Card Idea: In Silence We Kill

Yes, but you should have read all of the topic. I was referring that my suggested card shouldn't have to burn a blood. The blood cost for the other cards I just noted, never argued that they should cost less.

Please take a look at all the Assamite decks that won a combat: they are all stealth bleed or stealth vote. Maybe a cel/gun black hand won once or so.

The other major "nerf defensive combat" cards cost. Immortal Grapple has the hidden cost of forcing you to take the opposing minions handstrike.

Compare the card above to the following cards, I think you will see that the version presented above isn't out of comparison with these cards already printed.

Charismatic Aura
Type: Combat
Requires: Auspex & Presence
[aus]

 Burn 1 blood to cancel the opposing minion's strike card or grapple card as it is played (no cost is paid). A vampire may play only one Charismatic Aura at inferior each round.

[AUS]
 Strike: combat ends.



Death Seeker

Type: Combat

Requires: Salubri antitribu

Cost: 1 blood

Cancel a combat card played by the opposing minion as it is played (no cost is paid). A vampire can play only one Death Seeker each round.



Disengage

Type: Combat

Do not replace until after combat.

Press, only usable to end combat. Alternatively, burn 1 blood to cancel a grapple card (such as Immortal Grapple or Mighty Grapple) as it is played (no cost is paid for that card).



Groundfighting

Type: Combat

Requires: anarch

Requires a ready anarch. Do not replace until after combat.

Maneuver or press or burn 1 blood to cancel a combat card played by the opposing minion that would restrict this anarch's choice of strikes this round as it is played.



Rigor Mortis

Type: Combat

Requires: Thanatosis/Presence

Cost: 1 blood

Only usable before range is determined. A minion can play only one Rigor Mortis each round.

 The opposing minion cannot use any additional strikes this round.

[thn] As 
 above, with an optional press.

[THN] As [thn] above, and once each round this combat, you may cancel a maneuver used by the opposing minion.

If you notice, plenty of those other cards involve cancelling SOME cards (particularly Grapples & strikes). This card provides a maneuver (usually a step to countering a grapple or using a grapple but not guaranteed) and it allows you to burn 1 blood to cancel one type of strike at basic (S:D) and another at superios (S:CE).

S:D generally is a lesser effect than S:CE, since the two most common S:CE provide an untap (Majesty) or continue the action (Form of Mist/Mirror Image).

So, I think it's very comparable to the cards above and at least as functional as Charismatic Aura or MORE usable.

The maneuver, and the combined versatility it provides is the problem, to my eyes.

Immortal Grapple provides a lot of opportunity cost. Being at short, it restricts your choice of strike too (unlike this) and taking their Hand Strike, which might hurt more. This paired with Acrobatics (or heaven forbid, Shadow Strike, or using the maneuver to go to long to Taste of Death!) would be quite probably terrifying.

I like the idea of QUI having some form of S:CE preventation, but as the intial wording stands, you'd drop 10 even in a stealth bleed deck just to prevent other people using Majesty for the untap. QUI having restriction cards is fine, because each one is powerful in it's own way (Silence of Death, for example) but this would otherwise provide too many options in one of them.