TWD North American Championship Day 2

North American Championship Day 2
Origins Game Fair, Columbus, OH, USA
June 14, 2014
25 players
3R + F

Matt Hirsch's tournament winning deck with 3 VP in the finals:

vekn.net/event-calendar/event/7718

Deck Name : Under Lambach
Author : Matt Hirsch
Description : Tzimisce toolbox

CRYPT
3x Lambach
1x Stravinsky
2x Velya, The Flayer
1x John Paleologus
1x Meshenka
1x Sascha Vykos
1x Sascha Vykos^
1x Lolita Houston
1x Elizabeth Westcott
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LIBRARY
4x Villein
4x Blood Doll
1x Giant's Blood
1x Black Forest Base
1x Golconda
1x Library Hunting Ground
1x Wider View
1x Admonitions
1x Storage Annex
1x Information Highway
1x Powerbase Madrid
1x Fear of Mekhet
1x Wash

2x Under Siege
1x Abbot
1x Shepherd's Innocence
1x Fiendish Tongue

1x Public Vilification
5x KRC
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Disputed Territory
1x Reins of Power
1x Ancient Influence

4x Changeling
1x Plasmic Form
1x Crocodile's Tongue
1x Conditioning
1x Private Audience
1x Bribes
3x Telepathic Vote Counting
3x Mind of the Wilds

3x WWEF
2x Forced Awakening
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Sense the Savage Way
2x Eyes of Argus
2x Read the Winds
1x Spirit's Touch
1x Precognition
2x Eagle's Sight
6x Telepathic Misdirection
1x Telepathic Counter
1x Cats' Guidance
1x Cardinal Sin: Insubordination

5x Chiropteran Marauder
1x Breath of the Dragon
1x Starvation of Marena
1x Canine Horde
1x Boxed In

1x Mylan

1x Palatial Estate
1x Weirding Stone
1x Heart of Cheating
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90 CARDS TOTAL

Slight correction here - there's 7 Telepathic Misdirection, not 6. Notes written below.

Deck Name : Under Lambach
Author : Matt Hirsch
Description : It's a vote deck with a lot of toolbox, defense, and agg strikes.


Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 10 average: 8.25

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3x Lambach 10 ANI AUS DOM VIC pre cardinal Tzimisce:2
2x Velya, The Flayer 9 ANI AUS PRE VIC for cardinal Tzimisce:3
1x John Paleologus 9 ANI AUS CEL VIC pot archbishop Tzimisce:3
1x Stravinsky 9 ANI AUS VIC pot archbishop Tzimisce:2
1x Meshenka 8 ANI AUS VIC priscus Tzimisce:2
1x Sascha Vykos, The 8 AUS THA VIC ani dom priscus Tzimisce:2
1x Sascha Vykos, The Adv 8 AUS THA VIC ani dom archbishop Tzimisce:2
1x Elizabeth Westcott 5 AUS ani cel vic Tzimisce:3
1x Lolita Houston 4 VIC aus Tzimisce:2


Library [90 cards]

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Action [5]
1x Abbot
1x Fiendish Tongue
1x Shepherd's Innocence
2x Under Siege

Action Modifier [14]
1x Bribes
4x Changeling
1x Conditioning
1x Crocodile's Tongue
3x Mind of the Wilds
1x Private Audience
3x Telepathic Vote Counting

Action Modifier/Combat [1]
1x Plasmic Form

Ally [1]
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Combat [9]
1x Boxed In
1x Breath of the Dragon
1x Canine Horde
5x Chiropteran Marauder
1x Starvation of Marena

Equipment [3]
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Palatial Estate
1x Weirding Stone

Master [19]
1x Admonitions, The
1x Black Forest Base
4x Blood Doll
1x Fear of Mekhet
1x Giant's Blood
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
1x Information Highway
1x Library Hunting Ground
1x Powerbase: Madrid
1x Storage Annex
4x Villein
1x Wash
1x Wider View

Political Action [11]
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Disputed Territory
5x Kine Resources Contested
1x Public Vilification
1x Reins of Power

