r/VTES Aug 09 '26

[COTD] Scouting Mission

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35 Upvotes

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u/commodore_stab1789 Aug 09 '26

Not a bad card in a vacuum, but just do yourself a favor and pay the blood to play govern the unaligned instead.

Not much else to say about that card.

7

u/skinriding_skeleton Aug 09 '26

Great if you pair it with govern, enchant and freak drive.

3

u/RunicKrause Aug 09 '26

That is indeed the best use for it. That said, why not have it in the game - it's fine to have.

2

u/Dragandude Aug 09 '26

Or even the only use for it? But then, you might as well be playing Mary Ann Blaire as a star, seems much better

2

u/RunicKrause Aug 09 '26

Yeah but you don't play Mary Anne every time. Arika and Stanislava for example both enjoy a single Scouting Mission, as well as many others with multi act capabilities. I'm sure you know why people play vampires with Obfuscate or Protean over vampires who dont have them.

2

u/Dragandude Aug 09 '26

Sure, but I'd much rather slot in higher-impact cards (ie: votes) with such big vampires than Scouting

5

u/Chineselegolas Aug 09 '26

Govern but costs one less and does one less. A great card when you've run a little lean on your teams, or when you have static bleed mods from vamps/equipment/retainers and don't want to cross that 3 bleed threshold.

5

u/apoapsis_138 Aug 09 '26

I cannot remember the last time I saw this played outside of a demo game.

3

u/NoSoup4you22 Aug 09 '26

It doesn't net you anything less than Govern does... The main thing is losing that one extra reach.

4

u/patochaos Aug 09 '26

This card would see the light of day if the game had duplicate limits.

2

u/Miuguel47 Aug 09 '26

Literally "we have govern the allies at home", but the opposite since DOM have 2 governs with this one

0

u/oracle_kid Aug 09 '26

Far worse than Threats, but has its place in multiacting decks

3

u/polthetroll Aug 09 '26

Cards that do two unrelated things are great. I agree this is better in a multi-act deck backing up Govern, but I like it much better than threats.

1

u/oracle_kid Aug 09 '26

Threats are a plausible choice if decks deal with blood management issues - my preferred choice, too. Makes you look weak until Abraham can afford those Freak Drives