Report by Norman Brown, with comments from the winner:
So Gulf Coast Roast Weekend Started with a bang Thursday Night, March 7th, Vidor, Texas. We followed up with a tournament Friday Night on March 8th with the Fire Dance in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Main Event, The Gulf Coast Roast Leg 1- Lafayette LA was all day on Saturday March 9th. On Sunday March 10th, we hosted the final tournament of the weekend, Wind Dance Lafayette, Louisiana. It was like a miniature Week of Nightmares.
We began Saturday with Burgers and Daiquiris at Daiquiris Supreme.
The Gulf Coast Roast kicked off at 1 PM with 3 rounds of 2 hours each and an untimed Finals at Sanctuary Games and Comics. We had 22 players in attendance with the farthest traveling player, Ian Lee, traveling all the way from San Jose, California to participate.
It was a brutally fought tournament, but we took our time after the second round to enjoy some crawfish etouffee that was home-cooked in my kitchen by Paula Brown.
The final contestants were
1. Justin Shackleford (Ghede Typhonic Beast) 2 GW 8.5 VP
2. Sidney Conklin (Ravnos Powerbleed) 2 GW 8 VP
3. Kelly Lyons (Gangrel Skullduggery) 2 GW 7 VP
4. Clint Jordan (V5 Malkavian Stealth & Bleed) 1 GW 6 VP
5. Ian Lee (Presence 8-cap Vote) 1 GW 5 VP
Kelly Lyons emerged victorious with 4 VP in the final!! Sidney got 1 VP.
Here is Kelly’s winning deck and his comments on the finals:
Deck Name: "Water Dog - Unscrupulous Behavior in the Wild"
"I started with skullduggery. I just wanted a skullduggery deck. But, like most Gangrel Anarch Decks it morphed into more and more THINGS. The card is just too good. But, I stuck to my guns and kept the premise. Skullduggery Bleed into a Monkey Wrench. The crypt is based on Protean. Best discipline for Anarchs 5th Edition in my opinion. Just so versatile.
FINAL TABLE: Just like anything else in life you have to get a little lucky but you also need to make your own luck. I set myself up in the seating to possibly get some help from another combat rush deck (GHEDE). 1.) Clint - Malkavain Bleed 2.) Me - Gangrel Skullduggery 3.) Sid - Ravnos Bleed 4.) Ian - Politics 5.) Justin - Ghede... This seating arrangement favored me. Thing could happen unopposed. The nail in the coffin was when Sid decided he had enough Gangrels and he wanted help, so he propelled the situation by playing Club Illusion. It helped his vampires but it also helped mine. Sid crushed Ian and weakened Justin. Clint was never able to totally ruin me. Ghede had done his job. However, I did take four 6-Bleeds (reduced to 4) in a row (Malkavians can be resilient) . Deep Ecology and the use of Thing to transfer up gave me elbow room. I took Sid and Justin out in one turn. I finished Clint a turn later.
Thanks to Norm Brown for hosting. Congrats to my Vidor Vampires. Three Vidorians at the final table. Shout out to Black Chantry!!! Great Playmat and Promo!!! Thanks!!!"
Crypt (12 cards)
1x Casey Snyder 6 PRO ani cel for baron Gangrel:6
1x Kuyén 6 ANI PRO baron Gangrel:6
1x Martina Srnankova 6 FOR PRO ani Gangrel:6
1x Crow 5 ANI for pro tha Gangrel:5
1x Dario Ziggler 5 FOR ani pro tha Gangrel:6
1x Kamile Paukstys 5 PRO ani for Gangrel:6
1x Mickey Wheeler 5 ani cel for pro Gangrel:6
1x Hanna Nokelainen 4 ani for pro Gangrel:6
1x Nathan Turner 4 PRO ani Gangrel:6
1x Indira 3 PRO Gangrel:6
1x Joaquín de Cádiz 3 for pro Gangrel:6
1x Ruslan Fedorenko 2 pro Gangrel:6
Library (90 cards)
Master (16; 2 trifle)
1x Anarch Free Press, The
1x Anarch Railroad
1x Backways
1x Club Illusion
1x Ecoterrorists
7x Effective Management
1x Ennoia's Theater
1x Information Highway
2x Wash
Action (28)
2x Rewilding
2x Shattering
6x Skullduggery
18x Thing
Action Modifier (12)
4x CrimethInc.
2x Earth Control
6x Monkey Wrench
Action Modifier/Combat (4)
2x Form of the Cobra
2x Rapid Change
Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Form of the Bat
Combat (12)
4x Donnybrook
6x Earth Meld
2x Form of Mist
Reaction (16)
10x Deep Ecology
3x Delaying Tactics
3x Eyes of the Wild
Thanks to Norm for the report - next up in the Guld Coast Roast is Dallas on April 27!