a winning deck

So Long, and Thanks For all the Fish

Praxis Seizure: Charlotte · HeroesCon, Charlotte (NC), USA

June 15th 2003 · won by David Cherryholmes

score
format
souls at table
18
twda id
2k3charlottejune
marginalia

Timing is key for this deck. Park the Week under a Storage Annex until the time is right. Bleed lightly but consistently during the early and midgame. I tend to play recklessly and get out the fourth minion the turn before I plan to pop the Week. By then, you ought to have a few +1 bleed toys in play, and I have reliably hit one-turn bleeds of 12-16. Gabrin's "other white meat" special, Nightmare Curses, and Red Herrings are very useful for getting your prey's minions all tapped out just prior to the wave of death. There's no hit back to the deck, but most people expect it from the Ravnos, so work this early game on tables that don't know your deck. You do have thirteen cards of "you can't touch this", though, so don't be too afraid of blocking or being rushed (Grapple is, of course, a bitch). David Cherryholmes VEKN Prince of Durham, NC david.cherryholmes@duke.edu

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 4Gabrindominate — inferiorfortitude — inferioranimalism — superiorchimerstry — superior
  2. 1Nataliachimerstry — inferiordominate — inferiorfortitude — inferioranimalism — superior
  3. 1Joaquina Amayaanimalism — superiorchimerstry — superiorfortitude — superior
  4. 1Sarisha Velikuchimerstry — inferiordominate — inferioranimalism — superiorfortitude — superior
  5. 1Khalil Ravanaanimalism — inferiorfortitude — inferiorpresence — inferiorchimerstry — superior
  6. 1Salbatore Bokkengrofortitude — inferiorprotean — inferiorchimerstry — superior
  7. 1Tsiganeauspex — inferiorchimerstry — inferior
  8. 1Vedel Esbrenochimerstry — inferiorfortitude — inferior
  9. 1Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunkanimalism — inferiorchimerstry — inferior
the library

Cards

82

Master

16
  1. 1Blood Doll
  2. 2Chimerstry
  3. 1Coven, The
  4. 2Dominate
  5. 1Dreams of the Sphinx
  6. 1Fortune Teller Shop
  7. 1Park Hunting Ground
  8. 3Path of Paradox, The
  9. 2Storage Annex
  10. 2Week of Nightmares

Action

19
  1. 1Army of Rats
  2. 1Arson
  3. 2Computer Hacking
  4. 1Far Mastery
  5. 2Govern the Unaligned
  6. 2Nightmare Curse
  7. 2Scouting Mission
  8. 5Sensory Deprivation
  9. 2Spirit Marionette
  10. 1Tier of Souls

Action/Reaction

5
  1. 5Draba

Equipment

2
  1. 2Treasured Samadji

Retainer

2
  1. 2Raven Spy

Action Modifier

22
  1. 8Fata Morgana
  2. 6Freak Drive
  3. 8Red Herring

Action Modifier/Combat

8
  1. 8Mirror Image

Reaction

3
  1. 3Deflection

Combat

5
  1. 5Illusions of the Kindred