How to Build a Sorcerer Deck with the House of Petro Lineage Pack

Quick answer

Build a House of Petro deck by treating every sacrifice as a delayed purchase: only feed the temple cards you can afford to lose, then call one loa per round to convert that stored value into tempo. The Ritualist lineage rewards patience, so add the House of Petro Lineage Pack to the Sorcerer base game, keep your temple stocked before you need it, and spend loa powers on the turn they change the board rather than the turn they become available.

Set up the Ritualist before your first draw

The House of Petro Lineage Pack is a complete Lineage Deck, not a standalone game, so you need the Sorcerer base game on the table first. Once you have it, swap your lineage skill card for the Ritualist, place the Temple card where both players can see it, and set the four Loa cards within reach. Because the pack contains 20 cards for your deck in addition to those components, you are changing the texture of your draw pile, not just adding a side board.

• Checkpoint: if the Temple card is buried in a stack, move it beside your player area. You will reference it every round.
• Common mistake: shuffling the Loa cards into your deck. They are called, not drawn.

Choose sacrifices that keep your engine running

Sacrificing a card moves it to your temple, where it becomes fuel you may spend to call upon one loa each round. That means a sacrifice is only a good deal if the card was not doing essential work in your deck. Early on, feed the temple surplus cards, duplicates, and anything that does not advance your plan; later, when you are one loa short of a winning turn, a mid-value card is a fair price. The trap is sacrificing your best card because the loa in front of you looks powerful, then discovering you have no way to rebuild.

• Checkpoint: before each sacrifice, ask what your deck loses if that card never returns.
• Common mistake: emptying your hand into the temple in round one and playing the rest of the game with a thin deck.

Time your loa calls around the board, not the clock

You may spend temple cards to call upon one loa each round, so the real decision is which round, not whether. Hold a call until the loa's effect answers something concrete: a threat you cannot otherwise block, a race you are losing, or a window where extra power converts into a permanent advantage. Calling a loa simply because you have the cards available is the most common way House of Petro players waste their temple. If you are unsure, bank the cards and call next round.

• Checkpoint: name the specific problem the loa solves before you spend.
• Common mistake: treating the one-call-per-round limit as a quota you must fill.

Rebuild the temple while the game is calm

After a big loa turn your temple is empty, and an empty temple is a Ritualist with no options. Use the quieter rounds that follow to restock with cards you can spare, so your next call is available the moment the board demands it. This rhythm, sacrifice during low pressure, spend during high pressure, is what separates a functioning House of Petro deck from one that peaks once and stalls.

• Checkpoint: end each round knowing whether your temple is stocked or spent.
• Common mistake: waiting until you need a loa to start sacrificing, which costs you a full round of tempo.

Your House of Petro build order

1. Add the pack to the base game: Set up Sorcerer, replace your lineage skill card with the Ritualist, place the Temple card in public view, and keep the four Loa cards accessible. Checkpoint: confirm the base game is present before anything else; the pack is not standalone.
2. Sacrifice only surplus cards in the opening rounds: Move duplicates and non-essential cards to your temple while your deck is still forming, keeping your core plays intact. Common mistake: feeding a key card to the temple because a loa looks tempting.
3. Bank temple cards until a loa solves a real problem: You may call one loa each round, so wait for the round where the effect changes the board rather than spending on schedule. Checkpoint: if you cannot name what the loa fixes, do not call it yet.
4. Refill the temple during low-pressure rounds: After a big call, use calm turns to sacrifice spare cards again so your next loa is ready when you need it. Next step: track whether your temple is stocked or empty at the end of every round.

What the House of Petro Lineage Pack contains

• Sorcerer House of Petro Lineage Pack: This exclusive expansion requires the Sorcerer base game and is a complete Lineage Deck containing the Ritualist lineage skill card, a Temple card, 4 Loa cards, and 20 cards for your deck. You cannot play it on its own, but the component list tells you exactly what changes at the table: a new skill card, a public temple tracker, four callable loa, and a meaningful injection of new cards into your draw pile.