arboretum
 6 Obfuscate
 1 Slum Hunting Ground
 2 Tribute to the Master

Minion (70)

10 Behind You! 
 6 Delaying Tactics
 4 Faceless Night
 5 Lost in Crowds
15 Marked Path
15 Night Moves
15 Spying Mission

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Make Way For Your Betters

This is pretty clearly a first pass. Dom/Pro
unblockable bleed with Horrific Countenance and
Fifth Tradition for the fillups.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 22, Max: 38, Avg: 7.33]
 2 Don Cruez, The Idealist      (Brujah, 10, an CE do PO PR pt, Justicar)
 2 Greger Anderssen             (Malkavian, 7, AU do OB pt, Prince)
 2 Iliana                       (Gangrel, 7, DO FO PT th)
 2 Ingrid Rossler               (Gangrel, 9, AN do FO PT, Prince)
 2 Lisette Vizquel              (Lasombra, 6, DO PO pt, Bishop)
 2 Zebulon                      (Malkavian, 5, au do OB pt)

Library: (90 cards)
Master (15)
 5 Dominate
 5 Information Highway
 5 Tomb of Rameses III

Minion (75)
10 Conditioning
 5 Dominate Kine
10 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
10 Flesh of Marble
10 Govern the Unaligned
10 Horrific Countenance
10 Obedience
10 Second Tradition: Domain

10 Obedience and 10 2nd Trads is a lot. I'm thinking of taking these down
to 7 each, filling with Shadow of the Wolf for a bit of a surprise v.
combat decks. OTOH, reliable block/no combat can be a valuable nuisance
in and of itself.

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Goetic Reign

This is a bruise/bleed Thoughts Betrayed/Thaumaturgy deck. Comments follow.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 23, Max: 32, Avg: 6.92]
1  Astrid Thomas                   (Tremere, 7, au DO po TH, Primogen)
1  Bryan Van Duesen                (Tremere Antitribu, 7, au DO pr TH)
1  Enzo Giovanni, Pentex Board     (Giovanni, 8, an DO NE po th)
1  Ian Forestal                    (Tremere Antitribu, 8, AU DO TH)
1  Iliana                          (Gangrel, 7, DO FO PT th)
1  Justine, Elder of Dallas        (Tremere, 8, AU DO ob TH, Primogen)
1  Kij Dansky                      (Tremere Antitribu, 8, AU DO ot TH, Priscus)
1  Kurt Strauss                    (Tremere Antitribu, 5, au DO th)
1  Mariel, Lady Thunder            (Malkavian, 7, au DO OB th)
1  Marlene, The Infernalist        (Ventrue Antitribu, 6, AU de DO fo th)
1  Reverend Blackwood              (Tremere Antitribu, 6, DO ob TH, Bishop)
1  Thomas Thorne                   (Tremere, 6, an au ce DO th)

Library: (90 cards)
Master (16)
2  Information Highway
2  Minion Tap
2  Spirit Summoning Chamber
4  Thaumaturgy
3  Tomb of Rameses III
2  Tremere Convocation
1  Infernal Pact

Only three Tremere in the crypt, which makes the Convocation a bit
marginal, but the effect is pretty sweet.

Five !Tremere, so the Summoning Chamber and Pact are better inclusions.

Minion (74)
1  Ankara Citadel, Turkey
10 Apportation
4  Blood to Water
4  Bum's Rush
4  Deflection
12 Govern the Unaligned
6  Rutor's Hand
1  Soul Burn
12 Theft of Vitae
10 Thoughts Betrayed
4  Wake with Evening's Freshness
6  Walk of Flame

Hm. The Rutor's Hands make the Wakes kind of redundant, so they might
go after a test play or two. The Apportations are both maneuvers and 
presses, so I might have trouble getting to round 2. I may dump 4 to 6 
GtUs for Traps. Swapping the Blood to Waters for Graverobbings might be 
a nice touch. Maybe drop to 4 Rutor's Hands? Switch the Bum's Rushes for 
equipment?

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De Novem Portia Umbrarum Regni

I've always liked the Giovanni. They kind of suck, but it's a Xian/Tremere
thing. So here's a nec/dom/for stupid thing for your amusement and possible
edification. As a side note for another thread, this deck would go from
'Amusing Toy' to 'Utter Monster' with an as-printed Return to Innocence.

Play Notes: This one's kind of weird. I'm not used to playing Necromancy,
where the ash heap's a resource. I kept thinking, 'darn, I wish I could
draw another X,' when there was an X _right in the ash heap_ that I could
get at. This deck is a great poster child(e) for Storage Annex, with its
weird little brittle combos.

