a winning deck

Third Party Politics - Velya for President

Summon the Abyss · San Jose (CA), USA

June 30th 2012 · won by Brett Schofield

score
format
2R+F
souls at table
20
twda id
2012syasjc
marginalia

A somewhat traditional "tap and cap" deck backed up with the stealth offered by Vicissitude. I was pretty fortunate in that I didn't face a real wall deck, and I was the only political deck in the finals. But it is pretty ridiculous how much pool this deck can acquire. Crypt Selection: Velya and Lambach are the stars. Obviously it is best for Velya to use Voter Cap, but refilling Lambach for future Minion Taps is pretty good. I think there are a couple of modifications that could be made to this deck. More copies of Sascha Vykos (adv) could be added - she has an amazingly good ability, but it is frustrating that she can't use Mind of the Wilds for stealth. Sames goes for Matteus, Flesh Sculptor (!Toreador) who could replace Meshenka. Library: Over all, I was pleased with the amount of defense (combat and bounce), stealth, and vote push this deck packs. I only saw early crypt acceleration in one game, but it seems hard to justify adding any more. On hind sight, I would definitely drop the Crusade. I was surprised how often I ended using Changeling to bleed.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 3Velya, The Flayerfortitude — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superiorpresence — superiorvicissitude — superior
  2. 2Lambachpresence — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superiordominate — superiorvicissitude — superior
  3. 2Stravinskypotence — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  4. 2Meshenkaanimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  5. 2Rose, Theauspex — inferiorpresence — superiorvicissitude — superior
  6. 1Sascha Vykos, The Angel of Caineanimalism — inferiordominate — inferiorauspex — superiorthaumaturgy — superiorvicissitude — superior
the library

Cards

80

Master

17
  1. 2Dreams of the Sphinx
  2. 1Gurchon Hall
  3. 2Information Highway
  4. 1Legendary Vampire
  5. 6Minion Tap
  6. 1Powerbase: Madrid
  7. 1Wash
  8. 3Zillah's Valley

Ally

1
  1. 1Mylan Horseed

Political Action

18
  1. 1Banishment
  2. 2Conservative Agitation
  3. 1Crusade: New York
  4. 10Kine Resources Contested
  5. 2Neonate Breach
  6. 1Political Stranglehold
  7. 1Reinforcements

Action Modifier

23
  1. 3Bewitching Oration
  2. 6Changeling
  3. 4Mind of the Wilds
  4. 4Telepathic Vote Counting
  5. 6Voter Captivation

Action Modifier/Combat

2
  1. 2Plasmic Form

Reaction

14
  1. 7On the Qui Vive
  2. 7Telepathic Misdirection

Combat

5
  1. 1Majesty
  2. 4Meld with the Land