Another Toolbox concept I'm playing with

Hi guys,

I've been pleying this deck for some months and I like it, but I'm managing to do few GW's. Almost aways I'm doing one or 2 VP's but few GW's. I guess the main problem is the slow setup and the table hate upon it once I lock some minions with nightmare curse. Here's the decklist and strategy

Deck Name: French Couture
Created By: Andre Wandenkolken
Description: Minion Lock & Bleed Toolbox.

Strategy: Slow game, mounting setup, putting chimerstry on françois and trying (if possible to rise Alexandra or anson). When possible, toreador grandball and nightmare curse / sensory deprivation unblockable. Some revelations to avoid bounces or archons and then heavy bleeding.

Crypt: (13 cards, Min: 21, Max: 43, Avg: 8,46)

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3 Alexandra ANI AUS CEL dom PRE11 Toreador
2 Anson aus CEL dom PRE8 Toreador
4 François Villon AUS CEL chi obf pot PRE10 Toreador
1 Isabel de Leon AUS 3 Toreador
1 Ramiel DuPre aus cel dom PRE5 Toreador
1 Tatiana Romanov AUS cel pre 7 Toreador
1 Victoria Ash aus cel dom PRE6 Toreador

Library: (81 cards)

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Master (24 cards)
1 Art Museum
4 Chimerstry
1 Dark Influences
1 Giant`s Blood
1 Papillon
1 Pentex(TM) Subversion
2 Perfectionist
1 Powerbase: Montreal
1 Rack, The
1 Secure Haven
5 Toreador Grand Ball
3 Vessel
2 Villein

Action (15 cards)
2 Enchant Kindred
2 Intimidation
4 Nightmare Curse
1 Reality
2 Revelations
2 Sensory Deprivation
2 Sensory Overload

Action Modifier (10 cards)
3 Aire of Elation
2 Crocodile`s Tongue
2 Perfect Paragon
3 Will-o`-the-Wisp

Political Action (2 cards)
2 Parity Shift

Reaction (16 cards)
2 Eagle`s Sight
2 Enhanced Senses
2 Eyes of Argus
2 My Enemy`s Enemy
2 Quicken Sight
3 Second Tradition: Domain, The
3 Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (8 cards)
4 Charismatic Aura
2 Staredown
2 Torrent

Event (1 cards)
1 Anthelios, the Red Star

Combo (5 cards)
2 Mirror Image
3 Resist Earth`s Grasp

This deck was last saved at 18:17:44 on 22/10/2014

Eye of Hazimel perhaps ? So that you can have a vampire more easily, especially if something happen to Villon.

Alexandra seem less than hot given the concept. I would try to find a vampire who can play 2nd tradition. I would also use Nightmare Curse and Sensory deprivation as only chimestry card, to make the flow work more easily.

Now, it's hard to lower the table hate on that fairly fragile concept.

I've tried Eye of hazimel with this concept, but using madame guil instead of françois villon. Once the setup is done, the deck gets solid but the pool cost destroys the deck.

François can endure a lot more than madame guil, because he can steal blood from youngsters. I might consider changing the group and use ira rivers, but the bleed stuff is important as well and he has just

With my testings Alexandra proved herself important to the deck because of the multi action stuff, high built in bleed and 4 votes to pass the parities or vote locking someone. I dunno if I can have the luxury to expel her from the deck.

One extra note:

I've played this deck on 2 tournaments and got to the finals in one.
Heavy bleed stuff and combat packages can really destroy the deck. The tournament I didn't go to the finals I got smashed by a Theo bell / beast deck. Didn't have time enough to setup the nightmare curses / sensorys.

why toreadors?
Much easier option is to use vampires that have CHI AUS from the start and use chimestry stealth to get actions through. IMO the best crypt would be Dr. Lawrence Mayhew, Aidan Lyle, Hazimel and some fillers (f.r. gwen brand, Johann Matheson, Vassily Taltos). Additionally this will give you access to fortitude (freak drives)

Toreador is a personal choice. I love the clan so I try to do everything possible with them.

But the main reason is toreador grandball and do the nightmares unblockable.