TWD - King of the Mountain, Paris, France

King of the Mountain
Paris, France
January 28th 2018
3R+F
15 players
Vincent Ripoll
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/8836

-- 3rd seed with 1GW5 + 1,5vp in final

Deck Name : Royal with Cheese
Description : A deck built around the cheese-shaped discipline (Protean) and votes, hence the deck name. The deck relies on very versatile cards and is able to adapt to many situations. It is a bit slow to build up, but it is not necessarily a bad thing as you don't want to be the bad guy too early. The deck has some hand jam problems, another Heart of Nizchetus could help. Also, I spent 3 rounds wondering why I wasn't drawing any Pentex Subversion. I really don't know why there is not any in this deck.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 6 max: 11 average: 9.91667

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4x Adana de Sforza 11 CEL OBF POT PRE PRO aus inner circle Brujah:4
3x Hardestadt 11 DOM FOR POT PRE cel pro inner circle Ventrue:4
3x Aksinya Daclau 9 ANI FOR PRE PRO cel tha !Gangrel:4
1x Malabranca 9 AUS CEL PRE PRO obf archbishop !Toreador:4
1x André the Manipulator 6 FOR PRO Gangrel:5

// Adana is the real star of the deck because she has everything needed. You must be careful with Hardestadt until he gets his Protean skill because he has access to 9 less S:CE. Aksinya helps surviving bleed decks and cycles the extra Zillah's Valley or Wider View you may draw. André is very nice when you can't afford another high-cap vampire, or if you can afford him in extra, and a 10 hand size (with the Monastery) is awesome.

Library [90 cards]

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Action [7]
3x Dual Form -- used 99% of the time at inferior
4x Public Trust -- they could be Intimidations, but the pool you get back directly on an uncontrolled vampire is often useful to get them out

Action Modifier [22]
2x Awe -- in case you don't have the vote lock on that Reins / Ancilla you need to pass. Was never needed during the tournament
2x Earth Control
1x Enkil Cog -- seldom drawn and used, not a vital card
1x Horrific Countenance -- a terrible card that I like. Usable by Hardestadt, and it gave me a VP twice during the tournament.
4x Instantaneous Transformation
5x Perfect Paragon
7x Voter Captivation

Action Modifier/Combat [3]
3x Rapid Change

Combat [15]
2x Claws of the Dead
4x Earth Meld
9x Form of Mist

Equipment [2]
2x Heart of Nizchetus

Master [24]
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Information Highway
1x Island of Yiaros -- for fun (Hardestadt hitting for 7), can be discarded to Aksinya. Or replaced by a Pentex.
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Powerbase: Montreal -- you won't defend it, but it distracts other players and helps you in the early game
1x Protean
1x Regent -- for Aksinya, the deck should have enough S:CE to help her survive
8x Villein
4x Wider View -- always useful, and can be recycled with Aksinya anyway
4x Zillah's Valley

Political Action [15]
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
6x Banishment
1x Conservative Agitation
3x Kine Resources Contested
1x Political Stranglehold -- was not very useful during the tournament because drawn too early in the game.
1x Reins of Power

Reaction [2]
2x On the Qui Vive -- not optimal, but I don't like decks without any wake. Forced Vigilance could be better

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