a winning deck

Calling Demented Voters

TotalCon Friday - Crocodile's Tongue · Boston (MA), USA

February 25th 2005 · won by Matthew Morgan

score
format
2R+F
souls at table
24
twda id
2k5totalconfriday
marginalia

Description: Combat defense? Who needs combat defense? Vote push? That's for wimps. Stealth? That's for people who want successful actions. I built this one in the hopes that the amount of stealth could handle even heavy intercept decks (Forgotten/Elder being the main way to do so). I was also obviously hoping not to be rushed. I got really lucky in that regard as I never sat next to a rush deck, but many times I had a predator who couldn't go forward due to a lack of minions. In fact, in both the first round and the final I rescued my predator from torpor several times to keep the ol' meatshield alive (I'm lucky nobody ever decided to cut the middle man and rush me directly). Looking at the deck, one might wonder how this or that card worked out. Most of the time, I couldn't tell you. I've recently developed this extremely minimalist playing style where I'll play like 20 cards all game. The deck is 90 cards by force of habit, but I never even came close to playing that many. I guess it worked out okay this time, but it would've been nice to see the Jake, Gambit Accepted, Momentum's Edge, etc. Never got a chance to play any of those. This tournament was two preliminary rounds and a final. I got 4VP at the first table as I couldn't prop my predator up long enough to get the sweep. Then I swept my second table to get top seed on the finals. I made the obvious choice to sit away from the combat decks at the table. I spent much of the game trying to keep my predator alive so I wouldn't get rushed by Euro-Brujah. Then I drew the 3 KRCs I needed to oust my prey just after the Euro-Brujah ran out of steam and died. My new prey, a !Nos rush deck, very nearly got his second VP for the win, but I was saved by the two hour time limit.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 2Hannibalcelerity — inferiordominate — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superiorobfuscate — superior
  2. 1Hannibalcelerity — inferiordominate — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superiorobfuscate — superior
  3. 2Rachel Brandywineanimalism — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superiorobfuscate — superiorprotean — superior
  4. 2Maris Streckanimalism — inferiordementation — inferiordominate — inferiorauspex — superiorobfuscate — superior
  5. 1Quentin King IIIobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superior
  6. 1Quentin King IIIobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superior
  7. 1Kiteobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superior
  8. 1Korahanimalism — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superiorobfuscate — superior
  9. 1Marie Faucignydementation — inferiorthaumaturgy — inferiorauspex — superiorobfuscate — superior
the library

Cards

90

Master

16
  1. 1Asylum Hunting Ground
  2. 5Blood Doll
  3. 3Dreams of the Sphinx
  4. 1Gambit Accepted
  5. 1Giant's Blood
  6. 1Gift of Experience
  7. 1Institution Hunting Ground
  8. 1Jake Washington
  9. 1Momentum's Edge
  10. 1Secure Haven

Action

12
  1. 1Blessing of Chaos
  2. 6Call, The
  3. 4Kindred Spirits
  4. 1Restructure

Political Action

17
  1. 1Anarchist Uprising
  2. 1Ancient Influence
  3. 7Kine Resources Contested
  4. 5Parity Shift
  5. 1Peace Treaty
  6. 1Political Stranglehold
  7. 1Reins of Power

Action Modifier

23
  1. 2Cloak the Gathering
  2. 3Elder Impersonation
  3. 1Eyes of Chaos
  4. 3Faceless Night
  5. 3Forgotten Labyrinth
  6. 4Lost in Crowds
  7. 3Spying Mission
  8. 4Telepathic Vote Counting

Action Modifier/Combat

4
  1. 4Swallowed by the Night

Reaction

16
  1. 8Telepathic Misdirection
  2. 8Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat

2
  1. 2Coma