{% extends "archetypes/_layout.html" %} {% import "archetypes/_layout-erratum.html" as erratum with context %} {% import "archetypes/parliament-of-shadows.json" as deck_json %} {% block meta %} {% endblock %} {% block archetype_name %}

{{ lasombra }} Parliament of Shadows

{% endblock %} {% block archetype %} {% trans trimmed anarchist_uprising=card("Anarchist Uprising"), ancient_influence=card("Ancient Influence"), banishment=card("Banishment"), bewitching_oration=card("Bewitching Oration"), deflection=card("Deflection"), dia_de_los_muertos=card("Día de los Muertos"), disarm=card("Disarm"), domain_challenge=card("Domain Challenge"), dreams_of_the_sphinx=card("Dreams of the Sphinx"), entombment=card("Entombment"), fear_of_mekhet=card("Fear of Mekhet"), foreshadowing_destruction=card("Foreshadowing Destruction"), freak_drive=card("Freak Drive"), govern_the_unaligned=card("Govern the Unaligned"), information_highway=card("Information Highway"), marcus_vitel=card("Marcus Vitel"), monastery_of_shadows=card("Monastery of Shadows"), moncada=card("Ambrosio Luis Monçada, Plenipotentiary", "Monçada"), montano=card("Montano"), mylan_horseed=card("Mylan Horseed"), nocturn=card("Nocturn"), obedience=card("Obedience"), on_the_qui_vive=card("On the Qui Vive"), parity_shift=card("Parity Shift"), political_stranglehold=card("Political Stranglehold"), power_structure=card("Power Structure"), powerbase_madrid=card("Powerbase: Madrid"), reins_of_power=card("Reins of Power"), seduction=card("Seduction"), shadow_body=card("Shadow Body"), slam=card("Slam"), villein=card("Villein"), voter_captivation=card("Voter Captivation"), zillah_s_valley=card("Zillah's Valley"), combat_ends=link("/strategy/combat", _("combat ends"), _anchor="defence"), sabbat_precon=external("https://www.blackchantry.com/products/legacy/preconstructed-decks/product-parliament-of-shadows/", _("Parliament of Shadows")), tuomas_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Tuomas Nyberg's deck"), id="2019ccpdms"), petrus_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Petrus Makkonen's deck"), id="2017rfehf"), tuomas_deck_2=link("/deck-search", _("Tuomas Nyberg's deck"), id="2019hnvften") %}

Highlights

This is a vote & bleed deck relying on the Lasombra {{ lasombra }} clan and their titled Sabbat vampires. The archetype nowadays takes its name from the {{ sabbat_precon }} distributed by BCP, based on this idea.

As usual with {{ DOM }} decks, the plan is to get the highest capacity vampire out first, so that he can use {{ govern_the_unaligned }} at superior {{ DOM }} to get more vampires out fast and cheap. Relying on big capacity vampires in his crypt, the deck also uses the classic {{ zillah_s_valley }} + {{ villein }} combination to influence faster in the beginning.

Given the number of big capacity vampires, the deck naturally includes all three "big capacity" votes: {{ ancient_influence }}, {{ reins_of_power }} and {{ political_stranglehold }}. It also tends to include multiple {{ banishment }} and quite a few votes devestating to swarms like {{ anarchist_uprising }} and {{ domain_challenge }}.

On the bleed side, {{ DOM }} brings its usual package with {{ govern_the_unaligned }} but also {{ foreshadowing_destruction }} and {{ seduction }}. Stealth is provided by {{ OBT }} and its numerous modifiers, but also by {{ montano }}'s ability.

There is a bit of bleed defense with {{ deflection }}, and combat defence is assured by both {{ combat_ends }} with {{ shadow_body }} and the excellent {{ obedience }}, a sure way of getting out of trouble, provided it can be played.

Given the crypt here, the deck has unusual access to both {{ for }} and {{ PRE }}, which allows for the inclusion of {{ freak_drive }} for multi-action (vote and bleed in the same turn with a single vampire) and {{ voter_captivation }} to help regenerate blood when a vote goes well.

Tips & Tricks

The deck does not include any wake, so it is important to keep an eye out for threats and keep a vampire unlocked if necessary: {{ obedience }} and {{ deflection }} can only be played by unlocked vampires. In case those reactions are in hand and could come in handy, playing it slow and keep a non-acting vampire for defence is the way to go here. Luckily, between {{ freak_drive }} and {{ moncada }}'s ability, this should not be too much of a burden.

The deck is well equipped for crypt acceleration: between {{ zillah_s_valley }}, {{ information_highway }} and {{ dreams_of_the_sphinx }}, it has 9 cards that will gain a turn of influence to get Montano out (or the other oldest vampire) if drawn in first hand, which has a 64% chance of occurence: this is probably the minimal advisable density here so it should be kept in mind when tweaking the deck: if the library cards count get up, a couple of {{ zillah_s_valley }} should be added to keep the proportions. Likewise, if removing one or the other of these three cards, the other two should be augmented accordingly.

Variants

There is a lot of space for tweaks and variations here: the Master module can help getting the vote lock in multiple ways, with {{ power_structure }}, {{ powerbase_madrid }} and {{ dia_de_los_muertos }} for example, but also {{ fear_of_mekhet }} against Inner Circle decks if you expect some. {{ monastery_of_shadows }} is a common inclusion, as well as {{ mylan_horseed }}. Include a couple {{ on_the_qui_vive }} or {{ nocturn }} is also usual, and the combat module, given the access to {{ POT }} and the nice tricks {{ OBT }} has to offer can often pack a couple of surprises like {{ entombment }}, {{ slam }} or {{ disarm }} just to get the opponents to hesitate before entering combat.

The Vitel variant uses {{ marcus_vitel }} as a star, his Prince title allowing for the inclusion of {{ parity_shift }}, like in {{ tuomas_deck }} from 2019. It also tends to have more stable access to {{ PRE }}, so a few vote modifiers like {{ bewitching_oration }} are a good inclusion.

The Beast variant packs a bit more combat and intercept to transform this deck in a toolbox of sorts. In a light combat environment, he can have devastating effects, and the few {{ POT }} cards that are included serve as a useful deterrent against combat for the titled vampires, who all have access to the discipline. {{ petrus_deck }} from 2017 is a good example.

Finally, the G5 approach relies on the new vampires published in the {{ sabbat_precon }} to build a diffferent crypt with groups 5 and 6, like in {{ tuomas_deck_2 }} from 2019.

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