Usa Forum - ORIGINS 2010 -- Archons and Tournament Winning decks

Kevin M.

7/1/2010 1:56:00 AM

Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...

Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
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Origins 2010 -- Thursday 11am Constructed (Mini-Qualifier)
Columbus, OH (USA)
June 24th, 2010
24 players

Hugh Angseesing's winning deck
"Split Insanity"

CRYPT
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1x Rodolfo AUS DEM OBF !Malkavian, 8-cap bishop, +1 bl
1x Korah AUS DEM OBF !Malkavian, 7-cap priscus
1x Quentin King III AUS DEM obf Malkavian, 7-cap prince
1x Kite AUS DEM obf !Malkavian, 7-cap bishop, +1 int
1x Dr. Douglas Net. AUS dem OBF Malkavian, 6-cap
1x Dolphin Black AUS DEM OBF !Malkavian, 6-cap
1x Artemis aus DEM OBF !Malkavian, 6-cap
1x Tony AUS DEM obf Malkavian, 6-cap
1x Persia aus DEM obf Malkavian, 5-cap
1x Uncle George aus DEM obf !Malkavian, 5-cap
1x Evan Klein aus dem OBF Malkavian, 5-cap
1x Adelaide Davis aus dem obf Malkavian, 4-cap

LIBRARY (88 cards)
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4x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Life in the City
1x Anarch Troublemaker
3x Wash
1x Barrens
1x Pentex Subversion

20x Kindred Spirits
2x Restructure

5x Lost in Crowds
4x Faceless Night
5x Spying Mission
4x Swallowed by the Night
4x Elder Impersonation
2x Cloak the Gathering
2x Veil the Legions

6x Confusion
8x Eyes of Chaos

3x Touch of Clarity
2x Deny
2x No Trace

2x On the Qui Vive
2x Telepathic Misdirection
1x My Enemy's Enemy
2x Delaying Tactics

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Origins 2010 -- Thursday 5pm Constructed (Mini-Qualifier)
Columbus, OH (USA)
June 24th, 2010
28 players

Hugh Angseesing's winning deck
"Gypsy Chicks"

CRYPT
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1x Gabrin ANI CHI dom for 8-cap, Ravnos
2x Natalia ANI chi dom for 7-cap, Ravnos, +1 bleed
2x Sarisha Veliku ANI chi dom FOR 6-cap, Ravnos
1x Joaquina Amaya ANI CHI FOR 6-cap, Ravnos
1x Vaclav Petalengro ANI CHI for 6-cap, Ravnos
1x Lord Ashton ANI for 5-cap, Gangrel
1x Bobby Lemon ANI 4-cap, Gangrel
1x Sennuwy ani chi for 4-cap, Ravnos
1x Spleen ani chi 2-cap, Ravnos
1x Zip ani 2-cap, Ravnos

LIBRARY (90 cards)
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3x Blood Doll
2x Vessel
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Park Hunting Ground
1x Fortune Teller Shop
1x Week of Nightmares
2x Fame
1x Pentex Subversion
1x Kumpania
1x KRCG
1x Channel 10

11x Deep Song
2x Mirror Image

5x Raven Spy

1x Ivory Bow
1x Karavalanisha Vrana
1x Treasured Samadji

3x WWEF
4x On the Qui Vive
3x Forced Awakening

2x Delaying Tactics
2x Cats' Guidance
6x Deflection

12x Aids from Bats
10x Carrion Crows
3x Apparition
2x Canine Horde
5x Taste of Vitae

1x Dragonbound

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Origins 2010 -- U.S. National Championship
Columbus, OH (USA)
June 25th, 2010
38 players

Built and played by Jay Kristoff
dedicated to my soon to be born child
"Father To Be"

CRYPT
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2x Josef von Bauren
3x Cock Robin
2x Baron Diedonne
2x Casino Reeds
Ellison Humboldt
Khalid
Gustaphe Brunnelle

LIBRARY (63 cards)
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Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway
The Labyrinth
Monastery of Shadows
Slum Hunting Ground
9x Villein
2x Warsaw Station
Wider View

