Curses get their power from believing in them and fascist are so superstitious and paranoid, it should be easy to put an aura of doom and death around Vance any time he meets someone and make every encounter with him uncomfortable and threatening.

Vance talks with Orban, Orban loses.
Vance goes to Iran. No deal.

Of course. it's the "popekiller curse".

Let's make it a thing.