On Villein. 1. "problematic card"

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I agree with all of acbishop's argument (who is PRO). Villein made many big-cap vampires more playable because all your MPA were no longer eaten by Minion Tap.

However, I see some troubles with the Giant's Blood/Lilith's Blessing combos:
- Giant's Blood. Previously a great card, it's "who plays it first" wasn't really a big issue before. Sure, if your plan was based on it to save your vampire, you could get screwed. Now it has become a "who gains 10 pool first" with Villein.
- Lilith's Blessing. A difficult card to use, unless you use Villein. Even though 3 blood is not a lot to keep a vampire in life, it's still a 3-pool gain when played with Villein.

I see also some trouble with a too easy pool gain. Villein is so easy to play that you get almost free vampires. Regaining 10 pool after having influenced out a 11-cap is too much (especially if you consider you'll probably gain some more with a potential Golconda / Ancient Influence / Political Stranglehold or a plain refill + Villein)

We need Villein. But I would nerf it so you can't get more than 5 blood from the vampire. It's enough to survive when you play a big cap, avoids bad interactions. It becomes slightly worse than Minion Tap in pool gain (you can't gain 10 pool anymore) but is still a trifle, which is the main appeal (like Vessel).

You can still play two in a row, but it requires 2 cards, 1 pool, and the second Villein doesn't provide its trifle MPA so you can't chain it with Lilith's Blessing / Giant's Blood (unless you have 2 MPAs, in which case nothing has changed: you could have played Minion Tap instead, just as before Villein was printed).

I would leave the "Minion Tap hoser" effect because it doesn't have a big impact on the game and avoids too many changes on the card.

Villein
Cardtype: Master
Master: trifle.
Put this card on a vampire you control and move up to 5 blood from that vampire to your pool. Minion Tap cards cost an additional pool. Villein costs an additional pool to play on this vampire.