Etrius (adv)

Etrius


Camarilla Tremere Inner Circle Member. Etrius may gain one blood for every Tremere in play as a +1 stealth hunt action that taps every Tremere.
Remove any Soul Gem of Etrius from the game in play and as it enters play. If Etrius is burned, draw the top card from your crypt. If it is younger, move him or her to your ready region with blood from the blood bank equal to his or her capacity.

So... I think he could probably afford to have Pro upgraded to PRO, and I think his special is pretty cool and ties in nicely with his un-advanced self and his Soul Gem...

But I'm honestly more curious about your own special. Independent Futurist? Contrarian?

direwolf wrote:

Etrius


Camarilla Tremere Inner Circle Member. Etrius may gain one blood for every Tremere in play as a +1 stealth hunt action that taps every Tremere.
Remove any Soul Gem of Etrius from the game in play and as it enters play. If Etrius is burned, draw the top card from your crypt. If it is younger, move him or her to your ready region with blood from the blood bank equal to his or her capacity.

Losing the +2 bleed at advanced (but not merged) hurts a truck load. Of course, you wouldn't want it to stack with the basic version either.

The tapping restriction on the hunt isn't that big a deal if it goes last, after all your other minions have acted. Yes, it makes it harder to leave a blocker or bouncer untapped - but you're planning for that, it's your deck.

I'm not especially convinced the world needs yet more bloat, with Etrius and buddies creating weenies and topping back up with blood, and sucking some back with Villein. Probably no worse than Voter Cap Breed Boon decks though, I guess.

I may be out of line, however this is exactly the kind of vampire that I don't want see more of. Advanced Inner Circle members are cringe worthy to me. Please tell me I am wrong and there is a need this vampire solves. I love and big voting vampires but a built-in bloat mechanic and survival mechanism seems like too much. This a +1 to an existing dominate archetype (pun intended).

Crypt 2 cannot have another DOM PRO big voter.
Please.

Also, if you want an advanced Inner Circle, you want ADV Arika painted by Noora Hirvonen.
Since we're in dreamy land, I might as well tell mine.
Because you guys know Arika is really Zillah, right?

Brum wrote:

Also, if you want an advanced Inner Circle, you want ADV Arika painted by Noora Hirvonen.

OMG yes