Speculation about White Hats

Speculation about what a White Hat deck could look like.



Deck Name : The White Hats (G4-5)
Author : Adonai
Description :
Inspired by Lord of the Clog's revelation of the White Hats deck...
lordoftheclog.blogspot.com/2012/12/white-hat-deck.html

There are 15 crypt cards with White Hats in the game, all but three of them in groups 4 and 5.

"Happy Families" formula courtesy of James McClellan (aka Legbiter) suggests the following library breakdown:
legbiter.tripod.com/hf/theory.htm

16x Master
19x Obfuscate
13x Potence
11x Fortitude
9x Animalism
22x disciplineless

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 8 average: 5.41667

1x	Bakr	(8)			Assamite	(g5)
1x	Nana Buruku	(8)			Guruhi	(g4)
1x	Baroque	(7)			Samedi	(g5)
1x	Graham Gottesman	(7)		prince	Ventrue	(g5)
1x	Icarus, The Manchurian	(7)			Nosferatu antitribu	(g4)
1x	Tangine	(7)			Samedi	(g4)
1x	Abdelsobek	(5)			Follower of Set	(g5)
1x	Johann Matheson	(4)			Ravnos	(g5)
1x	Ahmose Chambers	(3)			Follower of Set	(g5)
1x	Arriette Sylla	(3)			Osebo	(g4)
1x	Beatrice "Oracle171" Tremblay	(3)			Imbued	(g4)
1x	Ulrike Rothbart	(3)			Ventrue antitribu	(g4)

Library [90 cards]

Action [11]
1x Conceal
2x Force of Will
4x Horseshoes
3x Night Moves
1x Rampage

Action Modifier [13]
2x Cloak the Gathering
2x Day Operation
1x Faceless Night
3x Freak Drive
1x Lost in Crowds
1x Marked Path
1x Mask of a Thousand Faces
2x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [23]
2x Armor of Vitality
1x Behind You!
1x Burning Wrath
4x Disguised Weapon
1x Fractured Armament
1x Relentless Pursuit
1x Shattering Blow
2x Slam
2x Soak
4x Target Vitals
4x Taste of Vitae

Conviction [1]
1x Strike with Conviction

Equipment [6]
4x .44 Magnum
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
1x Sport Bike

Master [16]
1x Animalism
2x Fame
1x Fortitude
1x Giant's Blood
2x Lilith's Blessing
1x Obfuscate
1x Potence
7x Villein

Reaction [12]
1x Guard Dogs
2x Instinctive Reaction
3x On the Qui Vive
1x Rat's Warning
2x Touch of Pain
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Retainer [6]
1x Mr. Winthrop
2x Owl Companion
3x Raven Spy

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How do you intend to oust?
Having lots of minions acting.

How do you intend to keep from being ousted?
Villein and blocking with intercept retainers and equipment.

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

What do you want your average turn to look like?
Minions with White Hats doing stuff!

What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play?
Almost anything can be seen locally, the locals have embraced the big cap deck building strategy enabled by Villein.

What problems have you observed with the deck in play?
Haven't played it yet. The theme was too strong not to build.

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An XML file with all of the White Hat crypt cards is attached as a zip file. It can be opened with ARDB.