check TWD - Origins Thurs 1 (30 Sept AM 2021)

06 Oct 2021 21:25 - 04 Apr 2022 10:13 #103451 by TryDeflectingThisGrapple
Origins Thurs 1 (AM)
30 Sept 2021
2R+F
12 players
Darby Keeney

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9846

This deck was developed independently from (but about the same time as) Esa-Matti Smolander's 17 Sept 2019 winner. The designs turned out similar because there's a single logical path for development with these vampires:
1) Get too many MPA and discard options,
2) Play Ashur Tablets,
3) Profit.

I suspect I'm a little more ruthless in discarding than Esa-Matti is - I have one more set of Tablets and want dual stealth locations. Between Blithe Acceptance and those locations, I can leverage a more compact stealth module from that point forward.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 10 average: 6.58333
4x Huitzilopochtli 10 AUS DAI DOM OBF POT PRE Baali:2
4x Giotto Verducci 7 DAI OBF for pot pre Baali:2
3x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY
1x High Priest Angra Mainyu 8 DAI OBF PRE dem ser Baali:2

Who Eats A Lot Of Broccoli is clearly the focus. If I don't get him early I'm behind the curve, digging for Wider View and pushing subsequent Tend the Flocks + Info Highway for pool gain. The deck would probably run better with 5/13 Huitz since it can limp along without Giotto if needed - but having a valid target for Tend is still pretty important.

The 3 Anarch Converts give the Railroad stealth, but also provide 1-3 chump block options if that's needed more. I seldom get the High Priest unless I'm pretty far ahead in the mid game (like, never???)

Library [75 cards]
Action [8]
1x Blithe Acceptance *// stupidly good in this kind of deck
1x Contagion
1x Dominate Kine *// mostly to steal intercept locations.
3x Entrancement *// because Emerald Legionnaires exist.
2x Unleash Hell's Fury *// staple Baali defense.

Action Modifier [10]
1x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog *// I'm usually not in a hurry, it comes when it comes - it's needs Metro Underground or Mylan so I would have to churn to make the thing work even with a second copy.
1x Faceless Night
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
2x I am Legion
2x Into Thin Air
1x Psychomachia

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
1x Force of Personality *// useful anti-ally tech with an S:CE
1x Swallowed by the Night

Ally [4]
1x Carlton Van Wyk *// this tends to plug a lot of holes.
1x Infernal Servitor *// the Govern that blocks.
1x Mylan Horseed *// the Metro Underground that bleeds.
1x Veneficti

Combat [2]
2x Majesty

Event [1]
1x Scourge of the Enochians *// answers too many questions to not have in the deck, its deployment can be timed with the Tablets.

Master [41]
1x Anarch Railroad *// not perfect, but good enough
1x Archon Investigation
12x Ashur Tablets *// because they are stupidly broken.
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway *// helps stabilize with 3 pool gain per Tend if needed.
1x Jake Washington *// he blocks more than he pops for blood.
1x Metro Underground *// fits with Cog and bounce functions
1x Monastery of Shadows
3x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Perfectionist *// might be non-essential, but Blithe Acceptance sometimes creates extra blood demand.
6x Tend the Flock *// this keeps me from running Secure Haven
4x Villein
1x Wash *// have you seen how this fits in Tablet decks? It's so stupid.
2x Wider View

Reaction [4]
2x Deflection
2x Eluding the Arms of Morpheus *// this card should have Baali clan reminder text..

Reaction/Action Modifier [3]
3x Sense the Sin
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07 Oct 2021 11:31 #103453 by gotcha
Solid idea, solid deck Mr Darby. Congrats!
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07 Oct 2021 15:49 #103458 by Ankha

1x Infernal Servitor *// the Govern that blocks.
1x Mylan Horseed *// the Metro Underground that bleeds.

