What's happening, Metuselahs?
I'll post one of my favorites (if not the most) decks I play, the Valerius Maior Advanced wall deck.
After reading about this infernal warlock in the Red List supplement in Vampire: The Masquerade, and playing it as a guest in the Carna deck I played before... got totally into him.
Playing then complete !tre decks around him, mixing with camarillas, others trying to get the most minions with daimonion and infernals to use the concordance, other versions without any dai except some Conflagrations to make a good surprise, toolboxes, Malgorzata and Valerius, etc etc etc the best results I've got were with the wall type deck.
At the moment, I long for getting a Barbaro Luchesse to put a bit more of the dai, and another Concordance user... just saying...
So this is the deck as I run it atm, but I think Kyoko will be dropped, that lack of tha makes me sick:
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 7 average: 5.66667
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4x Valerius Maior, He Adv 7 AUS DAI DOM THA nec pre !Tremere:4
1x Elena Mendoza Vasq 6 AUS THA dom obt !Tremere:3
1x Selena 6 AUS DOM THA !Tremere:3
1x Yasmin the Black 6 AUS THA dom pre !Tremere:3
1x Frondator 5 AUS dom tha bishop !Tremere:4
1x Kyoko Shinsegawa 5 aus cel dom for Tremere:3
1x Neighbor John 5 AUS dom for !Ventrue:4
1x Janine 4 aus dom tha !Tremere:4
1x Martin Franckel 3 AUS tha Tremere:3
Library [90 cards]
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Action [8]
1x Abbot
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
3x Concordance
3x Magic of the Smith
Combat [25]
2x Burst of Sunlight
4x Conflagration
4x High Ground
4x Movement of the Mind
2x Rego Motus
9x Theft of Vitae
Equipment [5]
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Ivory Bow
1x Leather Jacket
1x Ruins of Ceoris
1x Kaymakli Fragment
Master [17]
2x Blood Doll
1x Fragment of the Book of Nod
1x Infernal Pact
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Barranquilla
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
1x Rotschreck
2x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x Spirit Summoning Chamber
1x University Hunting Ground
2x Vessel
1x WMRH Talk Radio
1x Wash
Reaction [33]
4x Deflection
1x Delaying Tactics
4x Eagle's Sight
2x Enhanced Senses
6x Eyes of Argus
3x Forced Awakening
4x On the Qui Vive
3x Precognition
2x Spirit's Touch
4x Telepathic Misdirection
Reaction/Action Modifier [2]
2x Sense the Sin
Points to improve that I have in mind, with the Luchesse in the crypt, increasing by 2 the Sense the Sins, maybe lowering the masters, so that I don't get my hand full of green cards and stuck, thinking about dropping the something in order to include a Melange in there....
Not the best wall, of course, but really fun to play with, and I'm playing with one of my favorite vampires of all time, it can manage to get vps also.
If you like wall decks, I encourage you to try this. It is not as effective as weenie AUS, but it grants you good times and some epic moments.
Oh hai, predator, do you obf? :)
See you in hell, Metuselahs!
Val is a really cool vampire. But I've never used him. But now I think I will. But the base version of him. Especially now with Flames of the neverworld. Make him strike with Theft, cancel opposing strike with evil eye. Then Strike:FotN. Burn!
ReplyDeleteConsider Infamous Insurgent given in the latest tournament promo. An Anarch Valerius with Groundfighting support is very effective in combat, may remove the need for Concordance.
ReplyDeleteValerius with Rutor's Hand, Concordance and Infamous Insurgent can do 3 actions in a turn and still be untapped. (or for that matter, with enough Crime Inc you'll be doing so many things...)
Flames of the Netherworld becomes doubly dangerous with Groundfighting too.
(o.o)
@Baaliprimogen
ReplyDeleteBase version can be so good, I was tempted to MotS a Drum of Xipe Totec to him, and THA/CEL with Ash Harrison and Lernean, but haven't tried that mindfuck yet.
And Maleficia on him would be very good, but I can't find a fine crypt to use also the Maleficia and be worth it. Fire... heheh
@xysing
Haven't thought about Infamous Insurgent, but the more tools you need to make decent a vampire, the weaker is the deck imo. I mean, even though Concordance is great in Valerius, I only rule 3, max 4, because I plan on using also the other minions, saving Valerius for the actions I consider he can do it best.
Also focusing too much on him, will grasp the attention of the other players, and that is no good in a red list minion xD
But after all, if you tool Valerius enough, he can be such a monster to fear (at least in Ish's World :D )
Yap, that's the issue with Superstar decks. The problem with Valerius is that he's Infernal, so he must be milked to the limit every turn. Going Anarch is easier than Concordance since you do not need any card to use him~ and there's a ton of ways to untap an Anarch - Infamous Insurgent only requires him to go Anarch, Crime Inc allows untaps, Powerbase Chicago allows untap, you add Rutor's Hand and Concordance and Magic of the Smith for Helicopter...there's hardly any other Infernal minions that can untap so many times~ worth it to pay for the untap cost.
ReplyDelete:)
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