Crocodile Princess - Gabrielle di Righetti

I hadn't noticed the high (now higher) Seduction count in the deck. I'd much rather see those turned into Croc Tongues and Mirror Walks. If somebody still blocks you, they lost two blood, didn't get to beat you up, and you then untap with Rutor's Hand and take another action anyway.

Segues so nicely to my next point: Though I'm not normally a fan of Rutor's Hand, as I've found that it just sets you up to spend the next four turns hunting in addition to the action you would've taken anyway, with Gabrielle it's amazing. You not only recoup the cost in two turns rather than four, you do it from other peoples' beads! So add some more, like two or three. Since they're Thaumaturgy cards, Dee can also put them to good secondary use when you draw them later in the game.

Yes, Rutor's Hand was a deliberate choice for this deck. Originally it was 3/60 or 3/70 but now that I've added more cards your advice rings true.

Since it's a small update I have edited the deck above; tell me what you think.

Defense seems a bit light to me, and I always throw Ancient Influence and Political Stranglehold into these kinds of decks. On the whole, though, this seems solid enough to test.

Dorrinal wrote:

I added a little more combat

Use more Obedience if you want to survive rush combat. Theft and Carrion Crows might annoy a rusher but won't save you from torpor.

Zillah's Valleys should be Information Highways and/or Dreams.

The combat is meant to enable Banishment and Crocodile's Tongue, not survive rush combat. I could add more Obedience and other defense but I really don't want to choke on reactions.

I finally got a chance to play this in a real-time game. I played the parity shift version (as opposed to villein + govern version) - have a look!

Deck Name: Crocodile Princess
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Description:
Gabrielle di Righetti gets a Rutor's Hand to steal blood and call Parity Shift. Crocodile's Tongue becomes deadly after a few turns.

Crypt (Capacity min=8 max=10 avg=9.08; 12 cards)
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3x Dr. John Dee 9 chi ANI AUS DOM THA Tremere:4
4x Gabrielle di Righetti 10 obf pot ANI AUS DOM THA Tremere:5
2x Orlando Oriundus 9 obf AUS DOM THA !Tremere:4
3x Troius 8 cel AUS DOM THA Tremere:4

Library (80 cards)
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Master (17 cards)
1x Creepshow Casino
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Legendary Vampire
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Papillon
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Temptation of Greater Power
1x Villein
2x Wider View
7x Zillah's Valley

Action (7 cards)
7x Rutor's Hand

Political Action (14 cards)
4x Banishment
9x Parity Shift
1x Reins of Power

Action Modifier (14 cards)
7x Crocodile's Tongue
4x Mirror Walk
3x Seduction

Reaction (14 cards)
7x Deflection
5x Eyes of Argus
2x Second Tradition: Domain

Combat (14 cards)
6x Carrion Crows
8x Theft of Vitae

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