South East Regional Qualifier (TWD)

South East Regional Qualifier
DragonCon 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
September 4, 2011
10 players
3R + F

Jeffrey Thompson's Tournament Winning Deck with 2.5 VPs in the Finals

Deck Name : Abusing the Public Trust is an Abomination
Author : Lasombra
Description :
Zubeida leads the way, in his own Perfectionist manner, in righting the wrongs done by those who are abusing the Public Trust. (Bleed, add stealth, use the gained counter on an uncontrolled vampire, bring another one into play that can do the same.) Assembled in ~20 minutes the morning of the tournament, it is missing the Freak Drives and Enticements and Wider Views that surely could have made a difference in a few of the rounds. Herbert Westin was skipped because I couldn't find a copy in the frenzy to assemble the deck. This made room for Robin Withers. Frequently spent games with 2 vampires in torpor, due to Fleetness Guns rush.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 8 average: 6.83333

5x	Zubeida	(8)			Abomination	(g 5)
2x	Ogwon	(7)			Follower of Set	(g 5)
1x	Isouda de Blaise	(7)			Toreador antitribu	(g 4)
1x	Stavros	(7)		priscus	Malkavian antitribu	(g 4)
1x	Raphael Catarari	(5)			Nosferatu antitribu	(g 4)
1x	Renenet	(5)			Follower of Set	(g 4)
1x	Robin Withers	(4)			Ventrue	(g 4)

Library [90 cards]

Action [20]
5x Enchant Kindred
5x Mind Numb
10x Public Trust

Action Modifier [32]
2x Aire of Elation
2x Cloak the Gathering
1x Domain of Evernight
2x Earth Control
2x Elder Impersonation
4x Faceless Night
5x Lost in Crowds
2x Marked Path
1x Mask of a Thousand Faces
4x Spying Mission
3x True Love's Face
2x Truth of a Thousand Lies
2x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier / Reaction [1]
1x Gift of Sleep

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [5]
5x Majesty

Master [18]
1x Giant's Blood
4x Perfectionist
6x Villein
7x Wash

Reaction [12]
2x Confusion of the Eye
5x Truth in Ink
5x Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Qualifying players from this event:

Jeffrey Thompson
Robyn Tatu
David Tatu
David Anderson
Jeff Brandon

I've always liked Zubeida.

edit: she was the star of my deck in a draft tourmnament that took place in san Jose this past August.

Jeff, did you notice any detriment with using Wash instead of Sudden Reversal? I'm aware of the possible boon, I was wondering specifically of any detriment. My thought is that with only 18/90 Master that I might choose to go with the "finality" of SR, but that I could see the benefit of Wash also.

Wash was superior for me in almost all cases this tournament. I only had 1 time when a Wash resulted in another play of the same card, which was a third Ashur Tablet for my predator (so not completely horrible). The Fames and Blood Dolls and Villeins that were washed were not then replaced by masters that were worse for me.

There were a few times where a cross-table capable Sudden Reversal would have been very nice, but I didn't even have a Wash in hand that turn so it didn't matter.

Wash/Villein on my turn
and
Wash/Perfectionist on my turn
were both critical to my victory points and my game win.

Why no On the Qui Vive instead of wakes with ... ? At least one would be good play. No Art of Memory ?

Lech wrote:

Why no On the Qui Vive instead of wakes with ... ? At least one would be good play. No Art of Memory ?

Did you miss the part about assembled in less than 20 minutes?
There are lots of better choices that could have been made given unlimited time.

Only 1 Black Hand vampire doesn't make Art of Memory attractive. Might have worked out ok, but offensive was never lacking, only combat defense, votes defense, and defense against Shattering Crescendo at stealth.