n Tariq Eats the World
(No Name)
VDBMark Loughman
Free States Rant
Columbus (OH), USA
2007-07-04
31 players
Crypt (12)
- 4 Tariq, The Silent
- 1 Tariq, The Silent (ADV)
- 2 Kisha Bhimji
- 2 Victoria
- 2 ZΓΆe
- 1 Martin Franckel
Library (89)
β Master (12) β
- 1 Archon Investigation
- 2 Blood Doll
- 2 Celerity
- 1 Direct Intervention
- 1 Dreams of the Sphinx
- 1 Fame
- 1 Guardian Angel
- 1 Major Boon
- 1 Perfectionist
- 1 Retribution
β Action (2) β
- 1 Epiphany
- 1 Truth of Blood
β Equipment (6) β
- 1 .44 Magnum
- 2 Ivory Bow
- 2 Rowan Ring
- 1 Sire's Index Finger
β Retainer (1) β
- 1 Ghoul Retainer
β Action Modifier (8) β
- 2 Cloak the Gathering
- 6 Forced March
β Action Modifier/Combat (5) β
- 5 Draught of the Soul
β Reaction (21) β
- 4 Black Sunrise
- 1 Confusion of the Eye
- 1 Enhanced Senses
- 3 Forced Awakening
- 3 My Enemy's Enemy
- 1 Precognition
- 2 Quicken Sight
- 2 Spirit's Touch
- 4 Wake with Evening's Freshness
β Combat (34) β
- 4 Amaranth
- 4 Aura Reading
- 2 Blur
- 4 Disguised Weapon
- 4 Flash
- 7 Psyche!
- 3 Pursuit
- 6 Rolling with the Punches
Highlights
This is a wall & rush deck starring Tariq, The Silent. His rush ability coupled with superior Auspex makes him a very efficient combat machine. On top of it, his protection against blood hunt let him play Amaranth without fear, so he can destroy vampires all around the table.
Using Disguised Weapon to fetch an Ivory Bow or a Rowan Ring is usually how Tariq becomes so dreadful. Then his great didscipline help him fight and block with efficiency.
Draught of the Soul make him even stronger as soon as he manages to dispatch a vampire or two.
His sidekicks here field the same core disciplines he does,
, to allow to build a very good wall indeedTips & Tricks
Getting a Celerity on Tariq makes the combat module shine even more here, allowing for Psyche! to be used to cancel combat ends, but it's not an absolute urgency.
Variants
There are great variations in this deck, since the combat module's efficiency greatly depends on the meta.
The Anarch variant allows him to use both Diversion and Guardian Vigil, two excellent cards, like in Εukasz Ho Thanh's deck.
Dropping Celerity Erik Torstensson's deck.
altogether to rely instead on a bit of Fortitude is also possible, like inA Tegyrius variant is even more of a wall, using Tegyrius as a star and Fatima as another sidekick, with less Amaranth but more aggravated damage with Taste of Death, as in Marcin Watras's deck.