Friday, May 8, 2009

"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.

(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.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.




(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.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.

(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.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.



(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.(c) 2009 by White Wolf Inc.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.

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