"Etrius - An Essay on Rather Large Bleeds"

A deck built around Etrius and Horrific Countenance.

Crypt (12)

Jing Wei 3
Elisabetta Romano 6
Muaziz, Archon of Ulugh Beg 7
2x Justine - Elder of Dallas 8
Ian Forestal 8
6x Etrius

Library (80)

Master (11)

2x Storage Annex
Chantry
Golconda
Sudden Reversal
Giant's Blood
Academic Hunting Ground
Metro Underground
Protean
Secure Haven
Arcane Library

Combat (8)

6x Earth Meld
2x Soul Burn

Action (22)

3x Magic of the Smith
4x Slaughtering the Herd
4x Mind Rape
2x Govern the Unaligned
4x Rutor's Hand
3x Pulse of the Canaille
Far Mastery
Kine Dominance

Action Modifier (21)

5x Conditioning
7x Horrific Countenance
3x Forgotten Labyrinth
3x Perfect Clarity
Command of the Beast
Bonding
Seduction

Reaction (12)

2x Wake with Evening's Freshness
2x Obedience
8x Deflection

Equipment (5)

Palatial Estate
2x The Ankara Citadel, Turkey
Blood Tears of Kephran
Soul Gem of Etrius

Retainer (1)

Infernal Familiar


Basic Idea: Bleed for lots unblockably. Rutor's Hand to leave you untapped to Deflect. Obviously, you want Ankara Citadel as soon as possible, otherwise you get empty pretty quick. So a Slaughtering the Herd on your predator's most active vampire is usually good as well. Soul Gem in case a Justicar Retribution or Archon Investigation hits you (will always work if Etrius has the Protean skill card, otherwise you just have a chance that the next vamp isn't him). 1