a winning deck

Tribute to Jay 2

Member of the Entourage · Brooklyn (NY), USA

April 14th 2012 · won by Ira Fay

consult the event report

score
+3
format
3R+F
souls at table
15
twda id
2012motebny
marginalia

Jay Kristoff has inspired previous decks of mine (http://thelasombra.com/decks/twd.htm#2k7ctw1), and this deck was also inspired by him, hence the name. You can read all about his deck here: With some research from Mephistopheles, Jay outlined 6 design goals for his deck: 1) 9-12 different vampires without a star 2) Many pool generating cards 3) Cards that move vamps from crypt to uncontrolled 4) 60 cards 5) Doesn't appear frightening 6) Unusual I started by thinking about what +2 Pool action I could take. It's hard to get that many Art Scams, so I settled on Dark Mirror of the Mind. Then I had to figure out how to get a bunch of 8+ caps. Eternals of Sirius was the best answer I could find, and it also solved #3 since I could use Mesu Bedshet. I think I succeeded on all the design goals except #5, since it's really hard to convince people that you're not frightening when you have 5 or more 8+ caps.

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the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 2Nefertiticelerity — inferiorpotence — inferiordominate — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorserpentis — superior
  2. 2Khay'tall, Snake of Edenauspex — inferiordominate — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorserpentis — superior
  3. 1Sutekh, The Dark Godcelerity — inferiorpotence — inferiornecromancy — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorserpentis — superior
  4. 1Kemintiriauspex — inferiordominate — inferiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorserpentis — superiorthaumaturgy — superior
  5. 1Nehsiauspex — inferiorfortitude — inferiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorprotean — superiorserpentis — superior
  6. 1Kahina the Sorceressnecromancy — inferiorpresence — inferiorauspex — superiordominate — superiorobfuscate — superiorserpentis — superior
  7. 1Saqqaf, Keeper of the Grand Temple of Setcelerity — inferiorfortitude — inferiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorserpentis — superior
  8. 1Amisapresence — inferiorprotean — inferiorobfuscate — superiorserpentis — superior
  9. 1Intisarcelerity — inferiorpotence — inferiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superiorserpentis — superior
  10. 1Kephamos, High Priest of Marrakechdominate — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferiorserpentis — superior
the library

Cards

60

Master

19
  1. 7Eternals of Sirius, The
  2. 1Ferraille
  3. 1Giant's Blood
  4. 1Golconda: Inner Peace
  5. 2Information Highway
  6. 1Opium Den
  7. 6Villein

Action

21
  1. 8Dark Mirror of the Mind
  2. 2Enchant Kindred
  3. 1Entrancement
  4. 3Govern the Unaligned
  5. 5Mesu Bedshet
  6. 1Scouting Mission
  7. 1Set's Curse

Ally

1
  1. 1Mylan Horseed

Equipment

1
  1. 1Gran Madre di Dio, Italy

Political Action

1
  1. 1Political Stranglehold

Action Modifier

6
  1. 1Cloak the Gathering
  2. 1Forgotten Labyrinth
  3. 3Lost in Crowds
  4. 1Veil the Legions

Reaction

6
  1. 2Confusion of the Eye
  2. 1Deflection
  3. 2On the Qui Vive
  4. 1Redirection

Combat

5
  1. 3Majesty
  2. 2Staredown