{% extends "archetypes/_layout.html" %} {% import "archetypes/_layout-erratum.html" as erratum with context %} {% import "archetypes/top-tier/stanislava.json" as deck_json %} {% block meta %} {% endblock %} {% block archetype_name %}

{{ gangrel }} Stanislava

{% endblock %} {% block archetype %} {% trans trimmed alpha_glint=card("Alpha Glint"), archon_investigation=card("Archon Investigation"), ashur_tablets=card("Ashur Tablets"), caitlin=card("Caitlin"), claws_of_the_dead=card("Claws of the Dead"), deflection=card("Deflection"), earth_control=card("Earth Control"), ecoterrorists=card("Ecoterrorists"), forced_march=card("Forced March"), form_of_mist=card("Form of Mist"), govern_the_unaligned=card("Govern the Unaligned"), iliana=card("Iliana"), immortal_grapple=card("Immortal Grapple"), ingrid_rossler=card("Ingrid Rossler"), instantaneous_transformation=card("Instantaneous Transformation"), jake_washington=card("Jake Washington"), kine_resources_contested=card("Kine Resources Contested"), liquidation=card("Liquidation"), murmur_of_the_false_will=card("Murmur of the False Will"), obedience=card("Obedience"), papillon=card("Papillon"), parity_shift=card("Parity Shift"), the_parthenon=card("The Parthenon"), pentex_subversion=card("Pentex™ Subversion"), rachel_brandywine=card("Rachel Brandywine"), rapid_change=card("Rapid Change"), seal_of_veddartha=card("Seal of Veddartha"), second_tradition_domain=card("Second Tradition: Domain"), sense_the_savage_way=card("Sense the Savage Way"), stanislava=card("Stanislava"), vele_s_hunt=card("Vele's Hunt"), villein=card("Villein"), xaviar=card("Xaviar (ADV)", "Xaviar"), fourth_tradition_the_accounting=card("Fourth Tradition: The Accounting"), meta=link("/strategy/articles/advanced/the-game-of-the-game", _("meta")), girls_will_find_inner_circle=link("/archetypes/girls-will-find-inner-circle"), janne_lonnqvist_s_deck=link("/deck-search", _("Janne Lönnqvist's deck"), id="2016rfehf"), roberto_mautone_junior=link("/deck-search", _("Roberto Mautone Junior"), id="11990"), martin_weinmayer_himself=link("/deck-search", _("Martin Weinmayer himself"), id="11920") %}

Highlights

This is a stealth vote & bleed deck with {{ stanislava }} as a star. She uses {{ govern_the_unaligned }} to help get other vampires out and {{ villein }} is used to get some pool back.

As the game progresses, more big capacity titled vampires get out and begin to perform political actions and bleed, using {{ pro }} for stealth with {{ form_of_mist }}, {{ earth_control }}, and {{ rapid_change }}.

The bulk of the vote damage come from {{ kine_resources_contested }}, while a few other votes can deliver high damage at the right moment to facilitate the lunge. {{ forced_march }}, {{ instantaneous_transformation }}, and {{ freak_drive }} can be used for additional actions, allowing the vampires to bleed and perform a political action in the same turn.

{{ deflection }} is used for bleed defense, and {{ pro }} provides combat defense with a solid number of combat ends.

Tips & Tricks

{{ forced_march }} and {{ instantaneous_transformation }} are versatile as they can be used both for stealth or additional action. {{ stanislava }} can use both, but other vampires in the crypt can use one or the other, and {{ xaviar }} can already unlock on a vote all by himself.

{{ enkil_cog }} can help deliver more bleeds, but might be better on a sidekick rather than {{ stanislava }} herself, for fear of an {{ archon_investigation }}.

The {{ seal_of_veddartha }} is an excellent equipment with this crypt, as most vampires miss either {{ DOM }} or {{ FOR }}. The +1 bleed bonus is nothing to cast aside either.

Variants

The archetype is very much known for Martin Weinmayer's build as he as been very successful with it and retained the top seat in the international classment in the 2010s. The cards proportions may vary a little bit, some like to play some {{ sense_the_savage_way }}, {{ vele_s_hunt }} and/or {{ claws_of_the_dead }}. {{ ecoterrorists }} is also a common inclusion.

Combat ends are not necessarily the best option, depending on the {{ meta }}. If {{ immortal_grapple }} is a worry, using {{ obedience }} or {{ alpha_glint }} are solid alternatives.

Some alterations have been seen in the crypt too, like including {{ iliana }} or {{ caitlin }}, as they have excellent disciplines combination for a low pool, although no title to support the political side of the deck. {{ janne_lonnqvist_s_deck }} from 2016 is a good example.

Older variations of the archetype used to include a good number of {{ parity_shift }}, but that was before the 2019 nerf. It is still viable though, as demonstrated by {{ roberto_mautone_junior }}.

The Ashur variation, heralded by none other than {{ martin_weinmayer_himself }}, uses a huge number of {{ ashur_tablets }} together with {{ the_parthenon }} and {{ liquidation }}, reminiscent of the {{ girls_will_find_inner_circle}} archetype of old. An impressive display post the 2024 nerf to {{ ashur_tablets }}.

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