This series will review the new cards in the upcoming
Fall of London
set. Today, we'll go over the new Toreador, revealing all of them. Thanks to BCP
for allowing me to share these with you.
Regina Blake
We'll start with a new Toreador mid-cap.
Disciplines
First, thing she has no Celerity whatsoever. I'm not sure that's
problematic. Toreador only really care about Celerity for Resist Earth's
Grasp stealth or if they're a gun-combat deck. More A for group 6
Toreador, which has been seriously lacking. More R for the group, which
seems highly focused on it already.
Specials
This could be an interesting special to build around. There are a lot of
locations that cost pool
whose cost can be defrayed with her special. She's Toreador so the Art
Museum is an obvious choice to have in decks with her. Creepshow Casino
is another popular choice for Toreador decks. Given her A , any of the
media locations are also good choices.
Overview
Regina is an excellent vampire to slot into Toreador vote decks. She can
push votes and use Voter Captivation at superior to gain blood and give you
pool. She offers more bounce support in a grouping that has not had much
A . Nothing earth-shattering her, but she'll find a place in just about
any of the Catalina Vega decks.
Given her lack of Celerity, she's not the best choice for blocking
decks. She offers no combat control, but if a .44 Magnum or Sniper Rifle
can keep your meta at bay, then she's an excellent addition to that
package. Her special is more likely to have an effect in blockier decks
that want to use permanents to gain the upper hand. There's possibly
some interesting overlap with Matthew and locations. Perhaps a blocking
deck featuring a lot of media outlets? Being able to pass out intercept
so you don't have to block yourself is also useful.
Rose Abawi
Another no-Celerity Toreador.
Disciplines
Is this a Minister I see before me? Rose is an interesting vampire for
the Toreador. With o she has the ability to bypass the typical Toreador
problem of being unable to generate stealth. She can vote and push it
with r , but stealth-bleeding is also a thing. The a is fine, but you
want A in a 4-cap for weenie Auspex. At best she's going to chump-block
an important action using Auspex bounce at inferior.
Specials
A very conditional special that will never arise. While this provides
nice flavor for the game, Rose has so little in common with Mithras that
you're never going to take advantage of the extra bleed. Better than
nothing I guess.
Overview
She doesn't have a lot of fellow Toreador who share o to really make a
clan-based deck, so you're most likely looking to mix her with other clans.
The Ministry and the upcoming Ravnos both have o r . We know the Ministry
is Anarch now and I'm unsure where the Ravnos will land. The pre-V5
Ministry are also workable, being mostly Independent with a few Sabbat in the
relevant groupings. She could easily be a support vampire for any
stealth-bleed or stealth-vote decks in that grouping. Her access to
complimentary sect cards is the drawback.
Going Anarch is easy enough though balancing making Anarchs with having native
Anarchs can be problematic. I find Twilight Camp is always useful for
mixed cases and The Red Question is a burn-option that can feed Powerbase: Los
Angelese. She's too small to do much useful with the Anarch sect toys,
however. She needs to be a 5-cap to use Fee Stakes or Reckless
Agitation.
So, I expect we'll see her mostly bleeding at stealth. Here's she's
unlikely to roll with the new Ministers who will want to play Platinum
Protocol. There's use for her in non-Baali unnamed decks.
I'll be interested to see where she pops up first in the TWDA. I like
her just not in Toreador deck designs.
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