Al-munaquim & the burning project

Tried to make a deck with Al-munaquim & his special, which was not that simple. I played it once during "friendly" game and was able to make 1 vp with "safe" unblockable bleeds (cheat the fates) that dealt between 8 and 11 pool damage.
It has a couple of weaknesses (esp. vs heavy stealth bleed, political and multirush) but it was fun to play.
When rushed, just throw a caitiff in front, you don't care about them, you burn them yourself anyway - )

Deck Name: Al-munaquim & the burning project
Author: bram van stappen

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=1 max=8 avg=3.33)
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4x Al-Muntaquim, The Avenger 8 obf pre FOR POT TEM True Brujah:4
3x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY
1x Andy 1 for Caitiff:4
1x Eddie Gaines 1 dem pot Caitiff:3
1x Lisa Noble 1 ani Caitiff:3
1x Nedal, The Careless 1 cel nec Caitiff:3
1x Sandra White 1 Caitiff:3

Library (62 cards)
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Master (18)
6x Ashur Tablets
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Information Highway
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
1x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Perfectionist
1x Secure Haven
1x Tabriz Assembly
1x Wash

Event (1)
1x Unmasking, The

Action (15)
2x Cheat the Fates
3x Clotho's Gift
1x Dark Mirror of the Mind
1x Embrace, The
4x Summon History
1x Thin-Blooded Seer
3x Vaticination

Equipment (2)
1x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Ally (2)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1x Ponticulus

Retainer (3)
1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1x Robert Carter
1x Tasha Morgan

Action Modifier (12)
6x Domain of Evernight
2x Freak Drive
1x Into Thin Air
1x Monkey Wrench
2x Tangle Atropos' Hand

Reaction (4)
1x Lost in Translation
2x On the Qui Vive
1x Rewind Time

Combat (5)
5x Outside the Hourglass

I thought of trying an Al-Muntaquim deck before but encountered many problems and found it too hard. You already mentioned some points (defence against most threats except big cap rush). The other one is that you make only one, admittedly high, bleed per round. If a deck cannot cope with that threat it really is bad. There is nothing you can do even against medium bounce. Or an Archon Investigation.

The OtH/DoE-Combo is neat and makes blocking Al always a big danger with 1-caps for diablerie around. Good.

I don't get the addition of Thin Blooded Seer and the Embrace. Both cannot be Caitiffs and don't work with Al's special. And why do you try to add anarch tech? Please enlight me

Cards I'd consider:
Archon Investigation
Some AUS weenies for Revelations and some bounce
more Freak Drives for even more Retainer/Equipment-actions

Tx Joshua for your comment!
First of all, I am not attempting to use any anarch tech; the converts are just in the crypt to have a minimum amount of Al-M in the crypt but giving you the option to cycle into him if your opening crypt is only caitiff. Does not really matter if you have 2 converts in crypt, just use them to make someone anarch and cycle a crypt card or burn it for Al's special.
One huge bleed per turn is fine if it's gonna land in the right place - ) therefor there are some vaticination in the deck: +3 stealth, look at everyone's hand and make one discard ... the Archon I. or the bounce if present... if an embrace is created with Al, that is the action the embrace could take over from him. If all would go flawless and also a thin-blooded seer is created, that one can get tapped to look at the top 2 cards of your preys library so you know what his replacement is gonna be if you succeed in playing vaticination and discard his bounce if there .... a long shot but you cycle through your library pretty fast and you have the ashurs.
Archon investigation is definitely worth a slot, that will go in for sure, tx.
I also get the auspex angle, but the relief on my buddies faces when they see I am not playing again one of my aus walls is worth something too - )
I wanted to get a very trimmed library to have the most essential parts on the table as fast as possible, and then take back what u need again (cheat the fates, vaticination, etc.). therefor the amount of allies, retainers and equipment is kept very low. I also thought fe about tye cooper, but then he has no intercept and I have nothing against entrancement .. so only carlton/ponticulus ... but plz make suggestions on allies/retainer/equip that should go in but I am overlooking.
ps I thought about Inverary schotland but that is just to slow
pps I am looking at True Brujah for a long time but didn't want to make the 'standard deck' ... I have an idea for Shalmath too but will post that after putting it together completely and playing it once - )

I forgot about the one anarch card in the deck ... monkey wrench which allows you to increase the bleed with cheat the fates not using any skills - ) thats a +3 bleed for 1 blood once you have ankara citadel

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=1 max=8 avg=3.33)
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4x Al-Muntaquim, The Avenger 8 obf pre FOR POT TEM True Brujah:4

I consider 5x or even 6x ...

3x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY

... and only 2x or 1x.

1x Andy 1 for Caitiff:4
1x Eddie Gaines 1 dem pot Caitiff:3
1x Lisa Noble 1 ani Caitiff:3
1x Nedal, The Careless 1 cel nec Caitiff:3
1x Sandra White 1 Caitiff:3

Library (62 cards)
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Master (18)
6x Ashur Tablets

3x Dreams of the Sphinx

Maybe only 2x or even 1x, instead 1x Powerbase Montreal and Wider View.

1x Giant's Blood
1x Information Highway
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
1x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Perfectionist
1x Secure Haven
1x Tabriz Assembly
1x Wash

If you find space for it, I consider +1/+2 Vessel, so Al never runs out of blood. Maybe +1 Parthenon.

Event (1)
1x Unmasking, The

Action (15)
2x Cheat the Fates
3x Clotho's Gift
1x Dark Mirror of the Mind
1x Embrace, The
4x Summon History
1x Thin-Blooded Seer
3x Vaticination

+1 CtF. Depending the purpose of Clotho's Gift, maybe only 2x/1x of it, and instead +1/+2 Domain of Evernight/Fread Drive.
Maybe 1x Kiss of Lachesis might be worth a try ...

Equipment (2)
1x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Cannot think of more equipment you really need.

Ally (2)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1x Ponticulus

Retainer (3)
1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1x Robert Carter
1x Tasha Morgan

Fine.

Action Modifier (12)
6x Domain of Evernight
2x Freak Drive
1x Into Thin Air
1x Monkey Wrench
2x Tangle Atropos' Hand

Maybe Forgotten Labyrinth instead of Into Thin Air. +1/+2 Tangle, because it's so damn good.

Reaction (4)
1x Lost in Translation
2x On the Qui Vive
1x Rewind Time

Combat (5)
5x Outside the Hourglass

Maybe +1/+2 OtH.


Good luck!

gotcha wrote:

I forgot about the one anarch card in the deck ... monkey wrench which allows you to increase the bleed with cheat the fates not using any skills - ) thats a +3 bleed for 1 blood once you have ankara citadel

Ah, then it might be a problem to reduce the number of Anarch Converts ...