a winning deck

A Question of When

Week of Nightmares 2018 Event 2 · Columbus (OH), USA

June 11th 2018 · won by Darby Keeney

consult the event report

score
1GW3+4
format
2R+F
souls at table
22
twda id
2018won2co
marginalia

Description: Starts slowly with some Anarch Revolt pressure and bleeds of 1-2, ramps output with permanents and increasingly dense combat in the late game (Ashur Tablet cycles). Nana and/or Aksinya tend to drive defense and make opportunistic offensive moves. Smaller minions do most bleeding/rushing in the midgame. -- Omitting Carlton Van Wyk was a grave error, rectified during this write-up. Only expected to need 1-2 cycles of Tablets and I was concerned that 2 more would interrupt card flow early in the game. I couldn't go with more acceleration for the same reason, It's also necessary to jettison Masters early in most games, even at "only" 34 cards. -- The pair of untap locations are mostly used if Aksinya shows in the opening crypt. Unfortunately, this deck is almost exclusively 1 action per minion per turn with a light reaction package, I had to lean away from a loads of permacept. The Sport Bike above replaces one Raven Spy, because it can be moved and it leverages that tiny bit of untap following equip actions. Red Question proved to be great. Nana converted mid-action and dropped Monkey Wrench on a Codex bleed in the final. It can also be played after combat on a blocked action, so it's easy to crank out a safety net for the Revolts. Clears the hand easily (burn option or Powerbase:LA) if not needed. I'm pretty casual about blocking unless permacept AND an untap location come up early. Backrushing remains a control option if the defense angle isn't enough.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 3Nana Burukuanimalism — superiorpotence — superiorpresence — superior
  2. 2Aksinya Daclaucelerity — inferiorthaumaturgy — inferioranimalism — superiorfortitude — superiorpresence — superiorprotean — superior
  3. 1Batshevaobtenebration — inferiorpotence — inferioranimalism — superiorpresence — superior
  4. 1Sundownobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferioranimalism — superiorpotence — superior
  5. 1Effie Loweryobfuscate — inferioranimalism — superiorspiritus — superior
  6. 1Fishpresence — inferioranimalism — superiorpotence — superior
  7. 1Petraauspex — inferioranimalism — superiorobfuscate — superior
  8. 1Beetlemanobfuscate — inferioranimalism — superior
  9. 1Stickanimalism — superior
the library

Cards

84

Master

34
  1. 1Anarch Free Press, The
  2. 1Anarch Railroad
  3. 6Anarch Revolt
  4. 7Ashur Tablets
  5. 1Carfax Abbey
  6. 1Club Illusion
  7. 1Direct Intervention
  8. 1Fame
  9. 1Giant's Blood
  10. 1Information Highway
  11. 1Metro Underground
  12. 1Parthenon, The
  13. 1Pentex(TM) Subversion
  14. 1Powerbase: Los Angeles
  15. 1Twilight Camp
  16. 1Vessel
  17. 4Villein
  18. 1Wider View
  19. 2Zillah's Valley

Action

7
  1. 7Deep Song

Equipment

3
  1. 1Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
  2. 1Heart of Nizchetus
  3. 1Sport Bike

Retainer

1
  1. 1Raven Spy

Action Modifier

10
  1. 2Guruhi Are the Land, The
  2. 1Monkey Wrench
  3. 2Power of One
  4. 5Red Question, The

Reaction

7
  1. 2Cats' Guidance
  2. 1Eluding the Arms of Morpheus
  3. 2On the Qui Vive
  4. 2Sense the Savage Way

Combat

22
  1. 9Aid from Bats
  2. 1Canine Horde
  3. 6Carrion Crows
  4. 1Groundfighting
  5. 3Taste of Vitae
  6. 2Terror Frenzy