Sword of Caine is the twelfth expansion of White Wolf, Inc.

White Wolf, Inc.

White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...

's trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, published as Jyhad in the first or "Limited" edition and often abbreviated as VTES, V:TES or V:tES, is a multiplayer collectible card game set in the World of Darkness. It is published by White Wolf, Inc....

 released on March 19, 2007. The expansion's theme is the Black Hand

Black Hand (World of Darkness)

The Black Hand are a fictional sect of vampires, composed of several clans and bloodlines, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. The name comes from their symbol, an inverted black hand print...

, a militant group within the vampire sect Sabbat. The Sabbat calls itself the Sword of Caine and the Black Hand is the sharp edge of this sword, executing the "justice" of Caine

Caine

-In fiction:* Cain, the eldest son of Adam and Eve in Abrahamic religions* Caine, brother of Abel and mythical first Vampire in the World of Darkness* Caine, the antihero of Heroes Die, a novel written by Matthew Stover...

, the legendary founder of the vampire race in the fictional world of Vampire: The Masquerade

Vampire: The Masquerade

Vampire: The Masquerade is a role-playing game. Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, it was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern gothic-punk world....

. The expansion continues the support for the Black Hand

Black Hand (VTES)

Black Hand is the sixth expansion of White Wolf's trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle released on November 17, 2003. The expansion's theme is the Black Hand, a militant group within the vampire sect Sabbat.-Contents:...

started in the expansion with the same name.

Contents

This expansion consists only of booster packs with 11 cards each (7 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare). There is a total of 60 new cards, i.e. 20 new common, 20 uncommon (= vampires) and 20 rare cards.
The vampire Kestrelle Hayes (also included in this set) was given as a promo card in a number of card magazines.

Notable Cards

• The Uncoiling -- an event which allows to cancel other events retroactively.
• Veil the Legions -- an action modifier requiring Obfuscate which provides stealth for the current action as well as for future actions in the same turn.

External links

• The official site
• Checklist for the expansion