You can call us 'Al'

Joscha wrote:

I'm very interested to hear why this deck isn't your sort .

I don't have any Trujah or Salubri (maybe a couple, but no decent cards). Fred Scott did help me win the HttB draft, but that was a cameo.

Ankha wrote:

I guess you already know you can't summon Eurayle, meaning you bring out 14 pool of scarce vampires without any pool gain.
Did you consider playing some Villein, bring out Eurayle, refill Al and then start to summon different things?

I need the blood on Al to summon right away. I need the allies for defence and even don't have the time to summon the Citadel. You bring out Al, summon the Remnant or a Garou, who attacks instantly against aggressive decks. Then Eurayle comes up and refills Al, who gets the Citadel or another dearly needed ally. I plan the influencing of the biggies with the help of Ankara in mid- to lategame. Then I have a good source of poolgain with Ancient Infl. and Political Stranglehold. So yes, a weenieish aggressive deck is a problem. But IMHO such decks are always a problem and hard to counter. They have their downsides in their difficulties of winning tables, but nearly always oust their prey. Midcap bleed this deck can handle with the allies. This deck is all about permanents: permanent +bleed, permanent rush, and votes through titles. So until these permanents are ready it is vulnerable indeed. But I doubt Villeins will save it from heavy bleeding.