#17 Properly Playing ... Escaped Mental Patient

The Malkavian Antitribu is a clan that's well-positioned for stealth mega-bleed (Pulse of the Canaille + Kindred Spirits + Eyes of Chaos + Lost in Crowds, anyone?), so naturally, some minion-targeting actions can be helpful in eliminating pesky chump blockers or weenie flickers.

Enter the Escaped Mental Patient. For two pool, you get a fragile minion with free rush, and an optional aggravated hand damage. It pops after using its special, but you can leverage this with FBI Special Affairs Division. Even a few in a deck can mean a VP if it means you can selectively remove your opponents' minions.

How do you deal with opposing minions that:

• hit back: Use the special. He'll die from the hands-for-one strike anyway.
• prevent damage: Use the special. He'll die from the hands-for-one strike anyway.
• maneuver long and strike with ranged damage: Try not to engage them. If they come to you, well that's it.
• manuever long only: If the manuever comes from a card, you have wasted one of their manuevers. Don't use the special.
• combat ends: It's up to you. The EMP won't burn if you use the special.

A deck that capitalizes on the interaction between FBI Special Affairs Division and Escaped Mental Patient can be found on the TWDA.

Deck Name: säävarauksella Created by: Matti Palomäki Description: The idea of the deck is to use the Escaped Mental Patients with Flash Grenades for tapping, Revelations and Change of Targets to get rid of Wakes and permanent bleed enhancers with some Dementation support for ousting. The EMPs are also great at slowing down too aggressive predators (or any players, for that matter) and defending against rushes and such. Crypt [12 vampires, average capacity: 5.66667] 1x Rodolfo AUS DEM OBF pro 8 Malkavian antitribu:3 bishop 2x Korah AUS DEM OBF ani 7 Malkavian antitribu:2 priscus 1x Marie Faucigny AUS OBF dem tha 7 Malkavian antitribu:3 archbishop 1x Dolphin Black AUS DEM OBF 6 Malkavian antitribu:2 1x Quira, The Bitch Queen AUS OBF obt tha 6 Malkavian antitribu:2 1x Colonel, The AUS cel dem obf 5 Malkavian antitribu:3 2x General Perfidio Dios AUS dem obf 5 Malkavian antitribu:3 bishop 1x Idalia, Prophet of Guad AUS dem 4 Malkavian antitribu:2 2x Roger Farnsworth OBF aus 4 Malkavian antitribu:3 Library [88 cards] Master [14] 1x Anarch Troublemaker 2x Blood Doll 1x Church of the Order of St. Blaise 2x Dreams of the Sphinx 1x Elder Library 1x Major Boon 1x Perfectionist 1x Powerbase: Chicago 1x Powerbase: Washington, D.C. 2x Rotschreck 1x Sunset Strip, Hollywood Action [14] 2x Madman's Quill 4x Pulse of the Canaille 1x Restructure 4x Revelations 1x Sibyl's Tongue 2x Zillah's Tears Action Modifier [15] 4x Change of Target 2x Cloak the Gathering 2x Elder Impersonation 3x Eyes of Chaos 1x Forgotten Labyrinth 3x Walk through Arcadia Ally [9] 1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter) 8x Escaped Mental Patient Equipment [10] 10x Flash Grenade Event [2] 1x FBI Special Affairs Division 1x Unmasking, The Reaction [13] 3x Telepathic Counter 7x Telepathic Misdirection 3x Wake with Evening's Freshness Retainer [2] 1x J. S. Simmons, Esq. 1x Tasha Morgan Combat [9] 9x Concealed Weapon

So, how have you used the Escaped Mental Patient?