The Manse Family

I stripped my 0-0-0 EC Day 1 deck by 10 cards to try to get to the meat of the deck more quickly. It turned out to be a big improvement. Erik, Hecata zombies and Shrouds 0.5 -> Will, Malgo 0.5 -> Me, 1.5 -> Albert, Brujah breed-n-bleed 0 -> Angel, Ravnos "toolbox" bleed 0.5 None of the Chameleons landed, but they took valuable resources from my prey over the course of the game. That was important as you'll see later. Tired, I made a mistake in turn two of the finals, failing to bring out Ángel Guerrero. This slowed me down and cost me 3 beads because I had a superior Govern blocked that would have succeeded the turn before. That mistake actually may have won me the final. If the deck were looking more operational, I think Albert doesn't spend to 12 pool. The first Deflection comes at 20 cards deep and with so little deck turnover given my position, I was very lucky that I drew into more so quickly. However, I ate a total of 5 bounced bleed before I found the first one. A bounced Ravnos bleed of 6 lands on Albert and he has to eat it, but I still don't have the ability to sink a bleed even though I have the Govern and Foreshadowing in hand. I lose Ángel to a Banishment. Another trip around the table and with time running low, my predator makes a stab. I have Deflections in hand, but want him to play stealth as I am holding zero stealth options in hand. I end up blocking all three bleeds instead. The card cycles left me with a hand of mostly green, but one was Anarch Railroad. I rescued Angel's Phaibun to help stymie Albert's last attempt, if I am unable to oust. I decided that I didn't want to win by being top-seed on a full timeout and dropped the Govern and the Foreshadowing on the table on a bleed from Adrino. I drew no stealth options, so I had to lock the Railroad to get by the block. Out of Organized Resistance and Bait and Switch, Albert ate the bleed and I score a last minute VP. Angel is forced to hunt with his Ravnos and time expires. Shout out to Darby Keeney. This deck evolved over time and looks very much like his "Defy the Edict of Worms." Although not present in this version, I incorporated some David Litwin's tech in an earlier version. I would still like to find a place for Weirding Stone, which burned an Archon Investigation at the EC. It just didn't make the cut today.