Catatonic Filth

Hi all,

Second deck in my JOL series. Previous version have been tested a couple of times before the tweaks presented in this version. I'll try to answer as any questions below thus giving you soe insight on the deck.

Deck Name : Catatonic Fear
Author :
Description :



Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 7 average: 5.25

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3x Jost Werner 6 AUS PRE ani !Toreador:2
2x Greta Kircher 7 AUS CEL PRE obf !Toreador:2
1x Lucina 7 AUS PRE cel pro primogen Toreador:3
1x Sheila Mezarin 6 AUS PRE cel for !Toreador:2
1x Creamy Jade 5 PRE aus cel vic !Toreador:3
1x Remilliard, Devout 4 AUS pre !Toreador:2
1x Sabrina 4 aus cel pre !Toreador:3
1x Lolita 3 for pre !Toreador:2
1x Nicholas Chang 2 aus !Toreador:3


Library [77 cards]

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Action [18]
2x Abbot
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
1x Art Scam
5x Enchant Kindred
2x Entrancement
3x Fleetness
1x Patronage
3x Public Trust

Action Modifier [2]
2x Aire of Elation

Combat [21]
9x Catatonic Fear
5x Charismatic Aura
7x Target Vitals

Master [12]
1x Church of the Order of St. Blaise
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fetish Club Hunting Ground
2x Jake Washington (Hunter)
2x Palla Grande
1x Powerbase: Barranquilla
1x Powerbase: Chicago
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x WMRH Talk Radio

Reaction [24]
2x Eagle's Sight
3x Enhanced Senses
5x Eyes of Argus
2x My Enemy's Enemy
3x On the Qui Vive
2x Quicken Sight
5x Telepathic Misdirection
2x Wake with Evening's Freshness

1. How do you intend to oust?
Toolboxy enough with the possibility of walling with a Smiling Jack in play. However, there's a decent amount of bleed in the deck - along with Palla Grande, it can hurt someone's pool if they fail to block (Catatonic Fear + Vitals is effective enough to dissuade blocking mid-to-late game where blood is scarce).

2. How do you intend to keep from being ousted?
Classic wall tools are in the deck w/extra emphasis on the better powerbases. Bloat with those while defending pool with AUS while dissuading combat with Cataonic Fear + Vitals.

3. What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)?
Jost and Greta are the main attractions with, hopefully, a weenie or two for backup actions/rescues.

4. What do you want your average turn to look like?
Enchant down, muscle bleeds through or sit on the edge if I have it.

5. What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play?
Mostly on JOL so a little bit of everything though combat is seen often. Deck should do alright save against IG.

6. What problems have you observed with the deck in play?
In previous incarnation, auspex was used more for bounce and less for intercept, therefore unable to stop key actions from passing. Decks packing 10+ immortal grapples will also prove difficult.

I've been thinking of something like this. has it worked for you? Which is better, in your opinion, with the bounce or the Intercept? have you thought of Nose of the Hound, maybe one or two to hit specific targets. Or have you found the heavy presence bleed is enough.

TorranceCircle wrote:

I've been thinking of something like this. has it worked for you? Which is better, in your opinion, with the bounce or the Intercept? have you thought of Nose of the Hound, maybe one or two to hit specific targets. Or have you found the heavy presence bleed is enough.

Previous incarnations have been handling both combat and going forward quite well but the bounce I was running was not enough to stop some actions that have ultimately cost me the game. Having said that, Grapples have given me trouble but then again, I don't see the need to add more Charismatic Auras. Other than that, Catatonic Fear + Vitals have proven quite formidable. Regarding Nose of the Hound, notice that I run Fleetness instead. It provides some very light stealth or rush. I have used both in the past. Whether you go with Nose of the Hound or Fleetness, I think that some select rush is certainly needed. Rushing a freshly Villein'd fatty, only to dump them into torpor with rush/CT+V is pure gold.

I'm eagerly looking forward in trying out the intercept version above. The only thing I'm not entirely satisfied with is the Master module. I'm not sure how the powerbases/order will work out for me. I encourage anyone who's interested in the deck concept to try it. It's been a blast and ppl seem to find it quite kool as well.

I like Powerbase: Baranquilla a lot. Like with Paths, Rack or other removable cards people tend to forget about destroy it and you often get at least 3 to 4 pool out of it, if not more.

I'd add another Palla Grande, but the deck seems to be alright to me. I like Fleetness as it grants your bleed a +1 stealth which can be decisive or lets you get into combat, as you already mentioned.