TWD - 9th Hiekkaharju Nightmares - 16.02.2019, Vantaa Finland

9th Hiekkaharju Nightmares
Vantaa, Finland
February 16th 2019
3R+F
17 players
Winner: Otto Kukkasniemi

Amazing attendance again, we had same three guys over from Pori and Otto with them from Tampere. I personally love when people bother coming from longer to my tournaments and have good time. Otto also won the tournament with nasty Legionnaires, but I almost manage to oust him in the final, but not quite.

he can write his own bigger report and his deck list should also be posted here.

Sorry for it to take so long for me to write this, but work caught up with me

Finals seating was:

Juha Laukkanen (Anu Diptinatpa Summon History Legionnaires) -> Pauli Kiova (Shambling Hordes) -> Lauri Salmi (variation of Girls deck) -> Otto Kukkasniemi (Harbringer Legionaires) -> Jyri Puhakka (Carna Nephandus)

Final Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
1 Otto Kukkasniemi 1 6,5 1,5 162
2 Lauri Salmi 1 4,5 0,5 132
2 Pauli Kiova 2 6,5 0,5 168
2 Jyri Puhakka 2 6 0 168
2 Juha Laukkanen 2 6 0,5 138
6 Jani Malmi 1 3 96
7 Tuomas Nyberg 1 3 90
8 Jaakko Nurro 1 2 96
9 Matti Palomäki 0 2 114
10 Antti Penttilä 0 1,5 108
11 Juho Linna 0 1,5 106
12 Hannu Kokkonen 0 1 94
13 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 1 84
14 Tommi Hakomaa 0 1 82
15 Katja Jauhianen 0 0 54
15 Jari Vulli 0 0 54
DQ Karri Malm 0 0,5 54

Archon question: I guess the "DQ" is a "WD"? Or is it no longer possible to make this difference?

Edit: I just read the story in another thread. Sad.

Hakuron wrote:

Edit: I just read the story in another thread. Sad.

Where was this thread? I don't know what happened exactly (or the conditions that made him walk out) as I was playing in another table..

Otto's winning deck. Sorry for the long time it took me to write it down

Deck Name: Harbingers at Hiekkaharju

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=5 max=10 avg=6.666667)
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1x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger of Skulls:4
2x Babalawo Alafin 7 ani AUS FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Solomon Batanea 5 nec AUS FOR Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Zygodat 6 pot AUS NEC Harbinger of Skulls:4
4x Erlik 10 AUS CEL FOR NEC THN Harbinger of Skulls:3
3x Erebus 7 dem AUS FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:3

Library: 82 cards

Master (12 cards)
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1x Lazarene Inquisitor
2x Liquidation
2x Perfectionist
1x Barrens, The
1x Vessel
4x Blood Doll
1x Dark Influences

Action (3 cards)
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3x Disciple of Lazarus

Action Modifier (8 cards)
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2x Trochomancy
2x Inevitability of the Void
2x Acheron Vortex
2x Call of the Hungry Dead

Action Modifier/Combat (4 cards)
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4x Breath of Thanatos

Combat (19 cards)
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1x Glancing Blow
4x Hidden Strength
2x Rolling with the Punches
4x Target Vitals
3x Taste of Vitae
5x Weighted Walking Stick

Ally (9 cards)
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1x Vagabond Mystic
8x Emerald Legionnaire

Retainer (5 cards)
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5x Vengeful Spirit

Equipment (3 cards)
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1x Erebus Mask
1x Ivory Bow
1x Bowl of Convergence

Reaction (18 cards)
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2x Enhanced Senses
5x Eyes of Argus
1x My Enemy's Enemy
4x On the Qui Vive
5x Telepathic Misdirection
1x Delaying Tactics

Event (1 cards)
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1x Unmasking, The

Yeah, deck is crazy.

It's god damn disgusting the amount of shenanigans you get to pull off.
Erlic into Nicomedes on rounds 2,3 and (maybe?? Can't recall. Much beer.) the finals gave me the head start I needed, what comes to hand tuning. Barrens allowed me to do some cycle+discard into a quick 7+Legionnaire into ash heap, and start going off if needed.

The ability to daisychain the legionnaires is really nice, it's like Khazar's but you actually get to go off. Giggidy.
What I *dont* consider very fair, is their ability to act on the turn they get recruited. That's pushing it.

As for the deck, apparently it's a bit of a mish-mash of cards that might be good. Felt a bit like it, too. The Spirits are kinda useless here, you end up straight up bleeding / recruiting something better nearly all the time. Stealth could use some adding, but it worked in this meta, so yay for me.
Disciple of Lazarus helped me get a playable crypt game 1, so good on that. Otherwise, it was a useless card.

I'm sure there's a few cards that'd be a welcome addition to this deck, but in general, more bleed, stealth and bounce is a good way to take it. I'd add some shenanigan cards too, Trochomancy seems to fit the bill with the amount of allies I saw over here, but it's more of a meta choice. Look at Lazarene Inquisitor there. It's trash, and it ain't good here, but there ARE games, where having that choice will win you the game. Otherwise, it doesn't suck when it gets Liquidated.


TLDR: Add stealth, bounce and bleed. Remove Vengeful Spirits. Lauri was nowhere near ousting me. cash me outside, howbow dah.

Oko wrote:

What I *dont* consider very fair, is their ability to act on the turn they get recruited. That's pushing it.

Mistake! They are not recruited. If they were, they would be affected by the "summoning sickness"

I for one, did not get to have a game in the final due to circumstances beyond my control. (Poor starting crypt and that Jyrkkä had the cards to screw that precise crypt, namely scourge). But I'm used to RNg deciding games in VTES by now. Thats why I don't take it so seriously anymore.