Dork Side of the Boon II (March 12th, 2011) in Mainz: Bell. Pain. Shoe.

Deck Name: Bell. Pain. Shoe.
Author: Ralf Lammert
Description:
Dork Side of the Boon II
12/Mar/2011
Mainz, Germany
2R+F
10 Players

Based on the deck "To the Death! No! To the Pain" by John Bell
1 GW 4 VP in the pre-liminary rounds and 1.5 VP in the final.

Crypt (Capacity min=1 max=5 avg=3; 12 cards)
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1x Agatha 4 POT obf !Nosferatu:2
3x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY
1x Cameron 3 dom pot Lasombra:2
1x Duck 3 obf pot Nosferatu:1
1x Hector Sosa 4 pre POT Brujah:1
1x Hugo 4 pre vic POT !Brujah:2
1x Jimmy Dunn 4 for CEL POT Pander:2
1x Terry 5 aus dom san POT Blood Brother:2
1x Tom 3 for pot san Blood Brother:2
1x Tommy 3 ani pot !Nosferatu:2

Library (90 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
1x Anarch Free Press, The
1x Club Illusion
1x Direct Intervention
2x Fame
1x Information Highway
2x Lilith's Blessing
2x Potence
1x Vessel
7x Villein

Action (17 cards)
2x Abbot
2x Bum's Rush
2x Harass
10x Horseshoes
1x Smash and Grab

Equipment (3 cards)
3x Camera Phone

Ally (2 cards)
1x Impundulu
1x Ossian

Action Modifier (3 cards)
2x Leverage
1x Veil the Legions

Reaction (14 cards)
1x Deflection
6x On the Qui Vive
1x Poison Pill
6x Touch of Pain

Combat (33 cards)
2x Disarm
2x Earthshock
2x Fractured Armament
2x Lam Into
1x Target Hand
7x Target Vitals
2x Taste of Vitae
10x Thrown Gate
2x Undead Strength
2x Weighted Walking Stick
1x Zip Gun

Created with Secret Library v0.9.3. (Mar 12, 2011 23:13:56)

Some quick remarks to the deck:
-- Kudos to John Bell for the original design, although I modified some portions of the deck to my playing style and the metagame I am used to.

-- the deck could be cut down to 80 cards I guess, but I honestly don't know what master card to cut (OK, maybe one Villein or Vessel).
-- the master card section looks thick, but with 7 trifles it's not so much.
-- the deck bloats via the Villein + Lilith's Blessing combo, if Lilith's Blessing is not present, just pull off all blood (all but one) then hunt.
-- the one-off-cards (Veil, Deflection, Poison Pill) are just there to confuse the Russians .. err French.
-- the combat section can be modified (and even cut down heavily), only the Thrown Gates and the Target Vitals are essential. I replaced all the Increased Strength from John Bell's deck with Target cards, simply because the Target Vitals are much more efficient, even though they might be canceled.
-- ousting method is mostly via Swarm Bleed, either just for 1, or 2 with either Camera Phone or Club Illusion. The two Fames can help, but they're not the core of the ousting mechanism.

The deck actually isn't that good, since it folds rapidly if you have an aggressive predator with only a little bit of stealth. More Touch of Pain aren't actually good, since when you play Touch of Pain, the damage (to you) is already done. I had already cut several Touch of Pain from John Bell's deck and replaced them with more Horseshoes.

Good Evening,

The Dork Side of the Boon II Event, played on Saturday,12.03.11 is over.

And the winner is: Ralf Lammert, with the posted Deck.

We where 10 Players, plays 2 Rounds + Final.

The Result is:

1. Ralf Lammert,with Bell,Pain,Shoe
2. Rudolf Garski, with Brujah Debatte
2. Jörg Winkler, with Serene the white and Tricks
2. Manuel Diehm, with Ventrue Grp.4/5 Vote
2. Ralf Weppner, with Akunanse Toolbox.

Greatings Ralf/Yander

I always love to see a combat deck come in with a win, just some questions: Did you find blood on your minions a problem? For me, I've always solved that with Hungry Coyote-hunts. Also did the Anarch angle help? If so, what about Anarch Revolts for some added pool reduction? Looks solid and grats on the win.

Regarding the blood management Ralf's deck has not been put to a greater test. His setup let the other decks with combat aspects hesitate ...

Congratulations, Ralf! Now I'm really impressed with the deck concept. Touch of Pains are officially *kewl*.