Clan-by-clan – Chapter 1 part 3 – Ventrue
Group 3: 
Edward Vignes
Clan: Ventrue (group 3)
Capacity: 6
Disciplines: DOM PRE for
Camarilla: You may burn a card that requires Dominate from your hand to cause an action directed at Edward to fail.
Edward in another great Ventrue – he doesn’t have a title but his special is awesome. It’s almost impossible to rush/temptate/rape him and the more players try to harm him the more we cycle our hand. Although there is only one working archetype featuring Edward, which is “Power bleed”, that’s a real Tier 1 deck. The deck is very straightforward and very,very effective. The problem is that many players use to play that deck on larger tournaments as it guarantees you several VPs, so during tbig tournaments like EC Day 1 you would probably see several decks featuring Edward. The idea is simple – influence as many vampires as possible in 3-4 rounds and start bleeding. If you’re lucky you should get your first VP in round 5-6 or so. This deck has problems against weenie decks, mid cap – walls, and ally decks as it concentrates on block denial/tap minion cards.
General rule – the less players remain there on the table, the simpler the game is for you – so try to oust preys one by one as quick as possible, before the whole table becomes your predator…
Common cards :
- Govern the Unaligned – bleed bonus, influence speed up,
- Deflection – bleed defense,
- Majesty – combat defense,
- Daring the dawn – block denial card
- Seduction – block denial card
- Anarch Troublemaker – tap minions card,
- Misdirection – tap minion card,
- Pentex ™ Subversion – switch off a minion card,
- Jake Washington – blood gain, chump blocker,
How to play against that type of deck :
If you play a rush deck, the idea is simple – kill all the vampires except Edward (you will probably never enter combat with him) then try to block his bleeds, rescue torpor, hunt actions and simply torporize him, however it may not be simple task. If you play wall, it’s rather simple to stop Edward, however if there are 4+ vampires on the table, you may have some problems. Ally decks are also effective agains Edward. Any other types of decks must be very carefull (i.e. there are many bounce cards in that deck so bleed slowly, or do not bleed at all, in order not to help Edward oust his prey). Try to find allies on the table, if you don’t work together Edward is probably going to kill all of you.
Probably the best build was designed by TTC Master (Orian Gissler)
Conditioning Paris, France December 12, 2009 26 players 3R + F Orian Gissler's Tournament Winning Deck Deck Name: Collier of Love Created By: TTC_master aka Orian Gissler Description: Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 14, Max: 23, Avg: 4,66) ---------------------------------------------- 1 Boss Callihan dom for pro PRE 5 Ventrue 1 Catherine du Bois for obf pre DOM 5 Ventrue 1 Diana Vick dom pre 3 Ventrue 3 Edward Vignes for DOM PRE 6 Ventrue 1 Gloria Giovanni nec DOM 4 Giovanni 1 Ilyana Ravidovich aus dom for pre 5 Ventrue 1 Ingrid Russo for DOM 4 Ventrue Antitribu 1 Lana Butcher dom for 3 Ventrue 1 Peter Blaine aus dom for 4 Ventrue Antitribu 1 Ranjan Rishi for DOM PRE 5 Ventrue Library: (72 cards) ------------------- Master (11 cards) 2 Anarch Troublemaker 1 Coven, The 1 Giant`s Blood 2 Jake Washington (Hunter) 2 Misdirection 3 Pentex Subversion Action (18 cards) 2 Entrancement 14 Govern the Unaligned 2 Mind Numb Action Modifier (20 cards) 4 Bonding 7 Conditioning 4 Daring the Dawn 2 Foreshadowing Destruction 3 Seduction Reaction (18 cards) 10 Deflection 4 On the Qui Vive 2 Redirection 2 Wake with Evening`s Freshness Combo (5 cards) 5 Force of Personality