CRYPT

3x Regina Giovanni, The Right Hand of Augustus (aus DOM for NEC POT)
3x Carlotta Giovanni (dom NEC obf POT)
3x Vittorio Giovanni (dom for nec pot)
3x Rudolpho Giovanni (NEC)

Crypt Notes: This is a big crypt. I expect to rarely, if ever, use a
Govern the Unaligned to actually bleed with. Rudolpho is kind of misleading,
since you won't ever bring him out first -- you don't want him around until
there's a bigger vampire out, ideally in your ash heap already.

Best 15, worst 22, average 6.25. Hefty.

Library:

3 Storage Annex
1 Elder Library
2 Secure Haven
4 Fortitude
4 Dominate
2 Info Highway
1 Tomb of Ramses III

17 Masters. I'd want one more Storage Annex, and one more Elder Library,
and a Dreams of the Sphinx, and a Barrens, but damned if I know what to cut
to make room. A Fortitude, a Dominate, an Info Highway, and a Secure Haven,
I guess, but that's, um...I dunno. Maybe the Secure Haven can go. Suggestions?

Necromancy

 6 Possession
 6 Spectral Divination
 4 Whispers from the Dead

Dominate

11 Govern the Unaligned
 5 Conditioning

Fortitude

10 Force of Will
 3 Daring the Dawn
 6 Day Operation
 2 Rolling with the Punches
 2 Skin of Steel
 3 Skin of Rock
 3 Resilience
 4 Restoration
 4 Freak Drive

Clan Toys: Giovanni

1 Leonardo, Mortician
1 Guiseppe, Gravedigger

Equipment

2 Soul Gem of Etrius

Typically, Vittorio winds up being the monkey. A dead Vittorio
gets Possessed out (1/5), takes a Restoration (3/5), then
Force of Will bleeds (2/5) with Conditioning (1/5) and either
Daring the Dawn or Day Operation (0/5 or 1/5, depending). He
then takes 2 aggravated damage (if using Day Operation) or 4
aggravated damage (if using Daring the Dawn). Unblockable bleed
for 4. He can then get Possessed out and do it again, since dead
vampires repeat no actions. Carlotta and Regina use Govern the
Unaligned for mondo pool gain when they're not out Possessing.

Deck Issues

Paradoxically for an unblockable-bleed deck, intercept's a
problem.  Possession is at 0 stealth, there's only one Guiseppe,
and Spectral Divination is expensive. I might try my hand at
Day Opping the Possessions, send everyone to torpor, and diablerize, then
Possessing them back into play. Possibly adding Gaspare/Hand of Conrad
to return the dead to the uncontrolled area. Rapid Healing might be a
win-win -- unblocked, the vampire gets out of torpor, tapped, ready to Force
of Will. Blocked, the vampire might get diablerized, and become Possession
bait.

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Cardano, Real Estate Mogul

Yet another in the tradition of Stupid Single Vampire Decks.
While I've made monovampiric decks based on Wynn and Al-Ashrad
in the past, this is the third deck based on Cardano alone,
confirming Xian's hunch that we are all, each one of us,
Cardano's Bitch.

How it plays:

Cardano Blood Bonds to every vampire at the table, supplemented
by Incriminating Videotapes. He then Pulses successive unable-to-block
preys to death.

In theory. This approach is, of course, wide open to the many ways a
single-vampire deck can get hosed -- combat, Banishment, Pentex Subversion,
many others. It's a work-outrageously-well or fail-utterly sort of thing.
And hey, it might work well.

Crypt (12)

9 Cardano (9 ani aus cel DOM FOR THA Prince of Boston)
3 Black Cat (5 CEL pot pre)

Master (15)

3 Barrens, The
3 Info Highway
3 Secure Haven
3 Vast Wealth
2 Elder Library
1 Pentex Subversion

Minion (75)

9 Blood Bond
9 Incriminating Videotape
9 Seduction
7 Skin of Steel
5 Freak Drive
5 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
5 Pulse of the Canaille
5 Rutor's Hand
4 Fourth Tradition: Accounting, The
4 Govern the Unaligned
3 Magic of the Smith
2 Ankara Citadel, Turkey
2 Pier 13, Port of Baltimore
2 Palatial Estate
2 Concoction of Vitality
2 Sacre Coeur Cathedral, France

How it plays

Well, I don't know. I just came up with it a few minutes ago. The idea is
to bring out Cardano (who is going to be spending blood recklessly, so
no Tombs, more's the pity), Govern/Fourth out Black Cat, and get Pier 13
on Black Cat for the free Incriminating Videotapes. Lots of different actions,
so Cardano can potentially get a lot of stuff done. Ankara Citadel is high-
priority, to get the free Freak Drives/Governs/Accountings and cheap Pulse.

Lots of moving parts -- definitely a toy deck, not a serious contender.
But god, the fun.

Things it could use:

-Signet of King Saul. I don't own any.
-Defence of any sort. No room for blood bounce or intercept or Obedience.


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Individually, I love you all with affection unspeakable; but, collectively,
I look upon you with a disgust that amounts to absolute detestation.
- Gilbert and Sullivan, 'Pirates of Penzance'