Past experiences with my old Rachel Brandywine deck showed me the power of Victoria/Madness Network/Instability. With Victoria in play, having the Edge at the start of your turn allows a steady pool gain of 3. Throw in an Instability and you'll net 5 (and your prey gains the Edge).
Ensure that happens through Madness Network and obf Malks acting during your predator's turn, (bleeding for 1 at +3 stealth with Night Moves is the simplest choice). During your turn, Night Moves again by another obf weenie to take the Edge away from your prey (effectively bleeding for 2).
This pool gain strategy has two vulnerable linchpins, Madness Network (burnable) and Victoria (not exactly tough with AUS cel obf). Thus weenie auspex becomes the defence of choice. Synergistically, there are plenty of Malkavians that have obf and/or aus.
Actual ousting strategy would then be through Smiling Jack, defended by said weenie auspex vampires.
Thoughts?
Crypt: (12)
3x Victoria 5 AUS cel obf Malkavian:2
1x Aleph 4 AUS dom Malkavian:1
1x Dorian Strack 4 AUS pre Toreador:1
1x Zöe 3 AUS cel obf Malkavian:2
1x Dollface 3 aus obf Malkavian:1
1x Isabel de Leon 3 AUS Toreador:1
1x Lena Rowe 3 aus obf pre Pander:2
1x Watenda 3 obf Malkavian:2
1x Normal 2 obf Malkavian:1
1x Brazil 2 aus Malkavian:1
Library: (90)
Master: (16)
7x Instability
2x Madness Network
2x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x Asylum Hunting Ground
1x Millicent Smith, Puritan Vampire Hunter
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x The Rack
Action: (16)
12x Night Moves
2x Atonement
2x Clotho's Gift
Combat: (10)
5x Fake Out
3x Concealed Weapon
2x Disguised Weapon
Equipment: (7)
4x Sniper Rifle
2x Bowl of Convergence
1x Ivory Bow
Reaction: (41)
14x Eyes of Argus
7x Eagle's Sight
6x On the Qui Vive
4x Precognition
4x Spirit's Touch
3x Enhanced Senses
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness
I like the idea a lot! I was actually thinking of building a Victoria SNS + DBR wall deck, but I like the trick you're doing here. I'd say that you should put more effort into ousting and combat. I'm really not impressed with Atonement, but different cards are always worth trying....
ReplyDeleteOn the reactions, I would vary them a lot more. Some Eyes of Argus could be Forced Awakening. How about some bounce or reduce?
I played a Malk AUS wall deck with SNS+DBR way back in my first clan based storyline tournament. Could work.
ReplyDeleteI'd try to play with Curse of the Nitocris for additional pool damage.
I play a similar deck, although it's much more focused on bloating with 7x tribute to the masters, a couple of vessels (for Vicky), 5x telepathic misdirections and finally Antediluvian Awakening to take advantage of the bloating...
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