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Ignis Fatuus
Type: Reaction
Blood Cost: 1
Discipline: Chimerstry
[chi] The acting minion gets -1 stealth for the remainder of the turn.
[CHI] Reduce a bleed against any Methuselah by 1.
Because there is safety in derision,
I talked about an apparition...
William Butler Yeats, "The Apparitions"

Artist: Ron Spencer
DS:C2 FN:PR2 LotN:PR4

Ignore the Searing Flames
Type: Combat
Discipline: Daimoinon/Serpentis
[ser] This vampire treats all aggravated damage from the opposing minion's strike as normal damage. Only usable when the opposing minion inflicts aggravated damage on this vampire.
[dai] Prevent all aggravated damage from the opposing minion's strike.
[DAI] This vampire burns 1 blood to be immune to aggravated damage for the remainder of the round.
Artist: Jim DiBartolo
KMW:C/PB2

Igoli's Loyalty
Type: Action Modifier
Blood Cost: 1
Required Clan: Ishtarri
Only usable during a referendum, before votes are cast.
Starting with your prey and going clockwise, each Methuselah with any ready titled vampires may elect to cast all of his or her vampires' votes in favor for 1 pool. Each time a Methuselah declines, this Ishtarri burns 1 blood to add 1 pool to that amount. Continue until a Methuselah accepts or this Ishtarri fails to burn a blood. When the votes are tallied, each vampire voting against this referendum burns 2 blood.
Artist: John Bridges
LoB:C

Illegal Search and Seizure
Type: Master
Master.
Burn a weapon that costs more than 2 pool or inflicts (with a regular strike) aggravated damage or more than 3 damage. The bearer of the weapon takes 1 damage. This damage cannot be prevented.
Artist: Mark Poole
Jyhad:C VTES:C CE:PB

Illuminate
Type: Power
Virtue: Innocence
All imbued get +1 intercept when blocking monsters (not cumulative with any other Illuminate in play, nor with The Unmasking). Any monster may enter combat with this imbued as a (D) action. Burn this card during your next untap phase or if this imbued leaves the ready region.
Artist: Peter Bergting
NoR:C

Illusions of the Kindred
Type: Combat
Blood Cost: 2
Discipline: Chimerstry
Only usable before range is determined.
[chi] Combat ends. Move the bottom card of your crypt to your ready region. He or she does not contest any other minions or titles in play. The vampire has an amount of blood equal to half of his or her capacity (round down). Combat begins between the vampire and the opposing minion. Remove the crypt card from the game at the end of combat.
[CHI] As above, but the vampire has an amount of blood equal to his or her capacity.
Artist: Randy Gallegos
AH:V3 FN:PR

Ilomba
Type: Retainer
Animal with 1 life. Requires a Laibon.
Put Ilomba on any minion (this is a +1 stealth (D) action if that minion is controlled by another Methuselah). If Ilomba would burn a life (or would otherwise be burned), this minion burns a blood or life instead. If he or she cannot, he or she is burned. A minion may have only one Ilomba.
Artist: Ron Spencer
EK:R

Immaculate Vitae
Type: Reaction
Blood Cost: 2
Discipline: Quietus
Only usable when a vampire controlled by another Methuselah successfully hunts.
[qui] Put this card on that vampire; that vampire cannot block this reacting vampire. Burn this card if that vampire goes into torpor.
[QUI] As above, but the acting vampire does not gain blood from the current hunting action.
Artist: David Kimmel
AH:C2

Immense Size
Type: Combat
Discipline: Vicissitude
Only usable before range is determined.
[vic] The opposing minion cannot play grapple cards (such as Immortal Grapple and Mighty Grapple) this combat. A vampire may play only one Immense Size each combat.
[VIC] As above, with an optional press this round.
Artist: Brian LeBlanc
KMW:R

