a winning deck

Salmon Fishstick

NAC 2011 Day 2 · Columbus (OH), USA

June 25th 2011 · won by Matthew Morgan

score
format
3R+F
souls at table
25
twda id
2011NACd2
marginalia

Description: It's rush combat with a strong master module. Master cards are the best in the game. I'd always rather have too many than too few. The name is because the final was won 2-1-1-1 and Fish and Stick lead the way while Nana stayed hidden in my crypt. Fish is only in the deck to make it count as a Guruhi deck for TWDA purposes. One might wonder why only 4 Nana when she's the star? The answer is that it's way better to have no Nana than all Nana. This deck needs a bunch of minion actions to succeed I really liked having AI here in the final, though I wound up not playing it. Mbare Market probably isn't worth the slot. Should be a 2nd Fame, I think. Otherwise the masters worked out very well. The Entrancement and Well-Marked didn't really earn their keep at any point, though Well-Marked is typically a free action at least. I play fewer Deep Songs than Martin's version because I'm not trying to rush with every minion with every action. I bleed for 1 a little or stay up. I want my prey to go forward. I don't want to simply squish him. Coming out of the gate too fast is a mistake. Very few reactions. Sense the Savage Way should probably go since only Nana can play them. I had multiple situations where I would have liked to block with somebody else but couldn't because of the restriction on that card. Getting to 2 intercept is nice, but it isn't worth the cost. Very consistent. Not a lot can survive repeated hits from this. Of course it's not fun to run into other ANI decks, but them's the breaks.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 4Nana Burukuanimalism — superiorpotence — superiorpresence — superior
  2. 1Fishpresence — inferioranimalism — superiorpotence — superior
  3. 1Beetlemanobfuscate — inferioranimalism — superior
  4. 1Bobby Lemonprotean — inferioranimalism — superior
  5. 1Dolieabombwe — inferioranimalism — inferior
  6. 1Stickanimalism — superior
  7. 1Mouseanimalism — inferior
  8. 1Zipanimalism — inferior
  9. 1Lisa Nobleanimalism — inferior
the library

Cards

76

Master

24
  1. 2Animalism
  2. 1Archon Investigation
  3. 9Ashur Tablets
  4. 2Blood Doll
  5. 1Fame
  6. 1Giant's Blood
  7. 1Mbare Market, Harare
  8. 1Pentex(TM) Subversion
  9. 1Powerbase: Luanda
  10. 1Powerbase: Montreal
  11. 1Rack, The
  12. 2Villein
  13. 1Wider View

Action

12
  1. 10Deep Song
  2. 1Entrancement
  3. 1Well-Marked

Equipment

1
  1. 1Ivory Bow

Reaction

6
  1. 2Cats' Guidance
  2. 1Delaying Tactics
  3. 1On the Qui Vive
  4. 2Sense the Savage Way

Combat

32
  1. 11Aid from Bats
  2. 1Canine Horde
  3. 13Carrion Crows
  4. 3Target Vitals
  5. 4Taste of Vitae

Event

1
  1. 1Dragonbound