TWD Guide and Mentor: Atlanta

Guide and Mentor: Atlanta
Held at the Tatu House in Atlanta GA
2-19-11
10 players
2 Rounds + Final, standard constructed and Multi-judged

After two preliminary rounds the standings were:
Robyn Tatu 1 VP – Blood Brothers
Mattias Kallenberg 1 GW and 3.5 - !Gangrel multi act
David Tatu 1 GW and 4 VP – Pre/For/Pot/Cel and all with + Bleed
Oscar Garza 1 GW and 4 – Brutal Bleed for 8 (or more)
Matt Guinn 1 GW 4.5 – Ira Rivers

Seating had Matt bleeding Robyn. He torped her first vamp and she spent a few turns fishing until she could bring out 3 guys at once. This left Oscar un-hooked so David stared with a few Hardestadt back-rushes to try to keep pressure on Oscar. This let Mattias get going but he could not get much past Ira who had a .44 after his first combat.

Matt eventually got out Monique Kim, Rafael and Annabelle and ousted Robyn and Pentex’ed Nangila Were. Hardestadt tried to bleed for 5 and ended up getting Archon’ed but with just Gustav left David bleed out Mattias.

David Golconda’ed Nangila for 17 pool but Gustav took a forward action and got out- maneuvered and shot into torpor. Matt now had 3 blood dolls, Rack, Papillon, PB:M, Art Museum and a HG. With Suzanne and Yvette added to all of his other minions, Matt was able to quickly bleed out Oscar then David.

Deck Name: Ira
Created By: Matt Guinn
Description: Blocks everything.

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 10, Max: 37, Avg: 6.25)

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1 Annabelle Triabell dom for AUS CEL PRE9 Toreador
1 Emerson Wilkershire III pre 2 Toreador
4 Ira Rivers ani pre AUS CEL7 Toreador
1 Madame Guil for pot ser AUS CEL PRE10 Toreador
1 Monique Kim aus cel 3 Toreador Antitribu
1 Nicholas Chang aus 2 Toreador Antitribu
1 Rafael de Corazon AUS CEL DOM OBF PRE11 Toreador
1 Suzanne Kadim aus dom obf CEL PRE7 Toreador
1 Yvette aus cel 3 Toreador

Library: (82 cards)

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Master (26 cards)
1 Art Museum
9 Ashur Tablets
4 Blood Doll
1 Direct Intervention
1 Papillon
2 Parthenon, The
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Powerbase: Montreal
1 Rack, The
1 Society Hunting Ground
3 Villein
1 Wider View

Action (1 cards)
1 Nose of the Hound

Action Modifier (2 cards)
2 Aire of Elation

Reaction (30 cards)
6 Eagle`s Sight
5 Eyes of Argus
4 Forced Awakening
1 My Enemy`s Enemy
3 On the Qui Vive
6 Quicken Sight
2 Second Tradition: Domain, The
3 Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (18 cards)
5 Concealed Weapon
2 Flash
3 Psyche!
6 Pursuit
2 Side Strike

Equipment (5 cards)
5 .44 Magnum

This deck was last saved at 6:08:35 PM on 2/20/2011

david.tatu wrote:

David Tatu 1 GW and 4 VP – Pre/For/Pot/Cel and all with + Bleed

Thanks for the short and sweet report.

Any chance for a decklist?

I had a deck called “No Love” because the crypt was mostly made up of Vamps that are often decried as overcosted. I liked playing it and it gets VP’s but no game wins. Recently Adam Hulse said he had built it but switch the crypt. So I kept the same library (took out Banishment, Lost in Translation and a Wake and put in Parity Shift, Deflection and 2 Second Trads) but changed the crypt. After getting beat by a .44 at the Tournament, I swapped out a Torn Sign Post, PB: LA and Infernal Pursuit for a Sewer Lid, Earthshock and Island of Yiaros. So this is how it looks now:

Deck Name: No Love
Created By: David J Tatu

Old Crypt: (13 cards, Min: 26, Max: 44, Avg: 9)

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3 Helena Casimir +1 bleed cel for DOM POT PRE9 Ventrue
2 Natasha Volfchek +1 bleed cel dom pot FOR PRE9 Ventrue
2 Appolonius +1 bleed for pot CEL PRE10 Brujah
4 Gwendolyn +2 bleed aus tha CEL FOR POT PRE11 Brujah
2 Jimmy Dunn for CEL POT 4 Pander

New Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 40, Max: 44, Avg: 10.4)

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5 Hardestadt +1 bleed cel pro DOM FOR POT PRE11 Ventrue
2 Gustav Breidenstein +1 bleed aus cel pot DOM FOR PRE10 Ventrue
3 Jann Berger +1 bleed dem for CEL POT PRE10 Brujah
2 Madame Guil +1 bleed for pot ser AUS CEL PRE10 Toreador

I found that +1 bleed (or +2) is good. Even if I get stuck with 7 combat cards in hand it is not a big deal. Just bleed.

Library: (75 cards)

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Master (17 cards)
6 Ashur Tablets
5 Villein
1 Giant`s Blood
1 Golconda: Inner Peace
1 Information Highway
1 Barrens, The
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Island of Yiaros

Action (4 cards)
1 Fleetness
2 Bum`s Rush
1 Entrancement

Action Modifier (12 cards)
2 Aire of Elation
3 Freak Drive
4 Forced March
2 Enkil Cog
1 Daring the Dawn

Political Action (3 cards)
1 Parity Shift
1 Ancilla Empowerment
1 Neonate Breach

Reaction (8 cards)
2 On the Qui Vive
1 Wake with Evening`s Freshness
2 Second Tradition: Domain, The
3 Deflection

Combat (26 cards)
2 Immortal Grapple
4 Torn Signpost
1 Slam
2 Blur
1 Decapitate
1 Disarm
1 Target Vitals
1 Weighted Walking Stick
5 Taste of Vitae
1 Rolling with the Punches
1 Armor of Vitality
1 Indomitability
1 Soak
1 Hidden Strength
1 Superior Mettle
1 Thrown Sewer Lid
1 Earthshock

Equipment (2 cards)
1 Camera Phone
1 Soul Gem of Etrius

Combo (3 cards)
3 Resist Earth`s Grasp

This deck was last saved at 9:11:40 AM on 2/21/2011