Deck- Wynn/Basilia multi rush

Dorrinal wrote:

Instead of being a douche and railroading the thread with my own deck I put it in a different thread. My deck follows some of the recommendations I gave you. Maybe we can compare notes and improve each other's decks?

www.vekn.net/index.php/forum/7-deck-clinic/11635-basilia-multi-rush#11635

I played this deck today. -3 Basilia +1 Wynn +1 chandelor Hungerford +1 Anastasia Grey, Diversified the rush actions too.

In a 4 player it ousted a Cock Robin rush deck, I came close to ousting a dominate/prince deck (he was down to two pool), but my predator pulled off spell of life and my anarch revolts could not kill my prey in time. The diversified rush was a good change. I had master jam at the end of the game. Ancient influence gained me 5 pool and hit my prey for 5 pool early after I rushed Cock Robin into torps! The prince vote was a wasted card slot. I have to examine how to blood up after rush + freak + rush + freak + whatever. I know its been mentioned but I need to add more ways to gain blood.

TorranceCircle wrote:

I know its been mentioned but I need to add more ways to gain blood.

There is the agressive way: Fueled by Heart's Blood + some more Freak Drive to diablerize.

TorranceCircle wrote:

I have to examine how to blood up after rush + freak + rush + freak + whatever. I know its been mentioned but I need to add more ways to gain blood.

There are some low-maintenance ways:

Jake Washington
Giant's Blood
Perfecitionist - should really be in every star Freak Driving deck
Procurer - have someone other than you star recruit

There's even The Rack, which I've been assured works well in this kind of deck because if people block you when you go to get it back, it's like a free rush for you. I don't really buy that, as if I were playing against this deck and trying to deny it blood I'd keep stealing The Rack and then letting it get taken back, but it's an idea, at least.

There's also the proactive solution, which is to not spend so much blood in the first place. Understand that I'm biased because I think that aggpoke is pretty awful, but even from a more objective point of view, 12x aggpokes is a lot. If your plan is to do pool damage via master card sources, you shouldn't really need to be putting vampires into torpor (with all their blood) every turn. Consider that if you used Carrion Crows and more press-based combat instead of aggpoke, you'd gain the following advantages:

-greater damage done to enemy targets (3 for Crows+hands plus another 3 per round pressed to continue, vs. 2 for a rescue from torpor)
-12 blood saved
-ability to play Taste to regain yet more blood
-some kind of answer to allies
-less need for Scorpion Sting to beat dodges, meaning more room in the combat package for Hidden Strength/Indomitability, meaning more blood saved

I think that if you want to go with Wynn as your main guy, you're better off looking to ANI/FOR rather than PRO for the meat of your combat. Still might be worthwhile to include a few aggpoke cards for surprise or Fame redunks, though. But if you're really set on aggpoke, you'd be better off dropping all the expensive PRO combat cards and just switching your crypt around to feature Basilia rather than Wynn.