TWD Regaining the Upper Hand- San Jose

***** Correction, the tournament is called Regaining the Upper Hand.The second tournament is called Fire in the Blood, which I will post later.*****


Regaining the Upper Hand
San Jose, CA USA
August 3th, 2011
2r+F
17 players
Winner: Eric Haas

Congratulations to Eric for holding out in a brutal final round! Here is his tournament winning deck:

Deck Name : Superstar at the Gay Bar
Author : Eric Haas
Description :



Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 5 average: 4.25

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3x Travis "Traveler72 5 mar def Imbued:4
2x Jack "Hannibal137" 4 def jud Imbued:4
2x Paul "Sixofswords2 4 def vis Imbued:4
1x Jennie "Cassie247" 5 inn jud vis Imbued:4
1x John "Cop90" O'Mal 4 jud ven Imbued:4
1x Lupe "Cabbie22" Dr 4 def ven Imbued:4
1x Marion "Teacher193 4 red jud Imbued:4
1x Francois "Warden" 3 def jud Imbued:4


Library [73 cards]

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Action [1]
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal

Ally [4]
1x Moise Kasavubu
1x Ossian
1x Vagabond Mystic
1x Wendell Delburton (Hunter)

Combat [3]
3x Target Vitals

Conviction [18]
6x React with Conviction
6x Second Sight
6x Strike with Conviction

Equipment [8]
1x .44 Magnum
1x Crusader Sword, The
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Ivory Bow
2x Saturday-Night Special
1x Sniper Rifle
1x Sport Bike

Event [5]
1x Anthelios, The Red Star
1x Dr. Marisa Fletcher, CDC
1x Dragonbound
2x Unmasking, The

Master [20]
6x Angel of Berlin
1x Church of Vindicated Faith, The
2x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
1x Fortschritt Library
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
1x Millicent Smith, Puritan Vampire Hunter
1x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Society of Leopold
1x WMRH Talk Radio
2x Wider View

Power [10]
1x Champion
3x Discern
3x Rejuvenate
3x Vigilance

Reaction [4]
4x Determine


Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Sat Aug 13 20:01:06 2011]

brandonsantacruz wrote:

August 3th, 2011
[Sat Aug 13 20:01:06 2011]

Seems to be discrepancy there.

I believe the correct date to be the thirteenth?

August 13, 2011
www.vekn.net/index.php/event-calendar/event/6360

Heh, unless I invented a number, yes. We held it on the 13th.

brandonsantacruz wrote:

Regaining the Upper Hand
San Jose, CA USA
August 3th, 2011
2r+F
17 players
Winner: Eric Haas

Congratulations to Eric for holding out in a brutal final round! Here is his tournament winning deck:

There was a lot of combat ability on the table, but it wasn't so brutal. The table happened to set up in one of those situations where it locks up. I will write more later.

TorranceCircle wrote:

brandonsantacruz wrote:

Regaining the Upper Hand
San Jose, CA USA
August 3th, 2011
2r+F
17 players
Winner: Eric Haas

Congratulations to Eric for holding out in a brutal final round! Here is his tournament winning deck:

There was a lot of combat ability on the table, but it wasn't so brutal. The table happened to set up in one of those situations where it locks up. I will write more later.

Brandon already wrote up a report on his blog about preliminary rounds. The final was set up as follows.

Eric (imbued)--> Andy F (Torrance Circle)--> Jeff Y (Enkidu Car Dealership?)--> Robert Scythe (Nocturn Twins0--> Joel (Shambling Hordes)

Eric set up pretty fast. He brought out Travis pretty quick and used him to bring out others quickly. The table hate began pretty fast too. But we'll get to that later. Jeff seemed stuck with one gangrel! 7-cap. Robert was using shadow twin against jeff consistently every turn. Meanwhile, Joel was having trouble getting his deck going and was blocked a few times by Eric. I took an action hoping Eric would block. He did. His imbued went directly to torpor, did not pass go, did not collect 100$. Eventually the incapacitated was eaten after everyone was discussing getting rid of the imbued. Jeff rushed once or twice cross table after getting out Enkidu, but never really went forward or backward. Robert lurked silently and built up his legion. Joel never got his deck going. Eric learned his lesson and didn't block the Torrance Circle again. He just waited and bled for two at stealth with one or two minions a turn. I drew no rushes and pretty much was also ineffective after the first few turns. For some reason Eric stopped bleeding, maybe he knew more about Jeff's deck than I did. Then we were all low on pool and Robert (usually one of the more vocal players) had quietly built a ready region of 11 minions. It was now time for Robert to take the sweep. And then.......Timeout! Everyone gets .5 a VP. Props to Eric for playing it just right, I think he may have been able to get me and Jeff. But who knows!?!?!

Big Thanks to Brandon for organizing, Ian for bringing prize support, and to Eric, Andy, and Steve for hosting.