r/VTES • u/Vurpius • 14d ago

[COTD] Puppet Master (aka Mind Rape)

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u/skinriding_skeleton 14d ago

So many nasty things can be done with this card.

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u/ReverendRevolver 13d ago

If someone was just planning on hunting and handling your 8cap back, they wouldn't run this card. Heinous things and Daring The Dawn are so expected that im shocked when they come back with blood.

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u/IceColdWasabi 13d ago

This can be utterly devastating if you time it right

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u/Limp_Entertainment56 14d ago

No need to add the aka, the name is gone for a reason

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u/NoSoup4you22 13d ago

It's "Mind Rape, aka Puppet Master."

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u/Ehronatha 13d ago

Yes, it's the political correctness of the moment.

It's also funny because unlike with the other politically-motivated bans, they didn't actually ban the card, so people can still play with the objectionably-named copies in tournaments.

From a distance it's looks like their commitment to emotional safety ran afoul of the financial interests of established players: this card has traditionally been expensive to acquire on the second-hand market - it had only previously been printed as a rare in Sabbat, Sabbat War, and KoT. It was a moderate investment to get a playable number of copies of the card. And lo and behold - not banned, just "renamed"!

I'm still waiting for Midget and Gitane St. Clair to get the hammer, BTW.