Tournament Winning Deck Archive

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Paris NCQ
28-06-2008
Paris, France
32 Players

Deck Name : Piper Warghoul
Author : Antonio Cobo Cuenca
Description :
Paris 2008 French Championship Qualifier winning deck.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 4 average: 1.91667
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6x Anarch Convert      1                Caitiff:ANY
2x Piotr Andreikov     2  aus           Tzimisce:3
1x Lolita Houston      4  VIC aus       Tzimisce:2
1x Terrence            4  ani aus vic   Tzimisce:2
1x Wendy Wade          3  ani aus       Tzimisce:2
1x Horatio             2  vic           Tzimisce:2

Library [65 cards]
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Master [31]
  1x Carver's Meat Packing and Storage
  3x Direct Intervention
  2x Fame
  1x Fortschritt Library
  5x Jake Washington (Hunter)
  5x Parthenon, The
  2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
  6x Piper
  1x Powerbase: Montreal
  5x Vessel

Event [4]
  1x Anthelios, The Red Star
  1x Break the Code
  1x Dragonbound
  1x Unmasking, The

Action [1]
  1x Aranthebes, The Immortal

Ally [13]
  1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
  2x Vagabond Mystic
  10x War Ghoul

Combat [9]
  5x Fake Out
  4x Trap

Reaction [4]
  3x Delaying Tactics
  1x On the Qui Vive

Retainer [3]
  1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
  1x Jackie Therman
  1x Tasha Morgan

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Erandio Mini-qualifier
21-06-2008
Bilbao, Spain
13 Players

Deck Name:   Assamite Breed & Bloat
Created By:  Iñaki Jimenez

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 12, Max: 32, Avg: 5,41)
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  1  Alu              obf              2  Assamite
  1  Evan Rogers      cel qui          3  Assamite
  1  Sukainah         aus qui          3  Assamite
  1  Sajid al Misbah  QUI              4  Assamite
  1  Kamau Jafari     obf QUI          4  Assamite
  1  Layla bint-Nadr  qui CEL OBF      5  Assamite
  1  Hafsa            auscel OBF QUI   6  Assamite
  1  Vardar Vardarian cel pre OBF QUI  6  Assamite
  4  Amaravati    ani chi DOM OBF QUI  8  Assamite

Library: (70 cards)
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Master (15 cards)
  4  Alamut
  3  Khabar: Community, The
  2  Yoruba Shrine
  1  Heartblood of the Clan
  1  Giant`s Blood
  1  Archon Investigation
  1  Coven, The
  1  Underworld Hunting Ground
  1  Black Throne, The

Action (27 cards)
  8  Haqim`s Law: Leadership
  10 Embrace, The
  6  Web of Knives Recruit
  3  Psychic Veil

Action Modifier (9 cards)
  2  Cloak the Gathering
  4  Lost in Crowds
  2  Veil the Legions
  1  Elder Impersonation

Political Action (12 cards)
  4  Kine Resources Contested
  8  Consanguineous Boon

Reaction (3 cards)
  2  Redirection
  1  Delaying Tactics

Equipment (1 cards)
  1  Reliquary: Shango Remains

Combo (3 cards)
  3  Swallowed by the Night 

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Miniqualifier Tour - The Final
Rome, Italy
June 1, 2008
34 Players
2R+F

Axel Zaminga's Tournament Winning Deck

Winning Deck Name: Smiling Sasha
Created By: Axel Zaminga
Description: Tzimisce wall with Horrid Forms

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 5.75
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4x Sascha Vykos, The Angel of Caine     8  AUS THA VIC ani dom  priscus Tzimisce:2
1x Kazimir Savostin			7  AUS VIC ani pot              Tzimisce:3
1x Caliban			        6  ANI AUS VIC                  Tzimisce:2
1x Corine Marcon			6  AUS VIC ani                  Tzimisce:2
1x Ana Rita Montana			5  VIC aus dom obf              Tzimisce:3
1x Rose, The			        5  PRE VIC aus                  Tzimisce:3
1x Lolita Houston			4  VIC aus                      Tzimisce:2
1x Horatio				2  vic                          Tzimisce:2
1x Piotr Andreikov			2  aus                          Tzimisce:3

Library [88 cards]
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Combat [36]
  20x Horrid Form
  8x Kraken's Kiss
  8x Telepathic Tracking