Immortal Grapple
Type: Combat
Discipline: Potence
Only usable at close range before strikes are chosen. Grapple.
[pot] Strikes that are not hand strikes may not be used this round (by either combatant). A vampire may play only one Immortal Grapple each round.
[POT] As above, with an optional press. If another round of combat occurs, that round is at close range; skip the determine range step for that round.
Artist: Clint Langley; L. A. Williams; Avery Butterworth
Jyhad:R2 VTES:R Sabbat:U SW:U/PB FN:PG CE:U/PB2 Third:U LotN:PG2 KoT:U/PB3 HttB:PGar3

Imperator
Type: Political Action
Title.
Choose a Camarilla vampire with capacity 8 or more. If this referendum is successful, put this card on the chosen vampire to represent the unique Camarilla title of Imperator (worth 3 votes). This vampire may play a Blood Hunt card from your hand or ash heap as a prince. This vampire gets 3 additional votes in blood hunt referendums.
Artist: Justin Norman
Promo-20090401

Imperial Decree
Type: Action
Blood Cost: 1
Requires a ready justicar or Inner Circle member. +1 stealth action.
Put this card in play. As a (D) action, any Camarilla vampire may enter combat with any Non-Camarilla vampire controlled by another Methuselah. Any vampire may burn this card as a (D) action; Non-Camarilla vampires get -1 stealth when attempting that action.
Artist: Rebecca Guay
AH:C2

Imposing Phantasm
Type: Combat
Blood Cost: 1
Discipline: Chimerstry
[chi] Only usable before range is chosen. This vampire gets +1 strength for the remainder of combat. When combat ends, if the opposing minion is ready, the opposing minion gains an amount of blood (or life) equal to the amount he or she lost due to damage this combat. A vampire can play only one Imposing Phantasm each combat.
[CHI] As above, and this vampire gets an additional strike this round.
Artist: Brian LeBlanc
FN:R2

Imprison
Type: Combat
Conviction Cost: 2
Virtue: Judgment
Only usable before range is determined.
For the remainder of combat, the opposing monster cannot maneuver or press to continue, and strikes other than strikes to end combat cost the opposing monster an additional blood or life.
Wherever a man is against his will, that to him is a prison.
Epictetus

Artist: Brian LeBlanc
NoR:R

Improvised Flamethrower
Type: Equipment
Pool Cost: 2
Weapon.
Strike: 2R aggravated damage, only usable once per combat. If the opposing minion inflicts any damage on this minion at long range (even if it is prevented), this weapon is burned and the bearer takes 2 aggravated (non-strike) damage.
He just exploded. Never seen anything like it without a Tremere around.
Roger MacEllen, Lasombra Ductus

Artist: Brian LeBlanc
BL:U2 LoB:PO2 Third:U KoT:U

Improvised Tactics
Type: Combat
Discipline: Auspex/Potence/Protean
Requires a ready anarch. Only usable before range is determined on the first round. A minion can play only 1 Improvised Tactics each combat.
[aus] During the press step each round, draw one card. Discard down to your hand size afterward.
[pot] At long range, each round, this minion may strike for 2R damage each strike.
[pro] Once each round, this vampire may burn 1 blood to get one maneuver.
Artist: Chet Masters
Anarchs:C2/PAG2

Impundulu
Type: Ally
Blood Cost: 3
Unique demon with 1 life. 1 strength, 0 bleed.
Impundulu has flight [FLIGHT], gets one optional maneuver each combat, and may strike: 1R damage. He may steal 1 blood or life from a minion as a +1 stealth (D) action.
Artist: Ron Spencer
EK:R

Inbase Discotek, Frankfurt
Type: Master
Pool Cost: 2
Master: unique location.
Tap to give a vampire who successfully hunts an additional blood from the blood bank. (Ignore excess blood.)
Come to me now, you delicate Graces...
Sappho

Artist: Michael Weaver
DS:C2 FN:PR

Inceptor
Type: Master
Unique master.
Put this card on a vampire of capacity 1, and put three cards from your hand, ash heap or library on this card, face up but out of play. This vampire may play other copies of these cards as if he or she had the Discipline required (if any) at superior.
Artist: Brian LeBlanc
Promo-20090401

