TWD and report: 7th Great Symposium, Mikkeli October 7th. 2023

Tournament: 7th Great Symposium
Date: Saturday October 7th, 2023
Place: Ravintola Kivijalka, Mikkeli, Finland
Players: 10
Format: Constructed, 3R+F
Organizer/judge: Lasse Pöyry
Winner: Pasi Karjalainen
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/10941

We had nice and cosy preliminary rounds - mostly finishing in time outs. Only Otso was so greed that he swept two out of three rounds. Also the finals timed out, so 2 GW from 7 tables...

Final round was:

Otso (Ministry vote)
Lasse (Nadima&Mirembe vipers&temptation)
Pasi (Anarch/Barons toolbox, see below)
Mikko (Banu Haqims)
Antti (Legionnairs with Matasuntha [no show in the finals])

Very short description of the finals is, that I (Lasse) had an awful crypt draw and wasn´able to defend myself. Main fight was between Antti and Otso, while Pasi was waiting for the right moment (and did not have any pressure) and Mikko was balancing whether to go forward and take a VP from Antti or to let Legionnairs weaken Otso. In the end (and it really was close) ousts for Otso (1vp), Antti (1,5vp) and Pasi (1,5vp), and Pasi won the tournament with higher rank.

This was first tournament for Mikko and he was close to win the finals (so was Antti and Otso). Also first tournament (and first games) for another 13 year old player, who happens to have same address as me...

Winning deck:

Deck Name: The Bare Minimum
Author: Pasi Karjalainen
Description: A combat/toolbox that utilises flexible anarch cards such as Diversion, Line Brawl and various anarch masters. Built for Finnish tournament meta. Definitely needs 2-3 Delaying Tactics.

Crypt (12 cards, min=21 max=32 avg=6.67)
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3x Saku Pihlajamäki 8 CEL POT PRE for pro baron Brujah:6
2x Ragnar Nordstrom 8 ANI FOR PRO cel pot Gangrel:6
1x Valeriya Zinovieva 7 POT cel pre pro baron Brujah:6
2x Casey Snyder 6 PRO ani cel for baron Gangrel:6
2x Leumeah 6 PRE cel for pot baron Brujah:6
1x Mickey Wheeler 5 ani cel for pro Gangrel:6
1x Gabriel Tremblay 4 aus pot pro Caitiff:6

Library (77 cards)
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Master (17; 5 trifle)

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1x Anarch Free Press, The
1x Anarch Railroad
2x Carfax Abbey
1x Club Illusion
1x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Ennoia's Theater
2x Fame
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x Powerbase: Los Angeles
4x Vessel
1x Wider View

Action (9)

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9x Line Brawl

Political Action (2)

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2x Reckless Agitation

Reaction (16)

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6x Bait and Switch
5x Deep Ecology
5x Organized Resistance

Combat (33)

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2x Body Flare
3x Disarm
9x Diversion
5x Donnybrook
3x Dust Up
5x Immortal Grapple
4x Lam Into
2x Taste of Vitae

Archon approved.

Thanks for hosting the tournament and congratulations for the winner!

Since this apparently has been the first TWDA entry of Saku Pihlajamäki, in addition to the traditional accolades involved with a tournament win, Pasi Karjalainen will receive an autographed copy of full bleed art version of Saku Pihlajamäki.

(Autographed at least by your truly but we'll probably be able to get Noora autograph it as well...)