a winning deck

Now For the Main Event - Zombies!!!

Big Game: Washington, D.C. (Qualifier) · Dream Wizards, Rockville (MD), USA

June 11th 2005 · won by Matthew Morgan

score
format
3R+F
souls at table
43
twda id
2k5dcqualifier
marginalia

Description: Overwhelm the table with your need for tasty brains. Pretty obvious choices here. Le Dinh Tho was a last-minute substitution for a 3rd Isabel. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have won without him. Yet again I make my deck too big. This should've been in the 70-80 card range. I never came close to running out of cards and there were certainly some key cards I wanted to draw. Pretty standard "don't block me" package. Could've been more cards, but since the action starts at 1 stealth (2 with Andrea), this was sufficient. I used the Spectral Divinations for intercept more than once. These events worked out very well. I was lucky in drawing them early every round. Dragonbound helped me gain almost every VP all day. Six cards in hand is plenty for a Horde deck since I don't rely on any combat combos. Unmasking was discarded in round 3, but was critical in round 2 and the final. FBI Special Affairs Division is just huge. It makes a Horde with 1 life very useful indeed. I actually didn't Rack up very many counters on it. It mostly served as a deterrant. I had meant to replace 3 Deflections with Redirections to save blood, but I forgot. Don't know if that would've made a difference. The bounce was crucial in round 2 and the final but useless in rounds 1 and 3. Only played Poison Pill once and it didn't change the outcome of the referendum. I keep trying with this card, but I've yet to have any positive outcome. The only nice thing is the Hordes can play it.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 3Andrea Giovannipotence — inferiorvicissitude — inferiordominate — superiornecromancy — superior
  2. 2Isabel Giovannipotence — inferiordominate — superiornecromancy — superior
  3. 2Rudolfo Giovanninecromancy — superior
  4. 1Carlotta Giovannidominate — inferiorobfuscate — inferiornecromancy — superiorpotence — superior
  5. 1Gillespi Giovanniauspex — inferiordominate — superiornecromancy — superiorpotence — superior
  6. 1Le Dinh Thoauspex — inferiordominate — inferiornecromancy — superior
  7. 1Gloria Giovanninecromancy — inferiordominate — superior
  8. 1Lia Millinerdominate — inferiornecromancy — inferior
the library

Cards

90

Master

17
  1. 2Acquired Ventrue Assets
  2. 1Barrens, The
  3. 2Blood Doll
  4. 1Charisma
  5. 1Creepshow Casino
  6. 1Dreams of the Sphinx
  7. 2Fame
  8. 1Giant's Blood
  9. 1Jake Washington
  10. 1KRCG News Radio
  11. 1Morgue Hunting Ground
  12. 1Path of Bone, The
  13. 1Perfectionist
  14. 1Specialization

Action

8
  1. 1Far Mastery
  2. 7Govern the Unaligned

Ally

20
  1. 2Leonardo, Mortician
  2. 18Shambling Hordes

Action Modifier

12
  1. 5Call of the Hungry Dead
  2. 7Seduction

Action Modifier/Reaction

4
  1. 4Spectral Divination

Reaction

16
  1. 7Deflection
  2. 2Poison Pill
  3. 7Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat

10
  1. 6Fake Out
  2. 4Spiritual Intervention

Event

3
  1. 1Dragonbound
  2. 1FBI Special Affairs Division
  3. 1Unmasking, The