Monday, September 20, 2010

Call of the Hungry Dead: Geeky Zombies

This deck was a cute idea which sprung out of my head when I saw Anu Diptinatpa. Still in the testing phases though. After a couple of games, I've swapped out things like Computer Hacking, Leverage, and Change of Target for bounces and more blood gain. The idea is that Anu and the Giovanni will recruit Shambling Hordes to act as both muscle and also bleeders, using Anu's ability and Mouthpiece. Still needs more testing and tweaking methinks..

Deck Name: Geeky Zombies

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 14, Max: 28, Avg: 5.5)
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5 Anu Diptinatpa DOM NEC aus vic7 Nagaraja
2 Accorri Giovanni DOM POT ani nec6 Giovanni
1 Gianmaria Giovanni POT dom nec obt5 Giovanni
2 Kay Polerno dom necpro 4 Giovanni
2 Stephen Milliner necpre 3 Giovanni

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (12 cards)
3 Path of Bone, The
2 Giant`s Blood
3 Perfectionist
1 Failsafe
1 Barrens, The
1 Villein
1 Coven, The

Action (1 cards)
1 Emergency Rations

Action Modifier (26 cards)
11 Mouthpiece
8 Conditioning
7 Call of the Hungry Dead

Reaction (12 cards)
6 On the Qui Vive
6 Deflection

Combat (10 cards)
4 Trap
6 Fake Out

Ally (18 cards)
1 Ossian
1 Leonardo, Mortician
14 Shambling Hordes
2 Arcanum Investigator

Retainer (2 cards)
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1 Malajit Chandramouli

Equipment (2 cards)
1 Palatial Estate
1 Ritual Scalpel

Combo (7 cards)
7 Spectral Divination

Primary Oust Method:
Bleed, bleed, and bleed. When Shambling Hordes declare a bleed for 0, your prey has to think whether they should block or not. If they do, the Horde can try its best to beat up the opposing vampire. If they don't block, boost the bleed with Anu, and Mouthpiece/Conditioning. Keeping Anu well stocked with blood is important for this deck. Don't waste her blood on things other than bleeding unless really necessary, and try to slap a Perfectionist on her so she can replenish her blood. Keep the pressure up, bleed with the weenie Giovanni and the Hordes. Try not to risk Anu unless you have enough stealth in hand. Meanwhile, deflect big bleeds to your prey, and beat up your Predator's vampires if necessary. One sneaky trick is to use Anu to boost your Predator's bleed to 4 if he is bleeding for 3, and then pull an Archon Investigation on him.

Secondary Oust Method:
Send your prey's vampires into torpor with the Shambling Hordes. Not as easy as it sounds though. Alot of things can foil a zombie attack, even if you have a Trap and Fake Out in hand. But against unprepared vampires, it still packs a punch. Or you could hope your predator is a Dom bleeder and bounce his bleeds.

Plan C:
Help somebody on the table sweep by boosting all their bleeds...

Strengths:
-Shambling Hordes can pull double duty, bruise and bleed.
-Being able to boost all your bleeds by 1 is powerful indeed.
-Anu enables you to perform a sort of table control by boosting the bleeds of other Methuselahs to your own advantage.

Weaknesses:
-Having a group 5/6 Crypt means that there isn't much choice.
-Beyond +1 intercept from Spectral Divination, the deck cannot block anything which is at stealth.
-Poor combat defence. Only have the Hordes to stand in the way of rushes, and Fake Out..
-Deck tends to rely on Anu. If she goes down, you'll be in a tough spot.

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