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Celestial Harmony #2 · Eudemonia, Berkeley (CA), USA

June 22nd 2008 · won by Ira Fay

score
format
souls at table
10
twda id
2k8celestial2
marginalia

Description: It's a little tricky to acquire 30 Trophy: Progeny irl (thanks gNat and Ian!), but once you get them, this deck can be fun to play. It reliably takes advantage of turns 1-3 master phases, which are often wasted in most decks. Miller's special is incredibly good - he is so perfect for this deck, and Anson compliments him beautifully. My goal in designing this deck was to get a trophy deck in the TWDA, and assuming I didn't make any stupid illegal deck errors, I'm excited to post the first one. Trophy: Progeny is very powerful in such large numbers, especially because it can act that same turn. Choosing the right Red List target is tricky, because you want something that you can burn, but other players can't. Whenever possible, choose a target that your prey controls. Then, just sit back and wait as long as possible, building the perfect combat hand, holding the Palle Grande, playing 2-3 Trophies per turn. Try to convince the table that you're not a threat (much easier when the Palla Grande is in your hand, and not on the table.) If things are flowing smoothly, you'll have 10+ Trophies on the table by turn ~8, and then you can lunge when you're ready. If you have a fast predator, bring up Anson first because he can Deflect, Parity Shift, and 2nd Trad to keep you in the game. If you draw The Parthenon early, you can consider bringing up Miller first. Without The Parthenon, you'll hand jam on Masters. It's very rare that I discard a Trophy: Progeny in this deck. Golconda was very helpful to keep me (or an ally) in the game long enough for the combo to go off.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 5Ansonauspex — inferiordominate — inferiorcelerity — superiorpresence — superior
  2. 5Miller Delmardigan, Teacher of Bahariauspex — inferiorprotean — inferiorcelerity — superiorpresence — superior
  3. 2Cartercelerity — inferior
the library

Cards

90

Master

37
  1. 1Golconda: Inner Peace
  2. 3Palla Grande
  3. 3Parthenon, The
  4. 1Trophy: Diablerie
  5. 29Trophy: Progeny

Action

8
  1. 1Aranthebes, The Immortal
  2. 7Red List

Political Action

3
  1. 2Parity Shift
  2. 1Political Stranglehold

Action Modifier/Combat

7
  1. 7Resist Earth's Grasp

Reaction

6
  1. 3Deflection
  2. 3Second Tradition: Domain

Combat

29
  1. 5Amaranth
  2. 2Blur
  3. 1Bone Spur
  4. 1Claws of the Dead
  5. 1Fast Hands
  6. 3Majesty
  7. 6Psyche!
  8. 5Pursuit
  9. 3Sideslip
  10. 2Wolf Claws