EVENT REPORT - Gulf Coast Roast II USA

The Gulf Coast Roast II came to an ending in Vidor, Texas. The Last Grand Prix was played and all that was left was for the top 5 players to duke it out and see who would be crowned champion. There were 4 returning players to the Final Table; last year’s winner, Andy Smith, Mr. Hard Money, Brad Cashdollar, the Prince of Biloxi, Dean Garrison, and the #1 ranked U.S. player, Darby Keeney. The newcomer to the table was Mark Figuerola. The final was untimed and this lead to a 3 hour match of perseverance and fortitude.

FINAL TABLE
Andy Smith: Path of Caine
Darby Keeney: Primogen Animalism Combat – 2VP
Dean Garrison: V5 Gangrel Thing Wall – 1VP
Brad Cashdollar: V5 Anarch Barons – 1VP
Mark Figuerola: Path of Power and the Inner Voice – 1VP

Andy was the first one out and Mark had the first VP. A trend of started were ouster became the ousted. Mark soon followed Andy and Brad cashed in for his lone VP of the match before he was also removed by his predator, Dean. Dean hung in there for a good period of time but was dominated by Darby’s minions that continued to keep growing. Meanwhile, Dean ran out of cards and moves. The dust had settled in Texas and Darby Keeney stood tall as this year’s champion. Congratulations to Darby Keeney and the rest of the finalist.

GULF COAST ROAST - FINAL STANDINGS - POINTS
Top 5 Make the Final Table.
RANK PLAYER POINTS
1 Brad Cashdollar 57
2 Andy Smith 50
3 Dean Garrison 46
4 Darby Keeney 40
5 Mark Figuerola 36 (4)
6 Chance Thebeau 36 (3)
7 Norman Brown 35
8 Logan Jameson-Hatch 30
9 Justin Shackleford 29
10 Joey Theriot 28
10 Destyn Bowers 28
12 Matt Hatch 27
13 Kyle Fabre 25
13 Parth Patel 25
15 Chris Franklin 21
16 Tom Nichols 19
16 Kelly Lyons 19
18 Sidney Conklin 18
18 Devin Villegas 18
20 Clay Farmer 15
20 Felipe Fiuza 15
20 Josue Torres 15
20 Alex Romano 15
24 Marshall Hogue 12
25 Sagan Hatch 10
26 Brent Main 10
26 Eben Purhagn 10
28 Robert Rice 9
29 Matt Hodsdon 8
29 Anthony Saracino 8
31 Adrian Ruiz 3
31 Clint Jordan 3
31 Hugh Rena 3
31 Jason Ketcham 3
31 Jason Larson 3
31 Joao Fiuza 3
31 John Hackworth 3
31 Juan Soto 3
31 Logan Cozad 3
31 Martin Morales 3
31 Michael Chauvin 3
31 Oscar Garza 3
31 Steven Vollenweider 3
31 Terry Miles 3
31 Ben Peal 3
31 Travis Flaman 3



Deck Name: PLAY Hold My Beer
Author: InferiorBabble
Description: [2025-12-10] Revision 4.

Over time, this crypt has migrated from pure Nosferatu primogen to focus on superior Animallism with useful vampire specials. To follow that change, Protected District remains but in smaller numbers, supplemented by Confusion of the Eye (unused this weekend), Baixnho vs Bereguela is a give-and-take, either works,

The library is atypical - a combat deck of less than 90 cards. I've decked myself only once, so this feels "correct" in pratical use. I've gone 1.5:1 Bats:Crows - lower than my old 1.6:1 ratio but higher than the 1.3:1 I believe best suited for an S:CE meta. Retaining maneuvers for vampires with little blood seemed more valuable than meeting theorycrafted ratios. Terror Frenzy is so good that there should probably be another copy.

Basic play remains the same: minimize pool expenditures, get vampires, Villein for 5, play combat and taste to a stable blood level. Then just play turns situationally based on hand contents.

Crypt (12 cards, min=16 max=25 avg=5.42)
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1x Nikolaus Vermeulen 7 ANI POT for obf prince Nosferatu:6
2x Dowager, The 6 ANI OBF aus pot primogen Nosferatu:6
2x Larissa Moreira 6 ANI OBF pot primogen Nosferatu:6
2x Lenny Burkhead 6 ANI obf pot pre primogen Nosferatu:6
1x Doc Martina 6 ANI OBF for pre Ravnos:7
1x Gathii 5 ANI PRE obf Ravnos:7
1x Horace Radcliffe 5 ANI POT obf Nosferatu:6
1x Baixinho 3 ani obf Nosferatu:6
1x Trung Chau Pham 3 ANI Ravnos:7

Library (80 cards)
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Master (16; 7 trifle)

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4x Ashur Tablets
1x Bleeding the Vine
1x Direct Intervention
1x Giant's Blood
1x Labyrinth, The
1x Secret Library of Alexandria, The
7x Villein

Action (11)

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11x Deep Song

Ally (1)

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1x Carlton Van Wyk

Action Modifier (6)

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3x Faceless Night
3x Lost in Crowds

Action Modifier/Combat (5)

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5x Swallowed by the Night

Reaction (11)

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2x Confusion of the Eye
2x Guard Dogs
2x On the Qui Vive
5x Protected District

Combat (29)

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12x Aid from Bats
1x Canine Horde
8x Carrion Crows
5x Taste of Vitae
3x Terror Frenzy

Event (1)

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1x Scourge of the Enochians

Hope to see this deck list, and congrats do Darby

I saw your fbook photos of the finalist and need to give full props, 5/5 on event theming. Also kudos for the balls to try untimed final to see how it would play out, hope everyone had a blast.

Darby's deck list has been added to the post. Thanks. ---Water Dog

Thanks. The event went great. Untimed finals is a proud tradition of the Gulf Coast Region. We've been doing untimed finals for a long time. Our region prefers it because you want the players to decide the game not the clock. I understand the pros and cons of both systems but I want to win by ousting not by walling up and playing a clock. That's just me. LOL Thanks again.