TWD - Pillars Fall, Sydney, Australia (21 Feb 2026)

Pillars Fall
Sydney, Australia
February 21, 2026
10 players
2R + F

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/12929

Winner: Steve Wedd
0.5 vp, 1 vp, 2.5 vp in the final

Deck Name: Inevitable Slaughter
Author:  Steve Wedd
Description: Do you hear that Mr. Anderson?

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=6 max=8 avg=6.75)
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3x Mordechai Ben-Nun             8 ANI AUS FOR NEC          Harbinger of Skulls:5
3x Babalawo Alafin               7 ani AUS FOR NEC          Harbinger of Skulls:4
3x Zygodat                       6 pot AUS NEC              Harbinger of Skulls:4
3x Hecate                        6 AUS FOR NEC              Harbinger of Skulls:5

Library: 80 cards

Master (14 cards)
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1x Giant's Blood
1x Jake Washington
2x Life in the City
1x Maabara
1x Perfectionist
4x Slaughterhouse, The
2x Blood Doll
1x Coven, The
1x Dreams of the Sphinx

Action Modifier (23 cards)
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1x Freak Drive
8x Inevitability of the Void
8x Acheron Vortex
6x Call of the Hungry Dead

Action Modifier/Reaction (7 cards)
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7x Spectral Divination

Combat (10 cards)
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2x Resilience
5x Rolling with the Punches
3x Spiritual Intervention

Retainer (3 cards)
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3x Vengeful Spirit

Equipment (4 cards)
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1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Kevlar Vest
1x Leather Jacket
1x Bowl of Convergence

Reaction (19 cards)
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10x Eyes of Argus
9x Telepathic Misdirection

Steve's report:

Game 1:
Steve H (Anarch Gangrel) ->
Duncan (Nos Horseshoes) ->
Ezekiel (G2/3 Lasombra path of PATIV) ->
Brendan (G2/3 !Malk bleed) ->
Steve W (G4/5 Harbinger wall-adjacent IotV bleed)

Nosferatu splash some damage left and right but are caught out by Gangrel agg and never truly recover, and are first ousted. !Malks bleed into the Harbingers but are met by sufficient intercept and flick to hold them off until the Lasombra's buff voting power ousts them.
Comes down to Gangrel -> Lasombra -> Harbingers. The Lasombra are now sandwiched between two intercepty decks and also fall to the increasingly unstoppable Gangrel.
Harbingers are fighting a losing battle, but manage to hold out until time.

Ezekiel/Lasombra: 1VP, Steve H/Gangrel 2.5 VP, Steve W/Harbingers: 0.5 VP, GG.

Game 2:
Steve W (G4/5 Harbinger wall-adjacent IotV bleed) ->
Ji (Hecata aggressive corpse / rotting behemoth rush) ->
Adam (G2/3 !Malk bleed) ->
Steve H (Anarch Gangrel) ->
Ezekiel (G2/3 Lasombra path of PATIV)

The !Malks first vampire is binned early by the Gangrel agg, again. The Lasombra then call an early Reins of Power, giving the Gangrel 6 additional pool. Hmm!
The Gangrel build up a fearsome ready region while keeping the Lasombra on a tight leash. Lasombra get a depressing sense of deja vu between the same to intercept decks as last round.
The Hecata build up a fearsome array of Corpses and Behemoths, and finally launch into the !Malks, tearing them apart. The Harbingers take this opportunity to lunge the Hecata for the first oust. The Lasombra then finally fall to the Gangrel.
The Harbingers again try their best to hold out against the Gangrel horde, but this time are found wanting.

Steve H/Gangrel: 4VP, Steve W/Harbingers: 1VP, GG.

Final:
Glen (Anarch Brujah Bruise Vote) ->
Adam (G2/3 !Malk bleed) ->
Steve H (Anarch Gangrel) ->
Ezekiel (G2/3 Lasombra path of PATIV) ->
Steve W (G4/5 Harbinger wall-adjacent IotV bleed)

An early vote alliance between the Brujah and Lasombra proves fruitful, inflicting damage on both !Malks and Harbingers. The Lasombra then successfully call a War of Ages, which - after much discussion - the Harbingers get the Brujah to support removing, thus fracturing the vote alliance.
Every deck is running buff flick, and nobody knows where each bleed will land. Eventually, the Lasombra again fail against two intercept decks on each side and are first ousted (rough tourney for them all-round).
The Brujah lunge at the !Malks but the combination of Harbinger intercept and !Malk flick saves them, and the Harbingers take the opportunity to bleed out the Brujah.
So it came down to Harbingers -> !Malks -> Gangrel.
The !Malks had suffered too much damage at the hands of the Brujah, and couldn't survive much longer, falling to the Harbingers. With time running low the game devolved into a frenzied bleed and blockfest between the Harbingers and Gangrel, but neither were able to oust before time.

Steve W/Harbingers: 2.5 VP, Steve H/Gangrel: 1.5 VP ... GG!