a winning deck

A Fortnight of Bad Dreams

Dallas Will of the Council · Arlington (TX), USA

April 26th 2024 · won by Darby Keeney

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score
I dislike the 8 cap, but she is currently the best option for a crypt slot.
format
2R+F
souls at table
19
twda id
11352
marginalia

Credits: Karl Schaefer (revision) Description: V2: “To Absurdity and Beyond!” The deck is hyper-focused on offense. I block with my pool, so Villein to 1 blood, pool gain late game via Break the Bonds and bolus injections of 6 pool is the extent of my defense. If I haven't gone to plaid, something is wrong. Shortly before the tournament, Karl Schaefer suggested removing the stealth locations. It is counterintuitive; I wanted that first bleed to hit, but saving 2 MPA and 4 pool is undeniably attractive. This change worked well with a bit of in-game play adjustment. Until you understand how BtB creates hand management issues once you reach 3 minions, it's hard to describe optimal play for this deck. But I've got a very minor library adjustment to test if I can stomach playing this monstrosity again. I'll not provide detailed meta/situational adjustments. If you're smart enough to play V:TES, you're smart enough to figure those out on your own. I dislike the 8 cap, but she is currently the best option for a crypt slot.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 2Roberto Rivamonteanimalism — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  2. 2Gathiiobfuscate — inferioranimalism — superiorpresence — superior
  3. 2Phaibunanimalism — inferiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  4. 1Sreelekhaanimalism — superiorfortitude — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  5. 1Doc Martinafortitude — inferiorpresence — inferioranimalism — superiorobfuscate — superior
  6. 1Luciano Carvalhopresence — inferioranimalism — superiorobfuscate — superior
  7. 1Jean-Françoisanimalism — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferior
  8. 1Zafiraobfuscate — inferiorpresence — superior
  9. 1Oleg Kaprizovobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferior
the library

Cards

79

Master

16
  1. 1Club Illusion
  2. 3Dabbler
  3. 1Giant's Blood
  4. 1Jake Washington
  5. 1Pentex(TM) Subversion
  6. 7Villein
  7. 2Week of Nightmares

Action

21
  1. 18Break the Bonds
  2. 3Field Training

Equipment

1
  1. 1Treasured Samadji

Action Modifier

39
  1. 2Elder Impersonation
  2. 5Faceless Night
  3. 4Lost in Crowds
  4. 12Memory Rift
  5. 4Power of One
  6. 2True Love's Face
  7. 10Visions of Gehenna

Action Modifier/Combat

2
  1. 2Swallowed by the Night