a winning deck

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Tournament · Portsmouth, England

September 19th 1998 · won by 9 players only

consult the event report

score
format
souls at table
9
twda id
rdz-leg
marginalia

Legbiter's winning deck. Basically this is a clone of the "Princes of Carthage" deck that got R David Zopf to the DragonCon finals. David's modest claim that this was "just thrown together" is somewhat undermined by the fact that the deck can still do well in the hands of a different player on the other side of the pond! However, I admit I have tweaked the deck a little [more KRCs, kept the Kine Dominances, didn't increase the Carthages, changed a few of the masters]. In play it flows beautifully. The only change i might make to it now is maybe to put in a few alacritys - perhaps replacing the Sengir dagger, one of the closed sessions and one of the Bewitching orations. This is because the only time the deck struggled was when Garry, with a decent amount of intercept, good combat and a few votes of his own, was my predator. Interestingly, this deck didn't do THAT well when we playtested it in my group last monday - i got 2VP but also got kippered by Drummer John's fast Presence-bleed deck. Admittedly that was in part because i made a FOOLISH error, but still... guess the playgroup ain't the same thing as the tournament, eh?

the crypt

Vampires

12
  1. 1Ansonauspex — inferiordominate — inferiorcelerity — superiorpresence — superior
  2. 1Constanza Vinticelerity — superiordominate — superiorpotence — superior
  3. 1Dónal O'Connorcelerity — superiordominate — superiorpotence — superior
  4. 1Sir Walter Nashdominate — superiorfortitude — superiorpresence — superior
  5. 1Tatiana Romanovcelerity — inferiorpresence — inferiorauspex — superior
  6. 1Rakeauspex — inferiorcelerity — inferiorpotence — inferiorpresence — superior
  7. 1Brachahfortitude — inferiorcelerity — superiorpresence — superior
  8. 1Ranjan Rishi, Camarilla Scholarfortitude — inferiordominate — superiorpresence — superior
  9. 1Volker, The Puppet Princepotence — inferiorcelerity — superior
  10. 1Mariana Gilbertcelerity — inferiorpresence — superior
  11. 1Gideon Fontainepresence — superior
  12. 1Vasilis, The Traitor of Don Cruezpresence — inferior
the library

Cards

90

Master

20
  1. 2Blood Doll
  2. 2Carthage Remembered
  3. 1Depravity
  4. 3Effective Management
  5. 1Elysium: The Arboretum
  6. 1Fragment of the Book of Nod
  7. 5Minion Tap
  8. 1Misdirection
  9. 1Pentex(TM) Subversion
  10. 1Rack, The
  11. 1Sudden Reversal
  12. 1Warzone Hunting Ground

Action

24
  1. 2Dominate Kine
  2. 5Fifth Tradition: Hospitality
  3. 3Fourth Tradition: The Accounting
  4. 5Govern the Unaligned
  5. 2Legal Manipulations
  6. 5Scouting Mission
  7. 2Social Charm

Equipment

2
  1. 1Ivory Bow
  2. 1Sengir Dagger

Political Action

15
  1. 1Brujah Justicar
  2. 2Consanguineous Boon
  3. 2Conservative Agitation
  4. 5Kine Resources Contested
  5. 2Parity Shift
  6. 1Praxis Seizure: Boston
  7. 1Praxis Seizure: Geneva
  8. 1Praxis Seizure: Glasgow

Action Modifier

14
  1. 5Aire of Elation
  2. 4Bewitching Oration
  3. 2Closed Session
  4. 3Voter Captivation

Reaction

7
  1. 7Second Tradition: Domain

Combat

8
  1. 2Catatonic Fear
  2. 1Lightning Reflexes
  3. 2Majesty
  4. 1Sacrament of Carnage
  5. 1Thrown Gate
  6. 1Thrown Sewer Lid