O Giovanni
The Giovanni and their rare discipline, combined with the fact that they have as a clan discipline, come up with two original allies archetypes: the Khazar's Diary, centered on allies and Khazar's Diary (Endless Night), and Shambling Hordes, an allies archetype using Shambling Hordes. Due to nature of these archetypes and usefulness of , Giovanni vampires popularity is skewed towards lower capacitiess.
The Giovanni Powerbleed angle is also tournament-worthy. The combination of Call of the Hungry Dead and Seduction is strong, and Guillaume Giovanni gave birth to interesting deck lists, though all quite different.
Sudario Refraction
played in 85 decks,
typically 2-5 copies
The most played Giovanni card. Its rare recursion ability enables the Giovanni players to adapt their hand to the table context, which is a nice advantage.
Lia Milliner
played in 80 decks,
typically 1 copy
and for only 3 pool: a bargain. She can even find her place in mono decks.
Gloria Giovanni
played in 76 decks,
typically 1-2 copies
Superior and for only 4 pool: another bargain. She finds an easy place in mono builds.
Isabel Giovanni
played in 69 decks,
typically 1-2 copies
Superior for only 5 pool, it is often the perfect disciplines combination for Giovanni decks, so Isabel is often played in multiple copies.
Tye Cooper
played in 69 decks,
typically 1 copy
Played in many Giovanni decks, even when they are not centred on allies, he is very resilient and can be good defence.
Powerbase: Cape Verde
played in 59 decks,
typically 1 copy
A generalized Blood Doll, it is an efficient bloat device at no cost. Most Giovanni decks play it.
Rudolfo Giovanni
played in 56 decks,
typically 1-2 copies
The cheapest available, he is often seen alongside allies, especially Shambling Hordes.
Francesca Giovanni
played in 44 decks,
typically 1 copy
All clan disciplines for 4 pool, a good sidekick in many Giovanni decks.
Leonardo, Mortician
played in 43 decks,
typically 1 copy
A cheap ally with a nice ability. Often included to fuel Shambling Hordes or Khazar's Diary.
Andrea Giovanni
played in 43 decks,
typically 1-2 copies
An excellent abilities for decks relying a lot on the discipline, like those using Shambling Hordes.
The Path of Bone
played in 40 decks,
typically 1-3 copies
A good way to reduce blood consumption in decks. As is the case with many Path cards, it is quite cheap and not so easy to destroy: investing an action and a blood just to have the vampires pay a bit more for some cards can be too much.
Acquired Ventrue Assets
played in 38 decks,
typically 2-4 copies
A cheap and efficient way to bring back some blood on the vampires. Better in low or mid capacity decks with more Giovanni, even better if it can be defended a bit.