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Kayma fragment madness

6 messages from 3 participants · 27 February 2012 · vekn.net/forum
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NikolajWendt

Need some help with this! Would like to play it at a tournament sometime soon. I havent tried it yet, so I cant say yet what works and what doesnt. HLEP!1 Deck Name: Kaymakli fragment madness Created By: Nikolaj Wendt Description: Vast wealth the Kaymakli fragment and the Textbook, then go crazy multiacting with the two awesome actions on the fragment. Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 12, Max: 21, Avg: 4,25) 1 Aaron Bathurst for obf pot 4 Nosferatu Antitribu 1 Apache Jones aus for obf DEM5 Malkavian Antitribu 1 Caroline Bishops cel for pot 3 Pander 1 Frank Litzpar ani for pot OBF5 Nosferatu Antitribu 1 Harry Reese cel obf FOR PRO6 Gangrel Antitribu 1 Little Willie for obf pro 4 Ventrue Antitribu 1 Louis de Maisonneuve aus dom obf FOR5 Ventrue Antitribu 1 Lula Burch for pro 3 Gangrel Antitribu 1 Maria Stone cel obf pro FOR5 Gangrel Antitribu 1 Rashiel val for 3 Salubri Antitribu 1 Skidmark aus pot FOR OBF5 Nosferatu Antitribu 1 Ulrike Rothbart dom for 3 Ventrue Antitribu Library: (90 cards) Master (15 cards) 3 Ashur Tablets 1 Hungry Coyote, The 1 Information Highway 1 Obfuscate 5 Vast Wealth 4 Villein Action (8 cards) 5 Clotho`s Gift 3 Unleash Hell's Fury Action Modifier (38 cards) 4 Cloak the Gathering 4 Faceless Night 26 Freak Drive 4 Lost in Crowds Combat (13 cards) 3 Flames of the Netherworld 5 Skin of Steel 5 Soak Equipment (2 cards) 1 Kaymakli Fragment 1 Textbook Damnation, The Event (1 cards) 1 NRA PAC Combo (13 cards) 9 Sense the Sin 4 Swallowed by the Night This deck was last saved at 01:24:55 on 27-02-2012 How do you intend to oust? Swarm and Sense the sin bleeds for 3 How do you intend to keep from being ousted? Bloat and unleash hells fury to slow down predator What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)? 5-6 would be nice What do you want your average turn to look like? 3 blood down, pick up fragment, freak drive, 3 blood down, pick up fragment, freak drive, 3 blood down, pick up fragment, freak drive, clothos gift inf, freak drive, cycle 5 cards, 3 blood down, pick up fragment, etc. etc. What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play? Everything. Generally "extreme" decks though and very little toolboxing. What problems have you observed with the deck in play? None! (not due to it being perfect, but due to me not having tried it yet)

Klaital

At first glance I would say you have way too many freak drives there. I use less in my Giotto's Cab deck which is all about doing zillion actions a turn and still I often have to cycle extras just hunting. Since your deck seems to only do one thing, you would probably be better off trimming it down to like 70 cards or so. Also since pretty much none of your vampires has superior obfuscate, you should diversify your stealth more, by using equal portions of each of the free +1 stealth at basic obf cards. Cloak the Gathering, Faceless Night, Lost in Crowds, Swallowed by the Night, Spying Mission, Domain of Evernight, Gift of Sleep. Try something like -10 freak drive -4 stealth cards -3 sense the sin -1 obfuscate -1 unleash hells fury -2 skin of steel -2 soak -1 vast wealth -1 nra pac and your down to 65 cards and probably find it working much better

NikolajWendt

Whoops, the latest version has 5 Behind You instead of the 5 Soaks, due to the fact that the fragment can be stolen as a strike.

NikolajWendt

> Klaital wrote: > At first glance I would say you have way too many freak drives there. I use less in my Giotto's Cab deck which is all about doing zillion actions a turn and still I often have to cycle extras just hunting. > > Since your deck seems to only do one thing, you would probably be better off trimming it down to like 70 cards or so. Also since pretty much none of your vampires has superior obfuscate, you should diversify your stealth more, by using equal portions of each of the free +1 stealth at basic obf cards. Cloak the Gathering, Faceless Night, Lost in Crowds, Swallowed by the Night, Spying Mission, Domain of Evernight, Gift of Sleep. > > Try something like > > -10 freak drive > -4 stealth cards > -3 sense the sin > -1 obfuscate > -1 unleash hells fury > -2 skin of steel > -2 soak > -1 vast wealth > -1 nra pac > > and your down to 65 cards and probably find it working much better > Diversifying the stealth sounds like a good idea. It might be better with fewer cards. The first draft had 70 cards and 6 ashurs instead, but I want to be able to use the cycle ability to draw 5 cards without having to be afraid of decking myself. I was thinking that with this many freak drives I will always be able to flush my hand + get the things I want. They will be spending quite a lot blood so I am also hoping to use some of the freak drives to recoup blood via Hungry Coyote hunts.

Klaital

Thats other thing that you need to look for, you really NEED that hungry coyote, and having just one copy in 90 cards doesn't give you terribly good odds in actually getting it. Also, Behind You gives you dodge at superior obfuscate, thats not going to help you much, try just the discplineless Dodge instead.

Pascal Bertrand

Conflagration is more fun than Flames of the Netherworld. I'd play a bit more !Brujah, and use the Waste Management Operation, just in case someone burns the thing / blocks it / DI's it because it's in your opening hand / ..