Prologue My last big tournament was EC07 in which I played Lucretia & Spider-Killer DoC Concert Tour deck with Tariq and Spiridonas as sidekicks. I was the last. I realised that Life Boon as the main method of getting VP's is not solid enough to win titles (I also find out that there is a card called Blood Trade in this game). So, this time I decided to go with dominate. Deck Name: Lasombra capitalists Created By: Lasse Pöyry Description: Trying to bleed without spending all the blood from my vampires. It is good to be blocked every now and then so you are not seen as a table threat. /* I made this deck in 30 minutes and there are some second best solutions just because of my unfortunate but self-inflicted time constraint */ Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 20, Max: 31, Avg: 6,33) ---------------------------------------------- 1 Anton de Concepcion aus ANI DOM OBT POT9 Lasombra 1 Conrad Adoula ani cel DOM OBT POT8 Lasombra 1 Henri Lavenant pot qui DOM OBT 7 Lasombra 1 Tobias Smith pot DOM OBT PRE 7 Lasombra 1 Lord Vauxhall DOM OBT POT THA 7 Lasombra 1 Black Wallace obt tha DOM POT 6 Lasombra 1 Virginie obt DOM POT 6 Lasombra 1 Onaedo aus pot DOM OBT 6 Lasombra 1 Andrew Emory aus dom pot OBT 5 Lasombra 1 Ermenegildo pot DOM OBT 5 Lasombra 1 Banjoko obt pot DOM 5 Lasombra 1 Dame Hollerton myt DOM OBT 5 Kiasyd /* Bottom heavy line of capacities. I'm quite happy with my choices here */ Library: (90 cards) ------------------- Master (13 cards) 4 Vessel 4 Capitalist /* I didn't get this vessel-capitalist thing to work as well as I thought, but I still think the idea is sound */ 1 Grooming the Protege 1 Slave Auction 1 Political Hunting Ground 1 Path of Night, The 1 Elysian Fields /* Could do without all the Lasombra-masters */ Action (15 cards) 8 Scouting Mission 6 Govern the Unaligned 1 Graverobbing /* I was suprised to not be able to actually use the Graverobbing. I was expecting much more violent behavior. */ Action Modifier (24 cards) 3 Seduction 6 Threats 3 Bonding 2 Conditioning 3 Shroud of Night /* Should definitely be Shroud of Absence. I think I only have one and that wasn't in my obtenebrations cards pile */ 5 Shadow Play 1 Tenebrous Form 1 Tangle Atropos` Hand /* Didn't use this one, I had to include it because I have just this one copy and I had never played it before */ Reaction (16 cards) 3 On the Qui Vive /* Should have had more. All my other OtQV's were in different decks and I didn't have time to go through them (or I just was lazy and figured that wakes will do) */ 4 Wake with Evening`s Freshness 5 Redirection 4 Deflection Combat (16 cards) 10 Arms of the Abyss 4 Entombment 2 Disarm /* Free dodge with additional strike is so strong. Actually I was planning to get blocked every once in a while and thats why I have more combat cards than stealth. */ Ally (6 cards) 6 Nocturn /* These were supposed to be cannon fodder but I dealt differently with rush decks (in round 1 I gave Beast one hour to go forward and get an oust before trying to oust its controller. A deal that was worth it for both of us I think). But they actually served as offence and in the final table Nocturns finished both of my ousts in a single turn. */ /* Card flow was decent and I was quite happy with the balance between modifiers and combat cards. The deck in itself isn't very clever or anything, but 38 dominate cards seems to get the work done. */