Wall of Birds

I'm not a particularly strong Gangrel player, so this deck is in part to force me to play more Gangrel and also to push my ability to play Gangrel better.

I'm keen to hear feedback about this.

Deck Name : Wall of Birds
Author : Juggernaut1981
Description :
This is intended to be a Wall Deck based around Animalism retainers, mixed Animalism/Protean combat and classic grinding cards (Jack, Antediluvian, Army of Rats, Anarch Revolt). I'm not planning to go anarch with the deck but wear the grind on my pool through the Blood Dolls. I'll probably try to set it up as strongly-forward blocking as I can manage.


Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 9 average: 5.91667

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3x Lord Ashton 5 ANI for pro Gangrel:3
3x Bobby Lemon 4 ANI pro Gangrel:3
2x Ingrid Rossler 9 ANI FOR PRO dom prince Gangrel:2
2x Danielle Diron 7 ANI PRO chi for 1 vote Gangrel:3
2x Horrock 6 ANI PRO vic Gangrel:3


Library [82 cards]

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Action [8]
2x Army of Rats
2x Movement of the Slow Body
1x Shepherd's Innocence
2x Tier of Souls
1x Trainer

Action Modifier [10]
4x Earth Control
6x Freak Drive

Combat [34]
10x Aid from Bats
2x Canine Horde
6x Carrion Crows
4x Drawing Out the Beast
8x Flesh of Marble
4x Form of Mist

Master [11]
1x Anarch Revolt
1x Antediluvian Awakening
4x Blood Doll
1x Ecoterrorists
1x Gangrel Revel
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
2x Zoo Hunting Ground

Reaction [8]
8x Cats' Guidance

Retainer [11]
2x Dog Pack
2x Homunculus
1x Murder of Crows
4x Raven Spy
2x Wolf Companion

You're missing Pack Alpha and Taste of Vitae.
And some anit-Midget tech (Deep Song) (it also works against guys with lots of stealth).

Every Gangrel deck needs 1x Gather. It's too good not to use. and no one ever gets rid of it. And if they do, well, they weren't bleeding you, they were getting rid of your Gather.

Nice. I definetely would play two or three aggravated handdamage. Remember the evil allies like Ambrosius, Tye Cooper or Ponticulus. And it's always nice to send some minion to torpor of course.

I agree with adding a couple claws, not too many. Every once in a while you'll get a chance to burn a vampire with the extra crow damage, when the math adds up right. and having the superior provide an emergency maneuver or press is never bad.

You might have too many flesh of marble, I would swap a few out. with protean you want to take advantage of flexibility. Rapid Change or Earth Meld can be good replacements, since they protect you in combat and provide other benefits.

I disagree on including Gather. in my experience, it's not worth its salt unless you're using plenty of 8-11 cap Gangrel. in this deck, at best you can get a 7 cap from it, and only sometimes. it takes an action and 2 turns to set up, and within that time you have enough transfers to bring a vampire out normally anyway. instead of going to that trouble, I recommend a 2nd copy of Ecoterrorists or even an extra Blood Doll, because at least those provide guaranteed pool regain.

why Movement of Slow Body?

oh yeah, and Taste of Vitae will usually be worth 3 blood to you, not a bad refill method.