Inconnu Tutelage
Type: Event
Inconnu.
A Methuselah may spend four transfers and remove a vampire in his or her uncontrolled region from the game to search for any card in his or her library and put it in his or her hand (discarding and shuffling afterward).
Artist: Heather Kreiter
Third:R

Increased Strength
Type: Combat
Discipline: Potence
Only usable before range is determined.
[pot] For the remainder of combat, all damaging strikes that require Potence made by this vampire inflict +1 damage.
[POT] As above, but those strikes inflict +2 damage.
Artist: L. A. Williams
AH:C2 FN:PG2 CE:C/PN3 BH:PN2 LoB:PO2 Third:PB2

Incriminating Videotape
Type: Equipment
Pool Cost: 1
Equipment.
Choose a minion your prey controls. The chosen minion cannot block the minion with this equipment.
Artist: Greg Simanson
DS:C2 Tenth:A

Indomitability
Type: Combat
Discipline: Fortitude
[for] Prevent 1 damage.
[FOR] Press, or prevent 1 damage with an optional press.
Artist: Dan Smith; Chris Stevens
Jyhad:C VTES:C CE:C/PV2 LotN:PR4 KoT:C HttB:PSal5

Infamous Warlock
Type: Master
Master.
Put this card on a Tremere antitribu with a title. The vampire with this card cannot cast votes.
I owe allegiance to the race of those Who from the dark aspire to clarity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Artist: James Allen Higgins
Sabbat:R

Infection
Type: Combat
Blood Cost: 2
Discipline: Thanatosis/Fortitude
[for] Prevent all damage from the opponent's strikes this round.
[thn] Prevent all damage to a ghoul (ally or retainer) in combat. Usable by a vampire not involved in the combat.
[THN] Only usable at the end of a round in which this vampire successfully inflicted damage on the opposing vampire. Put this card on the opposing vampire. The vampire with this card cannot block the vampire playing this card.
Artist: Steve Ellis
BL:C1 LoB:R

Infernal Familiar
Type: Retainer
Blood Cost: 2
Discipline: Thaumaturgy
Demon with 2 life.
[tha] The vampire with this retainer can play a card that requires a Discipline he or she does not have as if he or she had the basic level of that Discipline; if he or she does so, place an investment counter on the Infernal Familiar. If the number of investment counters on the Familiar is greater than this vampire's capacity, burn this vampire.
Artist: L. A. Williams; Chet Masters; Mike Chaney
Sabbat:R CE:R Third:R

Infernal Pact
Type: Master
Pool Cost: 1
Required Clan: Tremere antitribu
Unique master.
Put this card on a Tremere antitribu you control and choose a Discipline. The vampire with this card can play cards that require that Discipline as though he or she has the superior version of that Discipline.
Artist: Ron Spencer
Sabbat:R BH:PTr Third:R/PTr

Infernal Pursuit
Type: Combat
Discipline: Celerity
[cel] Press.
[CEL] For the remainder of the combat, each time you replace a card (including when you draw to replace this card), draw an additional card and discard down to your hand size.
Hunt. Hunt again.
If you do not find it, you will die.
Robert Penn Warren, "Treasure Hunt"

Artist: Ron Spencer
Jyhad:U2 VTES:U CE:U/PB LoB:PO

Infernal Servitor
Type: Ally
Pool Cost: 1
Discipline: Daimoinon
Unique demon with 2 life. 1 strength, 3 bleed. Requires an infernal vampire.
[dai] Move the servitor to the ready region when recruited. Remove her from the game if she successfully performs an action (after resolution) or if you control no infernal vampires.
[DAI] As above, and the servitor may play cards requiring Daimoinon [dai] or Obfuscate [obf] as a vampire.
Artist: Erica Danell
HttB:R2

