The Memory of Demons (Deck)
The Lasombra
Author : Lasombra
Description :
The memories of Demons give rise to the Zombies guarding our pool.
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 10 average: 8.66667
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2x Appius Claudius Corvus 10 DOM OBT POT cel nec Lasombra:5
2x Luca Italicus 10 DOM FOR NEC OBT POT tha archbishop Lasombra:4
2x Luna Giovanni 10 DOM NEC OBF OBT POT cel 1 vote Giovanni:5
2x Guillaume Giovanni 9 CEL DOM NEC POT obt Giovanni:4
2x Pherydima 8 DOM MYT NEC obt pot bishop Kiasyd:4
2x Gianmaria Giovanni 5 POT dom nec obt Giovanni:5
Library [90 cards]
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Action [6]
6x Govern the Unaligned
Action Modifier [13]
3x Enkil Cog
5x Shadow Play
5x Shroud of Night
Ally [18]
7x Nocturn (even at inferior Obtenebration, the vampire untaps)
11x Shambling Hordes
Combat [10]
3x Arms of the Abyss
2x Boxed In
5x Shadow Body
Event [2]
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
1x Unmasking, The
Master [20]
2x Charisma
1x Fame
1x Fortschritt Library
1x Giant's Blood
1x Lilith's Blessing
2x Necromancy
1x Obtenebration
1x Papillon
1x Parthenon, The
1x Path of Night, The
2x Perfectionist
6x Villein
Political Action [3]
1x Ancient Influence
1x Perpetual Care
1x Reins of Power
Reaction [18]
7x Deflection
5x Eyes of the Night (For the Nocturns)
6x On the Qui Vive (For the Nocturns)
How do you intend to oust?
Bleeding or opportunistically voting when my prey has been made
defenseless by the Shambling Hordes.
How do you intend to keep from being ousted?
Aggressively ensure that no pool removal actions are attempted.
What do you want your ready region to look like?
One of the 10 capacity vampires with an Enkil Cog and a support
vampire or two. Luca Italicus is ideal, having all disciplines at
superior and he enables Papillon for replenishing his blood supply.
What do you want your average turn to look like?
Predator devastated, prey ousted. Or, two allies recruited, and a
bleed or two.
What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play?
Wildly varied. Anything from Horde Scobax to Anson/Anneke/Alexandra.
What problems have you observed with the deck in play?
Haven't played it yet. Might take it to Kindred Restructure:
Charlotte on the 16th. I expect to see that there isn't enough blood
management. May have to swap the Shadow Play for Shroud of Absence
and focus more on Appius Claudius Corvus.
Jeff Kuta
> Deck Name : The Lasombra Reach Beyond The Grave
> Author : Lasombra
> Description :
> The memories of Demons give rise to the Zombies guarding our pool.
>
> Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 10 average: 8.66667
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 2x Appius Claudius Corvus 10 DOM OBT POT cel nec Lasombra:5
> 2x Luca Italicus 10 DOM FOR NEC OBT POT tha archbishop Lasombra:4
> 2x Luna Giovanni 10 DOM NEC OBF OBT POT cel 1 vote Giovanni:5
> 2x Guillaume Giovanni 9 CEL DOM NEC POT obt Giovanni:4
> 2x Pherydima 8 DOM MYT NEC obt pot bishop Kiasyd:4
> 2x Gianmaria Giovanni 5 POT dom nec obt Giovanni:5
>
> Library [90 cards]
> -------------------------------------------
> Action [6]
> 6x Govern the Unaligned
>
> Action Modifier [13]
> 3x Enkil Cog
> 5x Shadow Play
> 5x Shroud of Night
-1 Cog
IMO 3 is too many.
> Ally [18]
> 7x Nocturn (even at inferior Obtenebration, the vampire untaps)
> 11x Shambling Hordes
-1 Nocturn
-1 Shambling Hordes
+2 Conditioning
Less brrrainnns and more bleed.
> Combat [10]
> 3x Arms of the Abyss
> 2x Boxed In
> 5x Shadow Body
>
> Event [2]
> 1x FBI Special Affairs Division
> 1x Unmasking, The
>
> Master [20]
> 2x Charisma
> 1x Fame
> 1x Fortschritt Library
> 1x Giant's Blood
> 1x Lilith's Blessing
> 2x Necromancy
> 1x Obtenebration
> 1x Papillon
> 1x Parthenon, The
> 1x Path of Night, The
> 2x Perfectionist
> 6x Villein
-1 Necromancy
-1 Papillon
-1 Perfectionist
+1 Giant's Blood
+1 Morgue HG
+1 Political HG
Only 4/12 need NEC and that's only for Hordes. Clan HGs cheaper and
more likely to see play than Pap. GB is very prevalent these days and
this ups your odds of using it and thwarting your opponents.
> Political Action [3]
> 1x Ancient Influence
> 1x Perpetual Care
> 1x Reins of Power
-1 Perpetual Care
+1 Banishment
Banishment is targeted and will have no collateral damage.
> Reaction [18]
> 7x Deflection
> 5x Eyes of the Night (For the Nocturns)
> 6x On the Qui Vive (For the Nocturns)
Good luck!