Equipment [1]
  1x Bowl of Convergence

Master [18]
  1x Hungry Coyote, The
  1x Library Hunting Ground
  1x Mob Connections
  4x Path of Metamorphosis, The
  1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
  1x Powerbase: Montreal
  1x Rack, The
  3x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
  5x Vessel

Reaction [26]
  6x Eagle's Sight
  2x Enhanced Senses
  2x Fillip
  4x Forced Awakening
  2x Melange
  4x On the Qui Vive
  2x Precognition
  2x Spirit's Touch
  2x Telepathic Misdirection

Retainer [7]
  7x Revenant

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Continental Qualifier
Swansea, Wales
Saturday 14th June 2008
10 players
3R + F

Hugh Angseesing's Tournament Winning Deck

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 7 average: 5.91667
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5x Antonio d'Erlette      	5  THA dom for pot           !Tremere:4
4x Carna, The Princess Witch 	7  AUS DOM THA      primogen Tremere:3
3x Muhsin Samir           	6  DOM THA aus pot           Tremere:4


Library [80 cards]
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Action [6]
  6x Magic of the Smith

Action Modifier [10]
  10x Empowering the Puppet King

Ally [11]
  1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
  10x Nephandus (Mage)

Combat [4]
  4x Trap

Equipment [5]
  2x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
  1x Heart of Nizchetus
  1x Ivory Bow
  1x Palatial Estate

Event [4]
  1x Break the Code
  1x FBI Special Affairs Division
  2x Unmasking, The

Master [19]
  1x Academic Hunting Ground
  2x Anarch Troublemaker
  1x Arcane Library
  5x Blood Doll
  2x Direct Intervention
  1x Fortschritt Library
  2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
  1x University Hunting Ground
  4x Wash

Reaction [21]
  12x Deflection
  5x Delaying Tactics
  4x On the Qui Vive

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Dutch ECQ 2008
Utrecht, The Netherlands
15-06-2008
19 Players
3R + F

Peter Bouwman's Tournament Winning Deck

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 7 average: 4.91667
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3x Carna, The Princess Witch	7  AUS DOM THA      primogen Tremere:3
1x Muaziz, Archon of Ulugh Beg	7  THA aus dom for           Tremere:2
1x Aisling Sturbridge		5  AUS THA dom               Tremere:2
1x Blythe Candeleria		3  THA aus                   Tremere:2
1x Ehrich Weiss			3  dom tha                   Tremere:3
1x Masika St. John		3  THA                       Tremere:3
1x Mustafa Rahman		2  dom                       Tremere:2
1x Bryan Van Duesen		7  DOM THA aus pre           !Tremere:2
1x Hannigan			5  AUS THA dom               !Tremere:2
1x Brooke		        3  dom tha                   !Tremere:2


Library [89 cards]
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Action [7]
  2x Govern the Unaligned
  3x Magic of the Smith
  2x Rutor's Hand

Action Modifier [12]
  8x Conditioning
  4x Mirror Walk

Combat [16]
  7x Apportation
  9x Theft of Vitae

Equipment [5]
  1x Bowl of Convergence
  1x Ivory Bow
  1x Palatial Estate
  1x Sniper Rifle
  1x Sport Bike

Master [19]
  1x Academic Hunting Ground
  2x Anarch Troublemaker
  1x Arcane Library
  1x Barrens, The
  3x Blood Doll
  1x Chantry
  1x Curse of Nitocris
  2x Dominate
  1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
  1x Powerbase: Montreal
  1x Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
  3x Vessel
  1x WMRH Talk Radio

Political Action [1]
  1x Tremere Justicar

Reaction [28]
  6x Deflection
  4x Eagle's Sight
  3x Enhanced Senses
  5x Forced Awakening
  4x On the Qui Vive
  3x Precognition
  3x Spirit's Touch

Retainer [1]
  1x Charnas the Imp

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Aid from Bats: Newark
Newark, Ohio
June 14, 2008 
10 players
3R + F

Brad Cashdollar's Tournament Winning Deck

"Darkbob's Angry Dragon"
By Brad Cashdollar

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 6 max: 9 average: 8.08333
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3x Nehemiah			9  POT PRE SER TEM obt  2 votes True Bruj:4
3x Shemti			9  OBF POT PRE SER vic  1 vote  Follower :5
3x Bupe Kuila			7  OBF POT SER pre              Follower :4
2x Cagliostro, The Grand Copht	8  OBF PRE SER nec pot          Follower :4
1x Clea Auguste d'Holford	6  OBF POT pre ser              Follower :5

