a winning deck

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Crusade: Helsinki · Helsinki, Finland

December 16th 2001 · won by Heikki Poso

score
format
souls at table
twda id
helsinki2k1
marginalia

Crypt worked well, I don't think I'd change anything. Corine was one of the mainstays, the +1 strength is really useful. Masters were ok as well. Heidelburg was not as useful as I'd thought it would be, but I rarely got it out before endgame. Pb: Montreal gave me 15+ pool in final (played it on first turn, it was successfully fetched only once by other players and I got it back immediately). Meat Hooks were not as useful as I'd imagined; quite a bit of IGs/maneuvers/S:CEs/dodges in the games. Perhaps replace one with another Femur (never saw the one in time to equip with it) and the other with Aid from Bats or something... Sixth intercept retainer would be nice (in place of Crows), but I don't have it. Quite nice, except that I once fed my only source of permanent intercept to one and missed it quite a bit. Also opposing decks unfairly did not stay still to be hit; some more Traps would have been useful. Discarded Malleable Visage all the times I drew it, so it might be a candidate for replacement. Changelings were useful every time I drew them. Reactions worked well. No serious hand jams and even cross-table vote decks did listen to my comments on acceptable voting parameters.:-) Comment from prey: "Just _how_ much of that deck is reaction cards?" Middling to good. Inner Essences and BoA could perhaps be replaced with something more useful; some presses would be nice. Got a less-than- nice lesson on that by 1st round prey, who played a Tremere second round combat deck...

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 2Meshenkaanimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  2. 2Calibananimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  3. 2Corine Marcónanimalism — inferiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  4. 2Devin Bisleyvicissitude — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superior
  5. 1Little Tailor of Praguedementation — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  6. 1Lolita Houstonauspex — inferiorvicissitude — superior
  7. 1Wendy Wadeanimalism — inferiorauspex — inferior
  8. 1Horatiovicissitude — inferior
the library

Cards

90

Master

15
  1. 6Blood Doll
  2. 1Dreams of the Sphinx
  3. 1Heidelberg Castle, Germany
  4. 1Hungry Coyote, The
  5. 2Jake Washington
  6. 1Library Hunting Ground
  7. 1Powerbase: Montreal
  8. 1Rack, The
  9. 1Vicissitude

Action

6
  1. 1Army of Rats
  2. 3Pulse of the Canaille
  3. 2Revelations

Ally

2
  1. 2War Ghoul

Equipment

5
  1. 1Femur of Toomler
  2. 1Living Manse
  3. 2Meat Hook
  4. 1Sniper Rifle

Retainer

7
  1. 1Mr. Winthrop
  2. 1Murder of Crows
  3. 2Raven Spy
  4. 2Revenant
  5. 1Tasha Morgan

Action Modifier

6
  1. 5Changeling
  2. 1Malleable Visage

Reaction

27
  1. 4Cats' Guidance
  2. 4Eagle's Sight
  3. 2Enhanced Senses
  4. 12Forced Awakening
  5. 2Rat's Warning
  6. 3Telepathic Misdirection

Combat

22
  1. 1Blood of Acid
  2. 1Breath of the Dragon
  3. 7Carrion Crows
  4. 5Chiropteran Marauder
  5. 4Horrid Form
  6. 2Inner Essence
  7. 2Trap