TWD: Northwest Qualifier 2017

Event: Northwest Qualifier 2017
Location: Mox Boarding Board, Seattle, WA, USA
Date: 08 April 2017
Players: 13
Format: 3R + Final
Winner: Darby Keeney

Deck Name : Farley Mowat
Author : Darby Keeney, original design though not unlike Roberto Venturi's 2011 entry in the TWDA.

Finals seating : Saulot Hide the Heart (Faye, 4th) --> Scobax (Kelly, 1st) --> Khazar (Darby, 2nd) --> Turbo Baron (Fletcher, 5th) --> Daughers Lily Prelude (Raj, 3rd).

An immediate Pentex and bad opening draw shafted the Baron, gaining both Khazar's and Lily Prelude momentum for early VPs - also importantly removing one of the 2 decks that would re-actively screw with minion actions/blood totals.

The game devolved into never-ending Scobax vs lots of actions from 2 players. The Daughters were 1 turn from being ousted pretty much the whole endgame but I had no intention seeing Raj below 6 pool until a few Wraiths reached play or Kelly was ousted. Kelly felt it necessary to Scobax every Wraith attempt, so I was happy to fully occupy his attention and allow Raj's votes to keep Kelly in a defensive bloat/block posture - even when Charming Lobbies hit the table.

The Khazar's deck ended with with no Embraces, no Wraiths, a prey with no library and 5 pool, but holding 1.5 VP for the game win from 2nd seed. A postmortem suggested reversing my position with Kelly's might improved his situation, or that opting to bleed (hard) immediately on entering the 3 player game might have yielded a different result. Either way, I felt this was a very well--played final from all involved and enjoyed the game completely.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 4 average: 2.2

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5x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY
1x Francesca Giovanni 4 dom nec pot Giovanni:2
1x Gloria Giovanni 4 DOM nec Giovanni:2
1x Cristofero Giovann 3 nec pot Giovanni:2
1x Mario Giovanni 3 nec pot Giovanni:2
1x Rudolfo Giovanni 3 NEC Giovanni:2
1x Marciana Giovanni, 2 dom Giovanni:2
1x Paul DiCarlo, The 2 pot Giovanni:2

My copy of Lia Milliner somehow evaporated from the cypt (Graverobbed somewhere?). She's back after seeing omission.

Library [68 cards]

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Action [16]
4x Embrace, The
7x Khazar's Diary (Endless Night)
5x Sudario Refraction

Action Modifier [3]
3x Call of the Hungry Dead

Action Modifier/Reaction [1]
1x Spectral Divination

Ally [12]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
8x Cry Wolf
1x Gianna di Canneto
1x Ossian
1x Tye Cooper

*// A mix of rush and defensive minions with a potent anti-equipment twist

Combat [5]
5x Target Vitals

*// as often used by blocked Giovanni as by the rushing wolves.

Event [3]
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
2x Unmasking, The

Master [19]
1x Anarch Railroad
1x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Creepshow Casino
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x Humanitas
2x Jake Washington (Hunter)
4x Liquidation
1x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
3x Piper
1x Powerbase: Cape Verde
1x Powerbase: Los Angeles
1x Seattle Committee

:// Really needs Master trimming with inclusion of one Direct Intervention - but honestly it was the Liquidations and Embraces that transformed the deck into something worthy of tournament play. With the Liquidations came the need for more MPA, hence Parthenon. Getting to 15 Masters with DI would be optimal.

Reaction [9]
2x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
5x On the Qui Vive

:// with mostly inferior [dom] the OtQV get double duty for both wolf blocks and reaction access.