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Giovanni

The Giovanni and their rare n discipline, combined with the fact that they have d as a clan discipline, come up with two original allies archetypes: the {{ link("/archetypes/khazars-diary", _("Khazar's Diary")) }}, centered on allies and {{ card("Khazar's Diary (Endless Night)") }}, and {{ link("/archetypes/shambling-hordes", _("Shambling Hordes")) }}, an allies archetype using {{ card("Shambling Hordes") }}. Due to nature of these archetypes and usefulness of superior D at low capacity, Giovanni vampires popularity is skewed towards lower capacitiess.

Some powerbleed constructs have been seen, too. The combination of {{ card("Call of the Hungry Dead") }} and {{ card("Seduction") }} is strong, and {{ card("Guillaume Giovanni") }} gave birth to interesting deck lists, though all quite different.

Highlights

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

d and n for only 3 pool: a bargain. She can even find her place in mono d builds.

Gloria Giovanni

played in 76 decks, typically 1-2 copies

Superior D and n for only 4 pool: another bargain. She finds an easy place in mono d builds.

Isabel Giovanni

played in 69 decks, typically 1-2 copies

Superior DN 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 {{ card("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 N available, he is often seen alongside allies, especially {{ card("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 {{ card("Shambling Hordes") }} or {{ card("Khazar's Diary") }}.

Andrea Giovanni

played in 43 decks, typically 1-2 copies

An excellent abilities for decks relying a lot on the N discipline, like those using {{ card("Shambling Hordes") }}.

The Path of Bone

played in 40 decks, typically 1-3 copies

A good way to reduce blood consumption in n 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.

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