This is a vote deck built on the group 6 Camarilla Lasombra crypt. Ten of the twelve crypt cards carry a Camarilla title — four different Princes and two Primogens — and every vampire has both Dominate {{ DOM }} and Oblivion {{ OBL }}, superior on all but the smallest. {{ power_structure }} adds +1 vote to each Lasombra on top of that.
The early game is pure setup: {{ govern_the_unaligned }} at superior {{ DOM }} grow the minion base at +1 stealth while {{ villein }} refill the pool. In the author's own words: transfer, govern, {{ villein }}, almost never bleed. Once two or three titled vampires are out, the referendums start.
Pool damage comes from {{ kine_resources_contested }} and {{ camarilla_s_iron_fist }} — the latter spreads 5 points among two or more other Methuselahs and even hands 1 pool to a player of one's choice, which either goes to oneself or serves as deal-making material. {{ parity_shift }}, {{ ominous_chorus }} and the {{ lasombra_justicar }} title round out the political package, and {{ amici_noctis }} converts passed referendum into blood and pool.
Blocking a Lasombra is a miserable proposition: {{ where_the_veil_thins }}, {{ shadow_cast }} and {{ shadow_cloak }} provide plain stealth, and {{ stygian_shroud }} at superior {{ OBL }} deny motivated blockers. The {{ pass_through_shadow }} are combat ends that, at superior, come back as a +1 stealth counter on the vampire.
The deck was built as a meta answer to heavy bleed: it is designed to take pool damage and live. {{ deflection }} on an all-Dominate crypt handle the bleeds it cares to defend, and the {{ villein }}, {{ giant_s_blood }} and {{ amici_noctis }} engine regrows whatever the table manages to burn.
{{ amici_noctis }} rewards winning big: each vote of margin is a blood or a pool. Keep an unlocked titled vampire around, as {{ ominous_chorus }} is both a modifier and a reaction and its +3 votes can swing other players' referendums too. {{ yewon_ong }} turns dead {{ obl }} cards in hand into extra votes during polling — a clean exit for surplus {{ shadow_cast }} late in the game.
Ration the stealth: {{ stygian_shroud }} at superior is the answer to the one real blocker, while superior {{ where_the_veil_thins }} taxes non-Oblivion blockers a blood and shuts out allies entirely. After a successful action, superior {{ shadow_cloak }} can easily be cycled if needed, or used as anti-rush tech.
Superior {{ shroud_of_decay }} is an oust that no bounce can stop, and incidental hate against ash-heap recursion. The two {{ spectral_servitor }} can be canon fodder against rushes, or additional 1-drop bleeds. {{ shadow_sentinel }} at superior {{ OBL }} can even wake the wraith for a surprise block.
The archetype is young — it took down two 20+ player events within a month in autumn 2025 — but the winning lists already show a real spread.
{{ jorge_garcia_s_deck }} is the control-leaning build: no wraiths and no {{ shroud_of_decay }}, but 10 {{ deflection }}, 4 {{ second_tradition_domain }} and 4 {{ freak_drive }}, letting the Princes block, vote and act in the same turn, with more {{ amici_noctis }} and {{ pass_through_shadow }} to endure.
{{ ivan_marin_rivas_deck }}, from a smaller event, pulls the other way: 10 {{ spectral_servitor }} and 6 {{ parity_shift }}, backed by a Dominate bleed touch — {{ conditioning }}, {{ bonding }} and {{ foreshadowing_destruction }}. It shows the shell can flex toward bleed, which makes this one to watch.
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