- Sabbat War
"Sabbat War" (SW) is the fourth expansion of
White Wolf, Inc. 's trading card game released onOctober 31 2000 and is the first expansion published by "White Wolf" afterWizards of the Coast had abandoned the game in1996 . The expansion's theme is the Sabbat sect, which is a repeat of the previously Sabbat expansion. In contrast to the "Sabbat" expansion this set also contained pre-constructed starter decks for the first time. Most of the additional vampires (not available in the "Sabbat" set) were taken from the clan novels.Contents
Part of the expansion are 4 different pre-constructed decks with 89 cards each as well as boosters with 11 cards each. The distribution in the boosters is different, the first printing contains 5 common, 3 vampire, 2 uncommon and 1 rare, the second and later printing 4 common, 3 vampire, 3 uncommon and 1 rare. There is a total of 437 cards in this set. The pre-constructed decks are:
* Brujah antitribu
*Lasombra
*Tzimisce
* Ventrue antitribuMechanics
* "Do Not Replace Until After Action" -- this clause cited on some cards replaced the clause "Do Not Replace Until After Combat" for ease of play.
* "Contesting Cities" -- if both a "Prince" and "Archbishop" hold their titles in the same city they do now contest the title.Notable Cards
* "Chiropteran Marauder" -- a combat card requiring "Vicissitude" making the hand damage of vampire combat aggravated.
* "Powerbase: Montreal" -- a master card given a free pool (life) to an uncontrolled vampire each turn.
* "Telepathic Tracking" -- a combat card requiring "Auspex" allowing a vampire to continue combat even though it would normally end (i.e. after a "Strike: Combat Ends" effect has been played).
* "Omaya" -- a vampire of clan Gangrel antitribu well suited for "wall" decks.
* "Dolphin Black" -- a vampire of clan Malkavian antitribu, the archetypical vampire for a "stealth & bleed" deck.External links
* [http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/ The official site]
* [http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=Checklist_SabbatWar Checklist for the expansion]
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