The Villein Eternal

There must be something going around the internet.... Followers of Set grabbed my attention last night as well.

Deck hasn't yet been played, did see 'a lot' of rush based combat last Saturday, but only 1 of the decks played Immortal Grapple.


Deck Name : The Villein Eternal
Author : Lasombra
Description :
Happened upon a few copies of Eternals of Sirius. It seems to be made to be played with Villein and Voter Captivation.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 9 max: 10 average: 9.33333

2x	Nakhthorheb	(10)			Follower of Set	(g4)
2x	Seterpenre	(10)			Follower of Set	(g5)
2x	Neferu	(9)		2 votes	Follower of Set	(g4)
2x	Pentweret	(9)			Follower of Set	(g5)
2x	Porphyrion	(9)			Follower of Set	(g5)
2x	Shemti	(9)		1 vote	Follower of Set	(g5)

Library [90 cards]

Action [7]
3x Enticement
4x Public Trust

Action Modifier [32]
4x Awe
4x Bewitching Oration
4x Forgotten Labyrinth
7x Freak Drive
8x Lost in Crowds
5x Voter Captivation

Combat [8]
8x Majesty

Master [24]
8x Eternals of Sirius, The
1x Ferraille
2x Fortitude
1x Khobar Towers, Al-Khubar
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Opium Den
8x Villein
2x Wider View

Political Action [12]
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Domain Challenge
1x Political Stranglehold
5x Reckless Agitation
1x Reins of Power
1x Rumors of Gehenna

Reaction [7]
3x Confusion of the Eye
4x Ecstasy


How do you intend to oust?
Bleeds at stealth, or Reckless Agitation.

How do you intend to keep from being ousted?
Effectively spend very little on minions, and gain pool from Voter Captivation and specific votes.

What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)?
The deck should easily support the first four minions, if it flows well.

What do you want your average turn to look like?
Villein a 9 cap in play down to 3 or so, then play Eternals of Sirius to prep the next 9 cap to come into play. Bleed or call a vote. Then transfer the rest to the 9 cap and bring it into play.

What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play?
Any standard tier 1 deck can be encountered at any time. Random strange stuff pops up its head regularly as well.

What problems have you observed with the deck in play?
Haven't played it yet. Potential problems are modifier jam with no votes to play them on.

Public Trust is good. Entrancement can give you strong allies. I'd change some PT to Entrancements.

Ankha wrote:

Into Thin Air should be prefered to Forgotten Labyrinth

Into Thin Air can't be played with Lost in Crowds on the same action.
It was purposefully avoided because of that.
My opponents are very fond of Enkil Cog and minions that can play it, so requiring my opponent's minions to be younger for the effective 3rd stealth is a mistake in my metagame.

With your crypt the Khobar Towers should really be a Golconda. It doesn't cost pool, serves more or less the same purpose and can be used offensively if the need arises.

I also think the Monastery isn't quite worth the 3 pool since you should have enough stealth from just the obfuscate and the Opium Den. It should be either a second Golconda or maybe a Giant's Blood.

Finally I believe Awe is better as Perfect Paragon, but your taste may be different.

Izaak wrote:

With your crypt the Khobar Towers should really be a Golconda. It doesn't cost pool, serves more or less the same purpose and can be used offensively if the need arises.

Golconda also has to be held in the hand until used. KT can go into play, and wait there until I need it. I've only seen 1 Arson played in the last ~2 years or so.

Izaak wrote:

Finally I believe Awe is better as Perfect Paragon, but your taste may be different.

Three votes vs. as many votes as I need. In this deck with few titled vampires, the Awe may be more necessary. In the weekly metagame, Delaying Tactics is infrequently seen, in local tournaments it is more prevalent. Unfortunately, Perfect Paragon is a quick and easy sell, so all of my copies were sold long ago.