[Archetype] I love puppies

Attracted by the shameful title, you are already arrived on the necromancer's domain. Nothing and noone will let you escape for terrible destiny. Bring death to the world, Giovanni!

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So we have at least 3 archetypes that do pretty much the same thing: bleed, Deflection + Delaying Tactics defense, and a cycling engine to switch between offense and defense. The Giovanni cycle with Sudario, the Kyasid with Dreams/Ashur, and the Tremere with Heart of Nizchetus.

The Tremere have the most stable cycling engine: they most often have the Heart on turn 2 or 3, and are very hard to disrupt from there. Mirror Walk makes them pretty much immune to intercept combat, but they have the lowest defense against rush due to the small amount of chump blockers. They also have fewer blood issues because they only pay for .

The Kyasid have a very strong combat defense, both against rush and intercept, but the Ashur cycling takes time to start: there is not much point in drawing 4 cards if 3 of them are masters.

The Giovanni have the strongest defense against rush, but they are vulnerable to intercept/combat on both sides since they have a lot of undirected actions to take. Their defense is also weaker in the early game because their defense card ratio is lower.

Well to me the biggest advantage of Giovannis is that recurring cards with sudarios is far more powerful than recurring/cycling with heart or ashur