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

Black Hand

{% endblock %} {% block archetype %} {% trans trimmed blood_awakening=card("Blood Awakening"), break_the_code=card("Break the Code"), elimelech_the_twice_damned=card("Elimelech the Twice Damned"), kindred_spirits=card("Kindred Spirits"), loss=card("Loss"), no_trace=card("No Trace"), recruitment_exercise=card("Recruitment Exercise"), reunion_kamut=card("Reunion Kamut"), seraphs_second=card("Seraph's Second"), tattoo_signal=card("Tattoo Signal"), the_art_of_memory=card("The Art of Memory"), the_fourth_cycle=card("The Fourth Cycle"), truth_in_ink=card("Truth in Ink"), watchtower_the_wolves_feed=card("Watchtower: The Wolves Feed"), a_b=link("/strategy/fundamentals", _("A&B"), _anchor="AB"), mark_loughmans_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Mark Loughman's deck"), id="2018ot2co"), carlo_danieles_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Carlo Daniele's deck"), id="2019nbbi") %}

Highlights

This is a stealth & bleed deck using {{ reunion_kamut }} and {{ recruitment_exercise }} to get more vampires out fast and cheap. Bleed is done using {{ loss }}, with {{ obf }} modifiers for stealth.

Black Hand Seraphs have acces to the {{ a_b }} enhancers {{ tattoo_signal }} and {{ seraphs_second }}, allowing the same vampire to run both bloat and bleed actions in a single turn.

{{ watchtower_the_wolves_feed }} hits the table at some point to improve bleed power, after an innocuous Gehenna card like {{ break_the_code }} has been played.

Tips & Tricks

{{ the_art_of_memory }} is a versatile modifier and provides a bit of recursion. It can be used to get a {{ loss }}, {{ seraphs_second }} or {{ reunion_kamut }} back, depending on the hand.

{{ blood_awakening }} can be used to improve stealth or to intercept a key action, depending on the context.

The deck should avoid combat until {{ watchtower_the_wolves_feed }} hits the table, as it has nothing else to help combat.

{{ the_fourth_cycle }} is used as a last resort safety line to avoid dying from {{ watchtower_the_wolves_feed }} if too many Gehenna cards hit the table.

Variants

The Assamite version as given in example is the most common. {{ truth_in_ink }} can be added along some wakes for bleed defence and {{ no_trace }} for combat ends.

A common variation uses a mid capacity multi-clan Black Hand crypt with {{ dom }}. It looses the {{ obf }} stealth but can be more toolboxy and even include a decent combat module. {{ mark_loughmans_deck }} from 2018 is a recent example.

{{ elimelech_the_twice_damned }} can be the star of a similar construct using {{ AUS }} and even {{ DEM }} atop {{ obf }}. It looses the access to {{ loss }} but gets bounces with {{ AUS }} and can even get {{ kindred_spirits }} if {{ DEM }} is present enough in the crypt. {{ carlo_danieles_deck }} from 2019 is a recent example.

{% endtrans %} {% endblock %} {% block errata %}

Errata

{{ erratum.pentextmsubversion( 'undecided' ) }}
{% endblock %}