p Stanislava
Highlights
This is a stealth vote & bleed deck with Stanislava as a star. She uses Govern the Unaligned to help get other vampires out and Villein is used to get some pool back. The second vampire should be a Prince or Justicar, to be able to play some Parity Shift.
As the game progresses, more big capacity titled vampires get out and begin to bleed, using for stealth with Form of Mist, Earth Control, and Rapid Change.
The occasional helps the deck maintain control on the table, and a few other votes can deliver high damage at the right moment to facilitate the lunge.
Deflection is used for bleed defence, with some Sense the Savage Way to unlock if need be, and provides combat defense with a solid number of combat ends.
Tips & Tricks
Forced March and Instantaneous Transformation are extremely versatile as they can be used both for stealth or additional action, allowing a vampire to bleed and call a vote in the same turn. Stanislava can use both, but other vampires in the crypt can use one or the other, and Xaviar can already unlock on a vote all by himself.
can help deliver more bleeds, but might be better on a sidekick rather than Stanislava herself, for fear of an Archon Investigation.
A Prince or Justicar is desireable, for Parity Shift, much needed to bloat in the first half of the game.
The Seal of Veddartha is an excellent equipment with this crypt, as most vampires miss either or . The +1 bleed bonus is nothing to cast aside either.
Variants
The archetype is very much known for Martin Weinmayer's build as he as been very successful with it and retained the top seat in the international classment in the 2010s. The cards proportions may vary a little bit, some like to play some Kine Resources Contested, Vele's Hunt and/or Claws of the Dead. Ecoterrorists is also a common inclusion. Some alterations have been seen in the crypt too, like including Iliana or Caitlin, as they have excellent disciplines combination for a low pool, although no title to support the political side of the deck. Janne Lönnqvist's deck from 2016 is a good example.
The Old School variant uses groups 1 and 2 in the crypt instead of the group 2-3 used here. It provides Angus the Unruled and Don Cruez, The Idealist, two justicars with a nice sets of disciplines. It allows for more Royalty cards like Second Tradition: Domain and Fourth Tradition: The Accounting. Giulio De Cicco's deck from 2014 is a good example.