Great Greta without Greta (and Auspex)
Posted: 28 Sep 2003, 21:22
Somehow inspired by the "Great Greta" Deck which showed enormous success in recent tournaments I did something similiar but not with auspex, I chose dominate instead. Almost all vampires have a cool special and/or are small. Although it´s pretty straigtforward sneak n´bleed I tried to include some tricks, in combination with serpentis/daimonion/temporis, but all of the cards are also usable at presence, obfuscate or dominate.
It´s the first of my efforts to create a deck geared towards the european championship in late October. I think the most obvious choices for such a hard tournament are : Sneak n´ Bleed (Dem or Pre or Dom), Weenie rush, Weenie politics, Lasombra, Power Bleed, Anson Anarch Revolt, Ventrue Obfuscate. This deck falls clearly in the sneak/bleed category but with some versatility and tricks.
I would like to play a more original deck at the EC, but for going into the final, I guess at least 2GW 8VP is needed, so the choices are pretty much limited to what I wrote above I guess. The deck needs to be reliable and to have a lot of forward pressure. Just surviving and get 2-3 VP won´t get you in the final from my point of view.
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 15, Max: 29, Avg: 5,6 )
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1 Synesios obf POT PRE ser TEM 8, True Brujah
1 Krassimir dom nec POT pre TEM 7, True Brujah
1 Suzanne Kadim aus CEL dom obf PRE 7, Toreador
1 Mary the Black cel DAI obf pot PRE 7, Baali
1 Sarrasine aus nec OBF PRE ser 7, Followers of Set
1 Samat Ramal-Ra OBF pre ser tha 6, Followers of Set
1 Evan Klein aus dem OBF pre 5, Malkavian
1 Catherine du Bois DOM for obf pre 5, Ventrue
1 Count Ormonde dom OBF pre ser 5, Followers of Set
1 Hadrian Garrick obf pre 4, Followers of Set
1 Lena Rowe aus obf pre 3, Pander
1 Diana Vick dom pre 3, Ventrue
Library: (90 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
2 Anarch Troublemaker
1 Archon Investigation
4 Blood Doll
3 Direct Intervention
1 Dominate
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Khobar Towers, Al-Khubar
1 Succubus Club
1 Presence
1 Secure Haven
1 Sudden Reversal
Action (19 cards)
1 Dominate Kine
8 Enchant Kindred
2 Enticement
1 Entrancement
1 Form of Corruption
1 Kiss of Lachesis
3 Legal Manipulations
2 Mind Numb
Action Modifier (26 cards)
5 Aire of Elation
3 Change of Target
2 Cloak the Gathering
1 Conditioning
3 Domain of Evernight
2 Elder Impersonation
2 Faceless Night
3 Lost in Crowds
1 Psychomachia
4 Spying Mission
Political Action (1 cards)
1 Dramatic Upheaval
Reaction (13 cards)
7 Deflection
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat (8 cards)
6 Majesty
2 Zip Gun
Equipment (3 cards)
1 Ivory Bow
2 Leather Jacket
Combo (2 cards)
2 Swallowed by the Night
It´s the first of my efforts to create a deck geared towards the european championship in late October. I think the most obvious choices for such a hard tournament are : Sneak n´ Bleed (Dem or Pre or Dom), Weenie rush, Weenie politics, Lasombra, Power Bleed, Anson Anarch Revolt, Ventrue Obfuscate. This deck falls clearly in the sneak/bleed category but with some versatility and tricks.
I would like to play a more original deck at the EC, but for going into the final, I guess at least 2GW 8VP is needed, so the choices are pretty much limited to what I wrote above I guess. The deck needs to be reliable and to have a lot of forward pressure. Just surviving and get 2-3 VP won´t get you in the final from my point of view.
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 15, Max: 29, Avg: 5,6 )
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1 Synesios obf POT PRE ser TEM 8, True Brujah
1 Krassimir dom nec POT pre TEM 7, True Brujah
1 Suzanne Kadim aus CEL dom obf PRE 7, Toreador
1 Mary the Black cel DAI obf pot PRE 7, Baali
1 Sarrasine aus nec OBF PRE ser 7, Followers of Set
1 Samat Ramal-Ra OBF pre ser tha 6, Followers of Set
1 Evan Klein aus dem OBF pre 5, Malkavian
1 Catherine du Bois DOM for obf pre 5, Ventrue
1 Count Ormonde dom OBF pre ser 5, Followers of Set
1 Hadrian Garrick obf pre 4, Followers of Set
1 Lena Rowe aus obf pre 3, Pander
1 Diana Vick dom pre 3, Ventrue
Library: (90 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
2 Anarch Troublemaker
1 Archon Investigation
4 Blood Doll
3 Direct Intervention
1 Dominate
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Khobar Towers, Al-Khubar
1 Succubus Club
1 Presence
1 Secure Haven
1 Sudden Reversal
Action (19 cards)
1 Dominate Kine
8 Enchant Kindred
2 Enticement
1 Entrancement
1 Form of Corruption
1 Kiss of Lachesis
3 Legal Manipulations
2 Mind Numb
Action Modifier (26 cards)
5 Aire of Elation
3 Change of Target
2 Cloak the Gathering
1 Conditioning
3 Domain of Evernight
2 Elder Impersonation
2 Faceless Night
3 Lost in Crowds
1 Psychomachia
4 Spying Mission
Political Action (1 cards)
1 Dramatic Upheaval
Reaction (13 cards)
7 Deflection
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat (8 cards)
6 Majesty
2 Zip Gun
Equipment (3 cards)
1 Ivory Bow
2 Leather Jacket
Combo (2 cards)
2 Swallowed by the Night