DECK: Brit-Turbo, or, Tribute to the Rehlow CREATED BY: Legbiter, but firmly based on the original idea of Matt Rehlow. This version got second place in the May Ramstein tournament, Germany. A closely-similar version recently won a tournament in Sweden; sadly i have forgottten the player's name [Erik, maybe?] and i'm not sure whether he cloned it directly from Matt or from me. CONCEPT: The Baron, on one blood, acquires the soul gem, then bleeds with inferior Force of Will [and burns]. The next vampire in the crypt is [a] younger, and [b] has superior necromancy, so it comes into play on full blood, and possesses the Baron back into play. This fresh baron is not bound by NRA, so it can do exactly the same thing again. Easily capable of running through 15 pool in a single turn; mutates from a trick deck into a swarm in the process [don't neglect to use the specials on the other vampires you bring out, they can be crucial to victory]. Hard but fun to play, its banes are contesting, static intercept intelligently deployed, and rush-combat. i would rate this right up there with ToGP as a novel and heart-breakingly competitive deck, and i would also point out that it is REALLY cheap to build, VERY few rares [only the Soul Gems are essential, and really you only need one]. POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS: This deck really needs to go up to 90 cards, keeping the overall proportions, which also means its crypt has to be increased. How this might be done is indicated below. CRYPT [12 vampires] [raise to 14; add Isabel Giovanni and Rudolpho Giovanni] Andrea Giovanni Gillespi Giovanni Rafaele Giovanni Kanimana Belghazi Agaitas, the Scholar of Antiquities Le Dinh Tho Egothha Carlotta Giovanni Anisa Marianna Lopez The Baron Pochtli Gisela Harden, the Winnower LIBRARY [71 cards] [raise to 90] MASTERS [26] [raise to 32] The Barrens Coroner's Contact x 6 [raise to 8] Dreams of the Sphinx x 2 Elder Library Fragment of the Book of Nod Minion Tap x 7 [raise to 9] The Parthenon Storage Annex Vast Wealth x 5 [raise to 7] Visit from the Capuchin ACTIONS/EQUIPMENT [24] [raise to 30] Force of Will x 10 [raise to 13] Possession x 10 [raise to 13] Psychic Veil x 2 Soul Gem of Etrius x 2 ACTION MODIFIERS [21] [raise to 28] Call of the Hungry Dead x 6 [8] Cloak the Gathering x 2 [3] Daring the Dawn x 3 [4] Faceless Night x 2 [3] Lost in Crowds x 2 [3] Seduction x 3 [probably should replace these by more Daring the Dawn or Faceless Night, or other stealth cards] Spectral Divination x 3 [4]