Conceal
3x Judgment: Camarilla Segregation
3x Kindred Intelligence
Preternatural Strength
SchreckNET
Tier of Souls

Archon
Anathema
Banishment
Conservative Agitation
Disputed Territory
Domain Challenge
2x Honor the Elders
3x Kine Resources Contested
Neonate Breach
Political Stranglehold
Reins of Power

Heart of Nizchetus
Gran Madre di Dio, Italy

3x Faceless Night
3x Lost in Crowds
2x Spying Mission
3x Swallowed by the Night

2x Aid from Bats
No Trace

Confusion of the Eye
Second Tradition: Domain

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Origins 2010 -- North American Qualifier
Columbus, OH (USA)
June 26th, 2010
35 players

John Eno's winning deck
"Lawyers, Guns,and Money v2"

CRYPT
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2x Mary Anne Blaire DOM FOR 10-cap, Ventrue Justicar
3x Lodin Olaf Holte DOM FOR 8-cap, Prince
2x Graham Gottesman DOM FOR 7-cap, Prince
2x Mustafa dom FOR 6-cap, Prince
1x Joao Bile DOM FOR 5-cap
1x Jephta Hester DOM FOR 5-cap
1x Ulrike Rothbart dom for 3-cap

LIBRARY (80 cards)
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5x Blood Doll
1x Giant's Blood
1x Papillon
2x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Smiling Jack
1x Pentex Subversion
1x KRCG
1x WMRH
1x Ephor
1x Ventrue Headquarters

1x Carlton van Wyk
1x Mr. Winthrop

1x Bowl of Convergence
2x Sawed-Off Shotgun

1x Aranthebes

1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Banishment

8x Govern
2x Conditioning
2x Foreshadowing Destruction

4x Freak Drive

2x On the Qui Vive
8x Second Tradition

8x Deflection

5x Weighted Walking Stick

3x Hidden Strength
3x Indomitability
4x Resilience
4x Rolling With the Punches
2x Unflinching Persistence

2x Taste of Vitae

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Origins 2010 -- Sunday 11am Constructed
Columbus, OH (USA)
June 27th, 2010
28 players

Matthew Strehlow's winning deck:

Deck Name: Cese-AWESOME-o
Created By: Kevin J. Mergen and Matthew Strehlow
Description: Cesewayo^ Aye abuse, Smiling Jack for the win.

CRYPT (12 cards)
5x Cesewayo^ ani AUS CEL DOM POT THA 10-cap, Osebo Magaji
1x Cesewayo ani AUS CEL DOM POT THA 10-cap, Osebo Magaji
1x Andrew Stuart AUS DOM THA 5-cap, Tremere
1x Frondator AUS dom tha 5-cap, !Tremere bishop
1x Neighbor John AUS dom 5-cap, !Ventrue
1x Sister Evelyn aus dom 3-cap, !Ventrue
1x Saiz aus dom 3-cap, !Tremere
1x Ember Wright aus dom 3-cap, !Tremere

LIBRARY (80 cards)
Master (27[13 trifles])
12x Aye^
1x Base Hunting Ground
1x The Rack
4x Blood Doll
1x Giant's Blood
1x Guinea-Bissau Carnival
1x Guardian Angel
1x Milicent Smith
1x Pentex Subversion
1x Wash^
3x Smiling Jack

Action (19 cards[including Equips, Allies, Retainers])
4x Magic of the Smith
1x Rutor's Hand
1x Mylan Horseed
1x Blood Shield
1x Well-Marked
1x Kevlar Vest
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x No Secrets
1x Shaman
2x Deer Rifle
1x Mark V
1x IR Goggles
1x Legend of the Leopard
2x Sheepdog

Action Modifier (8 cards)
2x High Aye
5x Mirror Walk
1x Strange Day

Reaction (20 cards)
8x Eyes of Argus
6x Quicken Sight
6x Deflection

Combat (6 cards)
3x Rego Motus
3x Resist Earth's Grasp (maneuver or +1 stealth)

