Iliana's Seek-and-Destroy Emporium

Crypt

• Etrius
• Stanislava
• Don Cruez, The Idealist
• Ingrid Rossler
• Darius Styx
• Faruq
• Greger Anderssen
• Iliana
• Elisabetta Romano
• Zebulon
• Gloria Giovanni
• Daliyah
• Chandler Hungerford
• Mustafa Rahman
• Ohanna
• Smudge, The Ignored
• Igo, The Hungery

Library

Protean

• Wolf Claws (x3)-combat
• Claws of the Dead (x3)-combat
• Body of the Sun-combat
• Uncontrollable Rage(x2)-modifier
• Earth Meld(x2)-combat
• Earth Control(x2)-modifier
• Horrific Countenance(x3)-modifier
• Gleam of Red Eyes(x2)-combat
• Form of Mist (x2)-combat/modifier

Dominate

• Bonding(x2)-modifier
• Threats-modifier
• Conditioning(x2)-modifier
• Govern the Unaligned(X3)-action
• Dominate Kine-action
• Grave Robbing-action
• Foreshadowing Destruction-modifier

Thaumaturgy

• Walk of Flame(X3)-combat
• Blood to Water

Masters

• The Parthenon-unique location
• Inbase Discotek, Frankfurt-unique location
• Protracted Investment
• Mob Connections
• Vulnerability
• London Evening Star, Tabloid Newspaper-unique location
• Effective Management (x3)
• Information Highway-unique loaction
• Protean (x2)
• Dominate (x2)
• Rotschreck
• Minion Tap (x3)
• Blood Doll (x2)
• Guardian Angel
• Secure Haven (X2)

Action

• Return to Innocence
• Atonement
• Revelation of the Sire

Reactions

• Legacy of Power
• Conflict of Interests
• Wake With Evenings Freshness (x3)

Combat

• Dodge (x3)
• Boxed In
• Lucky Blow (X2)
• Ritual of the Bitter Rose-combat/modifier
• Dead-End Alley

Political

• Archon
• Peace Treaty
• Praxis Seizure: Dublin
• Praxis Seizure: Houston
• Wrath of the Inner Circle
• Protect Thine Own

Action Modifiers

• Clan Loyalty (X3)

Retainers

• Faithful Servant
• Mr. Winthrop-unique retainer

Equipment

• Soul Gem of Etrius-unique equipment
• Flak Jacket (x2)
• Palatial Estate (x2)

Notes

Card Limits/Environment

Three Card Limit

House Rules

If a blocking minion is burned or sent to torpor in combat, the acting minion's action is successful. No other minions may attempt to block the action. If a combat is manuevered to long range, it stays at long range until a minion maneuvers back to close range (i.e. if a minion maneuvers to long range first round the combat begins at long range the second and subsequent rounds as well unless someone uses a card or equipment to manuever to close again.)

Combat Defense

Bleed aggressively using Clan Loyalty and/or Horrific Countenance followed by Dominate modifiers to whittle opponent down quickly, using aggravated damage to deal with anyone who tries to get in your way.

Bleed Defense

Use Palatial Estates combined with Blood Dolls and Minion Taps to keep a steady stream of pool flowing in. Again, light intercept combined with aggravated damage

Vote Defense

As Bleed, plus use title-bearing vampires and Praxis Seizures to swing almost ensure most votes will swing in your favor.

Commentary

I've always enjoyed multi-clan decks with bizarre discipline combinations over anything else, so I figured "what could I do with Protean, Dominate and Thaumaturgy?" So far, I've been surprisingly pleased with the results. The name comes from a running joke about how the deck only seems to win when Iliana is in my active region. The goal is to get either Iliana, Elisabetta Romano or Etrius active early on and then attack your prey mercilessly while judiciously activating more minions as resources allow. I personally would prefer a four-card limit but the regular players here have the three-card rule.

The Seek-and-Destroy Emporium is a fun, fast deck to play but I wouldn't recommend it in against a heavy Fortitude deck or against those who stack their decks whith Rotshrecks. Running out of aggro cards is a real danger in games of 4+ players. If it happens, try and get your blood doll "factories" set up, use minion tap conservatively and try and ride out the storm. You may not win a lot, but you'll definately oust your fair share. Trust me.

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