TWD - Dallas Will of the Council - Dallas TX, USA (26 April 2024)

Dallas Will of the Council
Dallas Texas, USA
April 26th 2024
2R+F
19 players
Darby Keeney
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/11352

Deck Name: A Fortnight of Bad Dreams
Created by: Darby Keeney
Credits: Karl Schaefer (revision)
Description: V2: “To Absurdity and Beyond!”

The deck is hyper-focused on offense. I block with my pool, so Villein to 1 blood, pool gain late game via Break the Bonds and bolus injections of 6 pool is the extent of my defense. If I haven’t gone to plaid, something is wrong.

Shortly before the tournament, Karl Schaefer suggested removing the stealth locations. It is counterintuitive; I wanted that first bleed to hit, but saving 2 MPA and 4 pool is undeniably attractive. This change worked well with a bit of in-game play adjustment.

Until you understand how BtB creates hand management issues once you reach 3 minions, it’s hard to describe optimal play for this deck. But I’ve got a very minor library adjustment to test if I can stomach playing this monstrosity again.

I’ll not provide detailed meta/situational adjustments. If you’re smart enough to play V:TES, you’re smart enough to figure those out on your own.

Crypt (12 cards, min=16 max=26 avg=5.25)

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2x Gathii 5 ANI PRE obf Ravnos:7
2x Phaibun 5 OBF PRE ani Ravnos:7
2x Roberto Rivamonte 6 ANI OBF PRE Ravnos:7
1x Doc Martina 6 ANI OBF for pre Ravnos:7
1x Jean-François 4 ani obf pre Ravnos:7
1x Luciano Carvalho 6 ANI OBF pre Ravnos:7
1x Oleg Kaprizov 3 obf pre Ravnos:7
1x Sreelekha 8 ANI FOR OBF PRE Ravnos:7
1x Zafira 4 PRE obf Ravnos:7

-- I dislike the 8 cap, but she is currently the best option for a crypt slot.

Library (79 cards)

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Master (16; 10 trifle)
1x Club Illusion
3x Dabbler -- almost exclusively blood gain
1x Giant's Blood
1x Jake Washington
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
7x Villein -- generally down to 1 blood
2x Week of Nightmares

Action (21)
18x Break the Bonds
3x Field Training -- ani before PRE before OBF

Equipment (1)
1x Treasured Samadji -- discarded in 2 of 3 games

Action Modifier (39)
2x Elder Impersonation
5x Faceless Night -- brutal with BtB
4x Lost in Crowds
12x Memory Rift -- delivery engine core component
4x Power of One
2x True Love's Face
10x Visions of Gehenna -- cycle at pre as needed

Action Modifier/Combat (2)
2x Swallowed by the Night

Brütal!

Yeah, the removal of the stealth locations was very against the grain for both of us. Who doesn't like to have the power of permanent stealth? They just didn't feel right. Glad to know the deck survived (thrived?) without them.