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14 Jun 2014 11:19 - 14 Jun 2014 13:47 #63127 by Saupiquet

Yes, another Trujah deck... BEHOLD ! Wall of text ! was created by Saupiquet

Hello world,

Still new here, so I have lots of ideas and questions. I have a deck in mind. Not a revolution, merely another version of existing decks about a popular vamp: Shalmath. It’s a kind of relatively budget and mixed version of others Shalmath deck I saw:

I don’t want (or can afford) to have a deck like those cause I want: close combat full of blood and heads popping out of bodies (question of style and affinity), intercept but not limited at that (all my decks are intercept heavy) and combo / recursivity / versatility. So this deck is focused around not being focused. It’s an opportunity question. It depends on what you have in hand and what you can build. I think everyone knows Shalmath’s ability. That plus Mylan or Clotho’s gift make him able to take multiple actions. My fear and why I present it to you, oh fellow greats antediluvians and experienced players, are that I want to make too much. Plus I have some questions on cards and possibility in my deck. So, could you please rate this Xème version of a Shalmath deck? Could you show me what’s wrong in it and what mistakes I have done?

Deck Name : The little life of Mr Shalmath

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 6.08333
5x Shalmath (10) :POT:

True Brujah (group 6)
2x Andre LeRoux (3) :aus:

Toreador (group 5)
2x Veejay Vinod (3) :AUS:

Nagaraja (group 6)
1x Pearl (4) :AUS:

Malkavian antitribu (group 5)
1x Tyler McGill (4) :AUS:

Toreador (group 5)
1x Gwen Brand (3) :aus:

Ravno (group 5)

Library [90 cards]

Action [19]
4x Anima Gathering
1x Anonymous Freight
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
3x Bum's Rush
1x Cheat the Fates
3x Clotho's Gift
1x Heroic Might
1x Hourglass of the Mind
1x Path of the Scorched Heart, The
1x Preternatural Strength
1x Summon History
1x Vaticination

Action Modifier [8]
6x Domain of Evernight
2x Pocket Out of Time

Ally [2]
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)
1x Procurer

Combat [25]
4x Decapitate
10x Lapse
1x Majesty
6x Outside the Hourglass
4x Taste of Vitae

Equipment [12]
1x Aaron's Feeding Razor
1x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1x Black Gloves
3x Eye of Hazimel
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Kevlar Vest
1x Laptop Computer
1x Palatial Estate
1x Sargon Fragment, The
1x Sport Bike

Master [18]
1x Creepshow Casino
3x Development
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Guardian Angel
1x Minion Tap
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Perfectionist
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
1x Secure Haven
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x Tabriz Assembly
1x Vast Wealth
2x Vessel

Reaction [4]
2x Delaying Tactics
2x Rewind Time

Retainer [2]
1x Mr. Winthrop
1x Tasha Morgan

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Sat Jun 14 15:03:02 2014]

Explanation of the deck
Some cards are really essentials:

Eye of Hazimel : greatly improve the fight aspect of the deck (-1 blood on decapitate or lapse + integrated rush) while still helping bleed actions.
The Sargon Fragment: see detail paragraph.

The Sargon Fragment: why is it needed?

Defensive combo: With Procurer, The Rack, Palatial Estate, Tabriz, hunt action with Perfectionist and Aaron’s razor, Shalmath can gain lots of blood per turn. So, during master phase, you minion tap for 7/8, then take it back to your hand with The Sarg Frag and hunt. Doable each turn. I can’t imagine the face of my pred if I minion tap for 8 each turn…
Offensive combo: Unblockable Bleed 4 with Cheat the fates. You need Ankara to reduce the cost to make it doable. Same as above: 2 actions per turn minimum with Mr Shalmath. 3 If Cheat the fate is unblocked (and I have good reasons to think it will not be blocked). The idea is : bleed with Cheat the fate, untap, Sarg Frag to take it back then untap with Shalmath’s ability and do whatever Lola wants.
Utility combo:Same as above with endless Vaticination, Summon History, Clotho’s gift …

To make sure I have The Sarg and the Eye, I have drop some options. First one is to seek them:

Vast Wealth. Slowly but surely, Shalmath get his stuff with that. But I have some questions around this card. Do I have to show the next equipment card when I announce the action or after blocks are refused? Basically, is it a surprise for my opponents or not? I prefer if yes of course . If I have to show the card before block options, what will happen to it if the action is blocked?
Summon History. This can be seeked with Shalmath’s ability and a Development. No description needed. Just one cause it’s a freaking expensive card!

Second one is to make sure Shalmath will not be blocked while equipping them:

Monastery of shadow. As a good beginner I have have a question on this one: the stealth provided by that card is for the turn or for the action?
Creepshow Casino. Equiping, Equiping with Vast Wealth, The Sarg action, Summon History are not D actions right?
Pocket out of time
Anonymous Freight
The possibility of Domain of evernight + Outside the ourglass + Decapitaaaaaaaate

Third one is to see a f***ing lot of cards:

Heart of Nizchetus.
Hourglass of the mind
Monastery of shadow
Tabriz assembly

Based around the card you’ll see:
You can build fight : endless Bum’s, Eye of Hazimel, intercept… Fights will be instant win if stuffed: they can’t mouv nor strike and you will do plenty aggravated damage. In case of, you have a surprise Majesty, 2 prevent for an ivory bow, dodge / movement with Outside the hourglass.
You can build full defensive around protect the good old Smiling Jack and bloat with vessels, endless Minion Tap, endless Clotho inf, Powerbase Montreal…
You can build bruise and bleed in case of you get all the bleed stuff early. Exemple :

Bleed 5 -> blocked -> Domain + Outside + Decap !
Bleed 5 -> non blocked
Rush the blocker -> Bleed 5 -> non blocked
Bleed 5 with Cheat the fates -> non blocked -> untap and rush a vamp (cause I like violence)

How do you intend to oust?

Bleed
Smiling Jack
Fight and bleed with Shalmat + André
Combo Cheat the fates

How do you intend to keep from being ousted?

Intercept
Back rush
Bloat
Rewind and Delay
Combo Minion Tap

What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)?
Shalmath, Veejay and André. Stuff on Shalmat a Sarg of Eye and a Monastery.

What do you want your average turn to look like?
Act Act and Act. Rush, bleed, Equip, Recrut Do Alll.

What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play?
Lots of vote.

Your feebacks are GREATLY welcomes

Edit : Forget something. I really fear Pentex, Banishment and pool cost of the deck. Rewind and Delaying are here but are they in a sufficient number ? Should i include a Social Charm ? -> Social Charm recursion with Sarg. Of course, never pull both the Eye and Smiling if they are already thing making you loose pool each turn... In my head, the minion tap recursivity is THE KEY. But do you think it's a viable deck without it ? ty