Wilsoros
3/31/2011 11:43:00 AM
On Mar 29, 8:08 pm, The Lasombra <TheLasom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Zoning Board
> Arnhem, Netherlands
> March 26th, 2010
> 3R+F
> 18 players
> Izaak Havelaar
>
> Deck Name: Pancake Mix
> Created By: Izaak Havelaar
>
> Description: Ever since cards like Reunion Kamut and Art of Memory
> were printed, I have been wanting to build a deck with all these Black
> Hand toys. I recently traded for enough Seraph's Seconds to build a
> competitive Black Hand deck and try and get the most out of them. I
> experimented with !Tremere and Lasombra for a bit at first, before
> ending up with Assamites. Of course it should have been obvious all
> along Assamites are the best pick for such a deck, since they are the
> only clan that has two Seraphs in the same grouping and get five
> different Black Hand crypt cards in that same grouping.
>
> This deck is a bloat/multiact deck at its core and, but with so many
> actions a turn, it allows you keep pressure on your prey while still
> bloating enough to survive even the most aggressive bleed predators.
> It's especially important to build up a solid ready region with at
> least a Seraph with a Tattoo Signal plus two other vampires before you
> start throwing multiple Losses a turn at your prey. Once the
> Watchtower comes into play even the most dedicated wall decks will
> have trouble blocking every critical action and you can oust everyone
> at your leisure.
>
> Crypt (Capacity min=6 max=9 avg=7.83; 12 cards)
> ==================================================
> 3x Djuhah, The Bronze Bow 7 aus cel pre OBF QUI Assamite:5
> 4x Izhim abd Azrael 9 pot CEL OBF QUI THA Assamite:5
> 1x Joe Boot Hill 7 for obf CEL QUI Assamite:4
> 2x Nizzam al-Latif 9 dem ANI CEL OBF QUI Assamite:5
> 2x Reza Fatir, The Dark Angel 6 obf pro CEL QUI Assamite:4
>
> Library (78 cards)
> =====================
> Master (21 cards)
> 3x Ashur Tablets
> 3x Dreams of the Sphinx
> 1x Giant's Blood
> 4x Information Highway
> 1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
> 5x Villein
> 2x Watchtower: The Wolves Feed
> 1x Wider View
> 1x Yoruba Shrine
>
> // It seems master-heavy at first, but with 6 trifles and four copies
> of Information Highway it works out just fine. There should probably
> go an Archon Investigation in there instead of one of the Info
> Highways or maybe the Yoruba Shrine. The three Ashur Tablets are kinda
> critical as well, because in every game I played with this deck, I ran
> out of cards in the endgame. If one gets cancelled it's not a big
> deal, because you can just retrieve it with the Sargon Fragment. //
>
> Event (4 cards)
> 1x Blood Trade
> 1x Break the Code
> 1x Fourth Cycle, The
> 1x Thirst
>
> // Fourth Cycle is in there to make sure the Watchtower's upkeep stays
> at one pool per turn when other people play Unmasking or Anthelios. As
> a bonus it also gets rid of them. In the end I never needed it, but I
> still think it's a good idea. //
>
> Action (28 cards)
> 4x Haqim's Law: Leadership
> 2x Khabar: Glory
> 9x Loss
> 9x Reunion Kamut
> 4x Tattoo Signal
>
> // This section is perfect. I always had a Loss when I needed one and
> in every game I played so far I have managed to bring out 4 or 5
> different minions. Reunion Kamut is really good, especially since it
> works on older vampires as well. //
>
> Equipment (1 cards)
> 1x Sargon Fragment, The
>
> // It's mostly there so I can retrieve a cancelled Ashur Tablet, but
> it's also quite handy to recycle a Loss or a Haqim's Law. I should
> probably add a single copy of Trochomancy to the deck to mess with
> Ashur/Liquidation based decks. //
>
> Action Modifier (20 cards)
> 4x Art of Memory, The
> 2x Deed the Heart's Desire
> 2x Elder Impersonation
> 3x Faceless Night
> 3x Lost in Crowds
> 6x Seraph's Second
>
> // Art of Memory is amazing. I used them to recycle an Elder
> Impersonation to oust a particularly troublesome Henry Taylor twister
> deck, I used them to recycle Haqim's Laws to stay alive against a
> !Ventrue bleeder without a predator and I used them to get lot of
> mileage out of a single copy of Loss. On top of it, you get to flush
> an unwanted card (say, extra Information Highways or Gehenna Events)
> out of your hand. If I were to play it again, I'd swap a Seraph's
> Second for a fifth Art of Memory. //
>
> Combo (4 cards)
> 2x Blood Awakening
> 2x Swallowed by the Night
Very nice deck!
I've been working on a very similar deck myself, good work!