Tzimisce Newsletter: May 1999
Introduction
"Tzimisce: Members of this ancient clan are arcane scholars, descended from the house that once ruled fiefdoms in Eastern Europe. They are masters of Vicissitude (shaping living forms), Auspex, and Animalism."
-The Sabbat Rulebook"The Tzimisce's signature Discipline of Vicissitude is the subject of particular dread; tales speak of crippling disfigurements inflicted on a whim, of ghastly "experiments" and tortures refined beyond human - or vampiric - comprehension or endurance."
-The Clans: Vampire: The Masquerade
Strategy Corner
One of the biggest complaints of intercept decks has been, that you tend to damage your predator more frequently than your prey. One good way to get around this problem is by encouraging your prey to actions against you.
Some cards that may cause your prey to look right:
- Army of Rats, deals damage to your prey during each of your untaps.
- Revelations, makes your prey to play with an open hand.
- Tier of Souls, gives one of your vampire a +1 bleed against your prey.
A few cards that may encourage more than just your prey to take an action against you:
- Smiling Jack the Anarch, deals damage to the entire table.
- The Rack, continually feeds a vampire blood.
- The Powerbases, to feed your blood pool.
(Watch out for Day Operations)
Since combat decks tend to rely on Bum's Rush, Ambush, and other get into combat cards, Eagle's Sight, can be viewed as the Bum's Rush of intercept combat. It enables one of your vampires to block any action, now all you have to do is block.
Still need intercept to block your prey? May I suggest Melange? Not only will you receive +1 intercept, but also a bonus, one-time, +1 bleed your blocker can gain in the future when bleeding the controller of the Melange’d vampire.
For some additional intercept strategy check out the following Duelist article, Intercept: Beyond the Basics.