According to my emails Kevin came up with the first build back in July
2009. Since then we have both reworked the crypt several times and
tried out lots of ideas and different percentages for the library.
With each new build we'd find a card that is just awesome for the deck
even though its normally not a very good card (example: Sheepdog and
Legend of the Leopard). We both settled on a core deck that is very
similar, but local metagame influences and personal preferences have
taken us in some slightly different directions. Some notable
differences are:

In Kevin's crypt he uses 1x Jackson Asher and 2x Anarch Converts
instead of the three 5 caps that I use. Frondator and Andrew Stuart
(his drawback rarely shows up in this deck) are ok, but Kevin really
needs to find room for Neighbor John. I personally dislike Anarch
Convert in a deck where you can't convert your main star, but I think
Kevin just brings him out as a 1-cap most of the time anyways.

Master differences include only 1x Pentex in my deck, since I'm not a
fan of the card for personal reasons (its a really good card, I just
make bad choices with it) and I play Wash when Kevin has switched back
to Sudden Reversal (even though Wash uses your Trifle for the turn,
I still like being able to play an Aye or regular master card after
canceling someone).

In the Action part of the deck Kevin prefers Ghoul Retainer and Ivory
Bow to my IR Goggles and Mark V. I kept seeing my Ghoul Retainer die
to long range combat or not always being worth the 2 pool, so
I swapped it out for something I can Magic of the Smith. Mark V vs
Ivory Bow is all metagame based on running into lots of prevent with
the Chicago playgroup. I also like knocking four blood off of someone
when Smiling Jack is in play.

Our Action Modifiers and Reactions are exactly the same except that
I run one more Eyes of Argus because I am running one less master.

Our final difference is that Kevin prefers 3x Pursuit while I like
3x Resist Earth's Grasp. I really like the option of being able to get
just a little more stealth into the deck and I am willing to pay the
one blood for it.

Some interesting other cards we tried in early builds are
Biothaumaturgic Experiment, Heroic Might, and Preternatural Strength,
but close range combat proved to be too dangerous and the deck had
problems in the build up stage (+3 stealth on Magic of the Smith makes
sure you can tool up). Theft of Vitae also was in the deck for awhile,
but it didn't seem to help the combat package enough for its space in
the deck.

This deck can really tool up and Cesewayo often ends the game with 5-8
(or more) permanent untaps in play. Like all tool up decks it suffers
from being vulnerable while tooling up and sometimes lets its prey run
away. I have found that the deck really needs to draw Smiling Jack
(and be in a position to defend it) at the right time or else the
table will time out. I think this deck is a lot of fun to play, but
I don't know how its opponents feel about going up against a fully
powered Cese. :)

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32 Answers

Kushiel

7/1/2010 4:34:00 PM

On Jun 30, 9:55 pm, "Kevin M." <youw...@imaspammer.org> wrote:
> Hugh Angseesing's winning deck
> "Gypsy Chicks"
>
> CRYPT
> -----
> 1x Gabrin ANI CHI dom for 8-cap, Ravnos
> 2x Natalia ANI chi dom for 7-cap, Ravnos, +1 bleed
> 2x Sarisha Veliku ANI chi dom FOR 6-cap, Ravnos
> 1x Joaquina Amaya ANI CHI FOR 6-cap, Ravnos
> 1x Vaclav Petalengro ANI CHI for 6-cap, Ravnos
> 1x Lord Ashton ANI for 5-cap, Gangrel
> 1x Bobby Lemon ANI 4-cap, Gangrel
> 1x Sennuwy ani chi for 4-cap, Ravnos
> 1x Spleen ani chi 2-cap, Ravnos
> 1x Zip ani 2-cap, Ravnos
>
> LIBRARY (90 cards)
> -------
> 3x Blood Doll
> 2x Vessel
> 1x Powerbase: Montreal
> 1x Dreams of the Sphinx
> 1x Park Hunting Ground
> 1x Fortune Teller Shop
> 1x Week of Nightmares
> 2x Fame
> 1x Pentex Subversion
> 1x Kumpania
> 1x KRCG
> 1x Channel 10
>
> 11x Deep Song
> 2x Mirror Image
>
> 5x Raven Spy
>
> 1x Ivory Bow
> 1x Karavalanisha Vrana
> 1x Treasured Samadji
>
> 3x WWEF
> 4x On the Qui Vive
> 3x Forced Awakening
>
> 2x Delaying Tactics
> 2x Cats' Guidance
> 6x Deflection
>
> 12x Aids from Bats
> 10x Carrion Crows
> 3x Apparition
> 2x Canine Horde
> 5x Taste of Vitae
>
> 1x Dragonbound

Wow, Hugh, you weren't kidding when you said that this deck doesn't
have much Chimerstry. Sense Dep is broken!

