Road to EC: New Blood
Joensuu, Finland
February 15, 2020
3R + F
18 Players
Aapo Järvelin
Event Calendar
Second tournament of our "Road to EC" series. Next event "Road to EC: Field Training" will be held at the same location in Fantasiapelit Joensuu at 14.03.2020.
This time we had a great number of players once again! Special thanks to Pasi, Ari and Pekka who came from Jyväskylä and to Lauri, Tero and Jyri who came from Helsinki area to join us in the tournament!
This time the tournament meta was heavily bleed oriented, with most of the players playing some kind of stealth & bleed deck, or big cap toolbox decks capable of pressuring via huge bleeds with stealth and voting.
After the preliminary rounds were over, Ari Lensu (5th player on standings) decided to drop from the finals, to not keep the rest of the Jyväskylä crew stuck in Joensuu, and to get back on their way to home before midnight. Because of that the 6th player, Simo Tiippana took his place in the finals.
Finals Seating:
Tero Aalto (Malgorzata) --> Aapo Järvelin (Ventrue Antitribu Grinder) --> Esa-Matti Smolander (Stanislava Vote & Bleed) --> Simo Tiippana (Ondine Combat/Wall) --> Jyri Puhakka (Ventrue Princes with Sticks)
Final Rank Target Rank # Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
1 1 9 Aapo Järvelin 3 9,5 1,5 180
2 2 4 Simo Tiippana 1 3 106
2 3 5 Tero Aalto 1 5 0,5 142
2 4 12 Esa-Matti Smolander 2 9 1 168
2 5 16 Jyri Puhakka 2 7 0,5 156
6 6 6 Lauri Salmi 1 2 96
7 7 15 Petro Hirvonen 0 3,5 120
8 8 13 Joona Tuominen 0 2 112
9 9 1 Pekka Kinnunen 0 2 108
10 10 17 Timo Tahvanainen 0 1 94
11 11 7 Julius Jämsen 0 1 90
12 12 11 Pasi Karjalainen 0 1 82
13 13 10 Emma Takkunen 0 0 80
14 14 2 Outi Lankinen 0 0 74
15 15 14 Anni Rosenius 0 0 60
16 16 8 Mari Tiippana 0 0 48
17 17 18 Peetu Makkonen 0 0 18
DQ 18 3 Ari Lensu 1 5 138
Winners Deck List:
Deck Name: Grinderi
Description: I was expecting a bleed heavy meta in the tournament, so decided to play the good old Grinder, the deck I started the game with. This version is pretty basic, with some influence from Jyri Puhakka's version and thoughts, in Retribution and some Crypt decisions. Landed on 3 Neighbor John, instead of 3 Blackhorse Tanner because of the lack of intercept in the deck. To compensate that I added one Edward Neally to the deck, he has two really strong abilities, even if they are a bit situational. To boost the hand cycling capabilities of the deck even further I decided to try one Katherine Stoddard too, which was great addition, as it basically won one round for me!
Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=8 avg=5.625)
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1x Edward Neally 7 aus pre DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:3
1x Jefferson Foster 6 for tha AUS DOM Ventrue antitribu:4
1x Jephta Hester 5 aus DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:4
1x Katherine Stoddard 4 dom for Ventrue antitribu:3
3x Neighbor John 5 dom for AUS Ventrue antitribu:4
2x Owain Evans, The Wanderer 8 cel pre AUS DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:3
1x Ulrike Rothbart 3 dom for Ventrue antitribu:4
2x Blackhorse Tanner 7 AUS DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:3
Library: 82 cards
Master (14 cards)
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2x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Misdirection
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Retribution
4x Vessel
1x Channel 10
1x Corporate Hunting Ground
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
Action (13 cards)
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11x Govern the Unaligned
2x Abbot
Action Modifier (13 cards)
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2x Foreshadowing Destruction
1x Kiss of Ra, The
4x Seduction
4x Conditioning
2x Daring the Dawn
Combat (17 cards)
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5x Hidden Strength
2x Indomitability
2x Rolling with the Punches
2x Taste of Vitae
1x Unflinching Persistence
5x Weighted Walking Stick
Equipment (2 cards)
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1x Ivory Bow
1x Bowl of Convergence
Reaction (23 cards)
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6x Eyes of Argus
1x My Enemy's Enemy
4x On the Qui Vive
2x Redirection
1x Telepathic Misdirection
1x Wake with Evening's Freshness
6x Deflection
2x Eagle's Sight
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