Deck Name : Spell of Life
Author : Stefan Karlsson
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 7
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1x Nakhthorheb 10 OBF PRE SER Follower :4
1x Neferu 9 OBF PRE SER THA dom nec 2 votes Follower :4
1x Porphyrion 9 CHI OBF PRE SER for Follower :5
1x Arnulf Jormungandr 8 OBF PRE SER aus cel Follower :5
1x Cagliostro, The Gr 8 OBF PRE SER nec pot Follower :4
1x Sundervere, The De 8 AUS PRE SER THA obf Follower :4
1x Ogwon 7 OBF PRE SER for Follower :5
1x Seren Sukardi 7 OBF SER THA pre Follower :4
1x Ankh-sen-Sutekh 6 PRE SER obf Follower :4
1x Renenet 5 OBF PRE ser Follower :4
1x Marla Kenyon 4 PRE ser Follower :4
1x Reverend Djoser Jo 3 pre ser Follower :4
Library [90 cards]
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Action [30]
2x Form of Corruption
5x Legal Manipulations
3x Mesu Bedshet
5x Social Charm
12x Spell of Life
3x Temptation
Action Modifier [16]
2x Cloak the Gathering
2x Faceless Night
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
6x Lost in Crowds
4x True Love's Face
Action Modifier/Combat [3]
3x Swallowed by the Night
Combat [15]
5x Majesty
5x Staredown
5x Unholy Penance
Master [15]
2x Blood Doll
1x Crocodile Temple, The
2x Dummy Corporation
2x Effective Management
1x Minion Tap
2x Obfuscate
2x Opium Den
1x Temple Hunting Ground
2x Vessel
Reaction [11]
2x Dread Gaze
5x Ecstasy
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Wake with Evening's Freshness
This time I at least managed to get one victory point and that was in the only game where I managed to pull the actual spell off. According to Sten Düring who won that table I would actually have taken a game win if I hadn't kept any minions untapped and instead bled forward with full motion. He was probably right but I was too newborn to make decent calculations back then.
I remember being owned by Seeds of Corruption and bleeds being bounced all way round at a table where I was playing the only deck without Dominate. The third game I don't remember at all othre that that I actually played a Dread Gaze to everyone's surprise and joy. I also remember that people were actually scared of my deck and the Spell of Life and few had seen a deck with it before. That of course I didn't use to my advantage, it instead made me an early table threat. I am bad at manipulating tables now but I was a disaster then. Hopefully I will keep learning.
These are just suggestions as i have played a spell of life deck succesfully before.
ReplyDelete1) We have almost the same crypt but the last three vampires exchange it for Halim Bey or 2 halim bey and another low cap setite with serpentis. Although halim bey doesnt have presence he makes it up with awesome ability for a spell of life deck. (+1 stealth to all mummies)
2) Remove true love face, and reduce your bleed actions to 6 Dream World, put more temptations and Waters of Duat for them to call spell of life in a low intercept enviroment or more Spell of life if you want prob 14-15.
3) Too much combat ends unless you are heavy with combat even then a tupdog enviroment will grapple you early so kinda moot point invest in Secure havens maybe and Tension in the Ranks to bust his game if he wants to ruin yours. Put four tensions in the deck if he wants to play rough. You may even put Gran Madre de dio, Italy if the tupdog deck is your prey/predator he will certainly regret it.
4)Remove obfusctae put more effective management probably 5-6 in the deck to make it faster you dont want spending transfers to put vamps in the uncontrolled. Maybe creepshow casino for more stealth during spell of life.
5) Minimize reactions just keep the wakes and a couple permacepts like KRCG or the other news network masters WMRH etc. throw dread gaze away it will not help you much. Ecstasy is iffy id pack guns instead for safety of your minions. In the end you just want to influence 2 vamps pref Halim Bey and one with sup presence make babies with Waters of Duat then slowly call spell of life. Usually the first 3 goes off without a hitch, so you need to keep the stealth for the 4th and 5th card. If your really concerned with Halim Bey pack lots of dodges and forearm blocks instead. When the mummies come out they all bleed and rush at +1 stealth. That pretty much kills them and then drop dream world at superior and it usually nails it