Not Quite Turbo HoS

Deck Name : SKULLO
Author :
Description :

How do I intend to oust?
Well, huge unblockable bleeds for starters. And then, well, that's actually pretty much it.

How do I intend to survive?
Bounce bleeds and with some light pool gain from Redeem the Lost Soul and Goldconda but mostly through Villein and getting free minions out with Soul Gem.

The board:
I find group 3-4 HoS especially interesting being that they are mostly mid-cap in size. I actually DO want to bring out more than one minion. which can be used to bleed, bounce, rescue when needed, chump block and Villeined. Babalawo's special is quite interesting here, allowing me to cycle my hand without having to run extra cards as dreams/distraction and other cards that help with card flow normally found in turbo decks. Mina Grotus is equally as interesting for her +1 bleed at no extra card slots.

Why this isn't quite a turbo deck?
Well, I have done my research and am well aware of the mono-vamp crypts and their need to boost capacity in order to abuse Soul Gem but I didn't quite want to take that route. I think that running an auspex module and perhaps being able to bleed once or twice before exploding a canailled' vampire might be worth exploring.

Why this is a turbo deck?
While not as hell-bent in abusing the Soul Gem combo, this deck does contain all of the moving parts. A first turn Vast Wealth/Soul Gem + Pulse of the Canaille, Freak, cardless anarch action, Force of Will/Monkey Wrench and burn can be quite brutal.

Compared to Cybeletron:
This is probably inferior in every way. I suppose I'm trying this because of the cheaper crypt, being able to get off at least one huge bleed potentially much earlier than Cybele can. Crematarium is also a nice card here in case my guys hit torpor before I get a chance at burning them. And finally, comparatively to Cybele, which works alongside an obfuscate stealth package, this runs with an Auspex bleed bounce instead. Having said that, this is my first ever Turbo deck, built after trying to read up as much as I canon the archetype while trying to do something different by using HoS andPulse of the Canaille which seems to be the perfect fit in boosting bleed damage while stripping blood off for the burn. Revelation is also quite nice, possibly getting rid of bounce and/or allies that usually give this type of deck some trouble.

Anticipated weaknesses:
Might be better off turning this into a full Phagian turbo deck as the Auspex module might not be worth the trouble in the end. If that happens, I will add more copies/ways of getting Soul Gem early and most likely more replace the reaction module with more Revelations/Freak Drives/block denial/Monkey Wrench + discipline skill cards/Golcondas. This version of the deck will be posted shortly.


Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 8 average: 6.66667

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4x Phagian 8 AUS NEC THA dom for Harbinger:4
3x Babalawo Alafin 7 AUS FOR NEC ani Harbinger:4
2x Mina Grotius 6 FOR NEC cel Harbinger:3
2x Solomon Batanea 5 AUS FOR nec Harbinger:4
1x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger:4


Library [80 cards]

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Action [17]
6x Force of Will
7x Pulse of the Canaille
4x Revelations

Action Modifier [23]
3x Call of the Hungry Dead
5x Daring the Dawn
10x Freak Drive
4x Monkey Wrench
1x Strange Day

Action Modifier/Reaction [7]
7x Spectral Divination

Equipment [2]
2x Soul Gem of Etrius

Master [15]
2x Crematorium
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Redeem the Lost Soul
4x Vast Wealth
5x Villein

Reaction [14]
5x Eyes of Argus
3x My Enemy's Enemy
2x On the Qui Vive
4x Telepathic Misdirection

Retainer [2]
2x Robert Carter


Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Tue Aug 07 12:15:20 2012]

Did you consider Possession ?

If 33% of your crypt is the same age, and you have no way know which vampire is on top of your crypt, and no way to increase your capacity then Soul Gem is a bit of a crap shoot.

Perhaps take a look at a Bloodlines version, based on Unre :
www.thelasombra.com/decks/the_possession_of_unre.htm

Adonai wrote:

Did you consider Possession ?

If 33% of your crypt is the same age, and you have no way know which vampire is on top of your crypt, and no way to increase your capacity then Soul Gem is a bit of a crap shoot.

Perhaps take a look at a Bloodlines version, based on Unre :
www.thelasombra.com/decks/the_possession_of_unre.htm

He's quite right.. you won't get much use/abuse out of the soul gem otherwise.. if you made room for a couple recruitment masters you could ensure that as long as phagian has the gem when he dies the top card of your crypt will always be younger and in conjunction with possession allow you to repeat the process reliably. This would save you the trouble of relying on master discipline cards.

another possible inclusion might be a couple kiss of ra cards as they provide a way to drain blood off of phagan while making your prey/predator less eager to block you.

otherwise looks like fun!

My version of this uses Shambling Hordes to suck off the blood productively and masters to increase Phagian's capacity... one of his FEW downsides is and not That way your Soul Gem can, at worst, bring out another Phagian... plus Old Phagian (who had the can now become Zombies!!)

You should have Possessions and choose every chump who has that you can find preferably that is cheaper than Phagian.

Thanks for the tips. I will have to rethink the deck according to your suggestions or otherwise commit to Soul Gem completely which is not quite what I wanted to do. Still, your comments have got me thinking!