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08 Oct 2021 09:15 #103470 by Lönkka
I REALLY like these decklists with notes that Darby provides.
VERY useful and informative! <3

(although I suspect that the people updating TWDA aren't as happy about the notes though... :D )

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15 Oct 2021 07:39 - 15 Oct 2021 07:43 #103561 by lip
Well, api.krcg.org is pretty good at parsing and normalising deck lists.
It's rather easy to use manually: just go to convert/{format}, click Try it Out change application/json to text/plain and copy the decklist, then Execute. You can copy the result in the Response Body section.

It has been used to normalise the full TWDA a few months back, and it was trained on a few hairy examples, including some lists from our friend Darby ☺︎

This is the result it yields on this example - you might need to copy/paste the large comment blocks that were in between deck sections, but that's it:
Origins Thurs 1 (AM)
30 Sept 2021
2R+F
X players (to be edited when Archon is filed)
Darby Keeney

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9846

This deck was developed independently from (but about the same time as) Esa-Matti Smolander's 17 Sept 2019 winner. The designs turned out similar because there's a single logical path for development with these vampires:
1) Get too many MPA and discard options,
2) Play Ashur Tablets,
3) Profit.

I suspect I'm a little more ruthless in discarding than Esa-Matti is - I have one more set of Tablets and want dual stealth locations. Between Blithe Acceptance and those locations, I can leverage a more compact stealth module from that point forward.

Crypt (12 cards, min=10, max=40, avg=6.58)
------------------------------------------
4x Huitzilopochtli           10 AUS DAI DOM OBF POT PRE    Baali:2
4x Giotto Verducci            7 DAI OBF for pot pre        Baali:2
3x Anarch Convert             1 -none-                     Caitiff:ANY
1x High Priest Angra Mainyu   8 DAI OBF PRE dem ser        Baali:2

Library (75 cards)
Master (41; 8 trifle)
1x Anarch Railroad         -- not perfect, but good enough
1x Archon Investigation
12x Ashur Tablets           -- because they are stupidly broken.
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway     -- helps stabilize with 3 pool gain per Tend if needed.
1x Jake Washington         -- he blocks more than he pops for blood.
1x Metro Underground       -- fits with Cog and bounce functions
1x Monastery of Shadows
3x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Perfectionist           -- might be non-essential, but Blithe Acceptance sometimes creates extra blood demand.
6x Tend the Flock          -- this keeps me from running Secure Haven
4x Villein
1x Wash                    -- have you seen how this fits in Tablet decks? It's so stupid.
2x Wider View

Action (8)
1x Blithe Acceptance       -- stupidly good in this kind of deck
1x Contagion
1x Dominate Kine           -- mostly to steal intercept locations.
3x Entrancement            -- because Emerald Legionnaires exist.
2x Unleash Hell's Fury     -- staple Baali defense.

Ally (4)
1x Carlton Van Wyk         -- this tends to plug a lot of holes.
1x Infernal Servitor       -- the Govern that blocks.
1x Mylan Horseed           -- the Metro Underground that bleeds.
1x Veneficti

Action Modifier (10)
1x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog               -- I'm usually not in a hurry, it comes when it comes - it's needs Metro Underground or Mylan so I would have to churn to make the thing work even with a second copy.
1x Faceless Night
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
2x I am Legion
2x Into Thin Air
1x Psychomachia

Action Modifier/Combat (2)
1x Force of Personality    -- useful anti-ally tech with an S:CE
1x Swallowed by the Night

Action Modifier/Reaction (3)
3x Sense the Sin

Reaction (4)
2x Deflection
2x Eluding the Arms of Morpheus -- this card should have Baali clan reminder text..

Combat (2)
2x Majesty

Event (1)
1x Scourge of the Enochians -- answers too many questions to not have in the deck, its deployment can be timed with the Tablets.
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15 Oct 2021 15:23 #103565 by TryDeflectingThisGrapple

I REALLY like these decklists with notes that Darby provides. VERY useful and informative! <3


Credit where credit is due - Matt Morgan is the guy who started the *// inline comment format. I liked the approach enough to clone it.
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