Adam's NAC Deck 1 - Rule of Four

Deck Name:  Rule of Four
Created By:  Adam Hulse
Description: An AUS CEL PRE "four-card limit" deck (Obviously the name of the deck ruins the surprise)
The previous iteration ran concealed weapon and .44 magnums, but I figured the NAC would be much more cut-throat so I wanted to save on pool and card slots.

Results: Made into finals at DC Qualifier and Day 1 NAC, won a pick-up game.

Crypt: (12 cards)
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  1  Emerson Wilkershire III       pre              2  Toreador

  1  Michael Luther                   aus pre         4  Toreador

  1  Thomas De Lutrius             aus cel pre    4  Toreador         

  1  Barth                              aus cel PRE     5  Toreador
  1  Antoinette                       AUS cel obf PRE 6  Toreador

  1  Redbone McCray           cel pro AUS PRE 6  Toreador Antitribu
  1  Marguerite Foccart                 aus pot CEL PRE 6  Brujah

  2  Ira Rivers*                         ani AUS CEL pre 7  Toreador

  2  Kateline Nadasdy               AUS CEL PRE  7 Toreador

  1  Eugene                         AUS CEL FOR PRE 8    Toreador


Library: (90 cards)
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Master (16 cards)

  3  Anarch Troublemaker
  1  Powerbase Montreal

  2  Dreams of the Sphinx
  1  Art Museum
  2  Perfectionist

  2  Vessel

  2  Villein

  2  Blood Doll
  2  Sudden Reversal

  1  Sunset Strip, Hollywood**

Action (18 cards)
  4  Enchant Kindred
  4  Legal Manipulations
  4  Public Trust

  4  Entrancement

  2  Mind Numb

 

Equipment (1 cards)
  1  .44 Magnum***

Action Modifier (4 cards)
  4  Aire of Elation

Reaction (24 cards)
  4  Eyes of Argus
  4  Forced Awakening
  4  Telepathic Misdirection
  4  My Enemy`s Enemy
  4  Quicken Sight
  4  On the Qui Vive

Combat (23 cards)

  4  Pursuit
  4  Side Strike

  4  Charsimatic Aura

  4  Target Vitals

  3  Weighted Walking Stick

Combo (4 cards)
  4  Resist Earth`s Grasp


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* The focus of this version was Ira Rivers because I wanted to take advantage of his auspex special and the +1 in against political actions (with Marguerite Foccart!).

**This was a knee-jerk reaction to all my guys getting torpored due to Nephandi+Unmasking. Probably should be a Pentex or another Anarch Troublemaker. Or maybe Elysium: Sforzesco Castle if you want to make the metagame cry (that's a different article).

***An argument could be said to add the Big Three (Heart, Bowl, Ivory Bow), but I didn't want to take the actions.

I found this deck to be fun to play, very amusing and quite strong. Anarch Troublemaker with surprise power presence bleed is quite strong. Imagine that.  I received many comments (i.e. complaints from my opponents), that "it's a wall deck!", "it's a combat deck!", "its got a heavy payload!". Cracked me up. 

In truth, it's really what ever you want to make it (which is what makes it so much fun to play). To play this deck, you just have to play cards. Imagine that.  Play your reactions to draw your bleed. Play your bleed to draw your reactions. Play combat for both.

Possible changes:
There are a lot of ways to change this deck a little (besides what I mentioned above) and still keep to theme. I'll mention a couple of ideas that crossed my mind.
- Switching Mind Numb for Nose of the Hound pairs with Ira's Special
- Resplendent protector seems interesting. No one would block it and its useful all the time.
- Lot of different celerity combat to try (but keep to the 4x theme, its worth it in my opinion to test).*

- Instead of Delaying Tactics, between Kateline Nadasdy, Michael Luther and the few votes the deck has, I found myself actually wishing for some scalpel tongue. Making the second vampire TAP is very strong for this deck (will probably make the cut in the next iteration).

*So at first glance, Pulled Fangs looks good, but I wouldn't recommend it. You can never play it without some other card, and you actually want them to hunt. Them tapping is always a good thing for presence bleed. :-)




So that's the deck! Hope that this gives people some ideas for their own decks. Enjoy!

Adam