Thought exercise: Let's try to abuse inbuild Anarch trait of upcoming VEKN set

Thank you James for these very inspiring words:
"Consider, for example, that Lay Low can be played as a combat card, after a blood hunt referendum. Combat isn't over."

This deck is first draft really, just musing if illusion of the kindred, amaranth and lay low would be viable combo to get free minions and some blood to your uncontrolled region. To work this combo requires the illusion to be anarch out of crypt and these guys from upcoming VEKN set had some discipline synergy. Danielle (adv) would have chi, but unfortunately she has no pals to play with. So we go with pot pre crew.

Deck Name: Anarch Crypt Machine
Author: Mikko Moisander
Description:
Influence out one of your minions. Get in combat, play Illusion of the Kindred. Torporise and amaranth the opponent, get burned in blood hunt referendum and play lay low.
The illusion is now in your uncontrolled region hopefully with some blood on. Rinse and repeat until you have all of your crypt out.
Plan B: bruise bleed with Show of Force.

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=4 max=8 avg=6.42)
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2x Jenna Cross 4 pot pre CEL Caitiff:4
3x Salvador Garcia 7 pot pro CEL PRE Brujah:4
3x Jack Drake 8 pre tha CEL POT Brujah:4
2x Marguerite Foccart (adv) 6 aus pot CEL PRE Brujah:4
2x Sundown (adv) 6 obf pre ANI POT Nosferatu:3

Library (70 cards)
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Master (14)
2x Agent of Power
1x Anarch Free Press, The
4x Chimerstry
2x Esgrima
4x Haven Uncovered
1x KRCG News Radio

Action (21)
4x Bum's Rush
5x Esprit de Corps
1x Fee Stake: Boston
1x Fee Stake: Corte
1x Fee Stake: Los Angeles
1x Fee Stake: New York
1x Open War
7x Show of Force

Political Action (4)
2x Exclusion Principle
2x Free States Rant

Reaction (5)
5x Mole, The

Combat (21)
5x Amaranth
4x Illusions of the Kindred
3x Immortal Grapple
3x Pursuit
6x Trap

Combo (5)
5x Lay Low


Obviously I have not played this yet, but I imagine getting your minions burned in blood hunt referendum after you pull your trick once, might be a problem,

I think most players will vote the illusion not burn, after seeing this one-trick-combo.

Can't see it being a big issue.

Maddog wrote:

I think most players will vote the illusion not burn, after seeing this one-trick-combo.

Can't see it being a big issue.

But it is still eating a minion with no concern of blood hunt. So, maybe a deck that doesnt need a skill card to do the combo would be better? Its a clunky anarch brujah bleed sink that might remove 2 minions before getting ousted.
Better luck with dbr ravnos? Or g2 same I with genina and compress? Or petaniqua, coma, kindred spirit? You get the point...

Maybe the best response is for the rules coordinator to interpret Illusions of the Kindred as it is actually written? Remove the crypt card from the game at the end of combat.

I've never understood why a card that is in the ash heap or uncontrolled region should be immune from being removed from the game.

AaronC wrote:

I've never understood why a card that is in the ash heap or uncontrolled region should be immune from being removed from the game.

If you removed cards from game instead of placing them in ashheap, it would make many cards (and necromancy) much obsolete or much weaker. Example: Ashur Tablets, Anthelios, The Red Star, Clio's Kiss, Epiphany, possession, Whispers from the Dead, Sudario Refraction, Sibyl's Tongue, Filchware's Pawn Shop, Imperator,summon history (Just to name a few). Many of these cards and many many more would become either useless or diluted in power.