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#1 Lord-Soth Nov 29, 2012 9:53:53	Hi, I recently got in two Curse of Undeath sets and am looking to combine them as I have the others.  I'll start by saying I really like the Vampire so wanted to include two in the build.  I also cut the Dracolich to bring the level total down a bit, as my changes already raised it from 37 to 42.  Here is the creature mix. 2 Warrior Skeleton 2 Hypnotic Spirit 2 Skeletal Tomb Guardian 2 Vampire Stalker 2 Disciple of Kyuss 2 Lich Necromancer Does this look viable?  More Cha and a little less Con.  Now I just need a good mix of order cards.  Again I have two sets so I can double some and remove others.  Any thoughts would be appreciated putting this together.
#2 truthspeaker Nov 29, 2012 13:23:29	If you have Goblins of Tyranny I would recommend using some attachable order cards which would enhance your vampire.  Acrobatics would enable your character to move quickly through hindering terrain and shift past front line opponents in order to reach the soft mages.  Loping Stride would add two to his speed.  Tough as Nails would reduce damage from every attack by 10 (this is the ultimate defense card).  Undaunted Surge, while it can not be used on the same character as Tough as Nails, is awesome for adding 10 damage to all attacks.  Regenerate (undeath order card) enables the vampire to heal by ten at the begining of every turn.  Spawn of Kyuss damages each enemy who ends his turn adjacent to you.  Short Magic Sword, which practically guarentees that the target will take damage, might be helpful for the vampire since he gains 10 health every time he successfully does melee damage to another player. There are some unattachable cards that will also help the Vampire Stalker.  Death Sentence and Quick Jab offter the vampire the opportunity to gain health every turn since they give him an extra melee attack. Vampiric Touch and Cloud of Bats  are effective cards for the Vampire Stalker, though Vampiric Touch has more value in the hands of many other creatures in your deck. As a strategy for winning my recomendations may well fail.  I am mostly listing the cards that I think would be fun to use on the Vampire Stalker.  I haven't tried my ideas out yet.  I would also suggest Unbreakable since it can prevent 50 damage to your Vampire Salker or your Skeletal Tomb Guardian.  Defensive Advantage might be the most obvious choice since it is available to half the creatures in your deck, it prevents 20 damage, and, best of all, it allows you to draw an extra order card!  Parry (from Sting of Lolth) is a much more debateable choice.  The downside is that the order card can only help your Vampire Stalker prevent 10 damage.  However it does allow you to draw an extra order card.  So if you intend to keep your vampires active for almost the whole game Parry would be helpful.  Sheild and Warning Shout can be used by your mages to protect your vampire. The obvious weakness in this sort of a strategy is that it is built around not loosing your Vampire Stalkers.  And since he is almost always fighting on the front lines this scheme might be a loosing proposition.
#3 Lord-Soth Nov 30, 2012 6:34:15	Thanks Truthspeaker for all the good tips.  At this point I want to try to keep it all Curse of Undeath, or I fear it will become too much like my Tyranny of Goblins build.  Although in the future I may swap some cards in as I agree they are a perfect fit. Dimension Door seems like it can come in handy as a card.  I might throw two in and just see how they play out. Also I see you mention Shield.  How about the included Mage Armor?  Not sure how it stacks up as a defensive card.  Would be great against a pesky Elf Archer. Also what about Fear and Hypnotic Gaze?  Fear seems kind of useless to me.  Hypnotic Gaze though seems like it could be useful, even with Hypnotic Spirit. I'll try to come up with a build and post it.  Thanks again.  Any other ideas are appreciated.