TWD - Jann Berger's "O" is for Ossian - Los Angeles, CA, USA - Feb 16, 2014

Jann Berger's "O" is for Ossian
Los Angeles, California
February 16th, 2014
2R+F
14 players
Darby Keeney



Deck Name : Memantine Therapy (2014)
Author : Darby Keeney
Description : The second concept from the Art of Memory deck series. I had optimized the library a week before the tournament, but I musy have mashed the culls back in with the keepers by mistake. The deck still functioned acceptably, but it would benefit from squeezing out 6-8 cards to get the 1-offs more frequently.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 6.66667
3x Appius Claudius Corvus (10) Lasombra (group 5)
2x Saul Meira (8) Lasombra (group 5)
2x Isanwayen (6) Kiasyd (group 4)
2x Ermenegildo, The Rake (5) Lasombra (group 4)
1x Dame Hollerton (5) Kiasyd (group 4)
1x Leila Monroe (4) Lasombra (group 4)
1x Lucy Markowitz (3) Lasombra (group 4)

*// A good case could be made to remove the 2 weenies in favor of additional copies of Appius and Saul.

Library [84 cards]

Action [15]
1x Black Hand Ritual
1x Dominate Kine
1x Far Mastery
11x Govern the Unaligned
1x Tattoo Signal

*// I saw either ally-based or location-rich opponents in every round. Having access to such efficient recursion for the theft cards was a real advantage.

Action Modifier [34]
11x Art of Memory, The
2x Blanket of Night
4x Bonding
4x Conditioning
1x Enkil Cog
2x Seduction
3x Shadow Play
4x Shroud of Absence
2x Shroud of Night
1x Tenebrous Form

*// The Seductions should probably be removed.

Action Modifier/Reaction [2]
2x Murmur of the False Will

Ally [1]
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Combat [3]
3x Shadow Body

Equipment [1]
1x Zaire River Ferry

Master [22]
1x Admonitions, The
1x Coven, The
1x Drop Point Network
1x Elysian Fields
1x Festivo dello Estinto
6x Grooming the Protege
2x Information Highway
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Remover
1x Secure Haven
1x Watchtower: Four Ride Forth
1x Wider View
4x Zillah's Valley

Reaction [6]
6x Deflection

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Tue Feb 18 13:21:01 2014]

If you play Art of Memory and then play Enkil Cog, when does the Enkil Cog go back to your hand?

I'm assuming it's once the Enkil Cog goes to your ash heap - but I'm sure there's a rule somewhere that refutes that.

And thank goodness I didn't play Imbued during that tourney.

librarian wrote:

If you play Art of Memory and then play Enkil Cog, when does the Enkil Cog go back to your hand?

Never in normal circumstances, including if Appy gets burned. The AoM recursion effect exists only during the action it modifies. The Cog should not routinely reside in the ash heap in the same period of time

EXCEPTION, given as example: I Govern bleed with AoM. Prey takes 3 bleed, suspecting a 4-6 bleed might follow. I modify with the Cog. Prey plays DI, Cog goes to ash heap during the bleed action in which it was played. The action is still successful, so the sneaky bastage playing the Cog chooses to recur it instead of the Govern.