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Scourge of El Segundo "A" vote deck This is a modification of my earlier deck that featured Anson and Rake with Natasha. I figured too many people would use Anson in a tournament setting, so I switched. Actually, Arika is simply better for my purposes. The idea is rather simple, limit the blood supply, then wait until you can kill your prey with a couple of stealthy votes and whack the rest of the table at the same time. This is principally a weenie stomper. There is precious little defense, save the Redirections and Obedience. I figured if I was facing rush combat then IG would wipe out my Majesties anyway. I was right! But in hindsight I do regret not including some Rolling with the Punches. Not a single intercept card and I don't think that's a problem. Unless you're stealthily D-attacking me, I don't care what you do, just bring out more minions please. Big time blood recursion with the Taps and Caps. The main problem with getting the votes off is cancellation and Delaying Tactics. Shrug. Three "finisher" cards with the Day Ops and the Air. Tournament Notes Robert Acevedo was my bane all day. He was playing Ventrue Ante with Quinton AND Demonstration. Ugh! Game #1, Robert was my prey and he got his combo out quick, shutting down my votes. Marcos was my predator with a Beast/Rush deck. He killed Arika the turn after I brought her out and that was about that. I held on to outlive Marcos; moral victory. Robert swept. Game #2 and now Robert is my predator and Marcos is my prey. Sigh! Here we go again. Luckily I made a deal with Marcos that I wouldn't bleed him if he didn't attack me. (Not bleeding your prey? Talk about suicide!) I figured I'd have my hands full with Robert's bleeds anyway. Fortunately Larry's weenie bleeder took Robert out with a stealthy 7 bleed, Go Peter Blaine! That got Quinton off of my back and the next turn I called an Ancilla and Banished the Beast. Marcos attacked me, breaking our deal, so I deflected Larry's next big bleed and then bled out Marcos. Two Ancillas later, Larry's weenies had betrayed him and what was left of his pool. Final: I was seeded 4th and Julien chose me as his prey. I don't know if he knew what my deck did, but he was playing Dramatic Upheaval, so it didn't matter much anyway. I think he mostly chose to have Cary for his predator because he was the only non-bleeder at the table. Larry ousted Cary very quickly and I was at Robert's mercy even though he was my prey, because that accursed Quinton was out again. Larry made a deal to back off of Julien until Robert and I were dead. Oops. Robert and I then conspired to vote Larry out and I figured I'd get second if Robert could bleed out Julien and then roll for me. Surprise, surprise. Julien was not only resilient, he outgained Robert and Hostiled Quinton. Robert was getting low on pool, so he had to let him go. I hadn't gone below 15 that game so I jumped in and bid 8 for Quinton. That kinda cinched it. Robert couldn't kill Julien with only two minions so I agreed to let Julien withdraw if he backed off me until I killed Robert. (I HATE when these deals switch around!) Anyway, Robert got down to 3 pool with one minion and I had to resort to calling three Anarchist Uprisings to kill him so he couldn't deflect a bleed. Julien withdrew and took second, Robert took third. When was the last time someone won a final as the only guy with 2VP? Weird tourney, where were the Malks?