Jeff
BeAst
> On Jul 3, 5:33 pm, The Lasombra <TheLasom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Here's a version I was playing with a while back, didn't get much
traction with it:
Deck Name: Shambling out of the shadows
Author: John Best
Description:
Ally abuse
path of lilith - lilith's blessing
Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=4 max=9 avg=6.5)
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2x Dame Hollerton 5 myt DOM OBT Kiasyd:4
2x Gianmaria Giovanni 5 dom nec obt POT Giovanni:5
2x Guillaume Giovanni 9 obt CEL DOM NEC POT Giovanni:4
4x Pherydima 8 obt pot DOM MYT NEC Kiasyd:4
1x Primo Giovanni 4 dom nec pot Giovanni:4
1x Thomasso Ghiberti 4 pot NEC Giovanni:4
Library (80 cards)
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Master (14)
3x Blood Doll
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Morgue Hunting Ground
3x Obtenebration
2x Path of Lilith, The
2x Perfectionist
Event (1)
1x Unmasking, The
Action (10)
10x Govern the Unaligned
Ally (19)
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)
9x Nocturn
9x Shambling Hordes
Action Modifier (17)
4x Call of the Hungry Dead
3x Seduction
3x Shroud of Absence
3x Shroud of Night
4x Stone Travel
Reaction (16)
4x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
6x On the Qui Vive
4x Redirection
Combo (3)
3x Spectral Divination
GreenO
> What do you want your average turn to look like?
>
> Predator devastated, prey ousted.
Wonderful. I think I may start using this as a sig file.
Matthew T. Morgan
> Deck Name : The Lasombra Reach Beyond The Grave
> Author : Lasombra
> Description :
> The memories of Demons give rise to the Zombies guarding our pool.
>
> Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 10 average: 8.66667
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 2x Appius Claudius Corvus 10 DOM OBT POT cel nec Lasombra:5
> 2x Luca Italicus 10 DOM FOR NEC OBT POT tha archbishop Lasombra:4
> 2x Luna Giovanni 10 DOM NEC OBF OBT POT cel 1 vote Giovanni:5
> 2x Guillaume Giovanni 9 CEL DOM NEC POT obt Giovanni:4
> 2x Pherydima 8 DOM MYT NEC obt pot bishop Kiasyd:4
> 2x Gianmaria Giovanni 5 POT dom nec obt Giovanni:5
I think you should stick with your instinct to focus on one big guy. Then
you don't really need the skill cards. Even planning to play Luca +
Pherydima is more feasible than Luca + Luna. Seems like that would be too
slow to get out enough zombies to really be effective. So I'd pick
whichever is your favorite and run 4-5 copies of him, then the rest can
just be support. Somebody who just has dom/nec or dom/obt could still fit
in here.
> Library [90 cards]
> -------------------------------------------
> Action [6]
> 6x Govern the Unaligned
I don't really like to see this. I think the strongest first action you
can make is a govern down. You just got a 10 cap and quite possibly got
into the game a little late, maybe ate a bleed. Now you're going to tap
and if you don't gain 3 transfers, you probably will be defensless for
another turn. I think you want more governs to ensure the early govern
down (yeah, you don't get zombies right away, but you can make up for it
by getting two the next turn). You will also want them for bleed later
on.
> Action Modifier [13]
> 3x Enkil Cog
> 5x Shadow Play
> 5x Shroud of Night
Call of the Hungry Dead is a good card. Nice if somebody plays Howler
with a bunch of ravens or whatever and it's way better than Blanket of
Night. A few Conditionings will also go a long way.
> Ally [18]
> 7x Nocturn (even at inferior Obtenebration, the vampire untaps)
> 11x Shambling Hordes
Carlton? Does it make sense to have more Shambling Hordes than Nocturns?
> Combat [10]
> 3x Arms of the Abyss
> 2x Boxed In
> 5x Shadow Body
I think you could lose the Arms. Dodging Nocturns? Not much point, IMO.
> Event [2]
> 1x FBI Special Affairs Division
> 1x Unmasking, The
Dragonbound?
> Master [20]
> 2x Charisma
> 1x Fame
> 1x Fortschritt Library
> 1x Giant's Blood
> 1x Lilith's Blessing
> 2x Necromancy
> 1x Obtenebration
> 1x Papillon
> 1x Parthenon, The
> 1x Path of Night, The
> 2x Perfectionist
> 6x Villein
I'd rather do without the skill cards. A 2nd Fame would be pretty good.
Pentex Subversion should probably be in every deck and there's a lot of
use for it here. If your prey plays a bunch of wakes and has one guy with
a Sniper Rifle, just Pentex that guy and squish everybody else. Problem
solved. I like Jake in Shambling Hordes decks. He also works well with
Unmasking + FBI.
At least consider using the Sargon Fragment instead of the Necromancy
card. I think it's worth it for the other use.
> Political Action [3]
> 1x Ancient Influence
> 1x Perpetual Care
> 1x Reins of Power
I think Jeff is right about Banishment, but Perpetual Care is cooler.
> Reaction [18]
> 7x Deflection
> 5x Eyes of the Night (For the Nocturns)
> 6x On the Qui Vive (For the Nocturns)
I might drop a couple of Eyes of the Night. Unmasking will probably give
you the intercept you need. Also, you only have 7 Nocturns in the deck.
It's not really likely that they will all make block attempts and need
intercept.