a winning deck

the Trickstars

Powerbase: Palma · Palma de Mallorca, Spain

June 26th 2004 · won by Tom Madico

score
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format
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souls at table
13
twda id
2k4powerbasepalma
marginalia

Judge: Ginés Quiñonero (Damnans) Description: This deck was inspired by not a few comments on this newsgroup about how Anthelios can be abused. Decided to build and paly this deck on saturday at friday's evening, and built it at 6 in the morning once I arrived home after a few drinks with some friends. Some cards were missing, somehow I lost the Art of Love and not a few events should go in, but I wanted to play it in order to see if, for one time, the theory matches reality. Will rewrite it this week, as definitely some form of permanent bleed is necessary. the point is: with Anthelios in play, you can add casual but definitive master cards that won't be needed each game but that will be a nice addition in an attrition deck like this. Cards that forgot to include (but obviously are a must) are Cultivated Blood Shortage, a Sudden, a Direct Intervention and Vox Domini, and obviously downgrade the number of card to 75. Some other events are to go in, like The Slow Withering and Blood Weakens, just to increase the effect of Wormwood.

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the crypt

Vampires

13
  1. 3Hesha Ruhadzeanimalism — inferiorauspex — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorpresence — superiorprotean — superior
  2. 2Pochtlicelerity — inferiordominate — inferiornecromancy — superiorobfuscate — superiorpotence — superior
  3. 2Sarrasineauspex — inferiornecromancy — inferiorserpentis — inferiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  4. 2Cristos Mantigoauspex — inferiorcelerity — inferiordominate — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferior
  5. 1Samat Ramal-Ra, Archonpresence — inferiorserpentis — inferiorthaumaturgy — inferiorobfuscate — superior
  6. 1Catherine du Boisfortitude — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferiordominate — superior
  7. 1Count Ormondedominate — inferiorpresence — inferiorserpentis — inferiorobfuscate — superior
  8. 1Dedefranecromancy — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorserpentis — superior
the library

Cards

85

Master

32
  1. 1Anarch Free Press, The
  2. 1Anarch Railroad
  3. 1Archon Investigation
  4. 7Blood Doll
  5. 1Dreams of the Sphinx
  6. 1Fear of Mekhet
  7. 1Fortschritt Library
  8. 8Galaric's Legacy
  9. 1Gambit Accepted
  10. 1Hospital Food
  11. 1Khobar Towers, Al-Khubar
  12. 1Life in the City
  13. 1Minion Tap
  14. 1Momentum's Edge
  15. 1Opium Den
  16. 2Parthenon, The
  17. 1Society of Leopold
  18. 1Vampiric Disease

Action

17
  1. 2Form of Corruption
  2. 2Gear Up
  3. 6Principia Discordia
  4. 2Reformation
  5. 5Temptation

Ally

1
  1. 1Amam the Devourer

Equipment

5
  1. 1Aaron's Feeding Razor
  2. 1Sargon Fragment, The
  3. 1Seal of Veddartha
  4. 1Tapestry of Blood
  5. 1Unlicensed Taxicab

Action Modifier

12
  1. 2Cloak the Gathering
  2. 2Elder Impersonation
  3. 2Faceless Night
  4. 2Forgotten Labyrinth
  5. 2Lost in Crowds
  6. 2Smoke and Mirrors

Action Modifier/Combat

2
  1. 2Swallowed by the Night

Reaction

9
  1. 5Deflection
  2. 4Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat

4
  1. 2Gemini's Mirror
  2. 2Majesty

Event

3
  1. 2Anthelios, The Red Star
  2. 1Wormwood