TWD - Port Hunting Ground, Gdańsk (PL) 25.01.2020

Port Hunting Ground
Gdańsk, Poland
January 25th, 2020
3R+F
25 players

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9518

Deck Name: Erlik's Bluff & Bleed
Player: Maciej "ZaraZ" Kozłowski (2,5 VP in final)
Authors: Maciej "ZaraZ" Kozłowski & Marcin "Dude" Szybkowski

Description:
Sick of anti-Legionnaire hate, I decided to get rid of the Legionnaires and explore other paths for the Harbingers. I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do, but I didn't really get down to it until the eve of the tournament, finished tweaking & consulting it with Marcin at midnight, which left me with no other testing ground than the tournament itself. The deck has some issues with blood management, a few Perfectionists would probably help with that. The guns should both be replaced with .44s, as the maneuver can either help move away from some more dangerous individuals or move closer to some single-manuever animalism, for example. I have not played Lupine Assault even a single time, so I'd get rid of that - there were always some cards I wanted to keep in my hand, there is nothing to retrieve them from the ash heap. Villeins should be replaced with Vessels, at least until the blood management issues are solved. Last, but definitely not least: Kiss of Ra is golden, it proved to be highly effective in getting rid of annoying star-blockers, first Masika and then Anson in the final.

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=5 max=10 avg=6.571429)
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1x Mina Grotius 6 cel FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:3
2x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Babalawo Alafin 7 ani AUS FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Solomon Batanea 5 nec AUS FOR Harbinger of Skulls:4
2x Zygodat 6 pot AUS NEC Harbinger of Skulls:4
4x Erlik 10 AUS CEL FOR NEC THN Harbinger of Skulls:3
1x Erebus 7 dem AUS FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:3

Library: 90 cards

Master (15 cards)
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1x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Lupine Assault
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Slaughterhouse, The
2x Vessel
2x Villein
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx

Action (8 cards)
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8x Disciple of Lazarus

Action Modifier (25 cards)
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6x Freak Drive
1x Kiss of Ra, The
3x Inevitability of the Void
7x Acheron Vortex
7x Call of the Hungry Dead
1x Daring the Dawn

Combat (10 cards)
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3x Hidden Strength
3x Indomitability
4x Rolling with the Punches

Ally (1 cards)
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1x Carlton Van Wyk

Retainer (6 cards)
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6x Vengeful Spirit

Equipment (5 cards)
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1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Ivory Bow
1x Sawed-Off Shotgun
1x Sniper Rifle
1x Bowl of Convergence

Reaction (20 cards)
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5x Eyes of Argus
4x My Enemy's Enemy
5x On the Qui Vive
6x Telepathic Misdirection

Nicomedes <3

It would be awesome to get to know the other finalists and their decks / decks archetypes, too!

The seating in the final was: HoS-> S&B Malks-> FoS politics (Kemintiri & co.)-> Oliver & Shambling Hordes-> Anson celgun.

The Malks were the first ones to fall, followed by the Followers and Anson. Timed out with the hordes, but I'd say there was a good chance it would have gone my way anyway, mainly thanks to the .44 taken over earlier from Anson, but also due to the hordes running low on cards.