The Akunanse Letters - Amavi The dead are not under the earth. They are in the fire that is dying; They are in the grasses that weep; They are in the whimpering rocks; They are in the forest; they are in the house. The dead are not dead. -Amavi, Akunanse Amavi Akunanse 8 capacity Presence, Protean, superior Abombwe, superior Animalism, superior Fortitude +1 bleed Laibon Group 4 The Akunanse can pursue many strategies. Amavi is built to bring out the best in our ability to bleed our prey out of the game. With all three of the in-clan skills at superior and a built in +1 bleed, she will be the focus of this first letter and the first deck. As the clan does not possess any bleed disciplines across a wide range of vampires (with only Amavi and Nkule Galadima having presence, and no Akunanse having dominate), Computer Hacking will be our bleed action of preference, with Force of Will being our only other bleed action option. To suplement Computer Hacking, and to give the appearance of a slower deck, bleed retainers and equipment will be added to give the deck a long reach, and a powerful end game. There are a number of permanent bleed options that must be considered when building the best Akunanse bleed deck. First is the retainer group: J.S. Simmons, Esq. Robert Carter Tasha Morgan The second is master card based: Ancestor Spirit Legendary Vampire The third is equipment based: Eye of Hazimel Inveraray, Scotland Kduva's Mask Laptop Computer Reliquary: Akunanse Remains Seal of Veddartha Stolen Police Cruiser The last is action based: Tier of Souls Some of these will be removed based upon their large or repeating costs. Robert Carter and Eye of Hazimel will not go in the primary version of this deck. Their continuous costs are prohibitive in a deck that is not dedicated to regaining blood and pool, and we will be focusing on bleeding in this version. Some of these will not go into the deck because of the extra actions required to set them up. Stolen Police Cruiser and Inveraray, Scotland will not appear in the first version of the deck inspite of our clans facility with Fortitude and ability to Freak Drive. Predator's Mastery is our only action modifier that can add to the amount of our bleed. This card will make up a significant portion of our deck. Predator's Transformation is our primary stealth card, giving our actions 1 stealth when they are announced. It will be used in moderation, as the block fails options of Predator's Mastery and Devil-Channel: Throat will allow us bleed a little more responsibly, when our prey has bleed bounce. The key to our bleeding responsibly will be to delicately inform our grand-prey that they will need to keep a vampire at least the age of our oldest vampire untapped or available to block. This may not be possible for them, and we will take it into consideration when playing the deck. The Akunanse do not have access to pool regaining actions or actions that put counters on uncontrolled vampires. This will cause us to be very careful with our pool, and we will avoid the nine and ten capacity vampires in the bleed deck. We will drop Meno Ngari, as his inferior level of Abombwe will not help us in our primary concern, bleeding, and our other vampires will also be better defenders. This leaves us with 8 different Akunanse vampires. We will have three copies of Amavi, because she is the focus of this first deck, and we will duplicate Nkule Galadima and Uchenna, as their capacity will work very well with our action modifer block fails cards. Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 18, Max: 32, Avg: 6.50) ---------------------------------------------- 3 Amavi pre pro ABO ANI FOR 8, Akunanse:4 1 Dolie abo ani 3, Akunanse:4 1 Hasani for ABO 4, Akunanse:4 1 Jubal for pot ABO ANI 6, Akunanse:4 1 Kikiyaon abo ani FOR 5, Akunanse:4 2 Nkule Galadima ani aus pre ABO FOR 8, Akunanse:4, magaji 1 Sanjo abo chi ANI FOR 6, Akunanse:3 2 Uchenna ABO ANI FOR 7, Akunanse:4, magaji Three of our distinct vampires are eligible targets for Legendary Vampire out of the box, and Sanjo can also receive it if he gets Abombwe as a trifle immediately before. This is a definite include. All but 2 members of our crypt can be targetted by Ancestor Spirit, so it is another definite. Three members of our crypt can benefit from Abombwe, and the difference between basic and superior is significant for the cards we are using, so we will add five