TWD – Almada's Bloody Xmas

Almada’s Bloody Xmas
Guildpact Store
Almada, Setúbal, Portugal
December 7th 2024
2R+F
10 players
Winner: Sérgio Louçã Martins (#3120101)
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/11872

1GW3,5 + 3VP in the final

Deck Name: It's what the huggy craves
Author: Sérgio Martins
Description: Lunchables are fun for the whole family.

Final's seating: Lasombra politics (g4-5) > Kyasid S&B > unnamed Protocol > Byzar Purge > PRO Death Star.

Two cross-table DOM decks – one with votes –, along with an opening hand blessed by Graverobbing, made the final easier than expected to lock, despite mistakes.

There's a fair amount of tech that could be swapped out or reduced and the whole deck size is likely to be at its tightest at 64-65 cards. Scourge of the Enochias is far too valuable against too many matchups in a post Childe of the Revolution world.

Recursion is, of course, broken and very much a failsafe, hand smoothing and hand extender in this deck. There's a world where every turn Purge (even without other player's minions) is achievable and desirable, with slight adjustments.

Big thanks to some of the usual suspects: Darby Keeney for telling me to stop faffing about with useless cards and pulling me back to the core issues, Karl Schaefer for telling me how he sees Purge puzzles and discussing ousting options, and Brian Moritz for debating interaction (and lack thereof) with me and being disgusted with the end result after "kindly donating all of his ready region to me" sic.

I'm happy to add a tiny contribution to the non-cloggable stealth debate.

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Crypt (12 cards, min=10 max=40 avg=6.58)
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6x Byzar 10 AUS FOR NEC OBF dom pre Harbinger of Skulls:6
2x Araceli "Celia" Rivera 3 dom obl Lasombra:6
2x Claudia 2 obt Lasombra:5
1x Azucena 5 DOM OBL pot Lasombra:6
1x Braden White 4 dom obl pot Lasombra:6

Library (70 cards)
Master (18; 2 trifle)
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1x Dominate
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
3x Information Highway
1x Maabara
2x Villein
8x Zillah's Valley

Action (11)
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7x Baltimore Purge
4x Graverobbing

Ally (2)
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1x ECTU Operative
1x Mylan Horseed

Equipment (4)
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1x Erebus Mask
1x Learjet
1x Ritual Goblet
1x Sargon Fragment, The

Action Modifier (34)
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5x Acheron Vortex
5x Call of the Hungry Dead
3x Elder Impersonation
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
15x Freak Drive
4x Seduction

Event (1)
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1x Scourge of the Enochians