Author/Owner: Nick Simmonds
Date Posted: 17 Mar 99
Title: Shadows of the Dead
DejaNews Thread

All right, I'm fairly new to the game and entirely new to the newsgroup, so
please go a little easy on me, but here's a deck that could use a little
critiquing, if you would.  It's a combination Giovanni/Lasombra
Obt/Nec/Dom/Pot deck:

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Crypt

Aaron Duggan, Cameron's Toady- 2 obt 
Cameron- 3 pot dom 
Ignacio- 4 obt pot dom 
Lisette Vizquel- bishop 6  DOM POT (+1 int vs. diab.) 
Gratiano- priscus 8 pot DOM OBT (extra Prisci vote, +1 bleed) 
Alvaro, Scion of Angelica- archbishop 9 dom POT OBT (gain 2 blood when abstains, +1 bleed)

2x Rudolpho Giovanni- 3 NEC
Francesca Giovanni- 4 pot nec dom
Rafaele Giovanni- 6 NEC (bleed pred., +1 bleed)
Stefano Giovanni- 6 pot nec DOM (burn 1 blood for 1 vote)
2x Carlotta Giovanni- 7 dom NEC POT (burn 1 blood to exch. ash heap for hand)
Regina Giovanni- 2 votes 10 NEC POT DOM (1 less pool to recruit)

Library

-Masters

3x Short Term Investment
2x Obtenebration
2x Necromancy
2x Effective Management
KRCG News Radio
Blood Doll
Minion Tap
Sudden Reversal
Masquerade Endangered
Misdirection
Elysium: The Arboretum
XTC Laced Blood
Morgue HG
The Barrens
Elysian Fields

(I know, there's a lot)

-Potence

2x Burning Wrath
2x Fractured Armament
Mighty Grapple
Undead Strength
Thrown Gate
Rampage

-Dominate

2x Mind Rape
2x Deflection
Seduction
Govern the Unaligned
Bonding
Command of the Beast
Conditioning
Kindred Coercion

-Obtenebration

3x Shadow Body
2x Eyes of the Night
Shroud of Night
Summon the Abyss

-Necromancy

3x Spiritual Intervention
2x Jar the Soul
2x Spectral Divination
Possession
Compel the Spirit
Torment the Soul

-Votes

Command of the Harpies
Banishment
Sabbat Priest
Autarkis Persecution
Crusade: Mexico City
Consanguineous Condemnation
Kine Resources Contested

-Allies

Scapelli, the Family "Mechanic"
Leonardo, Mortician

-Retainers

Ghoul Retainer

-Misc. Combat

3x Fake Out
Zip Gun
Dragonsbreath Rounds
Amaranth

-Misc. Actions

Bloodbath
The Embrace
Bribes

-Misc. Reactions

3x Wake with Evening's Freshness
Political Backlash
Surprise Influence

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There you go.  It's done well in games at home, but I've never taken it to a
tournament.  It seems to do well by tapping other vampires and then
performing it's actions, and Carlotta can recycle cards I've already used. 
Combat is either ended with S:CE or the Elysium or maneuvered out of range. 
Burning Wrath lets me really mess with anyone who gets past all of that. 
Bleeds get bounced or, when my pred. taps all of his vampires, I just bleed
him back with Rafaele. Votes of other minions are sometimes cancelled, or
sometimes outdone.

What do you think?