TWD Cardinal Benediction, Online, 1st April 2025

Cardinal Benediction
Online
1st April 2025
Constructed Single Deck
25 players
Wouter Kuyper
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/12195

Wouter won with 1GW6 + 2VP in the finals

Crypt (13 cards, min=14 max=28 avg=5.54)

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4x Erebus 7 AUS FOR NEC dem Harbinger of Skulls:3
4x Eurayle Gelasia Mylonas 6 AUS OBE for pre Salubri:4
3x Béatrice "Oracle171" Tremblay 3 inn ven Innocent:4
1x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Sennadurek 6 AUS NEC dom Nagaraja:4

Library (90 cards)
Master (15; 8 trifle)
1x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
3x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Vessel
4x Villein
3x Wider View

Conviction (3)
1x React with Conviction
1x Second Sight
1x Strike with Conviction

Action (11)
1x Bum's Rush
2x Nose of the Hound
1x Renewed Vigor
7x Spirit Marionette

Ally (2)
1x Carlton Van Wyk
1x Mylan Horseed

Equipment (4)
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
1x Erebus Mask
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Retainer (7)
7x Vengeful Spirit

Action Modifier (19)
1x Acheron Vortex
1x Call of the Hungry Dead
3x Daring the Dawn
10x Freak Drive
2x Inevitability of the Void
2x Repulsion

Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Spectral Divination

Reaction (11)
2x Eyes of Argus
1x My Enemy's Enemy
3x On the Qui Vive
5x Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (16)
2x Anesthetic Touch
6x Indomitability
1x Resilience
3x Rolling with the Punches
2x Skin of Rock
2x Telepathic Tracking

I have played (variations of) this deck for a while now. Always with pleasure, and usually with good results, storing at least some vps per game.

I discarded the mask, and was planning to get ird of it... but in the finale it would have been really good.

I was going to get rid of renewed vigor as well.

Not sure about the beatrice version, other versions were usually better I think.

The crypt could be better, but the blood reduce from Erebus makes a difference. Both Senna and Nico are amazing support vamps.

Would love to hear how otgers would improve.

Just for completeness-sake:

Idea is to stay alive until you have 2 or 3 spirits and Heidelberg. At that point you can bleed for 4 twice and if they block they 3 environmental (Plus presses). So they need to block, but staying untapped is also bad, with Spirit marionettes and Heidelberg in play.

Daring the dawns work for ousting with big bleeds, and for burning vamps with marionettes. Troublemaker and codex work with the strategy.

Some rushes for surprise with environmental damage and presses with prevent.