New Tournament Promo Pack Released

Black Chantry has released a second promo pack of VTES cards, which is intended to be handed out as rewards for participating in tournaments. This second pack consists of crypt that were previously only available as promo cards during VTES Continental Championships, and a few selected crypt and library for which the card text has been changed recently (or the card was misprinted in a  recent expansion (Murmur of the False Will). The first block of cards have a quantity of 10 each, while the second blcok only has a quantity of 1 each.

• 10 Benedito, a Lanterna
• 10 Bituin
• 10 Casey Snyder
• 10 Jacques Rouge
• 10 Leumeah
• 1 Una
• 1 The Ankara Citadel, Turkey
• 1 Black Metamorphosis
• 1 Murmur of the False Will
• 1 Parity Shift
• 1 Pentex Subversion

The tournament packs are not intended for the regular distribution channels and resale, but for tournament organizers as prize support for participating in or winning a tournament.

You can read the original post on the Black Chantry website.

Promo Crypt Cards in 2019 (Update)

For your (and my future) convenience here’s the list of the 2019 promo crypt cards. The six promo cards are from the five Continental VTES Championships, and the last is an extra card from the VTES 25th Anniversary set (so technically not really a promo vampire).

There are now five mid-cap Anarch barons, which is quite nice, and even though there discipline don’t quite match, there will be some way to combine in future Anarch vote decks. You can also read an in-depth review of the first three cards (Casey, Jaques & Grimgroth) on Information Highway blog.

	Casey Snyder Promo from the North American Championship 2019 (14-Jun-2019 to 16-Jun-2019) Release: June 15th, 2019 Tournament Legal: July 15th, 2019
	Jacques Rouge Promo from the European Championship 2019 (16-Aug-2019 to 18-Aug-2019) Release: August 16th, 2019 Tournament Legal: September 15th, 2019
	Nefertiti (Adv) Promo from the European Championship 2019 (16-Aug-2019 to 18-Aug-2019) Release: August 16, 2019 Tournament legal: September 15, 2019
	Leumeah Promo from the Australian/New Zealand Championship 2019 Release: October 5, 2019 Tournament legal: November 4, 2019
	Bituin Promo from the Asian Championship 2019 Release: October 26, 2019 Tournament legal: November 26, 2019
	Benedito, a Lanterna Promo from the South American Championship 2019 Release: November 16, 2019 Tournament legal: December 16, 2019
	Grimgroth Part of the 25th Anniversary Set

According to Black Chantry (current publisher of VTES), the five promo cards will be part of a future VTES product. This could be a tournament promo pack, but also part of a regular set or expansion.

New Crypt Cards in 2019

For your (and my future) convenience here’s the list of the latest 2019 crypt cards. The first two of them are promo cards for two Continental VTES Championships, and the last is an extra card from the VTES 25th Anniversary set.

I really like that there are now two mid-cap Anarch barons, and even though there discipline don’t quite match, there will be some way to combine in future Anarch vote decks. You can also read an in-depth review of these cards on Information Highway blog.

	Casey Snyder Promo from the North American Championship 2019 (14-Jun-2019 to 16-Jun-2019)
	Jacques Rouge Promo from the European Championship 2019 (16-Aug-2019 to 18-Aug-2019)
	Grimgroth Part of the 25th Anniversary Set

According to Black Chantry (current publisher of VTES), the first two cards will be part of a future VTES product. This could be a tournament promo pack, but also part of a regular set or expansion.

Visuals of VtES Promo Cards 2009

Here are the visuals of the eight new VtES promo cards (including “Rogue” that eluded me in the past few weeks):

Left: Abactor — nice card for those vampire immune to blood hunts.

 

 

Right: Fourth Cycle — Another weenie (and imbued) hoser card, but the use is rather limited due the requirements of two Gehenna cards in play.

Left: Rogue — way too situational for a deck; might be worth including into trick decks, e.g. one including “Undying Thirst“.

Right: Marakech Codex — this is a game winner card. I would consider this an auto-include for any wall deck, since they can defend it and will profit greatly from using it.
Left: Salt of Thoth — interesting card for Tremere decks which want to protect their locations, but do not want to spend too many resources for doing so.

 

Right: Rubicon — again, like “Rogue” too situational for general purpose use; almost all the time a dead card in your hand.

 

Left: Inceptor — very interesting cards, which inspires players finding powerful and/or interesting three card combos.

Right: SchreckNET — another very good card for the Nosferatu, especially for a Nosferatu Royalty deck, where passing votes is one of the cornerstones.