ER + TDW – Finnish Nationals 2017

Tournament: Finnish Nationals 2017
Date: Saturday September 23rd, 2017
Place: Jukeboksi, Espoo, Finland
Players: 24
Format: National Championship Constructed, 3R+F
Organizer: Tero Aalto
Winner: Matti Palomäki (deck list below)

The Nationals attracted the same number of players to the same venue as last year. Everything went smoothly and a new champion was found. In the first two rounds, there were many timeouts (4/5 and 3/5, respectively) but the third round had none. The final timed out after one player had been eliminated.

My personal perception was that the number of combat decks was lower than usual. Then again, I didn't witness that much voting, either. There was a lot of variation in archetypes, which is also reflected in the final. The final table:

1. Pauli Kiova (Khazar's Diary)
2. Jyri Puhakka (Black Hand Thuggee Kindred Spirits)
3. Marko Lindroos (Matasuntha)
4. Matti Palomäki (Ondine - Hell-for-Leather)
5. Noora Hirvonen (Ventrue Sticks)

Matti won the final with 1,5 points.

Final Rank	Name	Prelim GWs	Prelim VPs	Final VPs	TPs
1	Matti Palomäki	1	4	1,5	132
2	Jyri Puhakka	1	4	0,5	120
2	Pauli Kiova	2	5,5	0,5	156
2	Noora Hirvonen	1	4,5	0	120
2	Marko Lindroos	1	4	0,5	138
6	Otso Saariluoma	1	3,5		114
6	Petrus Makkonen	1	3,5		114
8	Karri Malm	0	4,5		138
9	Jaakko Nurro	0	4		144
10	Marko Saari	0	3		138
11	Tommi Hakomaa	0	2,5		126
12	Jani Malmi	0	2,5		120
13	Juho Linna	0	2		120
14	Mikko Moisander	0	2		114
15	Akseli Jalava	0	2		102
16	Tom Lindberg	0	1,5		102
17	Tuomas Nyberg	0	1,5		90
18	Niina Lindroos	0	1		90
18	Jari Vulli	0	1		90
20	Tero Aalto	0	0,5		78
20	Lauri Salmi	0	0,5		78
22	Janne Lönnqvist	0	0,5		72
23	Teemu Pulkkinen	0	0		48
23	Antti Penttilä	0	0		48

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Deck name: Ondine has hell to pay in 2017
Author: Matti Palomäki
Description:
Thanks to Tom Lindberg for ideas on playing Ondine.
My version of the deck focuses on what I though would be cool over what would be practical.

Crypt (13)
1*Abiku 6 cel obt AUS POT Osebo:4
5*Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY
1*Redbone McCray 6 AUS cel pro PRE !Toreador:4
1*L'Epuisette 4 aus cel pro !Toreador:4
4*Ondine Boudicca Sinclair 9 obt AUS CEL PRE PRO !Toreador:5
1*Pearl 4 obf AUS !Malkavian:5

Library (89)
Master (21)
4*Abombwe
1*Anarch Revolt
1*Art of Pain, The
2*Blood Doll
1*Corporal Reservoir
1*Dreams of the Sphinx
1*Fame
1*Flames of Insurrection
1*Hand Contract
1*Monster
2*Pentex(TM) Subversion
1*Powerbase: Montreal
2*Shakar
1*Wash
1*Wider View

Action (3)
2*Black Metamorphosis
1*Shadow of the Beast

Equipment (5)
1*Bowl of Convergence
1*Crimson Sentinel, The
1*Flak Jacket
1*Leather Jacket
1*Sengir Dagger

Ally (1)
1*Mylan Horseed

Retainer (1)
1*Mr. Winthrop

Action Modifier (6)
1*Enkil Cog
5*Instantaneous Transformation

Reaction (20)
3*Eagle's Sight
1*Enhanced Senses
5*Eyes of Argus
1*My Enemy's Enemy
2*On the Qui Vive
3*Quicken Sight
4*Telepathic Misdirection
1*Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (29)
1*Charismatic Aura
1*Flesh of Marble
2*Form of Mist
9*Hell-for-Leather
6*Psyche!
3*Pursuit
1*Quick Meld
2*Sideslip
4*Taste of Vitae

Combo (3)
2*Predator's Transformation
1*Resist Earth's Grasp

Congrats to Matti.
Finally a Nationals win for the Helsinki region...


Pauli, who went to the finals with 1st seed, was the winner of last year's Nationals.

Not bad, especially considering that he had copied the Khazar deck from the web and was playing it for the first time ever, IIRC.

Congratulations on the organization, on everyone for attending, on the second places and specially the Champion.

Noora also was playing a deck for the first time, I hear.