Hi! We have now added the changed cards Ashur Tablets and Emerald Legionnaire for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle as print-on-demand at Drivethrucards.com with a special discount ($0.15 per card). Direct links:
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This is a Vampire: The Eternal Struggle update on: 1. Errata for Ashur Tablets and Emerald Legionnaire 2. Multi deck change for the tournaments rules 3. Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce legality date
1. Errata announcements
Since August 2021, some cards have been under scrutiny due to power or rule issues. Ashur Tablets and Emerald Legionnaire were among them. We had a few rounds of playtest over 2 years, interrupted by the Covid pandemic, during which multiple variations were tested on these as well as other cards. Based on this feedback, we decided to make the following changes:
Ashur Tablets Errata: Only one Ashur Tablets may be played each turn.
Reason: This change has a greater impact on heavy MMPA deck as it doesn’t allow a player to play as many recursion cycles, which in turn limits the gain pool from other cards such as Liquidation, making decks including 50+ master cards and large pool gain less viable.
This card will be available for print-on-demand at Drivethrucards.com with a special discount.
This change has tournament legality 1st February 2024.
Emerald Legionnaire Errata: You cannot use the Emerald Legionnaire’s ability during your unlock phase if you control as many or more copies of them as ready unique Harbinger of Skulls.
Reason: The intent is to suppress use outside of the clan, and to reduce the explosiveness of turns during which multiple Emerald Legionnaire return from the ash heap. This is closer to the designer’s intent.
This card will be available for print-on-demand at Drivethrucards.com with a special discount.
This change has tournament legality 1st February 2024.
Tournament rules change
The multi-deck system can now be used for any tournament except national championships, grand prix, and continental championships.
3.1.5 Multi-Deck System Players are prohibited from making modifications to their decks between rounds unless the tournament uses the following multi-deck rules. The multi-deck system can be used at any tournament that is neither a national championship, a grand prix, or a continental championship. Organizers choosing to use this system must announce its use in advance of the tournament date. Players may choose to bring any number of tournament-legal decks to the tournament and/or extra cards to exchange with cards in their decks (also known as a sideboard in some games). Between rounds, players may freely switch decks (or cards in their decks).
This change has tournament legality 1st February 2024.
Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce Fifth Edition preconstructed decks
These have now been shipped. The main pallets to the UK still need to arrive but Denmark, Finland, Italy, Poland and Spain should have received theirs so far.
These decks are covered in an eco paper covering with no outer cellophane as a test run. The new print run of Fifth Edition Vampire: The Eternal Struggle boxes shipped later in January will contain 5 decks without cellophane but still with an outer box covered in cellophane.
The new cards in the Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce decks have an official release date 2nd January 2024 and tournament legality 1st February 2024.
Hi! The Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce Fifth Edition preconstructed decks for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle will soon be in stores, so we prepared a strategy helpsheet for each, available for download among the other ones at Blackchantry.com/Utilities and at the links below.
And yes, we will of course tell the official release date and the tournament legality date for the new cards as soon as all decks has been shipped from the printer!
Hi! We have now published five more Vampire: The Eternal Struggle cards for event promotion. This time it´s full art versions of Kasim Bayar, Victoria Ash and Andi Liu, and also the classic cards KRCG News Radio and Tribute to the Master, both with new art by Ginés Quiñonero.
The following countries currently have a VEKN National Coordinator: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States.
Is your country not among these? Maybe YOU can be the National Coordinator? Contact us!
Hi! We know you have been waiting for this one! Sense the Savage Way was first introduced in the Lords of the Night expansion back in 2007 and then reprinted in Keepers of Tradition 2008. It is a staple card that every player of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle needs in their collection, but we have so far had problems fitting it in our products. So as a first way to make it available it will be awarded as a promo card for participants in the 2023-2024 European Grand Prix season – first out is the tournament in Milan, Italy on December 9.
The new art is by Noora Hirvonen. Thank you Noora!
And yes, the card will eventually find it´s way into player hands in other ways too.
