New Ravnos, Salubri & Tzimsice Preconstructed Decks

Today, Black Chantry has announced three new upcoming VTES starter decks. The clans for these starter decks will be Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimice, and the starters will have the usual format of 12 crypt and 77 library cards.

The biggest news perhaps are the “new” clan disciplines, which differ significantly from the previous clan disciplines. But the new clan disciplines for these 3 clans now match the canon of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition now:

• Ravnos: Animalism, Obfuscate, Presence (was: Animalism, Chimerstry, Fortitude)
• Salubri: Auspex, Dominate, Fortitude (was. Auspex, Fortitude, Obeah)
• Tzimisce: Animalism, Dominate, Protean (was: Animalism, Auspex, Vicissitude)

Black Chantry has put three from vampires (one for each clan) on their website, but see for yourself:

• “Upcoming preconstructed decks: Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce”

Childe of the Revolution

Childe of the Revolution is the only new libary card in the upcoming New Blood (2023) expansion. The card is mixture of the existing cards Embrace and Third Traditon: Progeny/Creation Rites, in the sense that Childe of the Revolution must hunt the turn it enters play (like Embrace), and requires a titled vampire and you can search for Discipline card (like Third Tradition: Progeny/Creation Rites). It  will enable a lot of Anarch swarm decks using Consanguineous Boon for bloat, and of course, Revolutionary Council for the kill.

I like about the card (beside the artwork), that it has this little variation between Embrace and Progeny. On the other hand, if you want to build a deck around it, then you need 8-12 copies of the card. So you either need to buy 4-6 New Blood: Brujah decks or trade/buy these cards, which will be difficult initially. I would have preferred maybe 3 copies in each deck (instead of 2).

RNN Breaking News: New Blood 2023 Decklists Revealed

Today the contents for the 4 upcoming New Blood decks (for VTES) have been revealed. The vtes,store website has added these four decks to their inventory and has posted their contents at the same time. These decks contain 6 crypt and 48 library cards each, and will cost $13/13€ each (MSRP). Most of the cards are reprints, but each beginner deck has two new crypt cards each, and the Brujah starter has new library card “Childe of the Revolution“. But also the reprints have some prominent cards which are sought after and/or haven’t been reprinted for a while. Among those are Brujah Debate, Disarm, Yoruba Shrine, Dog Pack, Garibaldi-Meucci Museum and Dabbler.
These are the links to deck lists of each individual beginner deck:

• New Blood: Banu Haqim
• New Blood: Brujah
• New Blood: Gangrel
• New Blood: Ministry

Decklist for the 5th Edition Gangrel Preconstructed

On September 21st, Black Chantry has revealed the contents (decklist) of the new Gangrel starter deck for VTES 5th Edition. As usual, the deck consists of 89 cards total, and 12 crypt cards and 77 library cards.

Crypt (12 cards)

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1x Crow
1x Dario Ziggler
1x Hanna Nokelainen
1x Indira
1x Joaquín de Cádiz
1x Kamile Paukstys
2x Martina Srnankova
2x Massimiliano
1x Nathan Turner
1x Ruslan Fedorenko

Library (77 cards)

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Master: (12 cards)
1x Anarch Railroad
1x Backways
4x Blood Doll
1x Ecoterrorists
1x Fame
1x Haven Uncovered
1x Rack, The
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x Zoo Hunting Ground

Action: (13 cards)
2x Constant Revolution
6x Deep Song
1x Rewilding
4x Thing

Ally: (1 card)
1x Double Deuce

Retainer: (4 cards)
2x Murder of Crows
2x Raven Spy

Action Modifier: (6 cards)
4x Earth Control
2x Form of the Bat

Combat: (16 cards)
2x Bear’s Skin
6x Carrion Crows
2x Claws of the Dead
2x Form of the Wolf
4x Hidden Strength

Reaction: (25 cards)
4x Cats’ Guidance
6x Deep Ecology
6x Eyes of the Wild
5x On the Qui Vive
4x Protection Racket

More details on the starter deck of the Gangrel can be found on the Black Chantry website. Besides the decklist, there are some visual card previews of both crypt and library cards.

Decklist for the 5th Edition The Ministry Preconstructed

Today Black Chantry has revealed the contents (decklist) of the new The Ministry starter deck for VTES 5th Edition. As usual, the deck consists of 89 cards total, and 12 crypt cards and 77 library cards. In VTES 5th Edition, The Ministry are replacing the Followers of Set from previous editions. Furthermore the (defacto) clan disciplines have changed from Obfuscate, Presence and Serpentis to Obfuscate, Presence and Protean.

