VTES Grand Prix Brisbane 2025

Reported by Steve Harris, VEKN National Coordinator of Australia:

The Oceania Grand Prix Brisbane 2025 took place on June 21 in Comics Plus. 22 players attended.

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Standings after three rounds:
1. Ke Carlton 2 GW, 10 VP
2. Richard Aumann 2 GW, 7.5 VP
3. Nick Miller 1 GW, 7 VP
4. Nathan Budd 1 GW, 3 VP, 106 TP
5. Duncan Kemp 1 GW, 3 VP, 96 TP

VTES Grand Prix Brisbane 2025

VTES Grand Prix Brisbane 2025
I only saw a bit of this finals. From what I saw, the 2 Banu Haqims battled each other but didn't achieve much against each other Stanislava never really got going, as his prey could hurt him backwards, and his predator put Stani into torpor a few times.  The other BH deck had to rescue a few times, iirc. The Hecata deck slowly built up moved forward, ousting 2 preys in the last half hour or so of the game.
  
Ke got the game win with 2.5 VP, and Nick 0.5 and Duncan 0.5. Congratulatiosn Ke!

Tournament winning deck: "Powerbase Decay" by Ke
Comment: “Focused Shroud of Decay and Family Gathering Abuse. Powerbase Zürich allows for both crypt acceleration and survival. House of Sorrow with Dreams / Coven allows for lunge turns (especially if you have Anu in play). Only change after the New Blood release was adding Powerbase Munich. Would drop 1x Tommaso for 1x Alek to lower average capacity. Added Unmasking + FBI last minute with minimal impact.”

Crypt (12 cards)
1x Anu Diptinatpa  7 aus vic DOM NEC  Nagaraja:6
1x Alek Konig  3 OBL  Hecata:6
1x Gebeyehu Abdu 5 for AUS OBL  Hecata:6
1x Hiromitsu Asano 4 aus for obl  Hecata:6
1x Holliday "Burgundy" Hall  5 aus FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Lenelle, Mambo of Birmingham  6 aus FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Monica Giovanni 6 AUS FOR OBL  Hecata:6
2x Mora, the Death Seer  7 ani AUS FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Parijat, the Dark Oracle  7 AUS DOM FOR OBL  Hecata:6
1x Peter St. John  2 obl  Hecata:6
1x Tommaso Sforza  7 dom for AUS OBL THA  Hecata:6

Library: 84 cards
Master (24 cards)
1x House of Sorrow
1x Coven, The
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
11x Family Gathering
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Powerbase: Munich
1x Powerbase: Zürich
1x Tribute to the Master
4x Villein
1x Wider View
1x Direct Intervention

Event (2 cards)
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
1x Unmasking, The

Action (14 cards)
14x Shroud of Decay

Ally (6 cards)
6x Spectral Servitor

Action Modifier (23 cards)
3x Freak Drive
3x Shadow Cast
2x Shadow Cloak
4x Stygian Shroud
10x Where the Veil Thins
1x Daring the Dawn

Combat (3 cards)
3x Pass Through Shadow

Reaction (12 cards)
2x Eyes of Argus
2x My Enemy's Enemy
4x Telepathic Misdirection
2x Shadow Sentinel
2x Delaying Tactics

Thanks to all organisers, sponsors and players! Only Auckland remains:

VTES Grand Prix 2025