"Etrius II - An essay on Rather Large Bleeds using a Smaller Deck"

A deck built around Etrius and Horrific Countenance, only smaller.

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 (68)

Master (10)

3x Storage Annex
Sudden Reversal
Giant's Blood
Academic Hunting Ground
Protean
Secure Haven
Slave Auction
Arcane Library

Combat (6)

6x Earth Meld

Action (20)

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

Action Modifier (18)

5x Conditioning
7x Horrific Countenance
3x Forgotten Labyrinth
3x Perfect Clarity

Reaction (10)

2x Wake with Evening's Freshness
8x Deflection

Equipment (4)

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


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. 1