The Pillar of Ages

Hello!

This is where I've gotten to with Nu. Haven't tried it out yet, since I've been playing more of a combat oriented deck, but I was planning on testing something like this in the local tournament in a couple of weeks.

How to oust?
Tap&Bleed, basically.

How to survive?
Static intercept, some combat techs and bloat.

What I plan to have on the table?
Nu and two !Toreador with , and preferably .

What kind of a meta do we have?
We have a couple of heavy bleeder players here, and some who focus mainly on combat and an occasional vote. I'm planning on taking out the bleeders with Outside the Hourglass + Disarm, and combat end and avoid combat with Outsides. The occasional protean stealth is there basically to get my undirected actions past 2nd Tradition range.


Deck Name: The Pillar of Ages
Author:
Description:
Nu has Auspex games and taps a way through for the Toreador.

Crypt (Capacity min=1 max=9 avg=6.67; 12 cards)
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1x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY
1x Greta Kircher 7 obf AUS CEL PRE !Toreador:2
1x Jost Werner 6 ani AUS PRE !Toreador:2
1x Mercy, Knight Inquisitor 5 cel dom pre AUS !Toreador:2
5x Nu, The Pillar 9 ani aus pro POT PRE TEM True Brujah:2
1x Remilliard, Devout Crusader 4 pre AUS !Toreador:2
2x Sheila Mezarin 6 cel for AUS PRE !Toreador:2

Library (90 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
1x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Auspex
1x Barrens, The
2x Blood Doll
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fetish Club Hunting Ground
2x Palla Grande
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Perfectionist
1x Tabriz Assembly
2x Vessel
2x Wash
1x Wider View

Action (15 cards)
2x Clotho's Gift
2x Dream World
5x Enchant Kindred
1x Entrancement
1x Kiss of Lachesis
2x Mind Numb
2x Summon History

Equipment (3 cards)
1x Aaron's Feeding Razor
1x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1x Bowl of Convergence

Ally (1 cards)
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Retainer (1 cards)
1x Raven Spy

Action Modifier (16 cards)
4x Aire of Elation
4x Domain of Evernight
1x Earth Control
4x Pocket Out of Time
3x Recurring Contemplation

Reaction (12 cards)
5x Eyes of Argus
2x On the Qui Vive
5x Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (18 cards)
4x Disarm
4x Majesty
8x Outside the Hourglass
2x Taste of Vitae

Combo (6 cards)
5x Quicksilver Contemplation
1x Rapid Change

Created with Secret Library v0.9.3. (Sep 6, 2012 14:13:14)

No Archon Investigation ?

More seriously, maybe some Vaticination ? You don't have that many action, and it can remove a serious problem from your prey hand.

I also believe that 2 summon history for 1 ankara and 1 Aaron is uselessly complex. I would just put 4 Life in the city, or some other blood gain master / action.

Ohlmann wrote:

No Archon Investigation ?

I was thinking of adding some, maybe 5, just before posting...

More seriously, maybe some Vaticination ? You don't have that many action, and it can remove a serious problem from your prey hand.

Oh yeah, Vaticination would be an auto include. I kinda forgot about it. It's so awesome a card. Let's just see what I'd need to drop...

I also believe that 2 summon history for 1 ankara and 1 Aaron is uselessly complex. I would just put 4 Life in the city, or some other blood gain master / action.

Actually, Ankara citadel is something I'm thinking of dropping. Getting it is really pushing it, stealth wise, and it's just a wee bit too expensive a trick to pull out effectively. And if Ankara goes, so do the Summon Histories.

About the complexity, Summon History is complex as it is, unless you own more than, say, 4, which i don't. I'm happy enough to have those 2. They're just an idea to get some variety - I'll be getting something with it depending on the situation. In this case the variation doesn't warrant the use of it, however, so it's basically a trick to try and get Ankara.

Some other form of blood gain would be okay, though. Maybe even Procurers. I wouldn't add many more masters (even though Coven might be okay), since 18 is pushing it already.

Any ideas about decent blood gain?

Kraus wrote:

Some other form of blood gain would be okay, though. Maybe even Procurers. I wouldn't add many more masters (even though Coven might be okay), since 18 is pushing it already.

Well, you have 14 non trifle master and 3 trifle, so adding some Life in the city can still be an option.

Kraus wrote:

Any ideas about decent blood gain?

Master : Lillith Blessing, the Rack, The Coven. More amusing would be Heidelberg, and it open Hungry Coyote silliness.

Non-master : it's significantly harder. Procurer aren't usually that bad, but aren't free either. Palatial Estate (retrievable by Summon History by the way) is a ok option (but cost 2 blood upfront), and Entrenching is usually decent but risky - it don't work when you really, really need it which is extremely problematic.

Consider Staredown instead of Majesty if you plan to bring out zero blood dudes with Summon History, especially since Greta is the only !Tor who can use Outside the Hourglass.

brandonsantacruz wrote:

Consider Staredown instead of Majesty if you plan to bring out zero blood dudes with Summon History, especially since Greta is the only !Tor who can use Outside the Hourglass.

But this deck will not summon any vampire outside of Anarch Convert. Nu burn blood by itself quickly enough, and with 2 Summon I don't think the plan is summoning Ankara with the first one and an empty vampire with the second one.