July Bell - Newark, Ohio (TWD)

July Bell
Comic Shop Plus
Newark, Ohio
July 22, 2011
11 players
2R + F

Jay Kristoff's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name : Worst to First
Author : Jay Kristoff
Description : I heard some talk at Origins 2011 that the Gangrel-antitribu are the worst clan. I built this deck to display some of their strengths.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 11 average: 3.58333

1x	Enkidu, The Noah	(11)			Gangrel antitribu	(g4)
1x	Nostoket	(8)			Gangrel antitribu	(g4)
2x	Bill Butler	(3)			Gangrel antitribu	(g4)
2x	Lula Burch	(3)			Gangrel antitribu	(g4)
2x	Denette Stensen	(2)			Gangrel antitribu	(g4)
2x	Jesus Alcala	(2)			Gangrel antitribu	(g3)
2x	Leo Washington	(2)			Gangrel antitribu	(g4)

Library [60 cards]

Action [10]
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
1x Arson
8x Embrace, The

Action Modifier [1]
1x Change of Target

Ally [2]
1x Alia, God's Messenger
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Combat [11]
6x Leathery Hide
1x Pulled Fangs
4x Target Vitals

Equipment [1]
1x Palatial Estate

Event [3]
1x Anthelios, The Red Star
1x Blood Weakens
1x Slow Withering, The

Master [29]
1x Archon Investigation
1x Bay and Howl
8x Blood Doll
1x Campground Hunting Ground
1x Communal Haven: Temple
3x Effective Management
1x Fame
1x Haven Uncovered
1x Hungry Coyote, The
1x KRCG News Radio
2x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Police Department
1x Sunset Strip, Hollywood
1x Therbold Realty
1x Twisted Forest
1x WMRH Talk Radio
2x Wider View

Political Action [1]
1x Rumors of Gehenna

Reaction [2]
1x Delaying Tactics
1x On the Qui Vive


Reported with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Sat Jul 23 20:15:06 2011]

Ashur wrote:

Adonai wrote:

I heard some talk at Origins 2011 that the Gangrel-antitribu are the worst clan. I built this deck to display some of their strengths.

Which is 6x Leathery Hide, 1x Twisted Forest and 1x Bay and Howl? Hehe, I could not win with this if I was playing 10-year old newbies

Another strength is that they have 5 vamps with capacity 3 or less in groups 3&4. With those weenies making Embraces, combined with Effective Management and Wider view, it's fun to set up a huge Bay and Howl for a nearly free Enkidu. Anthelios allows that same Bay and Howl to be reused on Nostoket. Also, the discipleless combat allowed my Embraces to be a threat if blocked.

Ashur, if you were to try the deck, I think you could give those 10 year old newbies a run for their money .

Why would !Gangrel be considered the worst?

Compare with !Brujah:

In 1998, !Brujah got a win. Not until 2001 did !Brujah or !Gangrel get more/any wins. Not until 2006 did !Brujah attain more wins than !Gangrel in a given year. In 2006, it was two more and, in 2007, one more. In 2008, !Gangrel had three more, in 2009, two more, same number in 2010. Excluding this win, !Gangrel still had seven wins this year compared to three for !Brujah.

In total, !Gangrel have 35 wins, 12 from 2009-2011, to 21 wins, 7 from 2009-2011 for !Brujah.

I assume bloodline clans are not part of this discussion as some of them are anemic, including one that has never won.