Imperator

About Imperator

Imperator, Political action, designed by Justin Norman first released in april 2009 in the set 2009 Tournament / Storyline promo.

Imperator best fits a Camarilla political or vote-control deck built around a capacity-8-or-more vampire, especially one that can exploit Blood Hunt cards to remove opposing vampires and then win those referenda with its additional three votes; it is particularly attractive in a big-capacity Ventrue, Tremere, Toreador, or Malkavian vote deck that already has reliable referendum support. The title itself is strong—three votes plus virtual prince status and exceptional Blood Hunt voting power—but the card is narrow because it requires a suitable vampire, a successful referendum, and a unique title slot, so it is much less useful in ordinary vote decks than broadly impactful actions such as Parity Shift or Kine Resources Contested, while printed Justicar or Inner Circle vampires are usually preferable if your crypt already supplies the votes. Imperator should see play only as a focused one-copy role-player in a Camarilla deck that actively uses Blood Hunt cards; it is powerful in that str