Salubri - Vitae Block

Concept of the deck is to combine spirit marionette + heidelberg castle combo and smilling jack. Combo takes care of blood counters on stolen minions, so Smilling Jack hits the players' pool much faster. Low level of blood has also good synergy with vitae block/ target vitals making it reliable mechanism to put vampires into torpor.
Matthias build in +intercept is just the icing on the cake which makes defending a lot easier.
Does anyone has some experience in playing with vitae block? What are your impressions? Is it any good?

Deck Name: Salubri - Vitae Block
Created By: Aleksander Idziak
Description:

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 11, Max: 28, Avg: 4,83)

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2 Blanche Hill aus FOR OBE 6 Salubri
1 Ember Wright aus dom 3 Tremere Antitribu
1 Isabel de Leon AUS 3 Toreador
1 Maldavis for pre AUS 4 Caitiff
4 Matthias AUS FOR nec OBE7 Salubri
1 Piotr Andreikov aus 2 Tzimisce
1 Sister Evelyn aus dom 3 Ventrue Antitribu
1 Zoe AUS cel obf 3 Malkavian

Library: (90 cards)

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Master (17 cards)
1 Direct Intervention
1 Erciyes Fragments, The
3 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
2 Pentex(TM) Subversion
1 Powerbase: Montreal
1 Rack, The
1 Sight Beyond Sight
2 Smiling Jack, The Anarch
5 Vessel

Action (9 cards)
9 Spirit Marionette

Action Modifier (3 cards)
3 Repulsion

Reaction (31 cards)
4 Eagle`s Sight
4 Enhanced Senses
5 Eyes of Argus
5 Forced Awakening
2 My Enemy`s Enemy
4 On the Qui Vive
2 Spirit`s Touch
5 Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (24 cards)
7 Anesthetic Touch
5 Rolling with the Punches
6 Target Vitals
6 Vitae Block

Retainer (1 cards)
1 Mr. Winthrop

Equipment (5 cards)
1 Bowl of Convergence
1 Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
1 Heart of Nizchetus
1 Ivory Bow
1 Sniper Rifle

that would free some precious slots

Vitae block is a meh card, because combat is just a means to an end. Cool, VB makes them go to torpor easier,but they get blood back. If you amaranth them, you getcless blood.

Only anathema combos well with it. So......

Saulot with lucinde and victorine, thaum, etc

Or maryanne and her ventrue with matthew and serena, tap n cap, nose of hound rush anathemas and VB.

poolgain andxminion removal is pretty funny,

thx for advice. I will check version with Vitae block to just try it on my own skin and then version without them

mylan horsed maybe can be usefull for untap other vampire..