John Eno

John Flournoy

7/1/2010 6:20:00 PM

On Jun 30, 8:55 pm, "Kevin M." <youw...@imaspammer.org> wrote:
> Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>
> Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
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> Origins 2010 -- Sunday 11am Constructed
> Columbus, OH (USA)
> June 27th, 2010
> 28 players
>
> Matthew Strehlow's winning deck:
>
> Deck Name: Cese-AWESOME-o
> Created By: Kevin J. Mergen and Matthew Strehlow
> Description: Cesewayo^ Aye abuse, Smiling Jack for the win.
>
> This deck can really tool up and Cesewayo often ends the game with 5-8
> (or more) permanent untaps in play. > read more »

One of the nicest aspects of this deck is that it doesn't rely on No
Secrets from the Magaji - if Cesewayo gets it and keeps it in play,
great, but that's not necessary to the tooling up or defending of
Smiling Jack. (Thus the inclusion of only one copy. It's too good not
to include, but that's not what the deck is focused on.)

-John Flournoy

squidalot

7/1/2010 7:32:00 PM

On Jul 1, 5:33 pm, Kushiel <invisibleking...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 9:55 pm, "Kevin M." <youw...@imaspammer.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hugh Angseesing's winning deck
> > "Gypsy Chicks"
>
> > CRYPT
> > -----
> > 1x Gabrin ANI CHI dom for 8-cap, Ravnos
> > 2x Natalia ANI chi dom for 7-cap, Ravnos, +1 bleed
> > 2x Sarisha Veliku ANI chi dom FOR 6-cap, Ravnos
> > 1x Joaquina Amaya ANI CHI FOR 6-cap, Ravnos
> > 1x Vaclav Petalengro ANI CHI for 6-cap, Ravnos
> > 1x Lord Ashton ANI for 5-cap, Gangrel
> > 1x Bobby Lemon ANI 4-cap, Gangrel
> > 1x Sennuwy ani chi for 4-cap, Ravnos
> > 1x Spleen ani chi 2-cap, Ravnos
> > 1x Zip ani 2-cap, Ravnos
>
> > LIBRARY (90 cards)
> > -------
> > 3x Blood Doll
> > 2x Vessel
> > 1x Powerbase: Montreal
> > 1x Dreams of the Sphinx
> > 1x Park Hunting Ground
> > 1x Fortune Teller Shop
> > 1x Week of Nightmares
> > 2x Fame
> > 1x Pentex Subversion
> > 1x Kumpania
> > 1x KRCG
> > 1x Channel 10
>
> > 11x Deep Song
> > 2x Mirror Image
>
> > 5x Raven Spy
>
> > 1x Ivory Bow
> > 1x Karavalanisha Vrana
> > 1x Treasured Samadji
>
> > 3x WWEF
> > 4x On the Qui Vive
> > 3x Forced Awakening
>
> > 2x Delaying Tactics
> > 2x Cats' Guidance
> > 6x Deflection
>
> > 12x Aids from Bats
> > 10x Carrion Crows
> > 3x Apparition
> > 2x Canine Horde
> > 5x Taste of Vitae
>
> > 1x Dragonbound
>
> Wow, Hugh, you weren't kidding when you said that this deck doesn't
> have much Chimerstry. Sense Dep is broken!
>
> John Eno- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

heh so is crows :D

The Lasombra

7/2/2010 4:38:00 PM

On Wed, 30 June 2010 18:55:41 -0700, "Kevin M." wrote:

>Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
>http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>
>Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
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Origins 2010
Thursday 11am Constructed (Mini-Qualifier)
Columbus, Ohio
June 24, 2010
24 players
2R + F