Library [88 cards]
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Action [12]
  1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
  2x Bum's Rush
  1x Form of Corruption
  7x Harass
  1x Rampage

Action Modifier [4]
  4x Truth of a Thousand Lies

Action Modifier/Combat [3]
  3x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [49]
  2x Grasp of the Python
  10x Immortal Grapple
  4x Pulled Fangs
  2x Target Vitals
  4x Taste of Vitae
  7x Trap
  20x Typhonic Beast

Master [14]
  1x Blood Doll
  2x Fame
  1x Giant's Blood
  1x Metro Underground
  1x Monster
  1x Opium Den
  1x Path of Lilith, The
  3x Path of Typhon, The
  1x Tension in the Ranks
  2x Vessel

Reaction [6]
  2x Confusion of the Eye
  4x On the Qui Vive

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Fall of the Camarilla
Santiago de Chile
14th June 2008
12 players
3R + final

Jackson Iribarren's Tournament Winning Deck with 3VP in the finals

Deck Name: Toreador Antitribu Pistolero
Created by: Jackson "Kansho" Iribarren

Crypt [12 vampires, average capacity: 7.5]
3x Marthe Dizier       AUS CEL OBF PRE pro     10 Toreador antitribu:3
3x Klaus Konrecht      AUS CEL PRE for pot  	8 Toreador antitribu:4 cardinal
3x Isouda de Blaise    CEL OBF PRE aus 		7 Toreador antitribu:4
3x Gabriel de Cambrai  aus cel dem obf pre 	5 Toreador antitribu:4

Library [90 cards]
Master [14]
2x Blood Doll
2x Direct Intervention
1x Fame
1x Fetish Club Hunting Ground
1x Haven Uncovered
2x Minion Tap
1x Rack, The
1x Sudden Reversal
1x Tension in the Ranks
2x Vessel

Action [10]
2x Ambush
6x Legal Manipulations
2x Rumble

Action Modifier [4]
2x Elder Impersonation
2x Lost in Crowds

Equipment [7]
5x .44 Magnum
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Palatial Estate

Reaction [20]
2x Eagle's Sight
3x Forced Awakening
3x On the Qui Vive
2x Quicken Sight
2x Spirit's Touch
8x Telepathic Misdirection

Combat [35]
5x Blur
5x Concealed Weapon
3x Flash
2x Glaser Rounds
2x Majesty
2x Manstopper Rounds
2x Preternatural Evasion
5x Psyche!
3x Pursuit
6x Taste of Vitae

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Czech National Championsip 2008
Brno, Czech Republic
7th June 2008
30 players

Gyula Erdos' Tournament Winning Deck took 3VP + GW in the final.

Deck Name : Czech NC 2008 TWD
Author : Gyula Erdos

Crypt [13 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 7 average: 4.69231
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2x Nikolaus Vermeulen     	7  POT ani for obf  prince Nosferatu:2
2x Calebros, The Martyr   	5  ANI obf pot      prince Nosferatu:2
1x Murat                  	7  OBF POT ser      prince Nosferatu:2
1x Duck                   	3  obf pot                 Nosferatu:1
1x KoKo                   	2  pot                     Nosferatu:1
2x Volker, The Puppet Prince    5  CEL pot          prince Brujah:2
1x Rake                   	6  PRE aus cel pot  prince Brujah:1
1x Hector Sosa            	4  POT pre                 Brujah:1
1x Dre, Leader of the Cold Dawn 3  cel pot                 Brujah:1
1x Lupo                   	2  pot                     Brujah:1

Library [90 cards]
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Action [10]
   2x Blood Hunt
   6x Bum's Rush
   2x Fourth Tradition: The Accounting

Combat [40]
   4x Disarm
   2x Earthshock
   1x Glancing Blow
   11x Immortal Grapple
   3x Slam
   5x Target Vitals
   6x Taste of Vitae
   1x Thrown Sewer Lid
   7x Torn Signpost

