a winning deck

Jack's War Ghoul Protection Service

Purity of the Beast · Minneapolis (MN), USA

November 3rd 2001 · won by Kevin J. Mergen

consult the event report

score
format
3R+F
souls at table
12
twda id
purity2k1
marginalia

Description: Fairly standard Tzimischeese intercept deck with long-term goals in mind. Jack's War Ghoul protection service is your key to victory. Props to Jay Kristoff for helping me master the Tzimisce In retrospect, I think I would change this crypt by removing the 2 Dragos for 2 more Little Tailor. Even when I saw Dragos, I never *wanted* to bring him out, and Little Tailor bringing out Tatu for a total of 2 pool (a free Revenant and a 2-pool Tatu) is simply ridiculous. (Another variant would be 4 Little Tailor, 4 Meshenka, 4 Sascha, although I don't know how this would work. I'm sure it would be fine.) Note that if you're going to play AoR in a deck like this, you must have 3 (or more in a larger deck) as you will probably be forced to let it be removed eventually, but you want to have one around constantly as it and Jack are your primary sources of damage. I would probably take out 2 Eagle's Sight for an extra Cat's and an extra FA, since they are so critical to the deck. The power of Big Eye is simply amazing. After I played the first BotD, people kept asking me *every combat* if I had another BotD. I always told them "Yes, but it doesn't need to be played right now" and just smiled. When this deck was larger, it had more BotD, but when I decided the Atlanta deck-building philosophy was the correct and true path, I had to cut SOMETHING to get to 75, and 6 BotD went bye-bye. You really only need these for decks like Dave's S&B, who rely on getting away via maneuvers, so you don't need more than a couple. I used to think Nephandus or the Renegade Garou was the best ally. I was mistaken. Tatu wins games. As you can see, the deck really does only one thing -- get out Smiling Jack, and protect him until it doesn't matter any more. This is about the 4th version of this deck I have made, and the first one to almost entirely abandon pool gain. Several people have made what I call the "pool gain" version of this deck, as did James Hamblin and I last year after Sabbat War came out. The Gangrel are also easily played with a deck of this type. Jay Kristoff won an Ohio tournament with his version (http://www.vekn.fr/decks/twd.htm#jaykic), which is more or less a master-heavy "pool gain" version.

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 2Antoncelerity — inferiorobfuscate — inferiorvicissitude — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superior
  2. 2Little Tailor of Praguedementation — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  3. 2Meshenkaanimalism — superiorauspex — superiorvicissitude — superior
  4. 2Sascha Vykos, The Angel of Caineanimalism — inferiordominate — inferiorauspex — superiorthaumaturgy — superiorvicissitude — superior
  5. 2Dragosvicissitude — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superior
  6. 2Devin Bisleyvicissitude — inferioranimalism — superiorauspex — superior
the library

Cards

75

Master

14
  1. 4Blood Doll
  2. 1Direct Intervention
  3. 1Fame
  4. 1Giant's Blood
  5. 1Rack, The
  6. 3Smiling Jack, The Anarch
  7. 3Sudden Reversal

Action

3
  1. 3Army of Rats

Ally

4
  1. 4War Ghoul

Equipment

3
  1. 3Leather Jacket

Retainer

6
  1. 6Revenant

Reaction

33
  1. 8Cats' Guidance
  2. 8Eagle's Sight
  3. 6Enhanced Senses
  4. 8Forced Awakening
  5. 3Telepathic Misdirection

Combat

12
  1. 2Breath of the Dragon
  2. 10Chiropteran Marauder