y Hecata Corpse
Highlights
This is a Hecata y toolbox built on Oblivion and disposable corpse allies. The crypt is all group 6 Hecata y, with everywhere and on most, topped by Mora, whose bleed and library recursion both earn their keep here.
The prey is ousted with Shroud of Decay, an Oblivion action that fattens the prey's ash heap at inferior and cashes it in for burned pool at superior. A stack of Oblivion stealth modifiers pushes the actions through: Shadow Cast and Shadow Cloak for stealth, Where the Veil Thins to tax blockers a blood, and Stygian Shroud to deny a motivated blocker.
The corpses do the dirty work. Aggressive Corpse rush problem minions and, since they cannot gain life, are meant to be spent. Spectral Servitor unlock their recruiter and help bleed; they can play basic cards like Shadow Cast or even Shadow Sentinel.
Bleed defense is classic Auspex , on Telepathic Misdirection and Eyes of Argus. The Unmasking turns every corpse into a blocker, Shadow Sentinel wakes them to block, and FBI Special Affairs Division punishes any acting vampire that burns one in combat — so blocking with a corpse becomes a real deterrent.
Allies are paid in blood, so the masters focus on blood economy. With an all-Hecata y crypt, Family Gathering never misses — a free trifle that speeds crypt draw and adds blood. Perfectionist, Vessel, Powerbase: Munich and Cappadocian Crypt keep the vampires and the pool afloat, while dead corpses are fuel: Split the Veil raises them back from the ash heap, and Psychophagia converts a dead ally into blood.
Tips & Tricks
Spectral Servitor is burned during the unlock phase unless recruited at , in which case one can burn 1 pool instead. Do the math each turn: a Servitor that bled once has already paid for its single blood, so letting it go and raising it back later with Split the Veil is often better than paying. Alek König recruits Servitors at superior and costs only 3 to bring out, a fine early drop.
Aim Shroud of Decay for the lunge: the superior version is the goal here. A directed action, but not a bleed, so no bounce or bleed reduction applies — a clean finisher against a well-defended prey.
Aggressive Corpse clears blockers ahead of a lunge sequence, and Tye Cooper can then burn the torpored minion outright, on top of being a great defense and potential bleeder. Dance of the Dead gives the zombies the maneuvers and presses they otherwise lack against mobile opponents.
As in any toolbox, card flow is key: Heart of Nizchetus digs into the top of the library, Mora recurses a card to the bottom of the library each discard phase, and Lenelle trades a dead card in hand for the answer in the ash heap. Few cards are ever truly lost — prioritize recycling Shroud of Decay.
Variants
There are no settled named variants yet, but the winning lists share a stable core — group 6 Hecata y, zombie allies recycled with Split the Veil, Telepathic Misdirection, The Unmasking and the Oblivion stealth modifiers — and diverge on how they oust.
Jorge Ramos' deck is the closest relative, on the same Shroud of Decay plan but with an all-in engine: 12 Spectral Servitor, 10 Rotting Behemoth and 8 Split the Veil, plus Trap to keep a victim locked in combat with a 3-strength Behemoth. Rotting Behemoth is the archetype's other zombie of choice — a bigger body bought by removing a dead Spectral Servitor from the ash heap.
The other branch drops Shroud of Decay altogether and grinds the table down with rushes, cashing them in with Fame and Dragonbound, as in Nicola Lonardi's deck — which runs 6 Ashur Tablets and 4 Liquidation for economy — or Ivan Candioli's deck, whose 23 reactions make it play like a corpse-powered wall.