Master [14]
   1x Archon Investigation
   1x Depravity
   1x Dreams of the Sphinx
   2x Fame
   3x Haven Uncovered
   1x Labyrinth, The
   1x Oxford University, England
   1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
   1x Powerbase: Montreal
   1x Storm Sewers
   1x Warzone Hunting Ground

Political Action [15]
   2x Anathema
   1x Brujah Justicar
   5x Kine Resources Contested
   1x Nosferatu Justicar
   5x Parity Shift
   1x Praxis Seizure: Rome

Reaction [11]
   11x Second Tradition: Domain

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"WIcmp: Columbus"
The Guardtower, Columbus, Ohio
Wednesday 6/4/08 
10 players 
2r + F

Mark Loughman's tournament winning deck, followed by his comments:

Deck Name : Two-Fisted Hand Tools
Author : Mark Loughman
Description :

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 11 average: 7.91667
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4x Elimelech the Twice-Damned  	11 AUS DEM DOM FOR OBF pro !Ventrue:5
2x Kestrelle Hayes		6  AUS dom for obt         !Ventrue:5
2x White Lily			8  DEM OBF cel dom for     !Malkavian:4
2x Marge Khan			7  DEM OBF POT aus for     !Malkavian:5
1x Hagar Stone		     	6  AUS DEM obf             !Malkavian:5
1x Lubomira Hradok		3  OBF                     !Nosferatu:5


Library [88 cards]
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Action [22]
  1x Deep Cover Agent
  6x Govern the Unaligned
  6x Kindred Spirits
  2x Mind Rape
  5x Reunion Kamut
  2x Tattoo Signal

Action Modifier [30]
  7x Cloak the Gathering
  4x Confusion
  7x Freak Drive
  2x Seduction
  4x Seraph's Second
  6x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier/Combat [5]
  5x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [4]
  4x Rolling with the Punches

Equipment [2]
  1x Heart of Nizchetus
  1x Leather Jacket

Master [9]
  3x Dreams of the Sphinx
  1x Erciyes Fragments, The
  1x Festivo dello Estinto
  1x Giant's Blood
  2x Perfectionist
  1x Watchtower: Four Ride Forth

Reaction [16]
  6x Deflection
  2x Telepathic Misdirection
  8x Wake with Evening's Freshness


As I write this up I notice I have 88 cards instead of 90, and since I
was decked 2 of my 3 games I should probably address this! Blood
management can be an issue and getting off a well-timed Festivo 2 of
the 3 games was key. Mind Rape was less useful than I
anticipated...probably better off with Scouting Missions to increase
my crypt-machine mechanism early in the game. Deep Cover Agent is
handy when I remember to actually use it! Card flow is handled with
Heart and the 3 Dreams, but there were a couple of times I had to play
through some ugly clumping. A few more permanents are probably in
order, particularly Guarded Rubrics and a weapon or two.

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Ancestor Spirit
10 May 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
10 Players
2R+F
 
The Winning Deck:
Deck Name : Klaus but no cigar
Author : Daniel Boud
Description :
Like most reactionary builds this deck is fairly slow moving. The idea
is to get the tag-team combo of Venere and Klaus out, block key
actions, grab a .44 and hole up until the table plays out. Once other
decks start losing their legs begin turning the screws with a few big
bleeds (Palla Grande/Aire of Elation), playing a Smiling Jack and
dropping a strategic Pentex Subversion. The lower cap vamps are there
purely for weenie support; playing the odd Art Scam and for the Palla
Grande bleed push.  As always, I over did the master card count. ;)
This deck won with 4 VPs in the final table and 6.5 VPs in the Prelim
rounds.
 

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 5.5
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3x Klaus Konrecht         8  AUS CEL PRE for pot  cardinal !Toreador:4
3x Venere Carboni         8  AUS CEL PRE ani      priscus  !Toreador:3
1x Loonar                 4  PRE cel                       !Toreador:4
1x Sabrina                4  aus cel pre                   !Toreador:3
1x Jonathan Gursel        3  aus pre                       !Toreador:4
1x Monique Kim            3  aus cel                       !Toreador:4
1x Justine Chen, Inno     2  pre                           !Toreador:4
1x Nicholas Chang         2  aus                           !Toreador:3
 
Library [90 cards]
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Action [6]
  2x Art Scam
  4x Eternal Vigilance
 
