Burning Wrath Saturday 18th Feb 2012

Burning Wrath
Saturday 18th February 2012
Unlimited Hobbies, Blacktown, NSW Australia 2148
2 Rounds (2h) + Final (2.5h)

Qualifier for the Oceania Continental Tournament
Attendance: 10

• Nick Miller
• Leon Tranter
• Duncan Kemp
• Michael Tomkins
• Paul Azzopardi
• Katy McDonald
• Will Alison
• James Brennan
• Ben Froggatt
• Andrew Chirgwin (organiser)

Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
1 Paul Azzopardi 1 4 4 84
2 Katy McDonald 0 2 1 72
2 Nick Miller 2 6 0 120
2 Will Allison 1 5 0 108
2 Ben Froggatt 0 2 0 90
6 Leon Tranter 0 1 66
7 Andrew Chirgwin 0 0 48
7 Duncan Kemp 0 0 48
9 James Brennan 0 0 42
9 Michael Tomkins 0 0 42

The day went well. Unfortunately not all of the Prize Support I expected to have (due to something being shipped from Rochester NY on 27-Jan and not arriving by 18 Feb!!) but there was an unexpected bonus courtesy of Heather Krieter!
Finalists received custom pool counters and a bag to store them in. All entrants on the day received a Fridge Magnet with Heather Krieter Artwork. Paul won the major prize of a pack of Heather Krieter Deck Backers (choosing one of the 5 available took him something like 5 minutes, which I'll put down to the quality of Heather's work and products).

Scarily most of the games were surprisingly quick. Constant bleed made a big appearance in the tournament, there were very few times that Archon Investigation could have even been played. Most tables had taken their first VP within 30min and they all finished WELL before the time limit (around 1.5h generally) even the Final had its first VP fall in the first 30min.

Paul's deck in particular features the idea of repeat low-bleeds at stealth. The surprise deck was Nick Miller's Akunanse Agg-Poke Bruise & Bleed.

Special congratulations goes to Katy McDonald who reached the final on her first Qualifier tournament with a -- deck using <= 3 bleeds at a few stealth and a reduce/flick defence.

Those who qualified for the Oceania Continental Championship were:

• Paul Azzopardi
• Nick Miller
• Katy McDonald
• Will Alison
• Ben Froggatt
• Andrew Chirgwin (organiser)

Thanks for running a good tournament Andrew. Interesting prizes!
I created my Akunanse deck recently as a fun deck, but decided to try it out at a tournament as it had won a few casual games. It can handle a couple of bleed decks, winning the preliminary rounds. However the final was all bleed decks. And mine was the only one that could not redirect :-/

Deck Name : Akunanse bleed
Author :Nick Miller
Description : Plays like a standard bleed deck. With combat as an option to rush prey/predator as needed.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 5.08333

2x	Amavi	(8)		Akunanse	(g4)
2x	Meno Ngari	(2)		Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Aisata Swanou	(7)		Akunanse	(g5)
1x	Uchenna	(7)		magaji Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Jubal	(6)		Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Kikiyaon, The	(5)		Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Socrate Cidibe	(5)		Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Hasani	(4)		Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Nestor Kaba	(4)		Akunanse	(g4)
1x	Dolie	(3)		Akunanse	(g4)

Library [70 cards]

Action [12]
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
8x Deep Song
2x Well-Marked
1x Wise Spider

Action Modifier [13]
1x Daring the Dawn
5x Freak Drive
6x Predator's Mastery
1x Strange Day

Action Modifier/Combat [8]
8x Predator's Transformation

Ally [1]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Combat [13]
6x Devil-Channel: Hands
2x Hidden Strength
1x Indomitability
2x Rolling with the Punches
2x Superior Mettle

Equipment [1]
1x Reliquary: Akunanse Remains

Event [2]
1x Narrow Minds
1x Urban Jungle

Master [15]
1x Abombwe
2x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Archon Investigation
2x Dummy Corporation
1x Fame
1x Life in the City
1x Lilith's Blessing
1x Mapatano Utando
1x Mbare Market, Harare
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Villein

Reaction [4]
2x Delaying Tactics
2x Terra Incognita

Retainer [1]
1x Tasha Morgan