Inflict
Type: Combat
Conviction Cost: 1
Virtue: Martyrdom
Only usable before range is determined.
For the remainder of combat, the amount of damage inflicted on this imbued by hand strikes, melee weapon strikes, or retainers is also inflicted on the striking minion or damage-dealing retainer, even if this imbued prevents the damage.
Artist: Brian LeBlanc
NoR:C

Informant
Type: Ally
Required Clan: Ishtarri
Mortal with 1 life. 0 strength, 0 bleed.
The Informant cannot act or block. During your untap phase, any Methuselah who controls a ready Ishtarri may look at your hand. During your discard phase, your predator takes control of the Informant.
Artist: William O'Connor
LoB:R

Information Highway
Type: Master
Master: unique location.
During your influence phase, you get 2 additional transfers.
Artist: William O'Connor; Sue Ann Harkey; Melissa Uran
Jyhad:U VTES:U Sabbat:U SW:PT CE:PTr/PV LoB:PI Third:U HttB:PSal

Information Network
Type: Master
Pool Cost: 1
Required Clan: Nosferatu antitribu
Unique master.
Put this card in play. Tap to give a Nosferatu antitribu you control +1 intercept.
Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Samuel Johnson, in James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Artist: James Stowe
BH:R2 Third:R

Inner Essence
Type: Combat
Discipline: Vicissitude
Play before range is determined.
[vic] Once this combat, this vampire can reduce the cost to play a combat card by 1 blood. A vampire can play only one Inner Essence each combat.
[VIC] As above, and this vampire gains 1 blood.
Artist: Steve Prescott
SW:U/PT Third:PTz2

Innocent Bystander
Type: Action Modifier
Required Clan: Ventrue antitribu
Only usable when this acting vampire successfully bleeds a Methuselah.
Remove the top card of that Methuselah's crypt from the game.
Artist: Peter Kim
Sabbat:R

Inquisition
Type: Action
Requires a ready Sabbat vampire. +1 stealth action.
(D) Choose one or more bishops. Each of the chosen bishops loses his or her title and takes 2 unpreventable damage. The controllers of the chosen bishops may attempt to block in addition to the normally eligible blockers.
Artist: David Day
KMW:PG

Inscription
Type: Equipment
Discipline: Thaumaturgy
Equipment.
[tha] Put this equipment on a ready vampire and put a card that requires Thaumaturgy from your hand on it (face up, out of play; this acting vampire pays the cost of that card). The vampire with this equipment can burn this equipment to use the basic Thaumaturgy ability of that card.
[THA] As above, but the vampire can use the superior Thaumaturgy ability of the card.
Artist: David Day
BH:U

Inspire
Type: Power
Virtue: Innocence
[ACTION] [1 CONVICTION] +1 stealth action.
Add a counter to an imbued in your uncontrolled region or move the conviction you paid for this action from your ash heap to any imbued in play.
There's faith and there's blind faith, son. Never get 'em mixed up.
Father St. George, Judge

Artist: Thomas Manning
NoR:R

Inspire Greatness
Type: Action Modifier
Blood Cost: 1
Disciplines: Potence & Presence
Only usable by a ready vampire other than the acting minion.
[pot][pre] The acting ally or younger vampire gets +1 strength during this action.
[POT][PRE] The acting ally or younger vampire gets +2 strength during this action.
Artist: Brad Williams
LoB:C LotN:PG

Instability
Type: Master
Master.
Only usable if your prey controls the Edge or the Edge is uncontrolled. Your prey may take the Edge if it is uncontrolled. You gain 2 pool. Only one Instability may be played each turn.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracian

Artist: Patrick McEvoy
Third:U KoT:U/PV2

Instinctive Reaction
Type: Reaction
Discipline: Animalism
Only usable when a minion controlled by your predator is acting.
[ani] +1 intercept.
[ANI] As above, with an optional maneuver during the resulting combat if the block succeeds.
Beckett had long since learned to trust his instincts. Sharp as they were, augmented by his undead abilities, they often warned him of dangers that even his night-vision and heightened senses were unable to detect.
Artist: Leif Jones
Gehenna:C LoB:PA3 Third:C LotN:PR3 KoT:C