Action Modifier [4]
  4x Aire of Elation
 
Combat [20]
  4x Concealed Weapon
  8x Majesty
  8x Pursuit
 
Equipment [7]
  6x .44 Magnum
  1x Bowl of Convergence
 
Master [19]
  2x Blood Doll
  2x Direct Intervention
  1x Giant's Blood
  1x Gurchon Hall
  2x Palla Grande
  2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
  1x Powerbase: Barranquilla
  2x Rebel
  2x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
  4x Vessel
 
Reaction [34]
  6x Eagle's Sight
  6x Enhanced Senses
  6x Forced Awakening
  2x My Enemy's Enemy
  2x On the Qui Vive
  8x Quicken Sight
  4x Telepathic Misdirection

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English European Qualifer - Stafford's Soiree
Burton-on-Trent, England
17th May 2008 
42 players

Jovan Pavlovic's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name: Wall From The Woods
Created By: Jovan Pavlovic
Description:

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 19, Max: 28, Avg: 5,75)
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3 Janey Pickman 	for ANI PRO 	    6 	Gangrel Antitribu
2 Mowgli 		ani cel FOR PRO	    5   Gangrel Antitribu
2 Celeste Lamontagne 	for ANI PRO 	    5 	Gangrel Antitribu
1 Doyle Fincher 	aus for obf ANI PRO 7 	Gangrel Antitribu
1 Dr. Allan Woodstock 	ani aus for PRO     5 	Gangrel
1 Horrock 		vic ANI PRO 	    6 	Gangrel
1 Bobby Lemon 		pro ANI 	    4 	Gangrel
1 Hektor 		for CEL POT PRE QUI 9	Brujah Antitribu 
	-Proxy vampire. I didn't have enough Janey Pickman

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (17 cards)
1 Rack, The
5 Vessel
1 Channel 10
1 Campground Hunting Ground
2 Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1 Powerbase: Montreal
1 Direct Intervention
1 WMRH Talk Radio
2 Rotschreck
1 Giant`s Blood
1 Pentex Subversion

Action (8 cards)
3 Abbot
1 Aranthebes, The Immortal
2 Tier of Souls
2 Army of Rats

Action Modifier (4 cards)
4 Earth Control

Reaction (20 cards)
5 Cats` Guidance
6 Forced Awakening
3 Sonar
2 Delaying Tactics
4 On the Qui Vive

Combat (25 cards)
2 Flesh of Marble
13 Earth Meld
2 Form of Mist
2 Pack Alpha
5 Claws of the Dead
1 Canine Horde

Ally (3 cards)
2 Shadow Court Satyr (Changeling)
1 Black Spiral Buddy

Retainer (8 cards)
5 Raven Spy
2 Homunculus
1 Mr. Winthrop

Equipment (3 cards)
1 Banshee Ironwail
1 Sport Bike
1 Ivory Bow

Combo (2 cards)
2 Rapid Change

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Karavalanisha Vrana
Pordenone, Italy
May 11, 2008
20 Players
2R+F

Paolo Pasqualin's Tournament Winning Deck with 3VP in the final round.

Winning Deck Name: Iridella
Created By: Paolo Pasqualin
Description: "old school" Ventrue politics deck

-Crypt [avg=7.23]
2x Democritus
2x Emerson Bridges
2x Sir Walter Nash
2x Gideon Fontaine
1x Arika
1x Natasha Volfchek
1x Wilhelm Waldburg
1x Ranjan Rishi, Camarilla scholar
1x Violette Prentiss

-Library
Action [5]
3x Govern the Unaligned
2x Slaughtering the Herd

Action Modifier [21]
2x Command
6x Freak Drive
3x Kiss of Ra, The
5x Seduction
5x Voter Captivation

Ally [1]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Combat [13]
9x Majesty
3x Skin of Steel
1x Toreador's Bane

Equipment [1]
1x Gran Madre di Dio, Italy

Master [17]
2x Blood Doll
2x Creepshow Casino
1x Direct Intervention
1x Dominate
1x Elder Library
1x Fortitude
2x Information Highway
2x Minion Tap
1x Not to Be
1x Sudden Reversal
1x Ventrue Headquarters
2x Vessel

Political Action [20]
2x Ancilla Empowerment
2x Banishment
2x Consanguineous Boon
1x Disputed Territory
8x Kine Resources Contested
3x Parity Shift
1x Praxis Seizure: Cairo
1x Reinforcements

