Black Magic Woman - Tremere Black Hand Tap-Bleed

I played this deck in a qualifier tournament last weekend. I did awful! Here are a few thoughts:

• Sudden Reversal was worth at least 1 VP.
• Telepathic Counter is better off as more bounce, probably Deflection. This deck is pretty easy to clock and I simply needed all the extra pressure.
• I had a couple of stalemate situations in which Blood Doll or Tribute to the Master would have given me an edge. Govern the Unaligned at superior wasn't enough.

Hi,

I made a similar deck inspired partly by this deck and comments in this thread. It's sufficiently different that I put it in it's own thread , but sufficiently similar that I thought I'd mention it here.

It is a bit on the large side but (surprisingly?) I didn't experience any major card flow issues with it. Possibly just lucky.

New version based on my experience at the Las Vegas Qualifier. No, it's not that different. What would you include for potential pool gain, if anything?

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 6 average: 4.5

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2x Selena 6 AUS DOM THA !Tremere:3
2x Yasmin the Black 6 AUS THA dom pre !Tremere:3
1x Esoara 5 DOM aus for pot !Tremere:4
1x Frondator 5 AUS dom tha bishop !Tremere:4
1x Janine 4 aus dom tha !Tremere:4
1x Mosfair 4 cel dom tha !Tremere:4
1x Ehrich Weiss 3 dom tha Tremere:3
1x Ember Wright 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Keith Moody 3 DOM !Tremere:4
1x Saiz 3 aus dom !Tremere:3

Library [60 cards]

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Action [16]
10x Govern the Unaligned
3x Recure of the Homeland
3x Rutor's Hand

Action Modifier [13]
4x Change of Target
5x Conditioning
4x Mirror Walk

Combat [6]
2x Burst of Sunlight
2x Theft of Vitae
2x Wind Dance

Equipment [1]
1x Gran Madre di Dio, Italy

Master [12]
2x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Coven, The
3x Effective Management
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Remover
2x Sudden Reversal
1x University Hunting Ground

Reaction [12]
2x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
3x My Enemy's Enemy
2x On the Qui Vive
3x Telepathic Misdirection

FYI, I do not own Eyes of Argus. I used My Enemy's Enemy for intercept a couple of times. Would it be better off as Deflection and/or Telepathic Misdirection for forward pressure? I don't think so, but I'd love to entertain further discussion.

Ankha wrote:

No use for Blood of Sandman here? Replacing the Change of Target for instance.

Blood of Sandman is just plain awesome. It is annoying like hell for prey and predator.
I wouldn't replace the Change of Targets when using Blood of Sandman, as they help tapping vampires in the first place.

I don't own any Blood of Sandman. But if I did, I would consider replacing one recure or rutor's hand with it. On the other hand, that is a lot of blood to spend on something that isn't Conditioning...