Institution Hunting Ground
Type: Master
Pool Cost: 2
Required Clan: Malkavian antitribu
Master: unique location. Hunting ground.
During your untap phase, you may move 1 blood from the blood bank to a ready vampire you control. A vampire can gain blood from only one hunting ground card each turn.
Chasing an errant swarm of bees is nothing to following a naked lunatic when the fit of escaping is upon him.
Bram Stoker, Dracula

Artist: Greg Loudon
Sabbat:U SW:U BH:PM Third:PM

Insurance Scam
Type: Master
Master.
Put this card in play. During your turn, you may tap this card and burn X locations you control to gain X pool.
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
Jack London

Artist: Lawrence Snelly
Tenth:A/B

Internal Recursion
Type: Reaction
Blood Cost: 1
Discipline: Temporis/Presence
Only usable by a vampire who successfully blocks.
[pre] This blocking vampire can end combat as a strike during the resulting combat. If he or she does so and the acting minion is an ally or a younger vampire, this blocking vampire untaps.
[tem] This blocking minion sets the range for the first round of the resulting combat. Skip the determine range step for that round.
[TEM] The acting minion doesn't untap during his or her next untap phase.
Artist: Andrew Trabbold
BL:U2 LoB:R

Intimidation
Type: Action
Discipline: Presence
[pre] (D) Bleed with +1 bleed.
[PRE] (D) Bleed with +2 bleed.
They are weak and easily cowed. Show your fangs and they will run.
Gerard, Ventrue antitribu

Artist: Karl Waller
Sabbat:R SW:R CE:PV Third:R

Into the Fire
Type: Master
Master. Trifle.
Choose a ready non-Sabbat vampire you control. That vampire becomes Sabbat. (His or her clan is not affected.)
You're either with me or against me. You really don't want to be against me.
Desiree Traville, Brujah antitribu

Artist: Brian LeBlanc
Anarchs:C

Into Thin Air
Type: Action Modifier
Discipline: Obfuscate
Do not replace until your untap phase.
[obf] +1 stealth. Once this action, this vampire may burn 1 blood to give an ally or younger vampire -1 intercept. Into Thin Air and Lost in Crowds cannot both be played on the same action.
[OBF] As above, but for +2 stealth.
Artist: Brian LeBlanc
LotN:C/PS2 KoT:C/PM6

Inveraray, Scotland
Type: Equipment
Blood Cost: 1
This equipment card represents a unique location and does not count as equipment while in play.
The vampire with this location may move 1 blood to this card as an action; no more than 3 blood may be put on this card. This vampire gets +X bleed, where X is the amount of blood on this card.
Artist: Drew Tucker
DS:U3

Investiture
Type: Political Action
Requires a cardinal or regent. Title.
In this referendum, each ready cardinal gets one additional vote. Choose a Sabbat vampire. If this referendum is successful, put this card on the chosen vampire to represent the Sabbat title of priscus. Camarilla vampires cannot vote during this referendum.
Artist: Rick O'Brien
Sabbat:R SW:R

Invitation Accepted
Type: Political Action
If this referendum is successful, each Follower of Set may choose to become Camarilla. Put this card into play. Whenever a Follower of Set enters play, he or she may choose to become Camarilla. The Followers of Set clan is a Camarilla clan.
Artist: Pete Burges
AH:V3 Tenth:B

Invoke Poison Glands
Type: Combat
Discipline: Abombwe
[abo] [REFLEX] Cancel a frenzy card played on this vampire as it is played.
[abo] Strike: hand strike at +1 damage.
[ABO] Strike: burn the opposing animal or mortal, or strike: hand strike at +X damage, where X is the number of Orun on this vampire.
Artist: Leif Jones
EK:C