Reaction [12]
5x Deflection
2x Fillip
2x Forced Awakening
2x On the Qui Vive
1x Redirection

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MiniQ in Torun
Torun, Poland
31 May 2008
12 players
3 R + F

Marcin Szybkowski's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck name: Along comes the spider
Author: Marcin "Dude" Szybkowski
Description: This deck won the mini qualifier in Torun, a local
tournament in Warsaw, and managed to get into the final round during
the Polish ECQ.  it's a very solid deck against most archetypes, card 
flow is really impressive, and it does tend to be underestimated (not 
too often, but it happens).  it's also a very fun deck to play, in the 
ideal setup you block out your predator while making constant pressure 
on your prey.


Crypt - 12 [avg=6.33]
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3 Nkule Galadima  	- magaji
3 Uchenna 		- magaji
2 Amavi 		- +1 bleed
1 Jubal
1 Hasani
1 Dolie
1 Meno Ngari

Library - 90
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Master
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
3 Vessel
2 Blood Doll
2 Direct Intervention (I'm thinking about adding another one, this
card is cruicial for any block denial actions, or things that simply
screw your spiders)
1 Giant's Blood
1 Jungle Hunting Ground
1 Powerbase: Tshwane (there was some magic around this card, I got it
in every single game, in the first 10 cards drawn)
1 WMRH Talk Radio (didn't use it at all, metagame wasn't stealth heavy
though)
1 Mbaare Market, Harare
1 Legendary Vampire
1 Ancestor Spirit

Action
3 No Secrets of the Magaji (was thinking about 4-5, but 3 is a good
number, you draw too much attention if you put it on too early)
3 Belonging Grants Protection
2 Restoration
1 Aranthebes, the Immortal
1 Army of Rats

Action modifier
7 Freak Drive
5 Predator's Transformation (wonderful card, can play it anytime, and
the bonus superior effect did help a lot many times)
4 Predator's Mastery (lovely thanks to several ally decks playing)
1 Akunanse Kholo
1 Strange Day (won me the final pretty much)

Political action
2 The Secret Must be Kept (amazing card against any ally deck)
1 anarchist uprising
1 ancilla empowement (nobody really expects these 2 until its too
late)

Equipment
2 Sniper Rifle
1 Ivory Bow
1 Reliquiary: Akunanse Remains
1 Kduva's Mask

Retainer
5 Raven spy
1 Shaman

Combat
5 Carrion Crows
5 Invoking the Beast
4Taste of Vitae
4 Rolling with the Punches
3 Skin of Steel
2 Canine horde (crucial in the final)
2 Flesh Bond (butt-saver)
2 Superior Mettle (I'd revise the prevent cards anyway, maybe adding
some with no cost, or more of SM. it worked nice in overall though)

Reaction
4 Predator's Communion (very helpful before you get no secrets, easy
to drop afterwards)

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NEW YORK CITY QUALIFIER
New York, New York
Saturday May 24th, 2008
17 players
3 Rounds + Final

Matt Morgan's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name: Mummy Strength!
Created by: Matt Morgan
Description: Get mummies.  Block, fight, rush, bleed, win!

Crypt [13 vampires, average capacity: 7]
1x Nakhthorheb OBF PRE SER  10 Follower of Set:4
1x Seterpenre AUS NEC OBF PRE SER  10 Follower of Set:5
1x Neferu OBF PRE SER THA dom nec  9 Follower of Set:4 2 votes
1x Pentweret OBF PRE SER aus for obe  9 Follower of Set:5
1x Porphyrion CHI OBF PRE SER for  9 Follower of Set:5
1x Shemti OBF POT PRE SER vic  9 Follower of Set:5 1 vote
1x Amenophobis OBF SER dom pre  7 Follower of Set:4 primogen
2x Halim Bey DOM SER obf tha  6 Follower of Set:4
1x Black Lotus DOM aus obf ser  5 Follower of Set:4
1x Sahira Siraj obf ser tha  4 Follower of Set:4
1x Sisocharis cel obf pre  4 Follower of Set:5
1x Ahmose Chambers obf ser  3 Follower of Set:5