Crypt (12 cards)

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1x Aluc Romas de Leon
1x Crystal Lynn
1x Doctor Morocco
1x Elisha Tucker
1x Faruq Abd al-Qadir
1x Hesha Ruhadze
1x Jenny Silver
1x Marcel
1x Melech
1x Milton Fox
1x Nonu Dis
1x Vivian VI

Library (77 cards)

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Master: (9 cards)
4x Blood Doll
1x Club Illusion
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Opium Den
1x Temple Hunting Ground
1x Wider View

Action: (17 cards)
7x Enchant Kindred
2x Entrancement
1x Heart of the City
7x Platinum Protocol, The

Equipment: (3 cards)
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Ivory Bow

Action Modifier: (30 cards)
6x Enchanting Gaze
4x Faceless Night
4x Form of the Cobra
4x Lost in Crowds
6x Revelation of the Serpent
4x Spying Mission
2x True Love’s Face

Combat: (9 cards)
5x Earth Meld
4x Form of Mist

Reaction: (9 cards)
4x On the Qui Vive
5x Party Out Of Bounds

More details on the starter deck of the The Ministry can be found on the Black Chantry website. Besides the decklist, there are some visual card previews of both crypt and library cards.

Decklist for the 5th Edition Brujah Preconstructed

Today Black Chantry has revealed the contents (decklist) of the new Brujah starter deck for VTES 5th Edition. As usual, the deck consists of 89 cards total, and 12 crypt cards and 77 library cards. The deck is straightforward rush combat deck. I wish there were (at least) two copies of Theo Bell in the deck, since with his built-in rush action & +1 strength he’s clearly the star in the deck.

Crypt (12 cards)

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2x Aline Gädecke
1x Ariane
2x Atiena
1x Brandon Grime
1x Elen Kamjian
1x Octane
1x Rayne
1x Siarhei Levchenko
1x Theo Bell
1x Valeriya Zinovieva

Library (77 cards)

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Master: (12 cards)
1x Anarch Free Press, The
4x Blood Doll
1x Carfax Abbey
1x Carver’s Meat Packing and Storage
1x Fame
1x Frontal Assault
1x Guardian Angel
1x Haven Uncovered
1x Warzone Hunting Ground

Action: (16 cards)
6x Enchant Kindred
2x Heroic Might
6x Line Brawl
2x Show of Force

Ally: (1 card)
1x 47th Street Royals

Action Modifier: (2 cards)
2x Monkey Wrench

Combat: (34 cards)
4x Dust Up
6x Immortal Grapple
2x Pursuit
5x Quickness
4x Roundhouse
4x Slam
4x Taste of Vitae
5x Torn Signpost

Reaction: (12 cards)
2x Bait and Switch
2x Delaying Tactics
2x On the Qui Vive
6x Organized Resistance

More details on the starter deck of the Brujah can be found on the Black Chantry website. Besides the decklist, there are some visual card previews of both crypt and library cards.

Decklist for the 5th Edition Banu Haqim Preconstructed

Today Black Chantry has revealed the contents (decklist) of the new Banu Haqim starter deck for VTES 5th Edition. As usual, the deck consists of 89 cards total, and 12 crypt cards and 77 library cards. In VTES 5th Edition the Banu Haqim are replacing the Assamite from previous editions. Furthermore the (defacto) clan disciplines have changed from Celerity, Obfuscate, Quietus to Celerity, Obfuscate, Thaumaturgy, and their “default” sect seems to be Camarilla from now on (instead of Independent).

Crypt (12 cards)

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1x Asmin Kobane
1x Bijou
1x Farah Sarroub
1x Greg Mazouni
1x Kalinda
1x Kasim Bayar
2x Kassandra Tassaki
1x Khadija Al-Kindi
1x Nayarana
2x Warmaksan

Library (77 cards)

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Master: (11 cards)
4x Haqim’s Law: Retribution
1x Market Square
1x Tension in the Ranks
1x Underworld Hunting Ground
4x Villein

Action: (12 cards)
1x Biothaumaturgic Experiment
2x Fleetness
4x Hunter’s Mark
4x Priority Contract
1x Rutor’s Hand

Political Action: (2 cards)
2x Parity Shift

Retainer: (1 card)
1x Mr. Winthrop

Action Modifier: (8 cards)
2x Resist Earth’s Grasp
6x Swallowed by the Night

Combat: (31 cards)
2x Blood Rage
5x Flash
10x Hunger of Marduk
4x Pursuit
4x Quickness
2x Rego Motum
2x Soul Burn
2x Walk of Flame

Reaction: (12 cards)
4x On the Qui Vive
8x Second Tradition: Domain

More details on the starter deck of the Banu Haqim can be found on the Black Chantry website. Besides the decklist, there are some visual card previews of both crypt and library cards. Especially take notice of the master card named Haqim’s Law: Retribution.