Keepers of Tradition

Keepers of Tradition (KoT) is the fifteenth expansion of White Wolf, Inc.'s trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, and was released on November 19th, 2008. The expansion's theme are vampires of the Camarilla sect, continuing the support for these clans started in the VTES/Jyhad and Camarilla Edition expansions.

Contents

Part of the expansion are 4 different pre-constructed decks with 89 cards each as well as boosters with 11 cards each (5 common, 3 vampire, 2 uncommon, and 1 rare). There will be 152 new cards in the booster packs, and 24 new cards in the pre-constructed decks. The pre-constructed decks are:

  • Brujah
  • Malkavian
  • Toreador
  • Ventrue

Mechanics

  • Inner Circle Member -- The Title is now clan-specific and unique (for each clan), similar to the title of a Justicar.

Notable cards

  • Dark Influences -- a master card that allows to cancel any other player's minion card as it is played, and prevents the next canceling card to take effect.
  • Enkil Cog -- an action modifier card that, once attached to a vampire, allows to him act in other player's turn.
  • Villein -- a master card which allows the player to move blood from vampires into his pool, similarly to earlier card Minion Tap, and as a side effect makes Minion Taps more expensive.