Shibabas Oppression

1. How do you intend to oust? power up despiral and rush
2. How do you intend to keep from being ousted? rback rush
3. What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)? between 2 - 3 vamps
4. What do you want your average turn to look like? rush, torporize, bleed? powerup
5. What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play? Aggro poke, no damage prevention is taken into account - S:CE
6. What problems have you observed with the deck in play? Have not played it yet


Deck Name : Shibabas Oppression
Author :
Description :Idea comes form Suoli



Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 8 average: 6.08333
3x Falhu Shibaba (8) magaji Ishtarri (group 3)
3x Ubende (7) magaji Ishtarri (group 4)
2x Elizabeth Conde (5) Ishtarri (group 4)
1x Agru Kabera (6) Ishtarri (group 4)
1x Shasa Abu Badr (5) Ishtarri (group 4)
1x Kenyatta (4) Ishtarri (group 4)
1x Abu Nuwasi (3) Ishtarri (group 4)


Library [80 cards]

Action [17]
4x Ambush
3x Bum's Rush
4x Despiral
2x Harass
4x No Secrets From the Magaji

Action Modifier [5]
3x Forced March
2x Freak Drive

Combat [30]
1x Backstab
2x Blur
6x Concealed Weapon
3x Dragon's Breath Rounds
6x Psyche!
4x Pursuit
4x Superior Mettle
4x Taste of Vitae

Equipment [8]
6x .44 Magnum
2x Sport Bike

Master [17]
2x Archon Investigation
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
1x Glutton
1x Information Highway
1x Ishtarri Warlord
1x Lilith's Blessing
1x Mbare Market, Harare
1x Port Hunting Ground
1x Powerbase: Luanda
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
3x Vessel
1x Villein
1x WMRH Talk Radio

Reaction [3]
2x Eluding the Arms of Morpheus
1x On the Qui Vive

Your opinions and improvements are welcomed. Please do not hesitate to respond!

Well all your guys can play forced march, so I don't really see the point in freak drives, replace with more forced march? Also I find it strange you don't have Honorine Ateba or Ganhuru in the crypt, they are both great vampires, would at least take out one copy of each Ubende and Falhu for one copy of each.

Also you really should have some enchant kindreds there to both speed up ousting and get more guys out faster and cheaper. Not so sure of the backstab or dbr either in this deck, well backstab is just terrible in general. Superior Mettle is also kind of narrow prevent card, you would be much better off with hidden strength or resilience or armor of vitality.

Actually, there is one of our players that loves to play +6 aggravated damage. It can be bothersome. Since i do not the means to be low on pool/blood i find it best to prevent massive amounts of damage as a genreal rule.

I like sideslip for the dogde and prevent versatility. It works as a backup plan to your main prevent package (4 superior mettle).

Ishtarri warlord works well with psyche! I would add 1 or 2 more.

i know some people like dragon breath rounds with .44s but I don't like it with a gun that costs 2-pool. Its your preference of course, but I would take out the DBR and add additional strikes and/or prevent and/or dodges. This works better with fame in my opinion.

I don't think smiling jack fits. You have very little intercept and very little stealth to get No Secrets/sport bike on a minion. If you get the bike and no secrets and the intercept location it might work. If your meta doesn't use a lot of stealth then it might be fine.

I would rather go for sticks than guns: it saves pool and you have access to permanent prevent (Well-Marked) and permanent maneuver/press to make it just as efficient.

You might want to find some room for Perfectionist and more untap to fuel the the Despiral faster.

The deck is well made, but it faces a critical problem in relationship with pool gain. You have to acknowledge that you have to pay for the guns and you don´t have much pool to do it.
Far less can you tolerate the the leisure of burning it with dragon breath rounds.
My suggestion is to forfeit master slots for villein and substitute vessel for blood doll. Don´t forget also to include the financing powerbase: Thsawane.
Limit the cost of your permanents; f.e. substitute bikes for winthrop and shaman.
Retrieve blood given to the pool, by gaining it back from other vampires thanks to taste of vitae. Analyse the cost of your combat module and reduce it.
Don´t include limiting rush actions, like ambush or harass. Big game is prefered.
If you have access to heart of the city, mix them with despiral.