a winning deck

Nobody expects the Shattering Crescendo.

EC 2011 - First Chance Qualifier · Warsaw, Poland

November 13th 2011 · won by Djordje Bjelajac

score
format
3R+F
souls at table
120
twda id
2011ecfcq
marginalia

Original deck by Otso Saariluoma. Tweaked to handle a little bit more intercept. I saw the idea on TWDA and since it featured two of my favorite vampires I decided to try it out and loved the concept. The concept is to get both Unmada and Scout Youngwood out, then recruit your allies and call Parity Shifts and Reckless Agitations on your prey to get him/her to Villein/tap or otherwise empty his/her vampires. Then you start playing your shattering crescendos. Slow to start, but gets stronger as the game progresses. I used to have another Dreams of the Sphinx in the deck but it seems I put it in another deck since I use this primarily for fun. It turned out well, since it would have just contested on every table. I also noticed that in three of the four games I played I managed to slow the Ashur decks considerably since I always offered to play Ashurs after my opponents finished their first cycle if they would also do the same. However, I only have one master phase and six ashurs to start with and if the opponents stick to the deal it hurts them in the long run.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 4Unmadacelerity — inferiorfortitude — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superiorobfuscate — superiorvicissitude — superior
  2. 4Scout Youngwoodfortitude — inferiorquietus — inferiormelpominee — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  3. 2Benjamin Roseanimalism — inferiorpotence — inferiorauspex — superiorobfuscate — superior
  4. 1Arishatdaimoinon — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  5. 1Hillanvaleobfuscate — inferiorfortitude — superiormelpominee — superior
the library

Cards

79

Master

23
  1. 6Ashur Tablets
  2. 1Dreams of the Sphinx
  3. 1Fame
  4. 2Information Highway
  5. 1Jake Washington
  6. 1Monastery of Shadows
  7. 2Perfectionist
  8. 3Vessel
  9. 4Villein
  10. 2Wider View

Action

10
  1. 1Entrancement
  2. 9Shattering Crescendo

Ally

4
  1. 1Carlton Van Wyk
  2. 1Gregory Winter
  3. 1Impundulu
  4. 1Ossian

Political Action

5
  1. 3Parity Shift
  2. 2Reckless Agitation

Action Modifier

16
  1. 2Cloak the Gathering
  2. 2Elder Impersonation
  3. 3Faceless Night
  4. 2Forgotten Labyrinth
  5. 1Freak Drive
  6. 5Lost in Crowds
  7. 1Old Friends

Action Modifier/Combat

3
  1. 3Swallowed by the Night

Reaction

10
  1. 2Eyes of Argus
  2. 3On the Qui Vive
  3. 5Telepathic Misdirection

Combat

4
  1. 3No Trace
  2. 1Target Vitals

Event

4
  1. 1Dragonbound
  2. 1FBI Special Affairs Division
  3. 1Scourge of the Enochians
  4. 1Unmasking, The