The Lasombra
3/20/2011 1:29:00 AM
Stanhope Arms
Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
March 19, 2011
13 players
2R + F
Dave Knowles' Tournament Winning Deck
Deck Name: Bitey Wizards
Author: Dave Knowles // Shockwave @ #vtes
Description:
Thanks to #vtes on SorceryNet for critiqueing this
deck a million times for me, and Hugh & John for
putting up with oddball ideas when I should be
playing something more sensible.
Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=5 avg=4.33)
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5x Antonio d'Erlette 5 dom for pot THA !Tremere:4
2x Béatrice Oracle171 Tremblay 3 inn ven Innocent:4
2x Earl 4 dom for pot Ventrue:3
2x Esoara 5 aus for pot DOM !Tremere:4
1x Keith Moody 3 DOM !Tremere:4
// Beatrice is *golden*. Leech, burn the Second Sight when
announced, untap, bleed with pot options that worry people.
I'm tempted to have an extra one. Keith and Esoara have never
seen play.
Library (81 cards)
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Master (14)
3x Blood Doll
1x Channel 10
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Erciyes Fragments, The
2x Fame
1x Fortschritt Library
1x Major Boon
1x Rack, The
1x University Hunting Ground
1x Wall Street Night, Financial Newspaper
// Seems to flow just about right, maybe needs
another Intercept location.
Event (4)
1x Slow Withering, The
2x Unmasking, The
1x Veil of Darkness
// Veil of Darkness kills tables. Everyone will hate you
for it (and with good reason), but it's pretty much a key
card to drop via Fortschritt if necessary. It saves me
repeatedly, including killing the Stealth on the Ancilla
Empowerment that would have killed me in the final.
Conviction (1)
1x Second Sight
// I've tried running three, you just recycle the Second
Sight every time anyway.
Action (17)
4x Computer Hacking
4x Harass
9x Leech
// Probably needs 1-2 more Actions, no idea what to lose
to manage it, though.
Equipment (1)
1x Unlicensed Taxicab
// Never saw play.
Ally (10)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
7x Nephandus (Mage)
1x Ossian
1x Young Bloods
// I have no idea why the more common Nephandus deck runs 10.
I never see 10, I never can afford 10, and I run out of turns
before I'd get 10. Young Bloods and Carlton can also Leech.
Action Modifier (3)
1x Conditioning
2x Empowering the Puppet King
// Once again, a smidge too light, really.
Reaction (12)
8x Deflection
4x On the Qui Vive
Combat (19)
2x Armor of Vitality
4x Disarm
5x Glancing Blow
6x Target Vitals
2x Trap
// The kicker. Nobody expects a Nephandus to Disarm you,
and nobody expects a Nephandus to survive a Torn Signpost
*and* Disarm you.