Reaction [27]
1x Cardinal Sin: Insubordination
1x Cats' Guidance
2x Eagle's Sight
2x Eyes of Argus
2x Forced Awakening
2x On the Qui Vive
1x Precognition
2x Read the Winds
2x Sense the Savage Way
1x Spirit's Touch
1x Telepathic Counter
7x Telepathic Misdirection
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Notes:

I originally had built a tournament-level Terrifisto deck, and I also had a Lambach deck in my casual deck supply (which used goofy stuff like Deploy the Hand). I played the Terrifisto deck at the LCQ #1, and I found it to be quite underwhelming. So I started a deck retrofit the morning of the tournament, using the Lambach crypt, and the Terrifisto library. Removing ~8 fortitude cards from the Terrifisto deck gave me some creative space to work with.


Elizabeth Westcott - Should actually be Devin Bisley, but I didn't have a copy on hand.

Fiendish Tongue - Could probably be a Deep Song, in case you want to rush. The untap from Tongue isn't really needed given all the untap/wakes in the deck.

Heart of Nizchetus - It's been said before, but it's worth repeating: This card is amazingly good and other players don't even see how you're building the perfect hand at the start of your turn. This card directly got me the winning vp, as I drew into two Changelings at just the right time.

Mind of the Wilds - I'm a real big fan of this card, as it lets Tzimisce decks play that second point of stealth without spending a blood on Plasmic Form.

Under Siege - Even for a crypt that has great access to untap and intercept effects, putting an Under Siege on the table is really powerful. I simply get the freedom to tap out and my predator knows I have untap/intercept sitting on the table. Add Lambach's agg threat on top of that.

Black Forest Base - This is a great card, but I'm always hesitant to add it to decks because it adds table chatter. If you use it, be prepared for the cross-table begging and have a ready yes/no answer prepared so it doesn't stall the game.

Mylan Horseed - If he gets stolen, he can trash the Black Forest Base. I know it's a bit corner case, but you do have to watch out for it. Otherwise you're going to endure some serious gloating when someone actually pulls it off.

Cardinal Sin: Insubordination - Never got to pull it off in the tournament, but I'd still keep it in the deck. I was anticipating more Sabbat decks using Danse Macabre cards.

Weirding Stone - I like this card, but it's very hard to remember to use it in every untap phase (including your own) For some reason I had particular trouble remembering to use it in my prey's untap phase.

Public Vilification - It's a bit too hard to use. I had 2 copies in the Terrifisto deck and I dropped down to one here.

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Wed Jun 18 19:01:00 2014]

Ive said it before, but Matt is easily the most interesting toolbox builder ive seen.

The Hannibal adv was harder to read, but this one is just as "little of everything without sucking" as that.

Never boring TWD entries. Ever.

Ashur wrote:

mongrel222 wrote:

Weirding Stone - I like this card, but it's very hard to remember to use it in every untap phase (including your own) For some reason I had particular trouble remembering to use it in my prey's untap phase.

Really think this is worth playing? Why?

Weirding Stone is an interesting card. It was originally a holdover from the Terrifisto version of this deck, which had extra actions from Freak Drives.

The 'peeking' ability of this card isn't amazing, but it's still useful. While you can usually guess what kind of cards our opponents have, it's nice to know a little about what they currently have in hand. In some situations, it's useful to look at your own top card as well.

The real power of the card is 'master sniping', taking out a master card before someone even gets it in hand. Sure, it is definitely a gamble, but the odds aren't that bad. Conservatively, figure in an average deck, 15 out of 90 cards are masters. That's a 1/6 shot there. You usually want to snipe your predator and prey's master cards. So, every turn, 1/6 + 1/6 = 1/3. On average, you get to Wash a prey/predator master card very cheaply every 3 turns.
Add to that the opportunity to snipe a master cross-table, and, in some corner-case scenarios, you may want to snipe your own master card.

So, I do like it, but as I mentioned, it can be tough to remember to use it.

-Matt H.