Powerbase: Los Angeles, Day One

Quick report here, straight to the first final.

Aaron Clark was top seed playing a Tremere bruise/bleed with light
intercept. Seating was as follows:


Aaron Clark
Mike Zajac - !Malk Kindred Spirits with info gathering tech
Lex Pike - Tzimisce intercept combat with agg damage
Robert Scythe - Sobayifa, Howler and The Siamese vote/intercept
Matt Wedge - Madness Network Reversal of Fortune lockdown


Mike got hit hard right off losing 2 vampires to Lex's intercept/agg/
Amaranth. The table could not generate enough votes to stop him until
a Cardinal Benediction was passed on Howler. Sobayifa was Famed and
kept from acting until she was sure to have enough stealth to get by,
a New Moon Sigil and Monastery eventual helped, though she still went
down once yet managed to come back up. The Reversal of Fortune deck
wasn't pulling it's lock quick enough and never got off, giving Aaron
less pressure aside from some early Brainwashes. Aaron then agg
damaged 2 more of Mike's vamps before ousting him, hell of a reaming
for the !Malks!! Matt made a cool play when he diablerized his own
Charnas'd vampire to throw Charnas on the evil Merril Molitor who had
a Sports Bike and a Sawed-off Shotgun, even surviving the Blood Hunt.
Unfortunately he was ousted soon after. Aaron then allowed a Cardinal
Benediction to pass (instead of a bleed) so that Sobayifa could call a
Disputed Territory to take the KRCG away from Lex, giving Aaron more
of a chance to enter combat on his terms. Lex narrowly missed blocking
Sobie (New Moon stealth!), which probably would have given him a
victory point, and then could not stop Aaron from ousting him. Head to
head Aaron found himself at 3 pool but only Sobayifa up to oppose him
and she was Pentexed! A contested Pentex was played and Sobie attempts
a KRC for the win, Merril attempts the block, Monastery is tapped, an
intercept card is played, two blood burned for some New Moon Sigil
stealth and she gets through and the Spiritus babes take victory!


Powerbase Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
May 28, 2011
14 players


Deck Name: Sobie and The Pussycats
Created by: Robert Scythe


Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=7 max=8 avg=7.67)
4x Howler 8 obf ANI PRE SPI Ahrimane:2
4x Siamese, The 7 ani pro PRE SPI Ahrimane:2
4x Sobayifa 8 aus pot pro spi ANI PRE Guruhi:3


Library (90 cards)
Master (19)
1x Ancestor Spirit
1x Auspex
1x Dark Influences
1x Giant's Blood
1x Guardian Angel
1x Legendary Vampire
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Powerbase: Tshwane
1x Sense Vibrations
2x Spontaneous Power
5x Villein
2x Wider View
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion


Action (13)
2x Abbot
6x Engling Fury
1x New Moon Sigil
2x No Secrets From the Magaji
1x Vulture's Buffet
1x Well-Marked


Political Action (17)
1x Ancient Influence
1x Banishment
4x Cardinal Benediction
1x Disputed Territory
6x Kine Resources Contested
1x Political Stranglehold
2x Reinforcements
1x Secret Must Be Kept, The


Equipment (5)
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Ivory Bow
2x Kduva's Mask


Ally (2)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)


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


Action Modifier (13)
1x Bewitching Oration
2x Perfect Paragon
5x Squirrel Balance
5x Voter Captivation


Reaction (8 )
8x Speak with Spirits


Combat (2)
2x Majesty


Combo (8 )
8x Swiftness of the Stag


The second tournament was the Southwest Regional Qualifier. Don't
remember the particulars so here's just the hard facts, Robert
Scythe was top seed with a version of Girls Will Find Aids, seating
was:


Robert Scythe
Lex Pike - Tzimisce toolbox with War Ghouls
Matt Wedge - Helena, vote and bleed control
Darby Keeney - Anarch Daughters Vote
Andy Fernandez - Toreador bleed and vote


Powerbase Los Angeles, Southwest Regional Qualifier
Los Angeles, CA
May 28, 2011
14 players


Deck Name: Girls Will Infect Los Angeles
Author: Another slight variation of the Esbjornsson TWD
Description: I used an idea from Angseesing with the Unleash Hell's
Fury (that I never got to play). If I had only played the deck before
the tournament I would have made more changes and taken some credit
for the design but as is it all goes to Esbjornsson/Torstensson


Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=7 max=11 avg=9.08)
================================================
4x Aksinya Daclau 9 cel tha ANI FOR PRE PRO !Gangrel:4
3x Cybele 10 ANI DAI OBF PRE SER THA Baali:4
1x Enkidu, The Noah 11 for ANI CEL OBF POT PRO !Gangrel:4
1x Gustaphe Brunnelle 8 obf ANI DOM POT Nosferatu:4
1x Nana Buruku 8 ANI POT PRE Guruhi:4
1x Nangila Were 9 obf ser ANI POT PRE Guruhi:4
1x Talbot 7 for ANI NEC PRO Gangrel:5


Library (75 cards)
==================
Master (41)
9x Ashur Tablets
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
1x Giant's Blood
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
2x Haven Uncovered
2x Information Highway
1x Lilith's Blessing
5x Liquidation
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Sudden Reversal
7x Villein
5x Zillah's Valley


Event (2)
1x Anthelios, The Red Star
1x Dragonbound


Action (4)
2x Deep Song
1x Entrancement
1x Unleash Hell's Fury


Ally (2)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)


Reaction (5)
1x Delaying Tactics
1x Guard Dogs
2x Lost in Translation
1x Rat's Warning


Combat (21)
9x Aid from Bats
1x Canine Horde
7x Carrion Crows
1x Target Vitals
2x Taste of Vitae
1x Terror Frenzy

So you mean you just waltzed in there and grabbed two consecutive wins? Mighty impressive!

Never really expected to see New Moon Sigil declared MVP (kinda..). Loved the first deck, really interesting stuff. Were the Auspex Skill Card-Sense Vibrations-Bowl of Converge of any worth? They seem like a sketchy inclusion.


Drain

Drain wrote:

Were the Auspex Skill Card-Sense Vibrations-Bowl of Converge of any worth? They seem like a sketchy inclusion.

Sobayifa already has , so she does not need the skill card to play Sense vibrations or the Bowl.

The Auspex skill card is usually the first question I get, here's a quick copy and paste:

Why an Auspex skill card? Well, this will allow Siamese and Howler (though it being played on Howler is unlikely, but can happen) to use the Bowl, or Sobie to use it at AUS. Being bigger can make the use of Perfect Paragon or Banishment a possibility that might not have been available at their normal caps. The Siamese can be untapped by Mylan, use the Monastery, and get in on the Political Stranglehold. With all this in mind, I am still considering giving up the first possiblity and making it an Abombwe for its trifleness since it can still be played on Sobie and Siamese.

So, you see, it's really there for the capacity as opposed to the skill. I should have a Lilith's in there but I haven't really tweaked the deck for about a year. And the New Moon Sigil was a surprise for its definite MVPness. I didn't really think that it was all that good (and rather expensive to play and use) but that permenant manuever and stealth turned out to be worth it.

CORRECTION for the first decklist:

1 Legendary Vampire
1 Pentex Subversion

Just before the game I had made the change so it was not on my online decklist that I had copied and pasted into here. Good thing, too, since my description shows that it had won me the game. I will edit into the original post now.