- Kindred Most Wanted
"Kindred Most Wanted" (KMW) is the eighth expansion of
White Wolf, Inc. 's trading card game released onFebruary 21 ,2005 . The expansion's theme are the most wanted vampires (kindred) who appear on the so-called Red List. These vampires are also calledAnathema . The vampires whose duty it is to hunt down and destroy the Anathema are calledAlastor s. The boosters also contain a number of cards which are related to the Independent clans (e.g.Assamites orRavnos ), continuing the support for these started in the Final Nights expansion.Contents
Part of the expansion are 4 different pre-constructed decks with 89 cards each as well as boosters with 11 cards each (7 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare). There is a total of 150 new cards, i.e. 50 new common, 50 uncommon (=Vampire) and 50 rare cards. The pre-constructed decks are:
* "Anathema" -- vampires on the red list
* "Alastors" -- hunters of the Anathema
* Baali -- clan of infernalist vampires
* Gangrel antitribu -- left out in earlier expansions where the "Sabbat" clans were featuredThe vampire "Echo" (also included in this set) was given as a promo card in a number of magazines.Mechanics
* "Redlist" -- A vampire with the Red List trait (i.e. he's on the list) can be attacked by other vampires more easily.
* "Trophy" -- If a vampire burns a red list vampire he gains a trophy, a powerful artifact or ability.
* "Blood Curse" -- The Blood Curse no longer affects the members of the Assamite clan by default; only those vampires with an explicit card text are affected.
* "Infernal" -- vampires with the Infernal trait now have to pay for untapping during the untap phase. Before this expansion these vampires had to pay for "not" tapping after the mandatory untap.
* "Abominations" -- A new vampire clan which consists of werewolves who also became vampires. Abominations are both "Sterile" and "Scarce".Notable Cards
* The expansion introduced a number of ways to create progenies (younger vampires) for the independent clans ("Waters of Duat", "Tumnimos", "Web of Knives Recruit").
* "Sudario Refraction" -- allows the player to retrieve cards from the ash heap, although at the cost of losing cards randomly from his hand.
* "Disengage" -- allows a vampire to avoid an "Immortal Grapple" by the opposing vampire during combat.
* "Mata Hari" -- a "Ravnos" vampire who can play clan-specific cards as if she belongs to these clans
* "Enkidu" -- a very old vampire of clan "Gangrel antitribu" whose combat abilities are unmatched.External links
* [http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/ The official site]
* [http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=Checklist_KindredMostWanted Checklist for the expansion]
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