Invoking the Beast
Type: Combat
Discipline: Abombwe
[abo] [REFLEX] Cancel a frenzy card played on this vampire as it is played.
[abo] Only usable before range is determined. This vampire has +1 strength for the remainder of combat. A vampire can play only one Invoking the Beast each combat.
[ABO] As above, with an optional press this round.
Artist: Steve Ellis
LoB:C/PA4

Iron Glare
Type: Action Modifier
Disciplines: Potence & Presence
[pot][pre] Only usable during a referendum. This vampire gains 2 votes.
[POT][PRE] +2 bleed. After playing this card, you cannot play another action modifier to further increase the bleed for this action.
Artist: Steve Ellis
BH:C KMW:PAn LoB:PG4 Third:PB3

Iron Heart
Type: Reaction
Blood Cost: 1
Disciplines: Potence & Presence
[pot][pre] Cancel an action modifier that requires Presence [pre] as it is played. That card has no effect. No cost is paid.
[POT][PRE] As [pot][pre] above, but cancel an action modifier that requires Dominate [dom].
A weak mind is a weak link in a strong militia.
Patricia Bollingbroke, Brujah

Artist: Leif Jones
BL:R1

Irregular Protocol
Type: Reaction
Blood Cost: 1
Only usable during a referendum.
Tap this reacting vampire to force the acting vampire to abstain from voting (this can cancel that vampire's votes).
The anarchs are a necessary force of evolution, ensuring that only the prince who can hold his kingdom from rebels can stay in power.
Llewellyn, Nosferatu

Artist: Brian LeBlanc
Anarchs:C

IR Goggles
Type: Equipment
Electronic equipment.
This minion gets an optional maneuver each combat.
To see as a God sees, and take the depth
Of things as nimbly as the outward eye.
John Keats, "The Fall of Hyperion"

Artist: Jeff Holt; Anson Maddocks
Jyhad:U2 VTES:U CE:PB/PTo BH:PN2 LoB:PO Third:U KoT:U/PT2

Ishtarri Kholo
Type: Action Modifier/Reaction
Required Clan: Ishtarri
Only usable during a referendum. Usable by a tapped vampire. Title.
Put this card on this Laibon Ishtarri to represent the unique Laibon title of Ishtarri Kholo (worth 2 votes). Not usable if there are any older ready untitled Laibon Ishtarri. Whenever this vampire is not a ready Laibon Ishtarri or there is an older ready untitled Laibon Ishtarri, move this card to (one of) the oldest ready untitled Laibon Ishtarri (if any).
Artist: Alejandro Collucci
LoB:PI

Ishtarri Warlord
Type: Master
Pool Cost: 1
Required Clan: Ishtarri
Master.
Put this card on an Ishtarri you control. This Ishtarri gets an optional maneuver or press each combat. A minion can have only one Ishtarri Warlord.
When the lion grows old, even flies attack him.
Wadchagga proverb

Artist: Brian LeBlanc
EK:R

Island of Yiaros
Type: Master
Pool Cost: 2
Required Clan: Ventrue
Master: unique location.
You may tap this card to give a vampire you control +X strength for one strike, where X is the number of votes the vampire has, not counting any votes he or she gets in the prisci sub-referendum (e.g., a prince gets +2 strength).
Artist: Pat Morrissey
AH:R2 CE:R

Ivory Bow
Type: Equipment
Pool Cost: 1
Unique weapon.
Strike: 1R aggravated damage.
Artist: Tom Wänerstrand; Jeff Holt
Jyhad:R VTES:R CE:R Third:R KoT:R/PT

I am Legion
Type: Action Modifier
Blood Cost: 1
Disciplines: Daimoinon & Obfuscate
[dai] +1 stealth.
[dai][obf] Cancel a card that requires Auspex [aus] as it is played.
[DAI][OBF] As [dai][obf] above, and/or gain 1 pool if this action is successful (after resolving the action).
Artist: Mathias Kollros
HttB:R