I’m sure you all know a guy who is constantly trying to create decks with totally unual cards, Usually, the following comment follows like: “If nobody plays this cards is because it won’t work”.
If you don’t know anybody like this, here I am for you. Some of my best friends recommend me to buy a funnel, that’s what i need to join all my mad (bad) ideas into a single deck.
Si sois de los pocos que aún no conocéis a nadie así, me presento ante vosotros. Mis mejores amigos dentro del juego me recomiendan que me compre un embudo; bien para que acompañe a la locura que me fluye cuando creo mazos con cartas infumables; bien para que haga de filtro porque, tal vez (y sólo tal vez) de cada cien ideas estúpidas una pueda tener algún sentido.
So I have encouraged myself to write this section with the sole intention of:
- Just for laughts among the readers.
- Give support to those who, like me, have absurd ideas, share them or not.
- Maybe someone will find the hidden factor in my equations and end up developing a really competitive deck.
First, I think you’ll have to try to discover how my head works when developing these aberrations. Everything starts by reviewing cards in my collection or in some software to manage decks. Suddenly, I find a rare card and I think: “Holy shit, this is awesome!”. In that point starts the “aberration deck”. That was what happened when I discovered the Redline:
Type: Master
Master: out-of-turn
Only usable when a blood hunt referendum passes and would burn a vampire controlled by another Methuselah. That vampire is not burned. Put this card on that vampire and take control of him or her. This vampire is independent. This vampire gets one optional press when in combat with a Camarilla vampire and can enter combat with any Camarilla vampire as a +1 stealth (D) action. Burn this card if the vampire changes sects.
Rarity: Anarchs:R
Hmm… strong card if you can use it in a controled way…
The problem was simple: How to trigger a blood hunt out of my turn in and secure that the vampire in question was going to go? So I started thinking about it, as a good defender of the Gangrel, the most logical option was to play the only “blood hunt” card that exists in the game: Veles’ Hunt. With Stanislava + Enkil Cog… could work, although the Veles’ Hunt has too many restrictions. So I went for the most complicated. I presented to you one of the very absurd decks that i’ve created. This is from January 2014, when the Anthelios was not banned:
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 10 max: 11
5x Huitzilopochtli 10 AUS DAI DOM OBF POT PRE Baali:2
3x Arika 11 DOM FOR OBF PRE aus cel inner circle Ventrue:2
2x Etrius 11 AUS DOM OBF THA pro inner circle Tremere:2
2x Leandro 11 AUS OBF PRE cel dom inner circle Malkavian:2
Library [89 cards]
Action [10]
4x Baltimore Purge
1x Entrancement
1x Graverobbing
3x Mind Rape
1x Unleash Hell’s Fury
Action Modifier [13]
1x Cloak the Gathering
1x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog
1x Faceless Night
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
4x Freak Drive
1x Lost in Crowds
1x Seduction
1x Voter Captivation
Ally [1]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
Combat [3]
3x Majesty
Equipment [2]
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Heart of Nizchetus
Event [1]
1x Anthelios, The Red Star
Master [33]
6x Ashur Tablets
1x Creepshow Casino
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
3x Fortitude
1x Giant’s Blood
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Redline
5x Villein
2x Wider View
4x Zillah’s Valley
Political Action [5]
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Banishment
1x Kine Resources Contested
1x Reckless Agitation
Reaction [21]
3x Deflection
2x Eagle’s Sight
4x Eyes of Argus
5x Obedience
2x On the Qui Vive
5x Undying Thirst
If you want to build this deck, i recommend you not to expect any good result. Maybe some laughts.
Luis ‘Txiqui’ Fonseca, Prince of Mataró