Wednesday morning saw me visiting Diego’s Pad once again to play VtM Rivals.

It was a chance to try out the changes I made to my blue deck. Diego was also trying out his first built Rivals deck.

Below are our two leaders for the mornings games.

Our first game was a victory for Diego by knocking out my last vampire in my coterie. I’d shuffled my deck too well and wasn’t hitting the newly added reaction cards. Or when I did it was too late. I also remember running dangerously low on my prestige in this game too. Which meant I also wasn’t hitting any of my prestige generating cards.

Game two ended in an agenda points win for Diego.

Something I was unable to stop.

In this game I failed to control the streets, so there was a build up of citizens and vagrants.

The game did last a lot longer. The control side was working really well. The reaction cards were impactful.

I did mill Diego! And for a couple of rounds had Diego down to zero or one card in hand. Having two copies of mental block out meant a lot of pain for Diego.

I’m happier the deck is working a lot better.

Ok here is the bit folks really want to see, the new deck list.

Blue V2.0

• Agenda – Death is Only the Beginning
• Haven – Eternal Life Mortuary
• Leader – Annika (Hecata)

Vampire Deck

• Faith Gray (Tremere)
• Lorenzo Murik (Tremere)
• Anjali the Samedi (Hecata)
• Bianca Giovanni (Hecata)
• Kristin (Hecata)
• Nathaniel (Hecata)

Library

• Second Tradition: The Domain (Action Ongoing)
• Sleep of the Damned (Ritual) x 2
• The Shakedown (Action) x 3
• Clairvoyance (Action) x 2
• Blood Makes Noise (Ritual)
• Truth of Blood (Ritual)
• Mental Block (Unhosted Action Ongoing) x 3
• Tenebrous Avatar (Reaction) x 3
• Fortify the Inner Facade (Reaction) x 3
• Defense of the Sacred Haven (Ritual) x 2
• Grave Robbing (Action) x 3
• Early Grave (Action) x 2
• Seek Knowledge (Ritual) x 2
• Fourth Tradition: The Accounting (Action) x 3
• Flesh of Marble (Reaction Special) x 2
• Spirit’s Touch (Action) x 2
• Hardened Flesh (Reaction)
• The Mighty Fall (Attack/Reaction) x 2
• Slap in the Face (Reaction) x 2

Thoughts

So approximately a third of the deck are reaction cards! That’s a pretty big commitment.

With me milling Diego in game two I want to try this deck with the Disheveled Shelves agenda.

I’m also thinking maybe cutting back the rituals and adding in the wraith cards!

I still need rituals to increase the havens secrecy. But I’m not really getting the opportunity or deciding to play them. Which means the vampire slots might be open to consideration also.