Concept: D4C is a Wyrm Deck designed around high-Rage characters, employing high-Rage damage Combat Cards. It is a "Hit'em-fast & hard" style of deck. In testing this deck has not lost yet.

Deck Strategy: The strategy for this deck is simple, pump up your characters, and hit your opponent hard. It makes use of "cross-over" gifts, allowing some characters to use Shadowlord gifts, notably True Fear. Additionally, it limits damage done by opponent's by use of the Skin of the Hellbound to help keep your pack alive, while also limiting your opponent's Rage and Gnosis by use of Infectious Touches and the Caern of the Unwashed Child.

Characters: 24 Renown Total

• Allonzo Montoya - Abomination - Homid - Renown: 9 Rage: 5/10 Gnosis: 6 Health: 7/10

• Zhyzhak- Black Spiral Dancer - Ahroun - Homid - Renown: 9 Rage: 4/10 Gnosis: 7 Health:4/9

• Amelia - Ananasi - Homid - Renown: 6 Rage: 3/7 Gnosis: 6 Health: 4/5

Alternate Character (for 20 Renown Game)

Replace Amelia with Fangthane Blood jaw

• Fangthane Bloodjaw- Black Spiral Dancer-Ahroun-Homid - Renown: 2 Rage:1/4 Gnosis: 2 Health:2/4 Remove one Skin of the Hellbound, and put in a Chainsaw!

Sept Deck: 28 Cards Total

Equipment: 8 Cards Total

• 1 Blood Dagger (This and a Horns of the Impaler and two of your characters can be at 13 Rage!)
• 1 Dr. Mordecai's Home Chemistry Set (Can raise Rage, Gnosis or Health by +1 - very handy)
• 1 Lander's Nylon Stocking (Keep your Frenzies going...Swap it off between your alpha's.)
• 1 Mage's Talisman (lets Zhyzhak use True Fear)
• 3 Skins of the Hellbound (remove one if Fangthane Bloodjaw is in)
• 1 Vampire Blood (Heal Characters instantly of their lowest damage card. )

Events: 4 Cards Total

• 2 Beast-of-War Pack Totems (Add 3 Rage to all pack members. Yahoo!)
• 2 Red Alerts (Get Your Pack into Crinos ASAP!)

Actions: 3 Cards Total

• 1 Shapeshift (A good card in almost any deck.)
• 2 Sneak Attacks (Get first dibs on the juiciest victims or weakest characters!)

Gifts: 12 Cards Total

• 3 Horns of the Impaler (Raises Rage by 2. Hand `em out like candy to really fire up the pack.)
• 3 Infectious Touches (Lowers a target's Rage and Gnosis by 1 each. Makes`em cry like pus-babies.)
• 3 True Fears (For Allonzo and Amelia - get into a fight, paralyze them, and then rip`em to shreds!)
• 3 Wyrm Hides (Raises Health by 2 . Make sure Amelia gets at least one to make up for her low Health.)

Miscellaneous: 1 Card Total

• 1 Caern of the Unwashed Child - Caern - (Lowers Rage or Gnosis of your Foes by 2 - handy)

Combat Cards: 22 Cards Total

• 1 Fetal Postitions
• 2 Evasions
• 2 Lucky Blows
• 1 Feint
• 2 Beat Unmercifuls
• 2 Head Wounds
• 1 Septum Crush
• 1 Vital Blow
• 1 Massive Wound
• 1 Mangle
• 1 Spine Crush
• 2 Entrail Rends
• 2 Heart Breaker
• 1 Rent Asunder
• 2 Frenzies

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