2-PLAYER DECKLIST: HECATA

(Last updated on June 14, 2025)

Crypt (12 cards)

2x Roger de Camden 10 AUS FOR OBF OBL PRE Hecata:6
2x Hel-Blá 9 AUS FOR OBL POT obf Hecata:6
2x Parijat, The Dark Oracle 8 AUS DOM FOR OBL Hecata:6
2x Monica Giovanni 6 AUS DOM FOR Hecata:6
2x Gebeyehu Abdu 5 AUS OBL for Hecata:6
2x Holliday "Burgundy" Hall 5 FOR OBL aus Hecata:6

Library (42 cards)

Master (6)
2x Family Gathering
2x Grooming the Protégé
1x Misdirection
1x Powerbase: Munich

Action (6)
6x Shroud of Decay

Action/Ally (4)
4x Bone Shambler

Action Modifier (9)
3x Shadow Cast
3x Shadow Cloak
3x Where the Veil Thins

Reaction (9)
2x Eyes of Argus
2x Enhanced Senses
3x Telepathic Counter
2x On the Qui Vive

Combat (8)
4x Arms of Ahriman
2x Martyr’s Resilience
2x Rolling with the Punches

GENERAL INFORMATION
Date of the match
Your name or pseudonym
Opponent’s name or pseudonym
Your clan/deck played:
Opponent’s clan/deck played:
Estimated duration of the match:
Number of matches played in this session:
Your experience level in VTES:

GAMEPLAY EXPERIENCE
The game felt balanced between both players.
The match length was appropriate and satisfying.
The deck construction limitations were easy to understand.
The allowed card pool felt diverse and strategic.
No card felt excessively overpowered or disruptive.
I could react to my opponent’s strategy effectively.
There was enough player interaction throughout the match.
The absence of table dynamics from multiplayer VTES didn’t hurt the experience.
The two-player format feels like a solid introduction to the full game.
I would like to play this two-player format again.

RULES AND RESTRICTIONS FEEDBACK
Did you or your opponent use any cards that you felt should not be allowed in the format?
Did any cards or mechanics feel underpowered or pointless in the two-player setting?
How did the crypt contesting rule work in practice? Did it create fun tension or confusion?
How did the new transfer rule for the first player affect game balance?
Did the smaller library size (40–60 cards) feel appropriate?

DECK DESIGN AND STRATEGY
Did your deck feel viable and competitive within the allowed card pool?
What strategies or mechanics do you feel are especially strong or weak in this format?
Do you think certain clans are better suited to this format than others? Which ones and why?
Were there any specific moments in the game that stood out as especially enjoyable or frustrating?

OVERALL IMPRESSION
What did you enjoy most about the two-player format?
What would you change or improve?
Do you think this format would help new players get into VTES? Why or why not?
Any other comments, ideas, or suggestions?

This page will document the chronological changes to the two-player format as they occur.

08/07/2025 Update

Added clan: Ravnos

• 2-player decklist: Ravnos

Decklist updates

• Banu Haqim: -2 Tegyrius, -1 Domain Challenge, +1 Kassandra Tassaki, +1 Warmaksan, +1 Kine Resources Contested
• Gangrel: -2 Bear’s Skin, +2 Earth Control
• Salubri: -1 Misdirection, -1 Seduction, -1 Touch of Valeren, -1 Weighted Walking Stick, +2 Forced Confessional, +2 The Sleeping Mind
• Ventrue: -1 Misdirection, -1 Dominate Kine, -1 Political Ally, -2 Elder Intervention, -2 Wake with Evening’s Freshness, +1 Perfectionist, +2 Propaganda, +2 Second Tradition: Domain, +2 The Sleeping Mind

Added cards to the format

• Break the Bonds
• City Star Taxi
• Doc Martina
• Forced Confessional
• Gathii
• Luciano Carvalho
• Perfectionist
• Phaibun
• Propaganda
• Roberto Rivamonte
• Shilmulo Tarot
• Sleeping Mind, The
• Sreelekha

Removed cards from the format

• Bear's Skin

 Suggested time limit

• If you feel it's necessary to use a time limit for the games, we suggest setting it to 30 minutes (instead of 20).

14/06/2025 Update

Added clan: Hecata

• 2-player decklist: Hecata

Decklist updates

• Ventrue: +2 Lucinde, Alastor, +1 Alexa Draper, -2 Queen Anne, -1 Kevin Jackson, +1 Pulled Fangs, -1 Weighted Walking Stick

Added cards to the format

• Anarch Salon
• Barrens, The
• Bone Shamblers
• Change of Target
• Elder Library
• Enhanced Coagulant
• Enhanced Senses
• Family Gathering
• Fee Stake: Corte
• Fee Stake: Los Angeles
• Fee Stake: Perth
• Fragment of the Book of Nod
• Gebeyehy Abdu
• Hel-Blá
• Holliday "Burgundy" Hall
• Line, The
• Lucinde, Alastor
• Malkavian Rider Clause
• Martyr’s Resilience
• Monica Giovanni
• Parijat, The Dark Oracle
• Powerbase: Munich
• Roger de Camden
• Shadow Shift
• Shroud of Decay
• Tension in the Ranks
• Tier of Souls
• Umbrous Clutch

17/05/2025 Update

Contested Titles

EXCEPTION: If two contested vampires (two copies of the same vampire) have a title, their title is not contested.

