New player here. Lasombra Combat with a little bit of Bleed deck G4/5

Hi, So I'm new to the game. Came from VTES as general and a few weeks back i finally said frick it and bought some cards. So far I have played three games. First one being more of a learning one for both me and my opponent. Last we played in three players. Now I think I understand the basics and can now see why cards are put in a deck and what they should do. So as I already played my favourite clan Baali as a bleed deck in the first game I decided to try and play my second favourite clan Lasombra. I didn't want to play bleed again, at least not full bleed. So instead I tried a more combat oriented deck with a bit of bleed. I lost with it but held out pretty long and delt some decent damage. This is the deck: Crypt(14)G4/5 4 Badr, Shadow of Granada 7 OBT POT DOM 4 Virginie, Prodigy 6 obt POT DOM 2 Ermenegildo, The Rake 5 OBT pot DOM 2 Lucy Markowitz 3 dom bot 2 Claudia 2 obt library(80) 2 Obtenebration 9 Arms of the Abyss 6 Govern the Unaligned 2 Black Metamorphosis 6 Eyes of the Night 6 Shadow Play 4 Shroud of Night 4 Entombment 4 Dark Steel 1 Path of Night, The 1 Political Hunting Ground 4 Deflection 1 Dragonbound 6 Torn Signpost 4 On the Qui Vive 4 Immortal Grapple 3 Ashur Tablets 2 Villein 3 Vessel 2 Bonding 2 Conditioning 2 Kevlar Vest 2 Political Struggle One thing I'm sure about is I want to keep Badr in there for her reduction of blood costs of OBT and Black metamorhphosis as a combat tool Do you have any suggestions?

By using VDB , you can have a better view of your deck: Deck Name: New Imported Deck Author: ankha Description: Crypt (14 cards, min=10 max=28 avg=5.14) ======================================== 4x Badr, Shadow of Granada 7 DOM OBT POT Lasombra:5 4x Virginie, Prodigy 6 obt DOM POT bishop Lasombra:4 2x Ermenegildo, The Rake 5 pot DOM OBT Lasombra:4 2x Lucy Markowitz 3 dom obt Lasombra:4 2x Claudia 2 obt Lasombra:5 Library (80 cards) ================== Master (12) 3x Ashur Tablets 2x Obtenebration 1x Path of Night, The 1x Political Hunting Ground 3x Vessel 2x Villein Action (10) 2x Black Metamorphosis 6x Govern the Unaligned 2x Political Struggle Equipment (2) 2x Kevlar Vest Action Modifier (14) 2x Bonding 2x Conditioning 6x Shadow Play 4x Shroud of Night Reaction (14) 4x Deflection 6x Eyes of the Night 4x On the Qui Vive Combat (27) 9x Arms of the Abyss 4x Dark Steel 4x Entombment 4x Immortal Grapple 6x Torn Signpost Event (1) 1x Dragonbound Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

> Crypt (14 cards, min=10 max=28 avg=5.14) > ======================================== > 4x Badr, Shadow of Granada 7 DOM OBT POT Lasombra:5 > 4x Virginie, Prodigy 6 obt DOM POT bishop Lasombra:4 > 2x Ermenegildo, The Rake 5 pot DOM OBT Lasombra:4 > 2x Lucy Markowitz 3 dom obt Lasombra:4 > 2x Claudia 2 obt Lasombra:5 > I don't think it's really useful to double Lucy and Claudia. Also, Virginie seems an odd choice if you plan to play OBT POT combat, because she doesn't have superior OBF. > Library (80 cards) > ================== > Master (12) 3x Ashur Tablets > 2x Obtenebration > 1x Path of Night, The > 1x Political Hunting Ground > 3x Vessel > 2x Villein > Ashur Tablets are not very useful in a combat deck since they tend to hinder your cardflow. And 3 copies are not enough to really use them as your third copy may be in the 20 last cards of your deck. I'd remove them, remove the Obtenebration skill to include a vampire that already has OBT. And if you want to play combat, there are a few cards that could be useful, such as Fame. > Action (10) 2x Black Metamorphosis > 6x Govern the Unaligned > 2x Political Struggle > Keep in mind that Political Struggle requires one action before being able to enter combat. 2 rush cards seem very low if you plan to enter combat to use your combat cards (since you won't block much). > Equipment (2) 2x Kevlar Vest > These are good cards, but are they worth the action? > Action Modifier (14) 2x Bonding > 2x Conditioning > 6x Shadow Play > 4x Shroud of Night > I'm not sure that lot of stealth is compatible with a combat deck. Are you planning to stealth your bleeds for 1, or do you prefer entering combat? > Reaction (14) 4x Deflection > 6x Eyes of the Night > 4x On the Qui Vive > Eyes of the Night is a great card, but you'll never get pass 1 intercept. If you plan to block, at least include an Aranthebes and a WMRH Talk Radio for extra intercept. Too bad Under Siege and Badr don't work together (Badr is Independent) > Combat (27) 9x Arms of the Abyss > 4x Dark Steel > 4x Entombment > 4x Immortal Grapple > 6x Torn Signpost > 27 combat cards don't make a combat deck, you'd need almost the double. Also, it's weird to play Arms of the Abyss / Entombment, and Immortal Grapple/Torn Signpost since those are two mutually exclusive combat strategies. > Event (1) 1x Dragonbound > I'd start with some copies of Fame before adding a Dragonbound. Dragonbound is not a great idea when you play Entombment since vampires will have the blood to get out. So, my advice would be to switch to some real oust module and strategy, for instance: Fame (at least 4) Arms of the Abyss / Entombment Haven Uncovered / Political Struggle The strategy would be to send to torpor the Fame with Entombment, then rescue it (by spending his blood), then send it back again to torpor. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

If we really want to play with Black Meta then we need combat module which uses both additional strikes and presses. Something like this: Deck Name: Badr Meta Author: elotar Crypt (12 cards, min=20 max=29 avg=6.08) ======================================== 3x Badr, Shadow of Granada 7 DOM OBT POT Lasombra:5 2x Onaedo 6 aus pot DOM OBT Lasombra:4 2x Otieno 6 ani dom OBT POT Lasombra:4 2x Andrew Emory 5 aus dom pot OBT bishop Lasombra:4 2x Ermenegildo, The Rake 5 pot DOM OBT Lasombra:4 1x Charles Delmare 8 cel DOM OBT POT cardinal Lasombra:5 Library (90 cards) ================== Master (11) 2x Dreams of the Sphinx 1x Elysian Fields 2x Fame 1x Path of Night, The 3x Perfectionist 1x Tension in the Ranks 1x WMRH Talk Radio Action (18) 1x Aranthebes, The Immortal 3x Black Metamorphosis 8x Govern the Unaligned 6x Harass Action Modifier (4) 3x Conditioning 1x Foreshadowing Destruction Reaction (21) 7x Deflection 2x Delaying Tactics 4x Eyes of the Night 4x On the Qui Vive 1x Redirection 3x Wake with Evening's Freshness Combat (36) 8x Dark Steel 8x Darkness Within 4x Glancing Blow 6x Immortal Grapple 4x Taste of Vitae 6x Torn Signpost NC Russia