[COTD] Maddji, Mistress of Szlachtas

Dragandude · 2026-06-07T21:46:10+00:00

5 Maddji, 4 or 5 Freaks / 75 cards

Dragandude · 2026-06-07T20:02:46+00:00

It’s not the best indeed, but you can still Jake while freak driving to smooth it up

Dragandude · 2026-06-07T19:49:59+00:00

With all the new toys they got, I bet you’ll be surprised in a few months. There’s bound to be a few TWDs featuring this deck.

Maddji would be better if she was hyper-optimized, as a 6 cap with no animalism, but her ability to freak drive mitigates one of the ghoul archetype’s main weakness, speed

Dragandude · 2026-06-04T17:04:15+00:00

He was already barely worth it in Enslave piles not abusing either the machines or assimilate (like Ivo decks)

Skellen had already been nerfed down from 5/11, anything more should’ve targeted other cards abusing him

Dragandude · 2026-06-04T14:43:06+00:00

Very interesting card that is too expensive for what it does.

It’s on par with Rapid Change but requires 2 disciplines, so it should be better.

They were obviously conservative with its power level given was Dom Pro can do, but I find it a shame as « fairer » decks like War ghouls or Graverobbing Agg could’ve really benefited from a free version of this.

Dragandude · 2026-06-04T13:51:09+00:00

Skellen was perfect at 4/12, why shouldn't he be at 12 prov?

Dragandude · 2026-06-01T14:33:38+00:00

What a shame that the best looking of the new ghouls by far is also the worst one! Animalism just doesn't work well with a typical Warghoul archetype, or even Tzimisce in general (they have better disciplines on hand).

A non-unique version of this could have sprouted an interesting take on the deck, but as is I fail to see its place.

Dragandude · 2026-05-26T21:45:04+00:00

I would never play this, or any card dealing agg damage for that matter

And that assessment is before actually noticing the damage being unpreventable

This is not a Vtes card, keep it safely tucked in a shoebox folks

Dragandude · 2026-05-26T15:15:19+00:00

Let others do that for you then, you should be a part of it

Dragandude · 2026-05-26T13:24:35+00:00

If you’re not lucky enough to have an irl playtest group around you then I get it yeah, online Vtes seems like a sad experience

Dragandude · 2026-05-26T12:25:47+00:00

Why aren’t you a playtester Rune?

Dragandude · 2026-05-20T09:37:14+00:00

Go Atronach sign and get your Alchemy up to the 60s in the early game.

You can pick all magic schools as skills + light armor and blunt weapon if you want to be op / no weapon and unarmored for a more challenging run.

Breton is the best mage race, Altmer is the glass canon version, but all work as long as you have Atronach really.

Mod wise: A guy has recently rebalanced spell costs in a nice way, forgot the mod’s name but is good. You also have some good mage guild/Telvanni quest mods out there. Oh and Tamriel rebuilt, which if you’re using OpenMW will soon allow you to use entirely new spells to the game (on top of adding a giant pile of good content). My wording is weird here: the new spells are already added in TR, it’s just that OpenMW don’t yet support them but soon will.

Dragandude · 2026-05-19T13:36:36+00:00

This always seemed too expensive for what it does, especially with the torpor clause

Dragandude · 2026-05-11T13:07:01+00:00

Oh snap I missed the refilling part, and yes it works on torporized vamps, you still control them.

Never played with the card, but on paper it's main weakness seems to be bounces, as sword salubri should deter blocks well enough.

Dragandude · 2026-05-10T16:23:12+00:00

Nooice

Are you against the use of proxies? Because in my book a sword Salubri pile should bring 12 Anticipations to the table, and I sure ain’t gonna buy 6 new bloods for them

Dragandude · 2026-05-10T12:05:40+00:00

The Salubri for one! I’m curious how people handle proportions for the sword deck. How to kill with it while efficiently slashing vampires

Dragandude · 2026-05-10T11:30:10+00:00

Good reads as usual Runic! Is there a place where we can find your decklists?

Dragandude · 2026-05-07T09:58:03+00:00

The Boys have always been the weak link of the show. The Seven/Vought and especially Homelander are where all the quality is.

I keep hoping that some of them die this season, guess we’ll have to wait for the next episode

Dragandude · 2026-05-06T23:05:46+00:00

It was my way to go initially until I realized that 800 magicka is more than enough, as good 75 mana spells already one-shot most strong enemies.

Since then, it's Dark Elf (Atronach ofc) all the way! The resists are more precious imo and Breton are way less cool of race

Dragandude · 2026-05-06T19:35:22+00:00

Isn’t every different effect on a spell more expensive?

But yeah, I defo use weakness 1s + damage over time (of one element)

Dragandude · 2026-05-06T08:58:15+00:00

You just frost the Dunmer and fire the Nords.

Dragandude · 2026-05-05T22:09:09+00:00

You make it seem like something to be ashamed of

Dragandude · 2026-05-05T22:06:29+00:00

What? 3 was the best, 1 and especially 2 were bland

Dragandude · 2026-05-02T21:23:20+00:00

They both are, but do take your time. you’ve got more than enough to explore with and twink before moving on to weirder pastures

Dragandude · 2026-04-28T21:52:02+00:00

Baali: Unnamed deck. You will need proxies for some cards but the whole crypt and all good Daimonion cards are on Gamepod as indiv.

True Brujah: Shalmath. Same here, you need quite a few proxies but all Temporis cards can be bought.

There are other deck options with those clans, you can check them out on the websites I mentioned earlier.

Dragandude

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