Added cards to the format

• 47th Street Royals
• André the Manipulator
• Army of Rats
• Auspex
• Bewitching Oration
• Creeping Sabotage
• Disputed Territory
• Diversion
• Dominate
• Double Deuce
• Fifth Tradition: Hospitality
• Form of the Cobra
• Fourth Tradition: Accounting
• Line Brawl
• Melange
• Oblivion
• Owl Companion
• Oxford University, England
• Political Ally
• Potence
• Protean
• Restoration
• Revolutionary Council
• Sense the Savage Way
• Social Charm
• Soul Burn
• Telepathic Vote Counting
• True Love's Face
• Visions of Zapathasura

Removed cards from the format

• Abbadon
• Adrino Manauara
• Apportation
• Conquer the Beast
• Flash
• Flávio Gonçalves
• Flesh of Marble
• Form of the Wolf
• Hidden Strength
• Indomitability
• Keegan
• Rat's Warning
• Resist Earth's Grasp
• Revelation of the Serpent

Decklist updates

• Banu Haqim: -2 Resist Earth's Grasp, +2 Swallowed by the Night.
• Brujah: +1 47th Street Royals, +1 Oxford University, England, +4 Line Brawl, -2 Ambush, -2 Bum's Rush, -2 Flash, -1 Scalpel Tongue
• Gangrel: +1 André the Manipulator, +1 Ragnar Nordstrom, +1 Army of Rats, +2 Carrion Crows, +1 Double Deuce, +2 Rolling with the Punches, -2 Keegan, -3 Flesh of Marble, -2 Form of the Wolf, -1 Life in the City, -1 Mythic Form.
• Lasombra: No changes.
• Malkavian: No changes.
• Ministry: + 4 True Love's Face, +2 Visions of Zapatharusa, -2 Flesh of Marble, -4 Revelation of the Serpent.
• Nosferatu: -1 Molly MacDonald, +1 Army of Rats, +2 Creeping Sabotage, +2 Guard Dogs, +1 Owl Companion, -2 Conquer the Beast, -1 Deep Song, -2 Rat’s Warning, +1 Swallowed by the Night.
• Salubri: +1 Aniel, +1 Malachi, +1 Seraphina, -3 Abbadon, +2 Rolling with the Punches, +2 Soak, -2 Hidden Strength, -2 Indomitability.
• Toreador: +2 Marcos Belegrad, -2 Flavio Gonçalves, +1 Disputed Territory, +2 Pursuit, +3 Weighted Walking Stick, -1 Domain Challenge, -2 Flash, -3 Resist Earth's Grasp.
• Tremere: +1 Melange, +1 Mirror Walk, +1 Rego Motum, +1 Soul Burn, -3 Apportation, -1 Blood Fury.
• Tzimisce: +1 Ángel Guerrero, +2 Clara Hjortshøj, +2 Whisper, +1 Carrion Crows, +1 Guard Dogs, +1 Obedient Flesh, +1 One with the Land, -4 Adrino Manauara, -3 Flesh of Marble, -1 Rat’s Warning.
• Ventrue: +1 Political Ally, +1 Rolling with the Punches, +2 Soak, -1 Domain Challenge, -3 Hidden Strength.

2-PLAYER DECKLIST: VENTRUE

(Last updated on July 8, 2025)

Crypt (12 cards)
2x Lucinde, Alastor 10 DOM FOR PRE obf pot tha justicar Ventrue:7
1x Queen Anne 10 DOM FOR PRE aus obf prince Ventrue:6
3x Alexa Draper 8 DOM PRE for pot prince Ventrue:6
2x Alice Chen 7 FOR PRE dom obf prince Ventrue:6
1x Kevin Jackson 7 DOM FOR PRE prince Ventrue:7
1x Fiorenza Savona 7 DOM PRE aus for Ventrue:6
1x Horst von Brühl 6 FOR aus dom pre prince Ventrue:6
1x Madison 6 DOM FOR PRE Ventrue:6

Library (42 cards)
Master (6)
2x Grooming the Protégé
2x Life in the City
1x Perfectionist
1x Wider View

Action (6)
1x Dominate Kine
3x Enchant Kindred
2x Propaganda

Political Action (5)
3x Kine Resources Contested
2x Parity Shift

Action Modifier (13)
2x Bonding
3x Perfect Paragon
2x Seduction
2x Sleeping Mind, The
2x Threats
2x Voter Captivation

Reaction (4)
4x Second Tradition: Domain

Combat (8)
1x Pulled Fangs
3x Rolling with the Punches
2x Soak
2x Weighted Walking Stick