SEALED-BOX: DECK CONSTRUCTION ON A LIMITED BUDGET

I actually got into this game originally as a collector, and so by the
time I discovered what a good game it is I already had a MOUNTAIN of
cards which is one of the reasons I like to explore the wilder shores of
rare-rare combos. Over the past couple of months however I have been
playing the game rather differently, trying to evaluate the extent to
which it?s possible to play Jyhad effectively on a limited budget. To be
truthful I have been trying to play on a budget of 0 GBP, building decks
exclusively from two boxes of Jyhad boosters that David tatu gave me when
he was here last. I?ve been building Happy families-type decks from these
cards alone and I?d rate this period of my Jyhad-gaming life as my most
successful [though perhaps not most creative] ever. In fact, I reckon I
am probably becoming TOO successful, since people in my gaming group are
beginning to see me as the Main Threat.

As examples of the kind of thing I?ve been able to build here are two
decks, constructed from a pool of cards that would cost you the same as
10 or so Pokemon boosters.

Deck Name: The Wolves are Coming
Pro/For/Ani deck with a touch of potence based on wee Gangrels and their
friends.
Once this has started swarming the rest of the table are in trouble. So
are you, if someone has  vote dominance and an anarch uprising or ancilla
empowerment.

CRYPT:
2 Bear Paw
2 Roman Alexander
2 Badger
2 Zach North
2 Ricki van Damp pants
2 Giuliano Vincenzi

LIBRARY:
16 PROTEAN:
4 Wolf Claws
4 Earth Control
2 Movement of the Slow Body
4 Form of Mist
Homunculus
Earth Meld

6 POTENCE:
3 Thrown Sewer Lid
3 Undead Strength

18 FORTITUDE:
Day Op
2 Unflinching Persistence
4 Skin of Rock
2 Restoration
5 Skin of Steel
2 Dawn Op
Undead Persistence
Freak Drive
Skin of Night

19 DISCIPLINELESS CARDS:
2 Taste of Vitae
3 Renegade garou
4 WWEF
Ritual Challenge
2 Trap
Tasha Morgan
2 Computer hacking
2 Embrace
JS Simmons
Gypsies

13 ANIMALISM
6 Rat?s Warning
Murder of Crows
3 Cat?s guidance
Raven Spy
Owl Companion
Army of rats

17 MASTERS
2 Minion Tap
Animalism
Protean
3 Blood Doll
KRCG News radio
2 Fame
Backways
2 Effective Management
Fortitude
Zoo HG
Haven Uncovered

Finally, although I?ve not yet played one of these decks in a tournament
Michael has, and he got to the final with it. So it IS possible to be
competitive and flexible on a limited budget. And with that hopeful
thought I bid you farewell for another month.