Vampiric Blade [Air][Darkness][Light]

[willng3]

Using the newly (at the time) released Crusader:

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Strategy is simple:  Play Daggers, Animate them, Bless them, then Endow them.  Crusader gains the ability and attack of the newly buffed Dagger.  Expect to EM a lot.

[LongDono]

Quick question, "newly buffed dagger" mean V dagger got a buffer or do you just mean that crusader is the buffed dagger?

[willng3]

Quick question, "newly buffed dagger" mean V dagger got a buffer or do you just mean that crusader is the buffed dagger?

Crusader gains the attack and ability of the Dagger you just played Blessing(s) on.

[LongDono]

Ok I figured it was something like that. Add a steal? As it is a shield is pointless due to the insane amount of HP you absorb, so something that stops you from attacking might get annoying and is prolly the  only real worry.

[willng3]

And what would you remove to add the Steal?  I can't see myself getting rid of anything here.

[LongDono]

1 Blessing.
You can already do so much damage, and health gain that I think blessing is just overkill. Could be wrong.

[willng3]

Yeah...you usually want to get as much damage out as possible and I've already noticed that you need the 4 to make that happen.  Honestly I would prefer more but it won't fit in here sadly.

[LongDono]

Ah I see a math reason for it. Ok sorry, I just thought the power of crusader went to your head. ( Joke ..... maybe )

[coinich]

Pendulums are nice, but why have them at all?

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Variant w/ Steals.  You can power it off the mark as Steals usually don't need to be played until late in the game, such as vs Gravity Shield

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Faster, my preferred build.

[willng3]

Well, because it makes the rate of getting out Daggers faster.  By just running off of your mark it'll take you 2 turns before you can get out your first Dagger.  That seems like a lot to me as it gives your opponent a good amount of time to counter you before you even begin to set up against them.  And then if you draw multiple Daggers in your opening hand they'll sit there unused for a longer period of time.  I tried running it off of just my mark at first and was dissatisfied, but that doesn't necessarily mean that wasn't the best build...

[coinich]

I had no problems waiting two turns myself, and running Stilettos instead can fix that as well.  I rarely had more than one or two Stilettos in my hand at any given time, and that was due to a lack of Animate Weapons than anything else.

[Lluis83]

I have changed a light tower for a solar buckler and this is a great deck for EM.