TWD Govern the Unaligned San Jose

Congratulations to Dennis Lien for winning Govern the Unaligned, the first tournament on Saturday, December 29th.

Govern the Unaligned
San Jose, California
12/29/12
Winner: Dennis Lien
20 players
2r + f

Deck Name : Extremely Silent and Incredibly Far Away
Author : Dennis Lien
Description :
This is a modification of an old deck idea where I tried to have Tariq "atone" and block everything. This version is much more balanced and simply tries to use Tariq's abilities with the possiblity of an Atonement. I can already see a few flaws in the design. I think I'll dump the Necromancy and Anima Gathering angles and just put in more reactions and action mods.

I was very fortunate to win the tourney. It was a really fun final and very competitive. David Anderson as my prey looked like he had it until Brett "archoned" his Mu-aziz. I lost Tariq to Brett's Carlton but was able to bleed out David with what I had left and hold on until the game timed out.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 7 average: 4.66667

3x	Tariq, The Silent	(7)			Assamite	(g2)
3x	Tariq, The Silent Adv	(7)			Assamite	(g2)
3x	Anarch Convert	(1)			Caitiff	(gANY)
1x	Dorian Strack	(4)			Toreador	(g1)
1x	Idalia, Prophet of Guadalajara	(4)			Malkavian antitribu	(g2)
1x	Isabel de Leon	(3)			Toreador	(g2)

Library [90 cards]

Action [7]
2x Anima Gathering
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
2x Atonement
1x Daemonic Possession
1x Gear Up

Action Modifier [4]
2x Cloak the Gathering
2x Forced March

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Draught of the Soul

Ally [5]
2x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
2x Deviki Prasanta
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Combat [30]
3x Amaranth
6x Aura Reading
2x Disguised Weapon
2x Groundfighting
4x Psyche!
4x Pursuit
3x Rolling with the Punches
3x Soak
3x Taste of Death

Equipment [4]
1x .44 Magnum
1x Bowl of Convergence
2x Ivory Bow

Master [25]
6x Ashur Tablets
1x Celerity
2x Coven, The
2x Direct Intervention
1x Erciyes Fragments, The
1x Flames of Insurrection
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x House of Sorrow
1x Monster
2x Necromancy
2x Parthenon, The
1x Path of Death and the Soul
2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Wider View

Reaction [12]
2x Black Sunrise
2x Eagle's Sight
4x Eyes of Argus
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Telepathic Misdirection

Retainer [1]
1x Omael Kuman

No Rowan Ring? only 3x Amaranths? 2x bounces?

How did this work? — any chance of a report for the final?

Congrats.

Ke. wrote:

How did this work?

"Patience combat."

What I love the most are the two Necromancy master and the two Necromancy actions. Especially Gear up.

Ohlmann wrote:

What I love the most are the two Necromancy master and the two Necromancy actions. Especially Gear up.

This is very much true to Dennis' style. Atonement allows the minion to not tap for blocking same age or younger vampires.

I can imagine dennis and his devious mind thinking,"Okay, I'm going to use skill cards to become older, what card can I use 1 or 2 of in the deck that will have maximum impact if played and not matter if never drawn? Oh, this card lets my anarch get a card back and untap so I can play it immediately! What discipline do I need? Necromancy."