Dark Parity

Deck Name : Dark Parity
Author : Brandon Haas
Description : A parity shift deck that uses Eternals of Sirius to spend pool to enable the vote, then bring out somewhat useful dudes.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 9 max: 10 average: 9.41667

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5x Gabrielle di Righe 10 ANI AUS DOM THA obf pot justicar Tremere:5
2x Neferu 9 OBF PRE SER THA dom nec 2 votes Follower :4
2x Porphyrion 9 CHI OBF PRE SER for Follower :5
2x Shemti 9 OBF POT PRE SER vic 1 vote Follower :5
1x Dr. John Dee 9 ANI AUS DOM THA chi prince Tremere:4


Library [66 cards]

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Action [2]
1x Form of Corruption
1x Sensory Deprivation

Action Modifier [22]
1x Faceless Night
4x Forgotten Labyrinth
3x Into Thin Air
6x Mirror Walk
3x Telepathic Vote Counting
4x Truth of a Thousand Lies
1x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier/Combat [1]
1x Form of the Serpent

Action Modifier/Reaction [2]
2x Mob Rule

Combat [2]
1x Movement of the Mind
1x Wind Dance

Master [20]
1x Archon Investigation
5x Eternals of Sirius, The
1x Ferraille
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
2x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Obfuscate
1x Treaty of Laibach
4x Villein
3x Wider View

Political Action [12]
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Banishment
7x Parity Shift
1x Reins of Power

Reaction [5]
5x Lost in Translation

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Fri Jun 03 22:47:38 2011]

How do you oust? Steal pool and then call a damaging vote (if necessary)

How to not be ousted? Some luck, some timing a little bounce and pool stealing/gain.

Ready Region? Gabrielle and whoever else I can afford at the time.

Typical Turn? Gabrielle calls Parity Shift. Someone else could call another vote or stay up to bounce.

My Metagame is pretty random, but low combat overall.

Problems with this deck? As with other Parity Shift decks, you can get low on pool and then just get ousted. Combat is extremely weak.

This is not a first tier deck, but it could be a neat trick or a springboard for a better deck. Enjoy!

I like the idea, but am in doubt about the workout.

Crypt

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5x Gabrielle di Righe 10 ANI AUS DOM THA obf pot justicar Tremere:5
2x Neferu 9 OBF PRE SER THA dom nec 2 votes Follower :4
2x Porphyrion 9 CHI OBF PRE SER for Follower :5
2x Shemti 9 OBF POT PRE SER vic 1 vote Follower :5
1x Dr. John Dee 9 ANI AUS DOM THA chi prince Tremere:4

Okay, you want both Parity Shift AND Treaty of Laibach work. I would drop the latter, and thus allow other vampires to step aside of Gabrielle, espcially princes/justicars with plus or , maybe Alonso Petrodon or Benjamin Rose, Graham Gottesman or even Unmada.


Library

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Action [2]
1x Form of Corruption
1x Sensory Deprivation

I would drop Sensory Deprivation, and take in Rutor's Hand for more forward momentum.

Action Modifier [22]
1x Faceless Night
4x Forgotten Labyrinth
3x Into Thin Air
6x Mirror Walk
3x Telepathic Vote Counting
4x Truth of a Thousand Lies
1x Veil the Legions

Hard to say anything about this mixture ... your playtesting will tell.

Action Modifier/Combat [1]
1x Form of the Serpent

Nice, but would drop or exchange against another copy of Swallowed by the Night.

Action Modifier/Reaction [2]
2x Mob Rule

Playtesting will tell, I have never seen it in play.

Combat [2]
1x Movement of the Mind
1x Wind Dance

Maybe 4x (any combination of No Trace and Gemini's Mirror).

Master [20]
1x Archon Investigation
5x Eternals of Sirius, The
1x Ferraille
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
2x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Obfuscate
1x Treaty of Laibach
4x Villein
3x Wider View

As told, I would drop Treaty of Laibach, then you could also spare one copy of Wider View. Maybe add one or two times Dreams of the Sphinx instead.

Political Action [12]
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Banishment
7x Parity Shift
1x Reins of Power

Maybe another Banishment and one Political Stranglehold.

Reaction [5]
5x Lost in Translation

I do not like Lost in Translation. A member of the Inner Circle bleeds you with stealth, and you are helpless, plus it is expensive. You have/will have enough minions with or , so better Deflection and Telepathic Misdirection, plus you have/will have enough princes/justicars to add 4x Second Tradition: Domain.


This setup would give me a better feeling, but - as always - it depends at least on your taste and on your environment ...

I playtested it on Lackey a bit and the basic idea seems to work. The Treaty isn't critical, but it is nice for Gabrielle to be able to play the few serpentis cards. Neferu has THA already, so the only FoS that gain from it are Porphyrion and Shemti. Dr. Dee and Porphyrion both have at least chi, so it seemed fun to throw in a sensory deprivation. Graham Gottesman would enable Ventrue Headquarters, plus he has obf tha, so he might fit in somewhere. Some of the goofy cards, like Movement of the Mind and Wind Dance, are really food for Dr. Dee's special or potentially useful in combat. If I based it around more princes and justicars, I might have to use just Neferu and Seterpenre (with dom and tha skill cards). I have proof of concept, so there are a few directions to go in.

You could also forget about Tremere and focus on so that everyone can play your cards. That makes a nice crypt in groups 4-5 with Dmitra to lead and 3 other 7-cap princes.

With high bloat and access to Second tradition, you might not need to force bounce in there.