a winning deck

Ayo Stuffs the Ballot Box

NAC 2006 Day 1 · Atlanta (GA), USA

October 7th 2006 · won by Matthew Morgan

score
format
3R+F
souls at table
65
twda id
2k6naccday1
marginalia

Description: Gain massive vote dominance with Ayo's special. Vote at 5 stealth or more. Gain pool. Kill. Good crypt draws all day. I think all my minions saw play at one point or another. The cel/for is only for Forced March, so I don't need all my minions to have that. The ones without obf can just sit around giving me votes if I have intercept to contend with. Although Ubende is really good in this deck, I only want one copy because I don't want to have to double anyone other than Ayo. Stole a Reanimated Corpse in round 1 and a Procurer in round 2. I would've liked to have another and maybe some more bleed, but couldn't find room. The intention here is to get past casual intercept and occasionally break a wall. I was imagining a Strange Day Banishment on Howler or something like that, but I never actually had to deal with much intercept. I lowballed the vote push because of the strength of titles. Since Ayo has inferior Obfuscate, I play one of each obf card, plus the Uncontrolled Impulses, Forgotten Labyrinths and Forced Marches. That could add up to a lot of stealth. I didn't get the Kholos all that often, but they aren't that important. Scalpel Tongue is a great card. I didn't have to use it defensively, but it's still nice to have. I originally had Telepathic Vote Counting, but I think Scalpel Tongue is a stronger card here. No room for strong combat defense. These were mostly in case I get blocked, not if I got rushed. Most of these cards were important at one point or another. I sort of wanted to put in an Obfuscate skill card for Ayo, but couldn't think of what to take out. I never played the Pentex. That was put in for wall-busting only. I don't imagine this deck could defend it well. Heavy payload here. Could probably drop one each of Eldest Command Undeath and Secret Must be Kept. I haven't gotten a lot of use out of those. Banishment was very important to my 2nd round victory. Just enough bounce/intercept to keep my predator guessing.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 5Ayo Igoliobfuscate — inferiorthaumaturgy — inferiorauspex — superiorcelerity — superiorfortitude — superiorpresence — superior
  2. 1Alicia Barrowsauspex — superiordementation — superiorobfuscate — superiorpotence — superiorpresence — superior
  3. 1Falhu Shibabaanimalism — inferiorcelerity — superiorchimerstry — superiorfortitude — superiorpresence — superior
  4. 1Quentin King IIIobfuscate — inferiorpresence — inferiorauspex — superiordementation — superior
  5. 1Stavrosdementation — inferiorauspex — superiorobfuscate — superiorpresence — superior
  6. 1Ubendefortitude — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorquietus — inferiorcelerity — superiorpresence — superior
  7. 1Mustafa, The Heircelerity — inferiordominate — inferiorfortitude — superiorpresence — superior
  8. 1Victor Pelletiercelerity — inferiordominate — inferiorfortitude — inferiorpresence — superior
the library

Cards

90

Master

16
  1. 1Ancestor Spirit
  2. 1Blood Doll
  3. 3Dreams of the Sphinx
  4. 1Giant's Blood
  5. 1Glutton
  6. 1Golconda: Inner Peace
  7. 1Mbare Market, Harare
  8. 4Minion Tap
  9. 1Pentex(TM) Subversion
  10. 1Secure Haven
  11. 1Ventrue Headquarters

Action

1
  1. 1Entrancement

Political Action

22
  1. 2Anarchist Uprising
  2. 1Ancient Influence
  3. 3Banishment
  4. 1Conservative Agitation
  5. 1Disputed Territory
  6. 2Domain Challenge
  7. 2Eldest Command Undeath, The
  8. 8Kine Resources Contested
  9. 2Secret Must Be Kept, The

Action Modifier

26
  1. 3Bewitching Oration
  2. 1Cloak the Gathering
  3. 1Domain of Evernight
  4. 1Faceless Night
  5. 4Forced March
  6. 4Forgotten Labyrinth
  7. 1Lost in Crowds
  8. 1Spying Mission
  9. 1Strange Day
  10. 3Uncontrolled Impulse
  11. 6Voter Captivation

Action Modifier/Combat

1
  1. 1Swallowed by the Night

Action Modifier/Reaction

5
  1. 2Ishtarri Kholo
  2. 3Scalpel Tongue

Reaction

13
  1. 7Telepathic Misdirection
  2. 6Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat

6
  1. 6Majesty