This event was played in Sázava on September 6. Report by Jan Koci, VEKN Prince of Jihlava with comment from the champion:

Pulled Fang #14 – a great weekend full of VTES

Another edition of Pulled Fang, this time with the number 14, is behind us. The tournament once again brought exciting battles, creative strategies, and most importantly, a gathering of players from all over Europe.

Friday – the climax of the year-long league

On Friday, we held the finals of the year-long league, with Petr Muller, Daniel Gargulák, Jakub Hrbáček, Martin Weinmayer, and Jakub Rýpar making it to the table. In the end, Petr Muller emerged as the winner, showing the strength of his Hecata deck – congratulations! It’s just a pity that such a final can’t be turned into an Archon report.

Saturday – the main tournament with international attendance

On Saturday, an impressive 57 players gathered in the venue. Participants came from Poland, Hungary, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, and of course the Czech Republic.

Standings before final:
1. Matej Lenarth 2 GW, 9.0 VP
2. Richard Stefan Utner 2 GW, 8.5 VP
3. Richard Utner 2 GW, 8.0 VP, 168 TP
4. Maciej Frankowiak 2 GW, 8.0, 144 TP
5. Gyula Erdős 2 GW, 8.0 VP, 124 TP

Final report by Matej Lenarth:
The seat choice was logical: a slower predator (The Capuchin) and a prey who wasn’t an ANI Baron, and moreover, I could deal damage both forward and backward through Revolts. At the same time, I could let the other two animalism decks beat each other up.

The first round was mostly about negotiating who would bring out what. I drew Trung (Ravnos, 3 ANI), Massimiliano, Kuyen, and Angel. Gyula wanted Angel, Maciej wanted Kuyen, so I said OK. First turn: Master – Anarch Revolt. Trung popped out for me, and before Cappucin could come out, I managed to bring out Massimiliano.

The Revolt cut into everyone on turn two and a few players for several more turns. Richard brought out a 9-cap Assamite, I rushed him, dealt 6 over 2 turns (Villein, of course), leaving him with 3 blood. Then he brought out his second and third vampires.

The Capuchin then became Anarch, the Assamite didn’t. On top of that, Maciej rushed Richard’s vampires backwards because Richard hadn’t given him a good enough answer to the question whether he was going to bleed him the next turn.

There was one attempt to remove the Revolt, but it ended 6:6, since Gyula supported me across the table, as it suited him (he was planning to rush The Capuchin, which he then did, sending him to torpor, but Maciej rescued him and restored him to full with Giant’s Blood).

Richard’s Assamites then died, and I contested Angel, so Maciej was left with Doc Martina and Kuyen, while I had Massimiliano and Trung.

Maciej rushed Massimiliano, but I sacrificed Trung, who dropped Doc Martina into torpor (and went down himself). I then planned to contest Kuyen, since he was Maciej’s last vampire, so that the Anarch Revolts (at least two at that point) would cut him down. But Richard with The Capuchin helped me instead – he decided to bleed for 5 at 2 stealth, and since I had Bait and Switch and Maciej didn’t, I gained 6 pool. On my turn I think I rushed two of Gyula’s vampires, torporized one, dropped Angel myself, and brought out Kuyen.

I wasn’t drawing Tastes or any other lifegain, until finally next turn I drew Poacher’s Hunting Ground, which worked thanks to Gyula’s Papillon. Gyula then finished off Richard’s The Capuchin, who still managed to bring out Gerald Windham, only to go straight into torpor after combat with Gyula’s Baron. That left us in heads-up.

It didn’t look good for me at all. I was missing lifegain and Tastes.

I kept bringing out more Revolts, so there were 4 on the table. Tension in the Ranks showed up, and I played Villeins on vampires in torpor for 0 just to cycle and not reduce Kuyen’s and others’ blood.

It was pretty dramatic, because Gyula had the Sphinx, Papillon, Rack… and The Edge. I had only Poacher’s HG. After the game, Karel told me that Gyula forgot to add 2 from the Rack to Branimir and gave her only Papillon. In that turn I managed to get into combat with her, torporized her (Massimiliano went down too), and contested Adrian (Gyula’s last vampire). Since by the end of my turn Gyula had 6 pool, and there were 4 active Revolts plus we were contesting Adrian, Dreams of the Sphinx, and the Rack, I managed to win :)

The final table was tough, with animalism strategies dominating the field. After a long and demanding fight, Matej Lenarth claimed victory with his Ani Baron deck. Congratulations not only to him, but to all the finalists for their excellent performance.

Tournament winning deck: “Czech nationals 2025 – BarAni” by Matej Lenarth (credits to Jozef Patrnciak)

Crypt (12 cards)
1x Adrino Manauara 8 ANI DOM PRO pot baron Tzimisce:6
2x Massimiliano 7 ANI FOR pro baron Gangrel:6
1x Ángel Guerrero 7 ANI DOM PRO baron Tzimisce:6
2x Branimira 6 ANI dom pre pro baron Tzimisce:6
2x Kuyén 6 ANI PRO baron Gangrel:6
1x Whisper 5 ANI DOM pro Tzimisce:6
1x Trung Chau Pham 3 ANI Ravnos:7
2x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY

Library (90 cards)
Master (20; 7 trifle)
6x Anarch Revolt
1x Carfax Abbey
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
1x Poacher's Hunting Ground
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
1x Tension in the Ranks
6x Villein
1x Wider View

Event (1)
1x NSA Trio

Action (12)
12x Deep Song

Equipment (1)
1x Ivory Bow

Retainer (3)
1x Mr. Winthrop
2x Raven Spy

Combat (34)
12x Aid from Bats
12x Carrion Crows
2x Drawing Out the Beast
4x Taste of Vitae
4x Terror Frenzy

Reaction (19)
6x Bait and Switch
3x Deep Ecology
1x Delaying Tactics
9x Organized Resistance

The troph made by Pavel Matoušek, with pedestal that works as a cards box made by Markéta Munduchová.

Thanks and looking ahead

A huge thank-you goes to all the players who came and helped create such an amazing atmosphere. Without you, Pulled Fang wouldn’t be what it is – not just a tournament, but also a gathering of friends and enthusiasts of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. We look forward to seeing you next year at PF#15, or perhaps even earlier at one of the Roadsto Pulled Fang #15 league events.

Thanks for the great report, and thanks to all organisers, sponsor Stanislaw Szczepaniak and participants!