Random idea for chameleon abuse

Deck Name : Shalmath's Gotta Catch em All v01
Author : Blooded Sand
Description :
Shalmath, Baron, and madness network funkiness


Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 10 max: 10 average: 10

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12x Shalmath 10 POT PRE TEM True Bruj:6


Library [90 cards]

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Action [30]
6x Chameleon
3x Cheat the Fates
3x Clan Impersonation
6x Clotho's Gift
3x Fee Stake: Corte
3x Fee Stake: Perth
1x Hourglass of the Mind
5x Summon History

Action Modifier [19]
6x Domain of Evernight
4x Pocket Out of Time
3x Recurring Contemplation
6x Tangle Atropos' Hand

Action Modifier/Reaction [2]
2x Hall of Hades' Court

Ally [5]
1x Harzomatuili
1x High Top
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)
1x Ossian
1x Remnant of the Endless Storm

Combat [6]
6x Outside the Hourglass

Equipment [6]
2x AK-47
1x Aaron's Feeding Razor
1x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1x Sargon Fragment, The
1x Signet of King Saul, The

Event [2]
1x Inconnu Tutelage
1x Unmasking, The

Master [17]
9x Ashur Tablets
4x Development
3x Madness Network
1x Perfectionist

Reaction [3]
3x Rewind Time


Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Mon Sep 28 17:07:22 2015]


This is a first iteration, kinda want it to get ankaara, get baron, go malk, and then hunt or steal vamps as often as possible

There are a lot of problems in your strategy:

1. How do you expect to kill?
2. What will you do after you play your first Chameleon? You're playing no Banishment.
3. How do you expect to survive bleed&stealth, vote or combat decks?

IMO, you should focus either on:

-Chameleon (Arishat and co. as friends, with vote push and Banishments)
-Madness Network (maybe getting Heart of the City and bleed retainers and profiting from Shalmath's special)


I really don't see how your deck will work...

cordovader wrote: There are a lot of problems in your strategy:

yup, v01, these decks usually start gelling at v10 onwards

cordovader wrote: 1. How do you expect to kill?

by bleeding my prey with his own vamps

cordovader wrote: 2. What will you do after you play your first Chameleon? You're playing no Banishment.

why would i want to play banishment? no unique cluase, no may only play one, etc etc. no till end of turn, it is a PERMANENT steal

cordovader wrote: 3. How do you expect to survive bleed&stealth, vote or combat decks?

Werewolves are good against combat/ligt stealth bleed. Against heavy stealth send wolfies backwards t nuke stuff. against vote decks? steal their voters.

cordovader wrote: IMO, you should focus either on:

-Chameleon (Arishat and co. as friends, with vote push and Banishments)
-Madness Network (maybe getting Heart of the City and bleed retainers and profiting from Shalmath's special)
I really don't see how your deck will work...

This is essentially a slight rebuild of mycurrent shalmath and his bazillion buddies deck, so the malk network is there to allow shally to do silly things like hunt for 3, sargons a chameleon/SH/whatever is needed back into my hand, bleed for 1, or other generally annoying actions
Heart could be strong.

To start off, 30 actions seems too much even for Shalmath, you are going to clog.

The deck has a lot of moving parts, and in this version it is not too dangerous to block Shalmath; maybe add 2 Decapitate to punish people for blocking. People WILL try to block Chameleon actions anyway.

Regarding the moving parts, relying on Clan Impersonation is tricky and not too flexible if you also need to be an anarch baron. If Shalmath changes to Malkavian, he changes sects as well hence the Baron title becomes inactive (if he already had it), so you loose additional actions and blood to become anarch again. For that purpose, a few anarch converts in the crypt may be handy to make it easier to switch back or to become anarch again, and you will be ready for Chameleon actions one turn earlier. You do not want to loose your window to play Chameleon!

I would also add an Enkil Kog just in case the Madness Network is removed, and extra ousting power.

Blooded Sand wrote:

cordovader wrote: There are a lot of problems in your strategy:

yup, v01, these decks usually start gelling at v10 onwards

cordovader wrote: 1. How do you expect to kill?

by bleeding my prey with his own vamps

cordovader wrote: 2. What will you do after you play your first Chameleon? You're playing no Banishment.

why would i want to play banishment? no unique cluase, no may only play one, etc etc. no till end of turn, it is a PERMANENT steal

cordovader wrote: 3. How do you expect to survive bleed&stealth, vote or combat decks?

Werewolves are good against combat/ligt stealth bleed. Against heavy stealth send wolfies backwards t nuke stuff. against vote decks? steal their voters.

cordovader wrote: IMO, you should focus either on:

-Chameleon (Arishat and co. as friends, with vote push and Banishments)
-Madness Network (maybe getting Heart of the City and bleed retainers and profiting from Shalmath's special)
I really don't see how your deck will work...

This is essentially a slight rebuild of mycurrent shalmath and his bazillion buddies deck, so the malk network is there to allow shally to do silly things like hunt for 3, sargons a chameleon/SH/whatever is needed back into my hand, bleed for 1, or other generally annoying actions
Heart could be strong.

And what will you do if, after playing your first Chameleon (taking into account that it will be successful), other Methuselahs don't bring out new vampires ?

You have no real plan B for that...