Hugh Angseesing's Tournament Winning Deck
"Split Insanity"

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 8 average: 6
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1x Rodolfo 8 AUS DEM OBF pro bishop !Malkavian:3
1x Kite 7 AUS DEM obf pre bishop !Malkavian:2
1x Korah 7 AUS DEM OBF ani priscus !Malkavian:2
1x Artemis 6 DEM OBF aus cel for !Malkavian:2
1x Dolphin Black 6 AUS DEM OBF !Malkavian:2
1x Uncle George 5 DEM aus dom obf !Malkavian:3
1x Quentin King III 7 AUS DEM obf pre prince Malkavian:3
1x Dr. Douglas Netchu 6 AUS OBF dem dom Malkavian:3
1x Tony 6 AUS DEM dom obf Malkavian:3
1x Evan Klein 5 OBF aus dem pre Malkavian:3
1x Persia, The Beauti 5 DEM aus obf Malkavian:3
1x Adelaide Davis 4 aus dem obf Malkavian:3

Library [88 cards]
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Action [22]
20x Kindred Spirits
2x Restructure

Action Modifier [36]
2x Cloak the Gathering
6x Confusion
4x Elder Impersonation
8x Eyes of Chaos
4x Faceless Night
5x Lost in Crowds
5x Spying Mission
2x Veil the Legions

Action Modifier / Reaction [3]
3x Touch of Clarity

Action Modifier/Combat [6]
2x Deny
4x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [2]
2x No Trace

Master [12]
1x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Barrens, The
4x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Life in the City
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
3x Wash

Reaction [7]
2x Delaying Tactics
1x My Enemy's Enemy
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Telepathic Misdirection

The Lasombra

7/2/2010 4:46:00 PM

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:55:41 -0700, "Kevin M." wrote:

>Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
>http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>
>Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
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Origins 2010
Thursday 5pm Constructed (Mini-Qualifier)
Columbus, Ohio
June 24, 2010
28 players
2R + F

Hugh Angseesing's Tournament Winning Deck
"Gypsy Chicks"

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 5.25
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1x Gabrin 8 ANI CHI dom for Ravnos:2
2x Natalia 7 ANI chi dom for Ravnos:2
2x Sarisha Veliku 6 ANI FOR chi dom Ravnos:2
1x Joaquina Amaya 6 ANI CHI FOR Ravnos:2
1x Vaclav Petalengro 6 ANI CHI for pot Ravnos:2
1x Sennuwy, The Promo 4 ani chi for Ravnos:2
1x Spleen, Georgio Gu 2 ani chi Ravnos:2
1x Zip 2 ani Ravnos:3
1x Lord Ashton 5 ANI for pro Gangrel:3
1x Bobby Lemon 4 ANI pro Gangrel:3

Library [90 cards]
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Action [11]
11x Deep Song

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Mirror Image

Combat [32]
12x Aid from Bats
3x Apparition
2x Canine Horde
10x Carrion Crows
5x Taste of Vitae

Equipment [3]
1x Ivory Bow
1x Karavalanisha Vrana
1x Treasured Samadji

Event [1]
1x Dragonbound

Master [16]
3x Blood Doll
1x Channel 10
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Fame
1x Fortune Teller Shop
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Kumpania
1x Park Hunting Ground
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Montreal
2x Vessel
1x Week of Nightmares

Reaction [20]
2x Cats' Guidance
6x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
3x Forced Awakening
4x On the Qui Vive
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Retainer [5]
5x Raven Spy

The Lasombra

7/2/2010 4:51:00 PM

On Wed, 30 June 2010 18:55:41 -0700, "Kevin M." wrote:

>Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
>http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>
>Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
>-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Origins 2010
North American Qualifier
Columbus, Ohio
June 26, 2010
35 players
3R + F

John Eno's Tournament Winning Deck
"Lawyers, Guns,and Money v2"