/* The larger vampires are obviously not meant to be influenced out and
    never were.  They might as well have been Enkidu, Hazimel, Sha-Ennu,
    Saulot, etc., but it never really mattered as I rarely had a mummy
    burned by losing all its life.  Two copies of Halim and 3x Effective
    Management meant I got him out in every preliminary round.  In the
    final he showed up late and ended up having to join the ranks of the
    mummies. */

Library [61 cards]
Master [14]
2x Blood Doll
1x Centralized Background Check
1x Channel 10
1x Charisma
3x Effective Management
1x Fame
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Mob Connections
1x Opium Den
1x WMRH Talk Radio

/* The media outlets helped a lot.  I'm a firm believer in Unmasking +
    media locations in an ally deck.  It really gets the job done.
    Centralized Background Check was in my starting hand in the first two
    games, but I didn't see it in round 3 when I was killed by .44s.  Ah
    well.  It's good in theory. */

Action [11]
1x Set's Curse
10x Spell of Life

/* Set's Curse was originally Far Mastery, but more of my crypt can play
    Set's Curse and there are more available targets.  In round 1, I was a
    little slow with it and Meno Ngari got a skill card before I could hit
    him with it.  In round 2, I turned Lupo into a snake, which was really
    cool, even if it probably didn't cause me to win any more than I was
    already winning.  I died too quickly to make use of it in round 3, but
    turning one of Ben Peal's War Ghouls into a snake would've been pretty
    great.  There were small vampires that would've made good targets for
    this in the final, but sadly I had nobody with SER to play it, so it
    had to be discarded.

    10x Spell of Life was pretty good in a 61 card deck.  I normally got
    the Spell off around turn 7 or so, I think.  I never tried to get it to
    happen again and never needed it.  Each game concluded a turn or two
    after I completed the Spell (or in the case of round 3, the game
    concluded for me the turn before I would've completed it). */

Action Modifier [13]
2x Cloak the Gathering
2x Conditioning
1x Domain of Evernight
2x Faceless Night
2x Lost in Crowds
2x Spying Mission
2x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Swallowed by the Night

/* Heavy intercept would've probably been a problem for me, but luckily
    there was none.  My first prey of the day was an Akunanse deck, but I
    managed to block it tooling up with intercept permanents.  Veils were
    good to add stealth to mummies (since I never had anyone with OBF for
    cloak).  Conditioning, just because I'd be crazy not to. */

Ally [8]
1x Amam the Devourer (Bane Mummy)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1x Kherebutu (Bane Mummy)
1x Nephren-Ka
1x Ossian
1x Qetu the Evil Doer (Bane Mummy)
1x Tutu the Doubly Evil One (Bane Mummy)
1x Vagabond Mystic

/* Carlton made frequent appearances.  I had Ossian in round 2, but he
    really only served to cycle my prey's Swallowed by the Night maneuvers.
    I got Qetu out in the first round and actually successfully bled my
    prey twice, which I think is pretty good (she bleeds for 2).  An early
    Nephren-Ka probably gave me the final, because I rushed the dom/obf
    deck a lot to keep it from having the steam to oust me.  I sadly never
    had the pool to get Kherebutu or Tutu.  I'll have to keep playing the
    deck until I make good use of them.  Vagabond Mystic was the 61st card
    in this deck (originally designed at 60), but I never drew him. */

Event [3]
1x Dragonbound
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
1x Unmasking, The

/* I believe the only one of these I ever played was FBI Special Affairs
    Division, which was really useful when Carlton was blocking Matata at 1
    blood.  Matata couldn't take the risk of going to torpor and never
    coming back, so Carlton got away with dodging three or four times. */

Reaction [10]
5x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
3x On the Qui Vive

Crafted with: Anarch Revolt Deck Builder [Tue Apr 22 13:37:36 2008]

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Domain Challenge Constructed
New York, New York
Friday May 23, 2008
12 players
2R + F

Selen Turkay's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name:   Brujah Prince
Created By: Selen Turkay
Description: Friday Night NYC Tournament Winner

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 21, Max: 32, Avg: 6.91)
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  3  Donal O`Connor     CEL DOM POT      8  Brujah
  3  Constanza Vinti    CEL DOM POT      8  Brujah
  3  Theo Bell          cel dom pre POT  7  Brujah
  2  Volker             pot CEL          5  Brujah
  1  Jimmy Dunn         for CEL POT      4  Pander

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (15