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)