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 6.91667
------------------------------------------------------------
2x Mary Anne Blaire 10 AUS DOM FOR PRE ani pot justicar Ventrue:5
3x Lodin (Olaf Holte) 8 DOM FOR PRE aus pro prince Ventrue:5
2x Graham Gottesman 7 DOM FOR obf pre tha prince Ventrue:5
2x Mustafa, The Heir 6 FOR PRE cel dom prince Ventrue:4
1x Joao Bile 5 DOM FOR pre Ventrue:4
1x Jephta Hester 5 DOM FOR aus !Ventrue:4
1x Ulrike Rothbart 3 dom for !Ventrue:4

Library [80 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------
Action [9]
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
8x Govern the Unaligned

Action Modifier [8]
2x Conditioning
2x Foreshadowing Destruction
4x Freak Drive

Ally [1]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Combat [23]
3x Hidden Strength
3x Indomitability
4x Resilience
4x Rolling with the Punches
2x Taste of Vitae
2x Unflinching Persistence
5x Weighted Walking Stick

Equipment [3]
1x Bowl of Convergence
2x Sawed-Off Shotgun

Master [15]
2x Anarch Troublemaker
5x Blood Doll
1x Ephor
1x Giant's Blood
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Papillon
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x Ventrue Headquarters
1x WMRH Talk Radio

Political Action [2]
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Banishment

Reaction [18]
8x Deflection
2x On the Qui Vive
8x Second Tradition: Domain

Retainer [1]
1x Mr. Winthrop

The Lasombra

7/2/2010 4:57:00 PM

On Wed, 30 June 2010 18:55:41 -0700, "Kevin M." wrote:

>Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
>http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>
>Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
>-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Origins 2010
Sunday 11am Constructed
Columbus, Ohio
June 27, 2010
28 players

Matthew Strehlow's Tournament Winning Deck

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 7
------------------------------------------------------------
5x Cesewayo Adv 10 AUS CEL DOM POT THA ani magaji Osebo:4
1x Cesewayo 10 AUS CEL DOM POT THA ani magaji Osebo:4
1x Andrew Stuart 5 AUS DOM THA Tremere:4
1x Frondator 5 AUS dom tha bishop !Tremere:4
1x Ember Wright 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Saiz 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Neighbor John 5 AUS dom for !Ventrue:4
1x Sister Evelyn 3 aus dom !Ventrue:3

Library [80 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------
Action [10]
1x Legend of the Leopard
4x Magic of the Smith
1x No Secrets From the Magaji
1x Rutor's Hand
2x Sheepdog
1x Well-Marked

Action Modifier [8]
2x High Aye
5x Mirror Walk
1x Strange Day

Action Modifier/Combat [3]
3x Resist Earth's Grasp

Ally [1]
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Combat [3]
3x Rego Motus

Equipment [7]
1x Blood Shield
1x Bowl of Convergence
2x Deer Rifle
1x IR Goggles
1x Kevlar Vest
1x Mark V

Master [27]
12x Aye
1x Base Hunting Ground
4x Blood Doll
1x Giant's Blood
1x Guardian Angel
1x Guinea-Bissau Carnival
1x Millicent Smith, Puritan Vampire Hunter
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Rack, The
3x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
1x Wash

Reaction [20]
6x Deflection
8x Eyes of Argus
6x Quicken Sight

Retainer [1]
1x Shaman

The Lasombra

7/2/2010 6:01:00 PM

On Wed, 30 June 2010 18:55:41 -0700, "Kevin M." wrote:

>Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
>http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
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That's certainly very dry. I would have liked to have seen some
demographics and exposition with this type of report.

Something that would have made me more jealous of the attendees and
more likely to want to attend in the future:

For Thursday morning's event, there were 24 players, including 10 Hall
of Fame members. They played a vicious two rounds leading up to a
stealth bleed dementation win by the indomitable Hugh Angseesing,
winning his 27th recorded V:EKN tournament, making him tied for the
2nd winningest player in V:EKN history (with Erik Torstensson, who
seems to have a win that didn't get reported correctly).

For Thursday evening's event, there were 28 players, including 2 more
Hall of Fame members than had been present in the morning. Hugh's
mastery of animalism and timing of a Singing Week of Nightmares
brought him up to win 28, placing him in sole possession of 2nd place
behind only Ben Peal, who has also used Origins to boost his
tournament winning record.

