Another Imbued attemt

Pure Hearts

So, Im playing around with the idea of an Imbued deck. I know a lot of ppl hate them, but I'm intrigued.I usually play rather bleed and combat aggressive decks, so I figured this could be a nice change.

The idea is basically to outlast the table by playing many cards that gets a small advantages that counts in the long run.

This is what I got so far:

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 12, Max: 20, Avg: 4,08)

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3 Travis 'Traveler72' Miller DEF MAR 5 Martyr
2 Francois 'Warder' Loehr DEF JUD 3 Judge
1 Jennie 'Cassie247' Orne INN JUD VIN 5 Visionary
1 Erick "Shophet125" INN JUD 4 Judge
1 Jack 'Hannibal137' Harmon DEF JUD 4 Defender
1 John 'Cop90' O'Malley JUD VEN 4 Avenger
1 Lupe "Cabbie22" Droin DEF VEN 4 Defender
1 Marion "Teacher193" Perks RED JUD 4 Redeemer
1 Xian 'DziDzati55' Quan DEF INN 4 Defender

Library: (60 cards)

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Master (13 cards)
4 Angel of Berlin
1 Church of Vindicated Faith, The
1 Fortschritt Library
1 Millicent Smith, Puritan Vampire Hunter
1 Not to be
1 The Rose Foundation
1 Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1 Two Wrongs
1 Vampiric Disease
1 Elder Library

Conviction (16)
5 React with Conviction
6 Second Sight
5 Strike with Conviction

Ally (5)
1 Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1 Gregory Winter
1 Ossian
1 Vagabond Mystic
1 Wendell Delburton (Hunter)

Equipment (5 cards)
1 Crusader Sword, The
1 Orb of Ulain
3 Sport Bike

Event (5 cards)
1 Blood Weakens
1 Narrow Minds
1 The Slow withering
1 Unmasking, The
1 Nightmares upon Nightmares

Power (13 cards)
3 Champion
4 Discern
2 Rejuvenate
4 Vigilance

Reaction (3 cards)
3 On the Qui Vive

In general, Im quite happy with it. But, is there anything obvious I've missed?

I would love to either fill it out to be 70 cards, or slim it to be 60 cards.

Some of the Allies are a bit unnecessary, but I find them fun to play. Any other cool Allies to work in there?

Any other equipment that should be included? Id like to avoid the Flash granade road, but maybe a Heart of Nizchetus?

Anyone think I should include Pentex Subversion and Society of Leopold? Or would it be to many masters?

One more Millicent for good measure?

To many second sights?

Best regards

Elgnat wrote:

Some of the Allies are a bit unnecessary, but I find them fun to play. Any other cool Allies to work in there?

If you're into the Allies why not add a FBI Special Affairs Division?

Also, Impundulu might be occasionally usable softening up a target or keeping someone upstream at zero blood.

Elgnat wrote:

Any other equipment that should be included? Id like to avoid the Flash granade road, but maybe a Heart of Nizchetus?

Invory Bow?
And yeah, Heart of Cheating is Way Good TM. Also for the Imbued.

Elgnat wrote:

Anyone think I should include Pentex Subversion and Society of Leopold? Or would it be to many masters?

Why not.

Also Vampiric Disease comboes nicely with Society of L.
And a copy of Fear of Mekhet can be EXTREMELY useful every once ina while depending on your meta.

Elgnat wrote:

Pure Hearts

Some of the Allies are a bit unnecessary, but I find them fun to play.

Carlton, Gregory and Vagabond are golden. Don't take them out.

Elgnat wrote:

To many second sights?

YES.

Remeber, only one Second Sight is allowed per action. If you want to intercept, use intercept permanents aided with Second Sight.

Check out the Tournament Winning Deck Archive for Imbued decks, there you'll see what a proper amount of conviction cards look like. Mostly it's something like this:

(That was from my own Imbued TWD (shameless plug! ))

Hi there. Having played a few different imbued decks of my own, I would probably suggest replacing some of the events cards with events which you can replace in your next discard phase. Nightmares upon Nightmares and Thirst are great and would maybe work as replacement for Veil of Darkness which will otherwise eat a hand size from you. Also, Veil of Darkness gathers lots of table hate because people get frustrated when they have to remember to check for it all the time.

I would add Elder Library. +1 hand size for 1 pool is not bad. Also, if you want more ousting power, using imbueds with Martyrdom is the way to go. Laptop Computer + Donate + Strike with Conviction combined with Project-power card equal a bleed of 4 which is unblockable by vampires below capacity 7 and monster allies which cost less than 4 pool.

Maybe also add a couple On the Qui Vive so you can use Angel of Berlin to get the equipments. Regarding the other points I agree with Lönkka's and HG's suggestions.

Edit's edit: An idea of a support vampire to try and eventually resolve the "Do not replace before a vampire commits diablerie"-clause of some events is not a bad one. Especially if you choose one with handy support disciplines like Obfuscate for extra stealth. Can play some Delaying tactics then as well.

Khalid1988 wrote:

Edit's edit: An idea of a support vampire to try and eventually resolve the "Do not replace before a vampire commits diablerie"-clause of some events is not a bad one. Especially if you choose one with handy support disciplines like Obfuscate for extra stealth.

If you use Obfuscate vampires for support, don't forget Veil the Legions! Imbued have a real hard time getting more stealth than "-1 intercept for monsters".

Khalid1988 wrote:

Can play some Delaying tactics then as well.

Whenever I play pure imbued and need vote defense, I use Poison Pill.

Both Khalid1988 and especially HG.fi have been playing with Imbued quite a lot so I'd listen to their advice way more than mine...