TWD Justicar Retribution XVIII: Hard Without Tenderness -Helsinki, Finland (Aug 25th)

Justicar Retribution XVIII: Hard Without Tenderness
Standard constructed tournament
Sun 25.08.2013 11.00-
3 rounds + finals
22 Players
Winner: Janne "HG" Hägglund

Out of the 16 games only 3 ended in timeout.
Including the finals :/
No stalling in the finals though...

I'll upload the Archon when the two new players have been added to the registry. HG should upload his winning Imbued deck


Final Rank Target Rank # Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
1 1 1 Janne Hägglund 1 4,5 2,5 124
2 2 9 Jarkko Suvela 2 6 138
2 3 13 Tommi Hakomaa 2 7 1,5 144
2 4 16 Heikki Palomäki 1 4,5 124
2 5 18 Petri Wessman 1 4,5 120
6 6 7 Otso Saariluoma 1 4 130
7 7 15 Niina Lindroos 1 4 106
8 8 4 Timo Rekola 1 3,5 120
9 9 5 Matias Frosterus 1 3,5 114
10 10 19 Jyri Puhakka 1 2,5 90
11 11 20 Aleksi Nuora 1 2 102
12 12 21 Matti Palomäki 0 3 132
13 13 3 Anssi Rekola 0 2,5 132
14 14 6 Janne Lehtinen 0 2 114
15 15 22 Mikko Hyvärinen 0 2 112
16 16 14 Hannu Kokkonen 0 1 94
17 17 2 Noora Hirvonen 0 1 90
18 18 8 Akseli Jalava 0 1 84
19 19 17 Janne Lönnqvist 0 0,5 92
20 20 11 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 0,5 78
21 21 12 Minna Oikola 0 0,5 72
22 22 10 Mikko Moisander 0 0 64

Woo hoo! I haven't won a standard constructed tournament since Ropecon 1999, so it was about time.

And here's my TWD:




Deck Name: Imbued nerds no longer worship Satan
Author: HG (Janne Hägglund)
Description:
I've been playing variations of this same deck since my 2007 "Twist with Conviction".

Tournaments are Serious Business, so my Imbued have ditched their wacky infernal friends (with their Maleficia/Evil Eye or Striga/Scobax module).
They still love to hack computers though, since that seriously speeds up their stealth bleeding.

Things I would change:
- Remove all but one On the Qui Vive
- Wendell Delburton was useless. I forgot to take him out after reducing the number of Weighted Walking Sticks by a lot
- Suddens or Washes would be nice


Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=5 avg=4)
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2x Erick Shophet125 Franco 4 inn jud Judge:4
2x François Warden Loehr 3 def jud Judge:4
2x Jack Hannibal137 Harmon 4 def jud Defender:4
2x Jennie Cassie247 Orne 5 inn jud vis Visionary:4
2x John Cop90 O'Malley 4 jud ven Avenger:4
2x Marion Teacher193 Perks 4 red jud Redeemer:4

Library (90 cards)
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Master (30)
4x Angel of Berlin
1x Archon Investigation
10x Ashur Tablets
1x Church of Vindicated Faith, The
2x Direct Intervention
1x KRCG News Radio
5x Liquidation
1x Misdirection
2x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x WMRH Talk Radio
1x Wider View

Event (2)
1x Narrow Minds
1x Unmasking, The

Conviction (16)
5x React with Conviction
6x Second Sight
5x Strike with Conviction

Action (8)
8x Computer Hacking

Equipment (6)
1x Crusader Sword, The
1x Deer Rifle
1x Heart of Nizchetus
2x Improvised Flamethrower
1x Ivory Bow

Ally (2)
1x Vagabond Mystic
1x Wendell Delburton (Hunter)

Power (8)
1x Discern
2x Rejuvenate
5x Vigilance

Action Modifier (3)
3x Change of Target

Reaction (4)
3x On the Qui Vive
1x Poison Pill

Combat (11)
1x Boxed In
1x Dodge
1x Fake Out
3x Glancing Blow
1x Target Hand
2x Target Vitals
2x Weighted Walking Stick

Created with Secret Library v0.9.4a. (Aug 26, 2013 09:48:29)

Ah, HG won? Grats! And with his trademark Imbued deck, to boot.

Thanks to Janne for organizing, once again.

Note to self: Daughters do not like a seating position between Endiku and Nangila Were. Avoid that next time.

Archon uploaded and approved.

Thanks for everyone attending (especially for the people travelling from other cities) and making it the biggest Helsinki tournament of this season!

Also hats off to Janne and Minna for attending a tournament so quickly after picking up VTES playing -like Janne said after the tournament "Jumping off to the deep end of the pool is an excellent way to learn". Sink or swim, baby!

HG.fi wrote:

Equipment (6)
1x Crusader Sword, The
1x Deer Rifle
1x Heart of Nizchetus
2x Improvised Flamethrower
1x Ivory Bow

I was surprised not to see any Laptop Computers (or J.S. Simmons or Tasha Morgan) and Leather Jackets. Imbued with Vigilance tend to love them, locally.

Adonai wrote:

HG.fi wrote:

Equipment (6)
1x Crusader Sword, The
1x Deer Rifle
1x Heart of Nizchetus
2x Improvised Flamethrower
1x Ivory Bow

I was surprised not to see any Laptop Computers (or J.S. Simmons or Tasha Morgan) and Leather Jackets. Imbued with Vigilance tend to love them, locally.

Laptop Computer = "Please hospitalize and pillowface me, get a free laptop!"

Computer Hacking = "Go ahead and kill me, my friends will finish you off!"

And Darby Dancing with Laptops won't do, since I want to leave blockers with intercept and aggra weapons.

As for Leather Jackets, I saw way too much enviromental damage and press combat in the metagame. So I made the decision to go for the threat of aggra hitback instead.