For Friday's US Championship event, 38 players crawled out of the
woodwork, including 2 from Canada, 2 from the UK, and the Michigan
contingent. Thirteen Hall of Fame members played in this event and
Jay Kristoff pulled off a win with amazing play. In one round, he
played all three copies of Judgment: Camarilla Segregation in his deck
to get two of them in play to oust his Giovanni/Shambling Hordes prey
after being decimated and nearly ousted by Matt Green's Spirit
Marionettes.

Between Friday and Saturday, only 3 players were lost to other events
at the sprawling Origins convention that had everything from
Battletech computer game surround pods to board games and role playing
games of every level and variety. John Eno played a variant of the
Neighbor John grinder with Ventrue justicars and princes for a deck
that is difficult to oust that also has great offensive potential when
a prey's weak spot is found.

On Sunday, 7 players were lost to early flights or other travel
requirements but there were still 28 players in attendance for Matt
Strehlow's long awaited return to the tournament winning deck archive
which he achieved with the undervalued Osebo Cesewayo and Smiling
Jack.

Kevin M.

7/2/2010 6:49:00 PM

The Lasombra wrote:
> On Wed, 30 June 2010 18:55:41 -0700, "Kevin M." wrote:
>
>> Here are the Archons from Origins 2010:
>> http://members.cox.net/kjm1971/Origi...
>> Here are the Winning Decks from the five constructed tournaments:
>> -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
>
> That's certainly very dry. I would have liked to have seen some
> demographics and exposition with this type of report.
>
> Something that would have made me more jealous of the attendees and
> more likely to want to attend in the future:
>
> For Thursday morning's event, there were 24 players, including 10 Hall
> of Fame members. They played a vicious two rounds leading up to a
> stealth bleed dementation win by the indomitable Hugh Angseesing,
> winning his 27th recorded V:EKN tournament, making him tied for the
> 2nd winningest player in V:EKN history (with Erik Torstensson, who
> seems to have a win that didn't get reported correctly).
>
> For Thursday evening's event, there were 28 players, including 2 more
> Hall of Fame members than had been present in the morning. Hugh's
> mastery of animalism and timing of a Singing Week of Nightmares
> brought him up to win 28, placing him in sole possession of 2nd place
> behind only Ben Peal, who has also used Origins to boost his
> tournament winning record.
>
> For Friday's US Championship event, 38 players crawled out of the
> woodwork, including 2 from Canada, 2 from the UK, and the Michigan
> contingent. Thirteen Hall of Fame members played in this event and
> Jay Kristoff pulled off a win with amazing play. In one round, he
> played all three copies of Judgment: Camarilla Segregation in his deck
> to get two of them in play to oust his Giovanni/Shambling Hordes prey
> after being decimated and nearly ousted by Matt Green's Spirit
> Marionettes.
>
> Between Friday and Saturday, only 3 players were lost to other events
> at the sprawling Origins convention that had everything from
> Battletech computer game surround pods to board games and role playing
> games of every level and variety. John Eno played a variant of the
> Neighbor John grinder with Ventrue justicars and princes for a deck
> that is difficult to oust that also has great offensive potential when
> a prey's weak spot is found.
>
> On Sunday, 7 players were lost to early flights or other travel
> requirements but there were still 28 players in attendance for Matt
> Strehlow's long awaited return to the tournament winning deck archive
> which he achieved with the undervalued Osebo Cesewayo and Smiling
> Jack.

I can't imagine ever writing anything like this myself, but you did
an excellent job of it, wow! I will try to include some detail in the
future but I clearly do not have your skill at exposition.

Kevin M., Prince of Las Vegas
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Peter D Bakija

7/2/2010 7:07:00 PM

On Jul 2, 2:00 pm, The Lasombra <TheLasom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Something that would have made me more jealous of the attendees and
> more likely to want to attend in the future:

Both awesome reportage and I'm filled with jealousy.

Stupid work making me stupid probably not ever stupid get to stupid
Origins again until they stupid change the stupid date.

-Peter

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