Gratiano joins the mad

Hi folks!

I intend to play this deck on this weekends ECQ in Budapest. I haven't seen any similar before. I commented on some cards. Please take a look and help me to make this a good one.


How do you intend to oust?

Bleed or Vote + stealth

How do you intend to keep from being ousted?

Deflection + Obedience and pool gain from Parity Shift

What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)?

Gratiano + at least 3 other guys.

What do you want your average turn to look like?

Early game is almost only Governs at superior. Later on Bleed/Vote depending on the table.

What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play?

I want to play this deck on this weekends ECQ in Budapest. So there should be some heavy bleed around, but otherwise quite balanced meta (combat, wall, bleed, vote, we have it all).

What problems have you observed with the deck in play?

Haven't played it yet.

Deck Name: Grationo joins the mad
Created By: Mephistopheles
Description:

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 20, Max: 32, Avg: 6,66)

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4 Gratiano DOM obf OBT pot8 Lasombra
2 Greger Anderssen AUS dom OBF pro7 Malkavian
2 Gilbert Duane AUS DOM OBF 7 Malkavian
1 Ozmo AUS dom obf 6 Malkavian
1 Didi Meyers aus cel DOM obf5 Malkavian
1 Zebulon aus dom OBF pro5 Malkavian
1 Roland Bishop aus dom obf 4 Malkavian

Library: (70 cards)

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Master (16 cards)
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Coven, The
1 Giant`s Blood
1 Lilith's Blessing
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
2 Obfuscate
1 Wider View
2 Vessel (or Blood Doll, or Villein? Can't decide)
6 Ashur Tablets (So I can decide which way to shift the deck: stealth bleed, stealth vote or getting all the defense back, depending on the table. Does this make sense?)

Action (8 cards)
7 Govern the Unaligned
1 Abactor

Action Modifier (16 cards)
2 Conditioning (I think this isn't enough, what do you think?)
2 Bonding
1 Seduction
3 Lost in Crowds
2 Faceless Night
2 Cloak the Gathering
2 Spying Mission
2 Elder Impersonation

Political Action (12 cards)
3 Malkavian Justicar
1 Neonate Breach
4 Parity Shift
4 Kine Resources Contested

Reaction (14 cards)
4 Obedience
6 Deflection
4 On the Qui Vive

Combat (2 cards)
2 No Trace

Combo (2 cards)
2 Swallowed by the Night

As usual for my posts please kindly make all card suggestions in an -y for +x pattern.

Thank you!

Is there any specific reason to use Gratiano in that deck in the first place? seeing how you are not using any lasombra/sabbat/obteneration stuff.

Well there is always the possibility to remove the 6 ashurs and make it a 75 card non-ashur deck.

Klaital wrote:

Is there any specific reason to use Gratiano in that deck in the first place? seeing how you are not using any lasombra/sabbat/obteneration stuff.

3 votes DOM/obf.

Mephistopheles wrote:

Klaital wrote:

Is there any specific reason to use Gratiano in that deck in the first place? seeing how you are not using any lasombra/sabbat/obteneration stuff.

3 votes DOM/obf.

I think you would be better off with Lucian/Queen Anne instead of him, they can play the parity shifts too, and do obediences more reliably. Also the abactor would likely be better as 5th tradition.