Arika Ventrue Deck Thoughts/Suggestions

[RoddPrime]

I'm a little stuck with this deck. It's currently 105 cards and needs
to be thinned out, but I'm not sure what to remove. The biggest worry
I have is that I need to get Arika out as fast as possible each game
(hence the Zillah's Valleys, etc) and once I have her out I use
Governs to either bring out my next vamps faster or for pool gain.
I'm worried that pool management will be a concern with this deck,
however I think that I have overcompensated for that fear and need to
remove some items. All comments and help are appreciated!

Deck Name : Erika Ventrue
Author : Rodd
Description :
Needs roughly 15-17 cards removed...

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 8 max: 11 average: 10
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4x Arika 11 DOM FOR OBF PRE aus cel inner circle
Ventrue:2
2x Lucinde, Alastor 10 DOM FOR PRE obf pot tha justicar
Ventrue:3
2x Marcus Vitel 10 DOM FOR OBF OBT PRE prince
Ventrue:3
2x Queen Anne 10 DOM FOR PRE aus obf prince
Ventrue:2
2x Victorine Lafourca 8 DOM FOR PRE tha prince
Ventrue:3

Library [105 cards]
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Action [16]
10x Govern the Unaligned
1x Graverobbing
5x Mind Rape

Action Modifier [43]
1x Awe
4x Bewitching Oration
4x Cloak the Gathering
7x Conditioning
1x Enkil Cog
2x Faceless Night
7x Freak Drive
3x Kiss of Ra, The
2x Lost in Crowds
2x Seduction
3x Veil the Legions
7x Voter Captivation

Combat [8]
8x Majesty

Equipment [1]
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Master [23]
2x Cavalier
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
3x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Pentex(TM) Loves You!
4x Vessel
6x Villein
2x Wash
4x Zillah's Valley

Political Action [14]
1x Ancient Influence
2x Banishment
1x Domain Challenge
7x Kine Resources Contested
1x Neonate Breach
2x Parity Shift

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Tue Mar 09 12:10:54 2010]

[Dragar]

I'm no expert with Arika decks, but a couple of things strike me..

1) You're trying to have heavy bleed and heavy vote, which you can't
really do within card limits. If you're going to run all the votes I'd
drop the bleed back substantially - you have Arika and the governs,
don't need all the conditionings, maybe keep 1 or 2 max.

2) Masters - 23 is a lot. I'd probably drop the vessels, villeins/caps/
parity shifts/governs is way more than enough bloat. Switch a zillahs
or two for information highway, keep max one heidelberg. Add a venture
headquarters.

3) Given the crypt, I'd mix up the votes, reduce KRC, add a Reins of
Power and a Political Strangelhold, more neonate breaches unless your
metagame has minimal weenies. Perhaps another parity shift or tow if
you have them. It's not a vote but Judgement: Camarilla Segregation
could be worth it. I don't think you need bewitching orations, if you
don't have the static vote power as a high cap ventrue deck.. if so
and you include the votes i mentioned, reduce the voter caps a little.

4) Combat - I'd mix it up a bit, not just rely on majesty. Rolling
with the punches worth having a few

5) heart of Nizchetus.. i don't know, your actions are powerful and
you have lots of them (10 governs, 14 votes). I'd rarely want a heart
over a vote or govern