noob on crypt.

What are the groupings?

JoshtheNOS wrote: What are the groupings?

Look at the bottom left, below the picture: you'll see a number between 1 and 6, or nothing at all. If there's a number, that's the group. If there's no number, the card was released before the grouping rules came into effect, and it means it's either group 1 or 2: if there's no symbol in the top right, it's group 1 (released during the original Jyhad/VTES era); if there's an expansion symbol, it's group 2.

JoshtheNOS wrote: What are the groupings?

Check this : extrala.blogspot.com/2010/04/anatomy-of-vtes-crypt-card.html

ohh ok. well everything makes more sense now. Thanks for the help. i just reread the rules after you guys pointed that out and now i feel like an idiot for not noticing it. but knowing is half that battle.

Let me recommend you try building decks with ARDB (or just put a copy of them there). It has a few useful functions, one of them being that it highlights illegal crypt-combinations by making the suspect vampires red in the list.

If you have an idea for a deck, put it on here and throw up a bunch of "I'm a Newbie" caveats so that you get the kind of advice you need. The Deck Clinic is that place for all of that sort of thing.