TWD-The Unnamed: Newark, Ohio September 24th 2011

The Unnamed: Newark
9/24/2011
10 players
winner: Jay Kristoff
TWD: The Pattie Melt
desc: My version of my favorite John Pattie deck

Izhim abd Azrael
Bakr
Djuhah, The Bronze Bow
Olugbenga
Joe "Boot" Hill
Kashan
Reza Fatir, The Dark Angel
Vadar Vardarian
Hafsa, The Wather
Kamau Jafari
Sajid al Misbah
Basir

Alamut
Anarch Troublemaker
4x Effective Management
Heartblood of the Clan
Market Square
The Path of Blood
Underworld Hunting Ground
4x Villein

2x Clotho's Gift
Condem the Sins of the Father
16x Haqim's Law: Leadership
Khabar: Glory
6x Loss

Reckless Agitation

2x Succulent Vitae

2x Black Sunrise
Delaying Tactics
Foul Blood

Blood Sweat
Dagon's Call
2x Selective Silence
4x Target Vitals
Taste of Death
Thin Blood

2x Camera Phone
Gran Madre di Dio, Italy

Jay, please explain!!
We do not understand this deck in Hungary...

Mr_Toreador wrote:

Jay, please explain!!
We do not understand this deck in Hungary...

Not at all.

I am happy to give this simple explanation. My "Pattie Melt" deck makes a lot of pool with 16x Hakim's Law: Leadership and 4x Villien. I then use that pool to buy a lot of vampires (aided by 4x Effective Management, 2x Clotho's Gift and Heartblood of the Clan). I then use all of those vampires to oust my prey(s) with bleeds (sometimes with Loss or Camera Phone). The combat cards are there to make my opponents think twice about blocking me. A big ousting turn can be set up with Anarch Troublemaker, Khabar: Glory, and Condem the Sins of the Father. In short: make pool, make vamps, bleed, win.

So all your actions are at 1 stealth. Which means that you rely on the "bruise" effct form your 10 combat cards (8mmake some damage) to get all your actions passed. Meanwhile you have no way to weaken your predator (rush cards, or whatever) and only 2 wake cards. Supposed you draw your Market Square early you can wake 2 times and block with 1 intercept. That is all the defense your deck has, but normally less. Let's suppose you manage somehow to bring out 5 vampires. Since the Anarch Troublmaker is a one trick you either draw or not you basically rely on your prey to tap himself out and not playing wake cards. Supposed he doesn't block any of your actions and you gathered 4x Loss you can bleed for a total of 13, which might be enough for 1 VP. The you are left with 2x Loss in the deck. And your combat won't really help you out against a dedicated rush deck.

So I still don't see how this deck is any good. Over the last few years I noticed that you build very "strange" decks. The fact that you can win with these things means you are maybe the best v:tes player in the world. I hold you in the highest respect for playing and winning with these decks. Nevertheless I think your decks are just terrible. Keep up the good work Jay, you definitely are an enrichment to this community!

The trick is in a peacefull game flowing and big survival potential.
Players just kill each other while Assamites make long set up and stay alive till the deep endgame stage, where they get an advantage.