Anarch Ahrimanes g4-5

Kiddo wrote:

4x Vessel

With so few masters, I would prefer Blood Dolls.

You have 18 maneuvers, 16 presses and 2 S:CE. What kind of combats are you losing and why? Would it be possible to pick your battles better?

Why is this deck larger than 75 cards?

Suoli wrote:

Kiddo wrote:

4x Vessel

Suoli wrote:

With so few masters, I would prefer Blood Dolls.

So would I, but currently my meta is overflowing with Vessels, so bDs are not an option

Suoli wrote:

You have 18 maneuvers, 16 presses and 2 S:CE. What kind of combats are you losing and why? Would it be possible to pick your battles better?

Ranged agg, that's not something Ahrimanes can deal with. Tzimisce are quite popular (again) in my meta, as are Tremeres and PRO combat.

Also an issue with this deck, once you set up, you can't afford to choose your combats - prey/pred usually go into full attack mode and I need to block just about every action towards me or my cards.

Suoli wrote:

Why is this deck larger than 75 cards?

I'm open to trimming suggestions.

Kiddo wrote:

Ranged agg, that's not something Ahrimanes can deal with. Tzimisce are quite popular (again) in my meta, as are Tremeres and PRO combat.

Your best bet against Burst and Dragon's Breath is to block, wait for the strike card and respond with Leapfrog. Claws you can outmaneuver and even if you can't, Carrion Crows versus 1 aggravated works in your favor as long as you can rescue from torpor.

Also an issue with this deck, once you set up, you can't afford to choose your combats - prey/pred usually go into full attack mode and I need to block just about every action towards me or my cards.

How about blocking the first actions with Converts and other weenies? Paying blood to do aggravated damage to a weenie is horrible.

I'm open to trimming suggestions.

Cards that are too conditional or weak:
-2x Vulture's Buffet
-1x Narrow Minds
My gut says Fame, could be wrong.

Cards that you don't need as many of in a smaller deck:
-1x Deep Song
-3x Swiftness of the Stag
-1x Vessel
-1x Cat's Guidance
-1x Falcon's Eye
-1x Forced Awakening
-1x On the Qui Vive
-1x Speak With Spirits
-1x Murder of Crows
-1x Raven Spy

I would use this as a starting point, do some goldfishing and then consider cutting some more reactions or offensive combat cards for Ivory Bow and two more Leapfrogs.

Also, against breath, you can just maneuver to close. They may use Chiroptean marauder, but on the long run they will be blood-starved.

I would keep the vulture buffet, they are pretty strong and versatile

Ohlmann wrote:

I would keep the vulture buffet, they are pretty strong and versatile

Vulture's Buffet is only playable with 8+ D'habi Revenants. Otherwise, the requirement makes it the opposite of versatile.

Suoli wrote:

Your best bet against Burst and Dragon's Breath is to block, wait for the strike card and respond with Leapfrog. Claws you can outmaneuver and even if you can't, Carrion Crows versus 1 aggravated works in your favor as long as you can rescue from torpor.

You know how ANI Aid works? I manouver to long and commit to a strike...after that I can only watch as my opponent flings whatever he wants my way and receive the damage I fling his way...

I'll look into some suggestions regarding deck size, but I'm not sold on it, since this deck burns through cards like crazy and not so rarely i end up without a library...