Competitive & Cheap deck Challenge

Hi!

The other day, a new player from a playgroup I'm part asked me a question I wasn't able to answer.

Could we build a deck, that is competitive but also cheap?

I have given it a couple of thoughts, and my guess will be a bleed deck, maybe a power bleed Giovanni (without Isabel) or a B&S Dem, but as I'm not sure I would like to propose a challenge.

To build a competitive, but also cheap deck.

Show me your best/crazy ideas fellow Methuselahs!

I believe a "classic" weenie DEM would be competitive AND cheap. You could base yourself on this one :

Italian ECQ
Genova, Italy
April 24th 2016
3R+F
20 players
Laurent Ribeyre
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/8400

Deck Name: Weenie DEM
Description: Ruben Feldman's deck inspiration

Crypt (12 cards, min=6, max=18, avg=3)

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2x Jackie 3 DEM Malkavian antitribu:4
2x Midget 3 DEM obf pre Malkavian antitribu:3
2x Cassandra Langely, The Waif 2 dem Malkavian:4
2x Eddie Gaines 1 dem pot Caitiff:3
1x Apache Jones 5 DEM aus for obf Malkavian antitribu:4
1x Persia, The Beautiful Statue 5 DEM aus obf Malkavian:3
1x Uncle George 5 DEM aus dom obf Malkavian antitribu:3
1x Marta 3 aus dem Malkavian antitribu:4

Library (85 cards)
Master (14; 3 trifle)
2x Agent of Power
5x Dementation
2x Effective Management
1x Last Stand
1x Misdirection
2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Wash

Action (30)
30x Kindred Spirits

Action Modifier (32)
16x Confusion
14x Eyes of Chaos
2x Mind Tricks

Action Modifier/Combat (8)
8x Deny

Event (1)
1x Bitter and Sweet Story, The

And to make it realy cheap, you would need to ditch the bitter and sweet story and maybe some odd cards I am not aware of its scarcity (Last stand ?). And after that you drop all the numbers to have a 70/75 cards deck and you're fine.

I believe you will have a 30/50 € total cost if you have to buy every single card from sellers.

gatocion wrote:

Hi!

The other day, a new player from a playgroup I'm part asked me a question I wasn't able to answer.

Could we build a deck, that is competitive but also cheap?

I have given it a couple of thoughts, and my guess will be a bleed deck, maybe a power bleed Giovanni (without Isabel) or a B&S Dem, but as I'm not sure I would like to propose a challenge.

To build a competitive, but also cheap deck.

Show me your best/crazy ideas fellow Methuselahs!

Easier is to know the budget because "cheap" has a relative meaning. I think the cheapest way is to buy 2x Lasombra Sabbat deck from BC and make a stealth bleed/vote deck.
It's a really strong deck. Someone even win a tournament with just one copy of it.
Also from 2x Toreador! deck you can make a really good deck or just buy 25th and play Stanislava XD

If you are looking for other clans Link provided by Ankha is really good.

Ankha wrote:

See vtesone.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/barbed-wire-project/ that lists "somewhat cheap (consisting mostly commons), but still playable and sturdy" decks.

Well the decklists don't show, as they were hosted on SL. If anyone still has the lists somewhere, I'd be glad to host them on the Codex.