i made this deck with the contents of just over two boxes of Jyhad boosters, plus cards i have won in tourneys. i've already built two remarkably competitive decks from this pool - Nosferatu "Kagemusha" Happy Families deck, and Anam and Ian's wedding deck. This one used the leftovers, and positively STORMED to victory just now against Sarah's HF Ravnos and Michael's Anklebiter Goes Tactical deck. At the end i actually had over 30 pool, 6 vampires [1 in torpor], 2 outcast mages, loyal street gang, Arms dealer, Thadius Zho and a renegade garou armed with the assault rifle! CRYPT [15 vampires] 2 x Igo the Hungry Dre, Leader of the Cold dawn Roreca Quaid Uma Hatch Dr John Casey Rake Giuliano Vincenzi Lydia van Cuelen Lupo Angel Vliam Andor Anastasia Grey Jing Wei Ricki van Demsy LIBRARY [90 cards] MASTERS [18] Ascendance x 8 The Barrens Effective Management x 3 Information Highway Misdirection x 3 Presence x 2 DISCIPLINELESS [63] Arms Dealer x 2 Assault Rifle Autarkis Persecution x 7 Bribes x 5 Brujah Justicar Change of Target x 2 Computer Hacking x 10 Cryptic Rider Dramatic Upheaval The Embrace x 2 Praxis Seizure: Chicago Praxis Seizure: Cleveland Praxis Seizure: Dallas Praxis Seizure: Seattle Kine Resources Contested Lucky Blow x 4 Conservative Agitation x 4 Outcast Mage x 2 Renegade Garou x 3 Thadius Zho [Mage] Tremere Justicar x 2 The Knights Loyal Street gang x 2 Fake Out x 4 Zip Gun x 3 PRESENCE [9] Bewitching Oration x 4 Charming Lobby Disarming Presence x 2 Dread Gaze Legal Manipulations i actually didn't play ANY presence cards in this game, so they are probably questionable - i shall keep them at least until i've tested the deck in bigger/more competitive games. Lucky Blows might be better as extra fake Outs, dodges or Flak/leather jackets. Autarkis Persecution and recruiting allies worked a treat, misdirection and computer hacking and change of target all working smoothly together in their usual way. Could probably lose an effective management or two and thereby find space for SR and KRCG NEws Radio. Ascendance is GREAT in this deck. Not hard to devise a strategy to beat this deck, of course, but it does demonstrate that you can build a decent deck out of cheap and/or sucky cards.