Anarchs (VTES)

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Anarchs (AN) is the fifth expansion of White Wolf, Inc.'s trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle released on May 19, 2003. The expansion's theme is the Anarch movement within the vampire society. Anarchs can use special three-way cards, i.e. cards can be played for one of three effects that each require a different discipline. The expansion also features the Gangrel clan, which suits the expansion's theme, since at that time in the fictional world of Vampire: The Masquerade the Gangrel clan left the Camarilla sect and joined the Independent sect.

1 Contents
2 Mechanics
3 Notable Cards
4 See also
5 External links

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Part of the expansion are 3 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 132 cards, of which 122 are new cards. The pre-constructed decks are:

Anarch Barons -- a political deck based on the Anarchs.
Anarch Gangs -- a combat deck based on the Anarchs.
Gangrel -- featuring the now Independent Gangrel clan.

The vampire Xaviar (also included in this set) was given as a promo card in a number of magazines.

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Advanced -- advanced vampires are alternate versions of a vampire with the same name. They can be merged with the base versions, creating a more powerful vampire than the individual persons before.
Trifles -- trifle master cards can be played in advance to a regular (i.e non-trifle) master card.
Anarch -- a trait of a vampire, allowing him to use special cards. Any non-titled vampire can acquire the Anarch status as cardless action. She then is automatically a member of the Independent sect.
Baron -- a new title exclusive to Anarchs; the title has similar authority than a Prince or an Archbishop. A number of Fee Stake cards allow an Anarch to claim the Baron title for a particular city.
Political cards -- when used as vote in a referendum can now be redrawn immediately.

[edit] Notable Cards

Bleeding the Vine -- a master cards that allows a player to cancel other player's master cards once each turn.
Brinkmanship -- a political action which makes the player lose if he depletes his library.
Michael Luther -- a young vampire of clan Toreador able to change the votes of any Camarilla vampire.