brandonsantacruz
9/28/2010 4:49:00 AM
On Sep 27, 7:50 pm, "mong...@hotpop.com" <mhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a great time in New Orleans this weekend. Big thanks to Oscar
> and everyone else who was running the show.
>
> -Matt
>
> Deck Name : Hannibalism
> Author : Matt Hirsch
> Description :
> The main strategy of the deck is to get the best use out of
> Hannibal(A)'s untap ability to act twice on my own turn, then be able
> to untap later for defense if needed. There is a clear vote strategy
> in the deck, but I also put in a good amount of toolbox.
>
> Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 10 average: 7.41667
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 4x Hannibal Adv 10 AUS DEM OBF cel dom cardinal !
> Malkavian:2
> 2x Korah 7 AUS DEM OBF ani priscus !
> Malkavian:2
> 1x Maris Streck 9 AUS OBF ani dem dom justicar Malkavian:
> 3
> 1x Marie Faucigny 7 AUS OBF dem tha archbishop !
> Malkavian:3
> 1x Quentin King III 7 AUS DEM obf pre prince Malkavian:
> 3
> 1x Ruth McGinley 6 DEM aus cel obf primogen Malkavian:
> 3
> 1x General Perfidio D 5 AUS dem obf bishop !
> Malkavian:3
> 1x Feo Ramos 1 aus Pander:3
>
> Library [87 cards]
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Action [8]
> 1x Blessing of Chaos
> 4x Call, The
> 1x Madman's Quill
> 1x Restructure
> 1x Sibyl's Tongue
>
> Action Modifier [12]
> 1x Bribes
> 2x Cloak the Gathering
> 1x Eyes of Chaos
> 2x Faceless Night
> 1x Forgotten Labyrinth
> 2x Lost in Crowds
> 1x Spying Mission
> 1x Telepathic Vote Counting
> 1x Veil the Legions
>
> Action Modifier / Reaction [1]
> 1x Touch of Clarity
>
> Action Modifier/Combat [5]
> 2x Deny
> 3x Swallowed by the Night
>
> Combat [5]
> 1x Coma
> 1x Disguised Weapon
> 1x Dodge
> 1x No Trace
> 1x Reality Mirror
>
> Equipment [3]
> 1x .44 Magnum
> 1x Ivory Bow
> 1x Sawed-Off Shotgun
>
> Master [17]
> 1x Archon Investigation
> 1x Barrens, The
> 5x Blood Doll
> 1x Direct Intervention
> 1x Dreams of the Sphinx
> 1x Effective Management
> 1x Giant's Blood
> 1x Golconda: Inner Peace
> 1x Information Highway
> 1x Institution Hunting Ground
> 1x Legendary Vampire
> 1x Life in the City
> 1x Secure Haven
>
> Political Action [10]
> 1x Anarchist Uprising
> 1x Ancilla Empowerment
> 2x Conservative Agitation
> 1x Domain Challenge
> 5x Kine Resources Contested
>
> Reaction [26]
> 2x Babble
> 1x Confusion of the Eye
> 1x Eagle's Sight
> 1x Enhanced Senses
> 2x Eyes of Argus
> 3x Forced Awakening
> 1x My Enemy's Enemy
> 2x On the Qui Vive
> 1x Precognition
> 1x Shattered Mirror
> 1x Spirit's Touch
> 2x Telepathic Counter
> 5x Telepathic Misdirection
> 2x Wake with Evening's Freshness
> 1x Wrong and Crosswise
>
> Stuff that really worked:
> Life In The City, Giant's Blood, Institution Hunting Ground - Stuff
> that fuels Hannibal's untap.
>
> Golconda - Immensely useful. Used critically in the finals to
> Golconda my torpored Hannibal and keep my game afloat.
>
> Secure Haven - Another critical card in the finals. Saved me from
> Deep Song rush.
>
> Blessing of Chaos, Touch of Clarity - There was a lot of Dementation
> bleed flying around all day, so counter-tech like this was really
> worthwhile.
>
> Restructure - Stole Remnant of the Endless Storm in Round 1 and
> Carlton in Round 2.
>
> Sibyl's Tongue - Provides nearly full access to the deck's toolbox.
> Hannibal can play Sibyl's for a critical action card, immediately
> untap, and perform the action.
>
> Stuff that didn't quite work:
> Anarchist Uprising, Ancilla Empowerment, Domain Challenge - These are
> usually my "nuclear option" vote cards for shaking up the table,
> sometimes ousting multiple methuselahs at once. But they didn't see
> much use in the tournament. Once in round 3, I did Hannibal's Domain
> Challenge trick , (play it and untap to take zero pool damage) but my
> opponent only had 2 tapped minions anyways.
>
> Shattered Mirror, Reality Mirror - Never played. I'm not sure I even
> drew Shattered Mirror. There wasn't much good fodder for Reality
> Mirror. (usually agg poke or agg strikes are the best for that.)
>
> Babble - The concept that I had intended here was to offer Hannibal's
> untap cross-table. However, I always saw Babble too early (or too
> painfully late) for the trick to be viable. If I was playing the deck
> again, though, I would still keep both copies in.
Congrats! Very interesting and multi-faceted deck. Do you feel like
the combination of bleed reduction and bounce served you well?
Brandon