TWD: Marato de TV3, Badia del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain

Torneo Marató TV3, Badia del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
December 18, 2011
25 Players
3R + F
Organizer- Tomàs López Jiménez

Finalists:
Raul Alcalde (Gangrel + Serpentis
Luis Fonseca (Gangrel)
Pobin (Ravnos)
Ash Soler (Nephandus
Andres Nieto Martinez (Tzimisces)

Winner: Luis Fonseca (VEKN # 4960000)
Luis Fonseca’s tournament winning deck
Deck Name: The Ingrid Rossler Show
Author: Manuel Diehm (+Gangrel Justicar card added from Luis)

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=9 avg=6.75)
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1x Chandler Hungerford 3 PRO Gangrel:2
1x Daliyah 4 obf PRO Nosferatu:2
2x Danielle Diron 7 chi for ANI PRO Gangrel:3
1x Dr. Allan Woodstock 5 ani aus for PRO Gangrel:3
4x Ingrid Rossler 9 dom ANI FOR PRO Gangrel:2
1x Katarina 9 pot pro ANI FOR Gangrel:2
2x Mirembe Kabbada 5 ani PRO SER Gangrel:2

Library (75 cards)
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Master (17)
1x Ecoterrorists
1x Mundane
1x Papillon
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
2x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
2x Sudden Reversal
5x Vessel
2x Villein

Action (3)
1x Army of Rats
2x Tier of Souls

Political Action (3)
2x Parity Shift
1x Gangrel Justicar

Ally (1)
1x Renegade Garou

Retainer (6)
6x Raven Spy

Reaction (23)
3x Cats' Guidance
4x Deflection
3x Forced Awakening
3x On the Qui Vive
6x Second Tradition: Domain
4x Sense the Savage Way

Combat (22)
2x Claws of the Dead
12x Earth Meld
4x Form of Mist
4x Pack Alpha

So, how did this deck work? Not exactly a lot of ousting power there.

Kushiel wrote:

So, how did this deck work? Not exactly a lot of ousting power there.

It looks like it bloats and blocks a lot, so more of a long game strategy. Oh, there are 2x Smiling Jack, so that may help a fair amount. Parity Shift w/Form of Mist can be pretty strong.

Kushiel wrote:

So, how did this deck work? Not exactly a lot of ousting power there.

As the original designer, here are my thoughts on how to play it:

- Bring out Ingrid first, if possible.
Her special allows you to influence the other guys faster.

- Typical actions:
Recruit a Raven Spy or bleed for 1 (or 2 with Tier of Souls)

- Slowly build up your resources: By Mid Game, if all goes well,
you should be able to generate 4+ Pool per turn
(Papillon, Rack, Danielle + Vessels; PB:Montreal, Ecoterrorists)

- Bring out new Minions whenever you can afford it.
By Mid Game you should have 3+ Minions ready, using your Poolgain and
the additional transfers to constantly bring out new guys.

- Parity Shift is more like a Gimmick. Its strong, if it works.
Use the Pool redistribution to buy votes.
Many players are bought quite cheaply.

- Once you are set up and the table is down to (ideally) 3 Players,
play the Simling Jack to finish it up.

The 4 games I played the Deck myself during the German Championship it never worked as described. First table, I seriously misjudged my Predators Deck. Second Table went quite well, although I had pre Range aggravated Trujah as
predator, which is bad, since you rely a lot on blocking for defense. Third table was too much pressure from unblockable (daring the dawn) Giovanni bleeders. However, Poolgain was enough to at least survive.
Entering last seed into the final, I hadn't much of a chance there.

I would like to know, how it performed in detail during this tournament.