The Red Scare

Description: Breed-n-bleed Banu Haqim deck focusing on (mostly) disciplineless combat and Haqim's Law: Retribution. I misplayed in round one and lost my VP. I managed a sweep at a four-player table in round two to end up third seed in the final. Finals seating: John, Salubri bleed -> Mark, Legionnaires 2vp -> me 3vp -> Logan Anarch unnamed -> Kurt, G1 Gangrel Primogen combat wall I make my first Embrace and Mark decided to bloc the hunt. Weighted Walking Stick + Lucky Blow + Target Vitals left me with no Stick and Mark with a seriously injured Erebus. He was much more selective in blocking after that. Kurt was top seed and assumed that Wynn + Dog Pack would wreck the unnamed and he would be in a good position. No Wynn and he never managed to hurt the unnamed. The unnamed was making good progress and Suddened my first Haqim's Law: Retribution. Leaving me focused on controlling my predator. I was up to 4 vampires and three Embraces. I locked Logan's two unlocked vampires with Anarch Troublemaker and drop my first Haqim's Law: Retribution. I fire off 3 bleed of 2 dropping Logan to two pool. I pause to call a Con Boon and then finish the oust, gaining 13 total pool. Mark wipes out most of those gains on his next turn. Kurt was at 3 pool at the start of my next turn. I drop my second Haqim's Law Retribution, get Khabar: Glory, stealthing by Basila. It takes all seven vampires to get those last three pool. In the process one of my vampires was burned, two were sent to torpor, and two were left empty. Again Mark burns through my 10 pool that I gained. I use the Heart to get a Con Boon and am holding a Priority Contract. After two hunts, I use the Contract on an Embrace against John's empty vampire. I gain 3 pool and prevent his hands in the process. I call the Con Boon managing to stealth by Erebus and gain 6 pool there. Mark manages to get my pool down to four, but I get one more turn. John has no unlocked vampires and 7 pool. I am holding 7 combat cards in my hand and only need to draw one more to be able to bleed for 3 with each vampire. My first action is reduce by 3 and my second action reduced by 2, leaving my prey at 6 pool. My last two bleeds reduce that to zero.