This is a version of a soul-gem combo deck which was invented by Rehlow and played with some success by him at the recent tournament in Butler. i built this deck the moment i read it and have been tinkering about with it ever since so's to make it a storyline-legal Giovanni deck. In so doing i discovered structural features of the deck which make it uncompetitive in the UK environment, and so i have adjusted it quite significantly, finally managing to win a game with it on Sunday night [3rd February]. In this form i think you could win a few games with it but you need to be clear that it's a trick-deck and although it works beautifully when it does work, it can grind to an embarassing halt every so often. Definitely one to keep around for laughs, though, and i shall probably play it in a storyline tournament some time this month. DECK NAME: One-third of the Beast [222 = 666/3; played in a friendly on 02/02/02, and 20 masters/20 actions/20 action modifiers] CONCEPT: Rehlow's The Combo made legal for Storyline tourneys, and tweaked so as to at least approach competitiveness in the UK metagame. Basically, the Baron brings out your entire crypt in one turn. CREATED BY: The basic idea is ENTIRELY Rehlow's, and good work by him. All i [Legbiter] have done is tweak it. CRYPT [16 vampire cards, 75% giovanni] Le Dinh Tho 6 x Pochtli Andrea Giovanni Egothha Rafaele Giovanni Gillespi Giovanni Kanimana Belghazi Carlotta Giovanni The Baron Rudolpho Giovanni Isabel Giovanni LIBRARY [60 cards] MASTERS [20] 6 x Minion Tap 2 x Dreams of the Sphinx 4 x Vast Wealth 6 x Coroner's contact Elder Library The Barrens ACTIONS/EQUIPMENT [20] 9 x Possession 2 x Soul Gem of Etrius 9 x Force of Will ACTION MODIFIERS [20] 2 x Faceless Night 5 x Seduction 3 x Spectral Divination 6 x Call of the Hungry Dead 2 x Cloak the gathering 2 x Lost in Crowds PLAYING NOTES: Aim is to get The Baron out as quickly as possible, you have to remain ABSOLUTELY focussed on that. Once he is out, minion tap him down to one, and equip with the soul gem. Force of Will at inferior - The Baron burns, triggering the Soul Gem. The new vampire possesses the baron out of the ash-heap using superior necromancy. The Baron taps to take the soul gem, and bleeds with Force of will as before. If you have Pochtli out and the new vampire is another Pochtli he burns and you get the NEXT vampire. If you have Kanimana or Le Dinh Tho out and you get the other Nagaraja you don't have to pay another three - the Scarce rule only refers to situations where you move the vampire from your uncontrolled to your active region, not to cases where you move the vampire from the top of your crypt to your active region.