Aye Of Hazimel - Los Angeles 2/19/2012

Mike C. has been pretty busy lately and has all the information on the Tournaments that weekend but I've started this post to give the last one some closure. I was terribly ill that weekend and was under the influence of tons of medication and alcohol (uhh, that is more medication) and was surprised to have been in all 4 finals, let alone win one. This was not the one. My cloudy memory reveals to me a threeway in this final between Aaron Clark, myself and Robert Goudie. Cannot recall the other 2 combatants names but did remember that 13 Meths started this off. Aaron won and should chime in soon with his decklist, Mike can give the hard stats at his leisure.

Aye of Hazimel
Los Angeles, CA
February 19, 2012 5PM
13 Players
Aaron Clark
2R+Final

Deck Name : Burning Down the House
Author : Aaron Clark
Description: This deck is an Obfuscate/Dominate toolbox featuring low-caps. The original idea was to create a deck that used multiple Arsons, thus the deck's name.

Crypt (12 cards, Min: 2, Max: 5, Avg: 4)

2 Zebulon 5 aus dom pro OBF Malkavian:1
1 Badr al-Budur 5 cel dom qui OBF Assamite:2
1 Count Ormonde 5 dom pre ser OBF Follower of set:2
1 Didi Meyers 5 aus cel obf DOM Malkavian:1
1 Agrippina 4 pot OBF Nosferatu:1
1 Laurent de Valois 4 ani dom obf Nosferatu:1
1 Roland Bishop 4 aus dom obf Malkavian:1
1 Tansu Bekir 4 cel OBF Assamite:2
1 Watenda 3 obf Malkavian:2
1 Dimple 2 obf Nosferatu:1
1 Normal 2 obf Malkavian:1

Library (83)

Action (14)
4 Arson
2 Bum's Rush
3 Computer Hacking
2 Far Mastery
2 Govern the Unaligned
1 Sacrifical Lamb

Action Modifier (25)
6 Cloak the Gathering
3 Conditioning
2 Elder Impersonation
3 Faceless Night
2 Forgotten Labyrinth
6 Lost in Crowds
3 Spying Mission

Action Modifier/Combat (4)
4 Swallowed by the Night

Combat (5)
1 Behind You!
3 Quick Exit
1 Vanish from the Mind's Eye

Equipment (4)
1 Improvised Flamethrower
1 Ivory Bow
1 Laptop Computer
1 Sawed-off Shotgun

Master (15)
1 Asylum Hunting Ground
3 Blood Doll
1 Coven, The
2 Dominate
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Giant's Blood
1 Haven Uncovered
1 Madness Network
1 Police Department
1 Powerbase: Montreal
2 Vast Wealth

Political Action (1)
1 Malkavian Justicar

Reaction (13)
8 Deflection
5 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Retainer (2)
1 J.S. Simmons Esq.
1 Tasha Morgan

I don't use deckbuilding programs, and I'm neither sophisticated enough to generate the nice formatting nor motivated enough to learn how at this time.

The final table was:
Aaron Clark (Obf/Dom toolbox) 1.5
Robert Goudie (Ventrue powerbleed and multiact) 1.5
Robert Scythe (Anarch Followers of Set w/Temptation and Votes) 0.5
Shane Taylor (ANI/dom wall/bleed) 0
Edward McGlynn (Agent Iliana) 0

I won since I was a higher seed than Robert G. It was close between the Roberts and me, so I feel lucky to have made my first tournament win.

It seems this is the first TWD to use Vanish from the Mind's Eye, if people keep track of these things.

Aaron wrote:

I don't use deckbuilding programs, and I'm neither sophisticated enough to generate the nice formatting nor motivated enough to learn how at this time.

I got you covered.

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Deck Name : Burning Down the House
Author : Aaron Clark
Description :
This deck is an Obfuscate/Dominate toolbox featuring low-caps. The original idea was to create a deck that used multiple Arsons, thus the deck's name.


Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 5 average: 4

2x	Zebulon	(5)			Malkavian	(g1)
1x	Badr al-Budur	(5)			Assamite	(g2)
1x	Count Ormonde	(5)			Follower of Set	(g2)
1x	Didi Meyers	(5)			Malkavian	(g1)
1x	Agrippina	(4)			Nosferatu	(g1)
1x	Laurent de Valois	(4)			Nosferatu	(g2)
1x	Roland Bishop	(4)			Malkavian	(g1)
1x	Tansu Bekir	(4)			Assamite	(g2)
1x	Watenda	(3)			Malkavian	(g2)
1x	Dimple	(2)			Nosferatu	(g1)
1x	Normal	(2)			Malkavian	(g1)

Library [83 cards]

Action [14]
4x Arson
2x Bum's Rush
3x Computer Hacking
2x Far Mastery
2x Govern the Unaligned
1x Sacrificial Lamb

Action Modifier [25]
6x Cloak the Gathering
3x Conditioning
2x Elder Impersonation
3x Faceless Night
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
6x Lost in Crowds
3x Spying Mission

Action Modifier/Combat [4]
4x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [5]
1x Behind You!
3x Quick Exit
1x Vanish from the Mind's Eye

Equipment [4]
1x Improvised Flamethrower
1x Ivory Bow
1x Laptop Computer
1x Sawed-Off Shotgun

Master [15]
1x Asylum Hunting Ground
3x Blood Doll
1x Coven, The
2x Dominate
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Haven Uncovered
1x Madness Network
1x Police Department
1x Powerbase: Montreal
2x Vast Wealth

Political Action [1]
1x Malkavian Justicar

Reaction [13]
8x Deflection
5x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Retainer [2]
1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1x Tasha Morgan


Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Tue Mar 06 18:04:07 2012]

Aaron wrote:

Description: This deck is an Obfuscate/Dominate toolbox featuring low-caps. The original idea was to create a deck that used multiple Arsons, thus the deck's name.

Cool, what locations you burned down through the tourney?

Joscha wrote:

Cool, what locations you burned down through the tourney?

It's a little fuzzy, but here's my best recollection.

Game 1:
- My predator's Parthenon the turn after he played it. I just don't think that it's right for another player to get more MPA's than me
- My prey's Church of the Vindicated Faith (maybe).

Game 2:
- My prey's KCRG News Radio.
- My own Powerbase: Montreal after my prey stole it (maybe). If the PB:M gets too hard to manage, it's a great way to cycle an Arson.

Final:
- My prey's early Zoo Hunting Ground before could use it. He told me that if he had had that hunting ground, he could have gone to time.
- My own Asylum Hunting Ground after Robert Goudie stole it cross-table, but before anybody got to use it. If the Malks couldn't have it, the Ventrue certainly couldn't either! Since Robert Scythe was playing a blood denial deck with Free States Rants and Temptation, the hunting ground was actually a big deal.