copies to the deck to ensure we get them early. As we plan to acquire permanent bleed modifiers, a copy of Heidelburg Castle, Germany will need to make an appearance so that we get the most bang for our actions. Pool gain / regain will be an issue, so Blood Dolls and our Jungle Hunting Ground will make appearances as well. As all of our vampires are Laibon, Mbare Market, Harare will go in as well to help us for the long term. We do not have access to bleed bounce, so 2 copies of Major Boon will help defend our pool. Fame should always be on our prey's vampires and not our own, so we will include one to contest or protect our vampires. Master [20] 5x Abombwe 2x Ancestor Spirit 5x Blood Doll 1x Fame 1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany 1x Jungle Hunting Ground 2x Legendary Vampire 2x Major Boon 1x Mbare Market, Harare For our actions, we will primarily be recruiting and equipping, but we will have 4 Computer Hacking and 2 Force of Will to improve our bleed performance. We will include 4 rush actions to help keep minions that might bounce our bleeds empty and out of our way. We would like to include Sense Death, as it is at stealth, and requires Animalism, but the younger vampire restriction is likely to trip us up when our largest vampires are the ones we want taking the bleed actions. We will avoid Tier of Souls in the first build, as we do not want to defend it. Action [10] 4x Computer Hacking 2x Force of Will 4x Bum's Rush We will have one of each of the increased bleed retainers. We will also put in 4 copies of Raven Spy to help build our defense. Retainer [6] 1x J.S. Simmons, Esq. 1x Tasha Morgan 4x Raven Spy We will start with one of each of the most appropriate equipment cards, and avoid duplication. This will enable us to get the most out of each piece of equipment when we transfer it around with Heidelburg Castle. Equipment [4] 1x Kduva's Mask 1x Laptop Computer 1x Reliquary: Akunanse Remains 1x Seal of Veddartha For action modifiers, we will want stealth, unblockability, and plus bleed. Action Modifier [20] 4x Devil-Channel: Throat 4x Freak Drive 7x Predator's Mastery 4x Predator's Transformation 1x Strange Day At this point, we have dedicated 60 cards to our primary strategy. The remaining thirty cards will be devoted to keeping us in the game long enough to let our strategy work. Carrion Crows and Invoking the Beast have wonderful symmetry. When these two are combined with a few Devil-Channel: Hands, our combat package will be complete. Combat [15] 5x Carrion Crows 3x Devil-Channel: Hands 5x Invoking the Beast 2x Skin of Steel Our remaining fifteen cards will go to untap and intercept cards for our defense. Predator's Communion fills both needs well, and we will supplement it with Cats' Guidance. Terra Incognita will complete our bleed and bleed bounce defense. Reaction [15] 8x Predator's Communion 4x Cats' Guidance 3x Terra Incognita Future letters will explore other strategies open to the Akunanse, and this letter will close with a recap of the deck all in one place. Deck Name : Amavi Shakes Her Money Maker Author : Wanderer's Counsel Description : Akunanse Letters - Amavi Crypt [12 vampires] (Min: 18, Max: 32, Avg: 6.50) ------------------------------------------------------------ 3x Amavi 8 ABO ANI FOR pre pro Akunanse:4 2x Nkule Galadima 8 ABO FOR ani aus pre magaji Akunanse:4 2x Uchenna 7 ABO ANI FOR magaji Akunanse:4 1x Jubal 6 ABO ANI for pot Akunanse:4 1x Sanjo 6 ANI FOR abo chi Akunanse:3 1x Kikiyaon, The 5 FOR abo ani Akunanse:4 1x Hasani 4 ABO for Akunanse:4 1x Dolie 3 abo ani Akunanse:4 Library [90 cards] ------------------------------------------------------------ Action [10] 4x Bum's Rush 4x Computer Hacking 2x Force of Will Action Modifier [16] 4x Devil-Channel: Throat 4x Freak Drive 7x Predator's Mastery 1x Strange Day Action Modifier/Combat [4] 4x Predator's Transformation Combat [15] 5x Carrion Crows 3x Devil-Channel: Hands 5x Invoking the Beast 2x Skin of Steel Equipment [4] 1x Kduva's Mask 1x Laptop Computer 1x Reliquary: Akunanse Remains 1x Seal of Veddartha Master [20] 5x Abombwe 2x Ancestor Spirit 5x Blood Doll 1x Fame 1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany 1x Jungle Hunting Ground 2x Legendary Vampire 2x Major Boon 1x Mbare Market, Harare Reaction [15] 4x Cats' Guidance 8x Predator's Communion 3x Terra Incognita Retainer [6] 1x J. S. Simmons, Esq. 4x Raven Spy 1x Tasha Morgan