Legendary Vampire

Legendary Vampire

Master

[2 Pool]

Unique master.
Put this card on a vampire with a capacity above 6 who was moved into your ready region during your last influence phase. This vampire gets +2 bleed and an additional 2 votes. Any vampire may call a referendum to burn this card as a +1 stealth political action.


Lately I am adding 4 copies of Legendary Vampire into most of my decks sporting fat vamps with titles and able to fight well enough to discourage uneccessary violence, e.g. Hektor in here . At the moment, I am building similar Hardestadt -based deck where I add 4 copies of Legendary Vampire as well.

I wonder if I am overplaying this card, neglecting some inherent flaw to it, or just missing better alternatives/tricks. Could you share some thoughts on it and experiences playing with or against it?

Basic things I take care of unsuring good use of the "legendary" status are:
-add more than 1 copy, so my 1st/2nd vamp can become legendary, I usually go for 4;
-use it within fighty decks, as the effect itself makes the bearer the target since turn 1;
-make sure that my vamps are titled, or I could intercept the political action to remove it (e.g. Yawp Court);
-and ofc, legendary bleeds as often as possible ))

So far (maybe 10 games) it was never removed and kicked ass with Hektor

Bleedy Inner Circle members don't want to push over Archon range, other bleeders probably can't defend it well enough.

Fighters probably shouldn't pay 2 pool, several card slots and a master phase action for something that doesn't directly support their main strategy. Exceptions like Anson+Guns may exist.

Voters love it, but only if they can easily discard extra copies. Legendary Vampire on Undele has always been a game defining play when I've done it.

I tried it and I don't like it. Bottom line, it has an awkward timing, costs 2 pool and, most crucially, is unique, meaning you're wasting a lot of master/card slots if you have multiple copies (which you need, again because of its timing window).

I guess it is quite nice in Nosferatu vote and similar decks, that can't bleed very well nor have lots of transient vote options, but generally, I stay away from that card.