Most underrated card?

There are cards many players don't give a thought. But they can be very effective. I wonder what do you think which is the most underrated card in V:TES?

Library card: I think most people underestimate the power of Banishment. Its effect can be game deciding. Especially in this time with all the Villeins around a Banishment in the right time is awesome.

Crypt card: No idea yet.

Most Underrated Card. Grooming the Protege.

You can't imagine how often I get asked or mocked why I play Grooming in my Brujah Alastor deck and no Villeins. I think people don't understand the real power of Grooming and I am happy with that. So I won't explain why I think Grooming is an awesome card.

As for Banishment: I don't know how your meta is like, but I see it played a lot. There is hardly a table in a tournament here without at least 1 Banishment being played.

Joscha wrote:

Library card: I think most people underestimate the power of Banishment. Its effect can be game deciding. Especially in this time with all the Villeins around a Banishment in the right time is awesome.

I can't imagine anyone underestimating the power of Banishment. It was a card that was so crazily overpowered that it got downgraded years ago. It is a card that elicits groans every time it sees play. Banishment is stupidly powerful, still.

Mephistopheles wrote:

Most Underrated Card. Grooming the Protege.

You can't imagine how often I get asked or mocked why I play Grooming in my Brujah Alastor deck and no Villeins. I think people don't understand the real power of Grooming and I am happy with that. So I won't explain why I think Grooming is an awesome card.

As for Banishment: I don't know how your meta is like, but I see it played a lot. There is hardly a table in a tournament here without at least 1 Banishment being played.

As many times before, I agree 100% with Mr. Major.
I've always found it odd that people choose to play combat, when one Banishment card (and plus 2 or 3 cards, with vote push + Freak Drive or stealth) do almost the same effect and leaves you slots to actually kill your prey.

When Protect Thine Own was banned, I was one of the few people that used it allot that didn't cry about it.
Banishment works on everybody.

Note: Yeah, I play with Arika allot.

Here are a few underrated cards that I have used to great effectiveness:

Gather - Most people never take the action to get rid of it, which usually means a "free" minion for you, and since it's a Gangrel card, it it usually followed by a Freak Drive, which means it was a "free" action. You can also do the Gather-House of Sorrow trick, if you're so inclined.

Arson - It's free, and the all-purpose, non-limited usage is incredibly powerful, especially if a particular location is going to be a bother to your deck.

Police Department - It's free, it doesn't have a removal clause, and it stops the presses that are likely to kill your minions.

Charming Lobby - It's free, gives you +2 votes to do what your deck does anyway, and gives a lingering effect to allow you to force through those highly unlikeable votes.

Underbridge Stray - It's a cheap ally that can block, it provides a permanent untap(!), and similarly to Police Department, it provides a press (either way), which can often save you, or help kill your enemies.

Veles' Hunt - This is only really played in one deck, but in that deck, it's PTO. Note that PTO has been banned...

Jackie Therman - She's free, and to decks that can't via their disciplines, she provides a much-needed maneuver. And use the VTES hot-redhead version, will you?

Last Stand - While people are continually trying to get Momentum's Edge to work, and asking themselves why it doesn't work, I'm winning games with Last Stand. No other card in the game allows you to do what this does. It's ridiculously powerful and should be in every power-bleed deck.

The Bitter and Sweet Story - Another powerful card that should be in every power-bleed deck. You're going to get 1vp. That's just a fact. And when you get it, you'll get a 29% increase in your hand size, which will allow you to get out of hand-jam situations MUCH easier. And it doesn't matter that it's a global effect, because no deck is rewarded for a larger hand size than a bleed deck is.

Psychic Veil - I've played 1-2 of these in every obfuscate deck since the olden days and it's always been amazing. At [obf], it's for all your vampires, and given how many weenie-obf decks are out there, 1 blood for +4, +5, or +6 stealth is pretty damn good.