Imbued?

In an effort to branch out, I am looking a little more closely at the Imbued. They can be cheesy and slow, I want this deck to be fast and interesting. Let me show you what I've come up with and please let me know what you think.

Liz Ticket312 Thornton 2 INN RED Doesn't start with a convic.
Beatrice Oracle172 Tremblay 3 INN VEN +1 bleed, during untap another imbued takes 1 damage
Francois Warden Loehr 3 DEF JUD
Jennifer Flame61 Vidisania 4 VEN VIS +1 bleed -1 stealth
Leaf Potter116 Pankowski 4 INN RED VIS tap to gain conv from lib/hand/AH
Jack Hannibal137 Harmon 4 DEF JUD maneuver on 1st round
Marion Teacher193 Perks 4 RED JUD optional press
Paul Sixifswords29 Moreton 4 DEF VIS can move 1 pool to imbued/influence
2x Travis Traveler72 Miller 5 MAR DEF +1 action costs 1 conv to scout down
2x Jennie Cassie247 Orne 5 INN JUD VIS easier to become ready

Library: 60 cards
Master: 9
3x Angel of Berlin
Church of Vindicated Faith
2x Unity
2x Liquidation
Pentex Subversion

Actions: 5
New management
4x Zip Line

Equipment: 8
3x Leather Jacket
1x Deer Rifle
2x Flash Grenade
Light Intensifying Goggles
Heart of Cheating

Combat: 2
2x Concealed Weapon

Retainers: 2
Tasha Morgan
J.S. Simmons

Powers: 9
Hide INN
Inspire INN
Champion DEF
4x Vigilance JUD
2x Foresee VIS

Conviction: 18
6x Strike with Conviction
6x Second Sight
6x React with Conviction

Reactions: 5
5x Determine VIS bounce/action fails

Events:
The Unmasking

Allies:
Vagabond Mystic

How do you intend to oust?
Stealth/bleed and block some crucial actions.

How do you intend to survive?
Don't spend too much pool, gain a little, bounce and try to oust after initial setup. Combat is mostly avoidance with a little tapping or bite.

What will your ready region look like?
At least three, preferably four or five imbued if things go well.

Problems with the deck?
Very weak against stealth vote, but hey this is imbued. Same with hardcore combat.

What's your meta looking like?
New Brujah, animalism, stealth bleed/vote are all making appearances.

DISCLAIMER: This is NOT feedback on the deck.

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This is the output, for easier perusal:

Deck Name : Learning the Imbued
Author : brandonsantacruz
Description :



Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 5 average: 4

2x	Jennie Cassie247 Orne	(5)			Imbued	(g 4)
2x	Travis Traveler72 Miller	(5)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Jack Hannibal137 Harmon	(4)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Jennifer Flame61 Vidisania	(4)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Leaf Potter116 Pankowski	(4)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Marion Teacher193 Perks	(4)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Paul Sixofswords29 Moreton	(4)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Beatrice Oracle171 Tremblay	(3)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Francois Warden Loehr	(3)			Imbued	(g 4)
1x	Liz Ticket312 Thornton	(2)			Imbued	(g 4)

Library [60 cards]

Action [5]
1x New Management
4x Zip Line

Ally [1]
1x Vagabond Mystic

Combat [2]
2x Concealed Weapon

Conviction [18]
6x React with Conviction
6x Second Sight
6x Strike with Conviction

Equipment [8]
1x Deer Rifle
2x Flash Grenade
1x Heart of Nizchetus
3x Leather Jacket
1x Light Intensifying Goggles

Event [1]
1x Unmasking, The

Master [9]
3x Angel of Berlin
1x Church of Vindicated Faith, The
2x Liquidation
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Unity

Power [9]
1x Champion
2x Foresee
1x Hide
1x Inspire
4x Vigilance

Reaction [5]
5x Determine

Retainer [2]
1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1x Tasha Morgan


Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Wed Oct 19 17:19:03 2011]

Have you ever played an imbued deck before? I ask not out of snark or as a comment on this deck in particular, but because I've found that very few people understand them until they've got some actual play experience with them. (I know I didn't.)

If you haven't, my advice would be to play what you've got here - it looks reasonably viable, though I think you'll find that your pool total will be consistently lower than you're expecting. Otherwise, commentary here might not make a lot of sense to you.

If nothing else, though, always always always run two copies of Church of Vindicated Faith in every imbued deck.

get a laptop and ivory bow (or other scary weapon) for Darby Dancing bleeds

Unity isn't that great, you don't need 2 copies.

Haze wrote:

get a laptop and ivory bow (or other scary weapon) for Darby Dancing bleeds

Not sure that works with Brandon's plan to play a fast imbued deck, but I'm also not sure there's such a thing as a fast imbued deck.

Haze wrote:

Unity isn't that great, you don't need 2 copies.

I'm guessing it's there for the synergy with Liquidation. When I tried a similar deck (albeit with more copies of both cards), it didn't really work, since I couldn't recur the non-imbued stuff, and the imbued stuff I needed was mostly convictions anyway. Not sure if that was a failure on my part during the deckbuilding stage or playing it, or if it just doesn't work as a concept.

Me: "Isak, why aren't Imbued decks used in Sweden?"
-"They're just too slow to win."