A New Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Resource

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There are plenty of resources listed at kgs-cards.com, however we feel it's important to add another one...this one. As a distributor and retailer for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, KGS Cards is frequently asked for advice on how to get started, what sets work well together, and many other topics. Over the course of the coming months, we hope to create entries to help onboard newcomers and returning players, to give deck-building advice for BCP card pools, and perhaps wax philosophical about the game from time to time.

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My Watchlist

We know the BCP has a watchlist for cards that are under review for banning/nerfing. With the upcoming changes to Ashur Tablets and Emerald Legionnaires announced, but not detailed, I thought I take a few minutes to talk about some cards that I feel are problematic in the game. I'll forego any talk about the upcoming changes. (I don't know what they are and any more talk about those cards at this point is just tilting at windmills.) My Watchlist This probably isn't my full list, but it's what is on my top of mind right now, which means they're important enough to remember that I have problems with them and important enough to think about what we need to do about it. Veil of Darkness A card that Black Chantry must be concerned about because it wasn't even reprinted in Echoes of Gehenna. The effect is powerful, a permanent chance to cancel cards. There may be some problem with the effect, which is never going to be applied evenly. Some decks run more Master ca

The V5-Only Format

The idea of a V5-only format has been floated by BCP for some time. Ideally, this is a way to level the playing field for newer players. Some folks have, of course, lost their collective minds about the idea. More ways to play VTES and easier formats to bring in new players sounds exactly like what the doctor ordered to me. Steve has been running several online tournaments this year, a subset of which were in the V5-only format. I wasn't able to make his earlier V5-only events, but was able to make this last one. Here are my thoughts about it. Is V5-only worthwhile? Let's find out. What I Played I had a few ideas that I wanted to experiment with: Queen Anne + obf/pre Princes, using Banishment (she's one of the oldest vampires available); Malk voters; Banu voters; and Nos Barons. I'm glad that I didn't pick either of the first two as both of those showed up in the event. I've previously won with a Banu deck focusing

Thoughts on the 2024 Tournament Season Updates

BCP recently announced errata and changes for this years tournament rules to coincide with the Ravnos, Salubri, and Tzimisce starter release date. The new cards and the changes will be tournament legal on February 2, 2024. The Errata We knew this was coming as Black Chantry announced that there would be an announcement. I even stirred up some controversy by posting some changes I'd like to see now that these have been settled. That being said, here's my initial thoughts regarding these changes. Ashur Tablets As much I would have preferred BCP to ban Ashur Tablets, this is the errata that I expected them to settle on. I had considered this approach several years ago before BCP began testing changes. It seems to be a solid middle ground that guts MMPA decks without necessarily gutting other decks that use Tablets. The Ashur race is now much more of a race. Gone are the days of 18+ Tablets decks. I expect decks to sit in the 6, sometime

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