Shadow Feint

About Shadow Feint

Shadow Feint, Combat, designed by Kieran Yanner first released in december 2001 in the set Bloodlines and was printed exactly in 3 different ways.

Shadow Feint fits an aggressive [cel][obf] combat deck whose vampires already have dangerous strikes, especially strikes that can torpor or burn an opposing vampire before it hits back. Its superior effect also helps those strikes connect against dodge-heavy decks. It is less useful in a deck that relies on ordinary hand strikes: paying a blood for first strike matters little if the target survives, and it does not stop strike: combat ends or damage prevention. For most such decks, **Blur** is a better general-purpose combat card because additional strikes offer more damage potential; **Psyche!** may be a better slot if combat ends is the main obstacle. I would play Shadow Feint as a small, matchup-dependent inclusion only when the deck has high-impact strikes worth protecting, not as a combat staple.