TWD – Week of Nightmares – Event 4

Week of Nightmares – Event 4
R Bar Arena
Columbus (OH), USA
June 17th, 2025
2R+F
Sérgio Louçã Martins
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/12058

1GW4 + 3 VP in finals

Deck Name: Baltic herring
Description:
Finals seating Giotto and Inner Circles > Mambo Jeanne > DEM S&B > Santaleous bleed > Petrodon toolbox politics.

Choosing to seat myself in front of Giotto saved my game. While the deck isn't slow it does require setup and as long as I'm not faced with Unleash Hell's Fury before I can act, it should be enough to slow it down. At it turned out there was no UHF, Petrodon blocked the first Kaymakli and I rushed Giotto, leaving him at 1 blood, which along with a lack of Banishment from Petrodon secured my back.

Houngan proved essential in this game, as it allowed me to spend little pool when Mambo Jeanne eventually did get Banished.

Getting my first VP allowed me to secure victory, as back ousting me was no longer an option for Santaleous given his seed.

There isn't much of me in this list – my first ever game with Samedi rush was almost exactly one year ago, when Darby Keeney lent me his Mambo Jeanne to play during one of the 2024 WoN games. When I got back, I built the deck from my experiences with it, focusing on good card flow and some multi-action and it's gone through (relatively small) tech changes. The core and, honestly, the vast majority of the build, are Darby's – there's just no better card than Relentless Reaper for the deck.

Thanks to Darby for lending me a Mambo Jeanne deck a year ago, which ultimately led me to 6 finals before getting my first win with it.


Crypt (12 cards, min=24 max=36 avg=7.67)

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5x Mambo Jeanne 9 FOR NEC OBF THN Samedi:6
3x Baroque 7 NEC THN aus for obf Samedi:5
1x Jean Lisle 8 FOR OBF THN pot Samedi:6
1x Josette 8 FOR OBF THN pot pre Samedi:6
1x Marie-Pierre 4 THN for nec Samedi:6
1x Mister Schwartz 6 NEC THN for obf Samedi:6

Library (90 cards)
Master (15; 6 trifle)
3x Blessings of the Loa
1x Carver's Meat Packing and Storage
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
1x Frontal Assault
1x Houngan
5x Villein
1x Wider View

Action (13)
2x Ambush
3x Big Game
5x Bum's Rush
3x Harass

Action Modifier (11)
9x Freak Drive
2x Under My Skin

Action Modifier/Combat (1)
1x Swallowed by the Night

Combat (48)
6x Groaning Corpse
5x Hidden Strength
5x Indomitability
3x Necrosis
13x Relentless Reaper
3x Resilience
3x Rolling with the Punches
2x Soak
6x Taste of Vitae
2x Unflinching Persistence

Event (2)
1x Dragonbound
1x Scourge of the Enochians