Giovanni - Spiritual Guidance

I've made some more changes. NOticed that g3-4 has Gustaphe Brunnele which has POT DOM and build in enter combat. He is not Giovanni but still very worthy IMO. I'm wondering as well about Lorrie Dunsirn as well. It would be one more no giovanni so I would probably decrease spiritual guidances by one copy. I didn't played with her yet. Is she great enough to compensate for her drawback?

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 16, Max: 36, Avg: 6,91)

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1 Almodo Giovanni dom pot 3 Giovanni
2 Benedict Giovanni cel dom FOR nec POT6 Giovanni
2 Gustaphe Brunnelle obf ANI DOM POT8 Nosferatu
4 Ignazio Giovanni obf DOM FOR NEC POT9 Giovanni
1 Lisandro Giovanni DOM FOR NEC POT THN9 Giovanni
1 Nunzio Giovanni nec pot 3 Giovanni
1 Primo Giovanni dom nec pot 4 Giovanni

Library: (90 cards)

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Master (13 cards)
1 Direct Intervention
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Fame
1 Giant`s Blood
2 Monster
2 Pentex(TM) Subversion
1 Powerbase: Cape Verde
3 Villein

Action (20 cards)
2 Ambush
8 Bum`s Rush
7 Govern the Unaligned
3 Sudario Refraction

Action Modifier (6 cards)
2 Conditioning
4 Freak Drive

Reaction (9 cards)
6 Deflection
1 Delaying Tactics
2 On the Qui Vive

Combat (38 cards)
2 Disarm
9 Immortal Grapple
3 Rolling with the Punches
2 Slam
4 Spiritual Guidance
5 Taste of Vitae
2 Thrown Sewer Lid
9 Torn Signpost
2 Unflinching Persistence

Ally (3 cards)
1 Gianna di Canneto
1 Giulia Giovanni Abruzzina
1 Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Equipment (1 cards)
1 Heart of Nizchetus

"I'm wondering as well about Lorrie Dunsirn as well. It would be one more no giovanni so I would probably decrease spiritual guidances by one copy. I didn't played with her yet. Is she great enough to compensate for her drawback?"

I've been playing her with Ignazio and Don Gio with Grapple, but none of the new cards. Lorrie is worth it IMO. Her drawbacks really don't matter when you have Grapple. Use Filip to have someone else untap her. Throw Guardian Angel on her too and now she's very much worth it.

I've played a slightly modified version of this deck on lackey a few times now, and I love the card. I've bumped it up to 5 in a 90 card deck. With all the different combat cards in the deck, the card is so freaking versatile. Having them also makes it easier to discard combat cards, knowing you have potential to take them back. Spiritual Guidance just makes it much easier to get the combat combo that you need to demolish the opposing minion. With all the freak drives, rushes and governs in this deck, this card makes this deck a super effective bruise bleed deck. Very fun to play too. Here's my 90 card deck (sorry for the poor formatting):

Crypt (12)
Crypt:
4 Lisandro Giovanni
3 Ignazio Giovanni
1 Almodo Giovanni
2 Benedict Giovanni, Agent
1 Esoara
1 Primo Giovanni

Master (14)
1 Powerbase: Cape Verde
1 Demonstration
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Fame
1 Giant's Blood
1 Pentex(TM) Subversion
1 Barrens, The
2 Villein
2 Vessel
1 Tension in the Ranks
1 Monster

Action 19
7 Govern the Unaligned
5 Bum's Rush
2 Ambush
2 Heroic Might
2 Sudario Refraction
1 Heart of Nizchetus

Ally 2
1 Mylan Horseed (Goblin)
1 Giulia Giovanni Abruzzina

Action Modifier (11)
2 Call of the Hungry Dead
2 Threats
7 Freak Drive

Combat (36)
7 Immortal Grapple
3 Rolling with the Punches
5 Torn Signpost
5 Spiritual Guidance
3 Unflinching Persistence
4 Withering
5 Taste of Vitae
1 Thrown Sewer Lid
1 Superior Mettle
1 Indomitability
1 Slam

Reaction (8)
6 Deflection
2 On the Qui Vive

Her drawbacks really don't matter when you have Grapple. Use Filip to have someone else untap her. Throw Guardian Angel on her too and now she's very much worth it.

I was thinking about paying one pool for every non-hunt action, which is HUGE drawback IMO. Still her +strenght, additional and a press can make up for it.

alek wrote:

I was thinking about paying one pool for every non-hunt action, which is HUGE drawback IMO. Still her +strenght, additional and a press can make up for it.

If you play a rush combat deck with some mixed in and if group 4 is a possibility for you, you MUST play at least 1 copy of Lorrie (otherwise, it is considered not playing to win.

Let me explain why it is not a drawback.

The ONLY non hunt action Lorrie will take will be action to enter combat. CHoose the biggest possible target on your opponent board. Look at what Lorrie can do playing NO combat cards :
hit for 2 additional hit for 2 press hit for 2 additional hit for 2
for a total of 8 damage without playing any card.
Now, add a tornsignpost and you double that.

Of course, your opponent can play some cards...
Biggest contendant are :
maneuver => slam and if it is not enough, you've got a press
dodge or S:CE => immortal grapple
prevent => you've got a press and immortal give you some more presses
hitback => you've got !!!

Knowing all of that, my opinion is that 1 pool for 1 rush is not a big cost...

AND, I will add that your opponent wil very certainly try to protect his/her big dude and you know what ? If he happens to block your rush with a smaller target, you don't pay the cost of your rush.

So no, her drawback does not matter if you have actions to enter combat...

You've convinced me I'll try her in my next game with this deck

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 14, Max: 36, Avg: 6,5)

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1 Almodo Giovanni dom pot 3 Giovanni
2 Benedict Giovanni cel dom FOR nec POT6 Giovanni
2 Gustaphe Brunnelle obf ANI DOM POT8 Nosferatu
4 Ignazio Giovanni obf DOM FOR NEC POT9 Giovanni
1 Lorrie Dunsirn for nec POT 4 Abomination
1 Nunzio Giovanni nec pot 3 Giovanni
1 Primo Giovanni dom nec pot 4 Giovanni

Library: (81 cards)

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Master (12 cards)
1 Direct Intervention
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Fame
1 Giant`s Blood
2 Monster
2 Pentex(TM) Subversion
1 Powerbase: Cape Verde
3 Villein

Action (17 cards)
2 Ambush
7 Bum`s Rush
6 Govern the Unaligned
2 Sudario Refraction

Action Modifier (5 cards)
2 Conditioning
3 Freak Drive

Reaction (8 cards)
5 Deflection
1 Delaying Tactics
2 On the Qui Vive

Combat (35 cards)
2 Disarm
9 Immortal Grapple
2 Rolling with the Punches
2 Slam
3 Spiritual Guidance
1 Superior Mettle
5 Taste of Vitae
2 Thrown Sewer Lid
8 Torn Signpost
1 Unflinching Persistence

Ally (3 cards)
1 Gianna di Canneto
1 Giulia Giovanni Abruzzina
1 Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Equipment (1 cards)
1 Heart of Nizchetus