This is kind of a back-to-basics deck, a phrase unfortunately reminiscent of a campaign by the last conservative government which, after a number of high-profile revelations of cabinet sleaze, was irreverently redubbed the back-to-my-place campaign. But i digress. It's the wine. i am just back from playing at the lovely [but cruel] Louisa Cowie's house, where i got 4/7 VPs, the others going to Anam [1] and Ian [2]. As some of you may know, i am currently on a voting/fighting kick, having decided that these are the two areas of the game i like best. And it's not that i'm bored with my Nossies, it's just that i wanted a change and a challenge, so, inspired by the success of the Tatu/Legbiter experiment described in a previous post, i made the following deck from two boxes of Jyhad boosters [less what we used to build Michael's mainly-Brujah bash-bleeders]: Legbiter's American Beauty Deck Vote/Bash deck, mainly Tories. All-Jyhad Theme deck, built from slightly less than two boxes of jyhad boosters. CRYPT: 12 vamps Delilah Easton 2 pre Colin Flynn 3 cel aus Dorain Strack 4 cel AUS Felicia Mostrom 5 pre CEL AUS Ramiel Dupre 5 aus cel dom PRE Adrianne 6 pot pre cel aus +1 bleed Rake 6 pot aus cel PRE Prince of Atlanta Elliott Sinclair 7 cel aus PRE Primogen +1 Hand damage Tatiana Romanova 7 pre cel AUS Prince +1 Bleed Anson 8 dom aus PRE CEL Prince of Seattle Free Parthenon Anneke 10 dom PRE CEL AUS Toreador Justicar +1 bleed Free Eagles' Sight Masika 10 PRE CEL AUS Primogen +1 Bleed Untap between turns LIBRARY: 90 cards ACTIONS [5] Bloodhunt The Fifth Tradition: Hospitality Pulse of the Canaille The Third Tradition: Progeny x 2 ACTION MODIFIERS [8] Bewitching Oration x 2 Bribes x 2 Scorn of Adonis Telepathic Vote Counting Voter captivation x 2 COMBAT [18] Aura Reading x 2 Blur x 4 Fast hands Flash x 4 Majesty x 3 Sideslip x 2 Vampiric Speed x 2 EQUIPMENT [7] .44 magnum Aaron's Feeding Razor Flak Jacket Flame Thrower x 2 [wooden] Stake x 2 MASTERS [19] Aching Beauty x 2 Art Museum Blood Doll x 2 Elysium: The Arboretum Fame Giant's Blood Golconda Major Boon Minion Tap x 2 Powerbase - Chicago Powerbase - Washington, DC Presence x 2 The Rack Society HG Society of Leopold REACTIONS [18] Eagle's Sight x 2 Enhanced Senses x 3 The Second Tradition - Domain The Spirit's Touch x 3 Telepathic Misdirection x 5 Wake with Evening's Freshness x 4 RETAINER [1] Resplendent Protector VOTES [14] Archon x 2 Consanguineous Boon x 2 Disputed Territory Kindred Restructure Kine Resources Contested x 6 Parity Shift Political Flux No stealth to speak of, of course, and so i was a bit lucky not to be sitting next to John Eagles's Tzimisce guys. But this was a serious game and a big table, no card-limits or anything like that, and my victims were Ian Stubbington [tied with Rob Treasure in the last Wednesday night final], Michael aka Anklebiter [7 VPs in the last tournament] and Louisa Cowie [who whopped my Nossie ass in the last game at her house, and got 3 VPs in the last tournament]. All of which is to say that a not TERRIBLY original [except in theme] deck built from a limited card-pool can still be competitive and good fun to play in the rough, tough world of fin-de-siecle Jyhad. Total cost of this deck to me was absolutely nothing, since all the cards were gifts from David T.