[Submission] City Riot (melee weapon enhancer)

Ankha wrote:

This submission tries to give melee weapon an additional effect: entering combat

City Riot
Cardtype: Master
Cost: 1 pool
Put this card in play. Any minion can tap a melee weapon on him or her to enter combat with any minion as a action; on the first round of combat that action, the acting minion's initial strike must be with that weapon (even if the action is blocked). Any vampire with a city title can burn this card as a +1 stealth action.

From a wording point of view, I'd change the end to "as a +1 stealth action", as it's likely to be someone else doing it (you'd assume).

I really like the theme, but from a power/utility point of view, I think it's misfiring. I can't help wondering if most decks wouldn't prefer the occasional frontal assault instead (timed well, it can help you gain pool).

You potentially get to save a few action cards, but often those action cards will have also been giving you the potential for another benefit, such as a maneuver. Of course, people might block you - but they don't always have a chump blocker, or they're tapped out etc. So you probably offset a few of the action cards you save with a few extra maneuvers, or similar. And it uses up a master card slot, and costs a pool, so it's competing with Blood Doll or Villein or whatever. And as a master, you probably don't want lots in your deck, so you might well not pull it very early, so you likely still need quite a few actions in your deck.

Cover Riots
Master
Unique. Burn this card during your Untap Phase.
Put this card in play. Your vampires with melee weapons may enter combat with your prey's minions or burn a location your prey controls as a action. A vampire using this card to attempt an action gains a maneuver and +1 strength during any combat before the next action commences or the minion phase ends.

Thematically, it sounds more like an event than a master phase action.


Riots
City Event.
Any minion with a melee weapon may enter combat with a minion controlled by his or her prey as a action. If the target minion's Methuselah controls a vampire with a city title, he or she may discard a combat card to cancel the action as it is announced.