"Ebony Kingdom" Preview Review

The preview of the next VtES expansion "Ebony Kingdom" cards contained 8 new cards (4 library and crypt each). Here are the pictures of the cards as well as some commenting words for each of the cards.

Left: Umdava -- nice addition for the two other Akunanse Magaji, and even usable as addition for Guruhi vote deck because of the superior Presence.

Right: Nana Buruku -- this vampire will definetely gonna see some usage. So interesting that she will get some playtime in non-Laibon decks, even if she lacks a title or the bounce capabilities Anson has to offer.




Left: Undele -- a 9-capacity Magaji with a very potent ability is usually a solid vampire. What I am missing here is one (or two) additional points in disciplines. The vampire would have been much more playable if the had superior Obfuscate or superior Presence
Right: Abiku -- solid Osebo vampire, the special is not overly useful, but she's worth her points in disciplines anyhow. Non-Osebo clan based decks she could be included in: Anarch Hell-for-Leather or Weenie-/Mid-Cap Auspex Potence deck.

Left: Taking The Skin: Minion -- nice addition to the Abombwe cards like "Predator's Transformation" and the discipline's "theme" of torporizing/burning other minions.

Right: Remnant of the Endless Storm -- this unique werewolf has a very nice ability and stats, but for most decks the ally is way too expensive. Yes, even with Charisma and/or Powerbase: Tshwane.



Left: Neebi -- "Set Range" effects are not that often seen on VtES cards, so this a quite interesting combat card. Though it would have been nice that it only requires two Aye cards in non-draft games.

Right: Guinea-Bissau Carnival -- this Master card is somewhat similar to Festivo dello Estinto, and supports the whole /Orun-mechanism which is a good thing. On the other hand the "once-per-game"-clause makes the card clearly less useful, and you'll find often other Master cards more useful than this.