TWD: Rhein-Main-Bashing, 3. Mai 2014, Mainz, Germany

Rudolf G. (Thetmes Contract Rush)

^^^ Always interested to see any Assamite decks that enter final tables. Would love a decklist.

I assume it is a version of tap/contract/provisions deck?

Here you are ...

Deck Name: Rhine Main Bashing (2nd place): Thetmes again, rushing
Author: Rudolf Garski
Description: Based on »Nergal has possesed the body of Thetmes« by Erol Hammer and Johannes Walch.
(And needs 3 cards providing additional strikes.)

Crypt (Capacity min=1 max=10 avg=5.92; 12 cards)
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1x Badr al-Budur 5 cel dom qui OBF Assamite:2
1x Cameron 3 dom pot Lasombra:2
1x Gloria Giovanni 4 nec DOM Giovanni:2
1x Ingrid Russo 4 for DOM !Ventrue:2
1x Mustafa Rahman 2 dom Tremere:2
1x Ohanna 2 dom Malkavian:2
1x Royce 1 dom Pander:2
5x Thetmes, Caliph of Alamut 10 dom pot CEL OBF QUI Assamite:2

Library (77 cards)
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Master (19 cards)
2x Contract
1x Depravity
1x Giant's Blood
1x Monastery of Shadows
2x Monster
2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Vessel
5x Villein
2x Wash
1x Wider View

Action (11 cards)
7x Clandestine Contract
3x Graverobbing
1x Loss

Equipment (1 cards)
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers

Action Modifier (11 cards)
5x Cloak the Gathering
3x Conditioning
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
1x Veil the Legions

Reaction (8 cards)
6x Deflection
2x On the Qui Vive

Combat (21 cards)
7x Immortal Grapple
4x Selective Silence
2x Shadow Feint
2x Sideslip
2x Silence of Death
2x Stutter-Step
2x Taste of Death

Combo (6 cards)
6x Provision of the Silsila

Created with Secret Library v0.9.4b. (May 5, 2014 10:16:10)

Amazingly close to what i run.
I do not like Royce, i use Samson instead, and no monastery, and minion taps instead of villeins ( because the villein cost racks up). And Secure heaven.
I use lost in crowds instead of forgotten labyrinth ( do not like bloodcost).

Also, no Fame? Won me a a couple of games with fame yo-yo (put fame on vamp, rush it with clandestine contract, aggropoke, he goes down, burn 3 pool, untap with monster, have him rescued by your weenie paying with his blood, rush with clandestine contract (now on him), burn 3 pool more, play provisions = profit )

Also, i run Mylan, cheap bleeder or untap big T.

how did the Codex do for you? I never considered running it in this kind of deck.

Pendargon wrote:

Amazingly close to what i run.
I do not like Royce, i use Samson instead, and no monastery, and minion taps instead of villeins ( because the villein cost racks up). And Secure heaven.
I use lost in crowds instead of forgotten labyrinth ( do not like bloodcost).

Also, no Fame? Won me a a couple of games with fame yo-yo (put fame on vamp, rush it with clandestine contract, aggropoke, he goes down, burn 3 pool, untap with monster, have him rescued by your weenie paying with his blood, rush with clandestine contract (now on him), burn 3 pool more, play provisions = profit )

Also, i run Mylan, cheap bleeder or untap big T.

how did the Codex do for you? I never considered running it in this kind of deck.

The "original" by Erol runs four 2-cap Vampires with dom. I wanted to have the chance to get a minion out turn 1 even being the starting player (and to give the deck the appearance of being a weenie Dominate bleeder, so my prey is somehow in a hurry to influence out a vampire that can be attacked by Thetmes). The 3-cap is in for being "immune" to Scourge of the Enochians.

Yes, Secure Haven would be a good idea, or at least an Arson. I agree that one Forgotten Labyrinth should be a Lost in Crowds.

Fame, well, too obvious ...
The main problem is the high amount of master cards in this combat deck.
This is also the reason for playing Villein instead of Minion Tap. 10 out of my 19 master cards are trifles, which is somehow important regarding card flow.

I like Mylan, but I cannot "protect" him, and I choose not to play allies nowadays if I have no possibility to steal them back.
Enkil Cog would be my choice instead.

The Codex looks nice in theory, but very much depends on the number of your prey's minions. It granted me the gamewin in the first round of the tournament, because it kept two Malkavians away from bleeding ...
After the tournament I would suggest a fourth Graverobbing instead.

Ashur wrote:

So big cap-combat is the shit in Germany these days. A bit unexpected I must confess. Good to know!

The German ECQ at the end of May might tell a different tale, or not ... B-)