Italian Miniqualifier tour '09 TWD - stage #5 LIVING MANSE, Milan 25th-04-09
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tour 2009 ( http://www.italybynight.org/mqtour2009/index.html ).
LIVING MANSE, Milan 25th april 2009
28 players
Winning deck name:
Created by: Gianluca Vindigni
Description : Assamite Amaravati
-Crypt:
Amaravati x 4
Kashan x 1
Basir x 1
Hafsa x 1
Olugbenga x 1
Kamau jafary x 1
Vardar vardarian x 1
Layla bint-nadar x 1
Alu x 1
-Library:
vessel x 6
information higway x 4
alamut x 4
black trone x 2
yoruba shrine x 2
direct intervention x 2
the rack x 2
giant's blood x 1
creepshow casino x 1
the embrace x 8
loss x 6
web of night recruit x 4
haquim's law leadership x 6
consanguinious boon x 8
reckless agitation x 4
kine resource contested x 4
ancilla empowerment x 1
domain challenge x 1
lost in crowds x 6
veil the legion x 6
elder impersonation x 4
hearth of nizchetus x 4
the sargon fragment x 2
delaying tactics x 2
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best
Emiliano, NC Italy
www.italybynight.org
Chris Berger
> Here follows the TWD of the fifth stage of the italian miniqualifier
> tour 2009 (http://www.italybynight.org/mqtour2009/index.html).
>
> LIVING MANSE, Milan 25th april 2009
>
> 28 players
>
> Winning deck name:
> Created by: Gianluca Vindigni
> Description : Assamite Amaravati
>
> -Crypt:
> Amaravati x 4
> Kashan x 1
> Basir x 1
> Hafsa x 1
> Olugbenga x 1
> Kamau jafary x 1
> Vardar vardarian x 1
> Layla bint-nadar x 1
> Alu x 1
>
I've seen this deck before, and I'm always confused at the lack of
blood gain. Sure, it has the Rack, but it also has 0 intercept, so
there's no way to protect it. Even assuming you can out-weenie the
table and can always take an action to get the Rack back, it should
always be gone by your untap phase, so you should never gain blood
from it. Giant's Blood, of course, but that's a one-off, assuming you
are the one to draw it first.
I know it has Alamut, but it still seems like Amaravati will need to
burn 2 blood on almost every PA that you call. Which means, you get 4
votes to pass, and then once in a while can pass one when Alamut fills
sufficiently... I know this deck has won several tournaments, but I
don't understand how it gets enough blood... My version uses Presence
masters, along with Deviki Prasanta (and an Agent of Power, just
because it can be used for other disciplines as necessary, and Deviki
can fetch it from the ash heap every turn), and Voter Caps to fill up
(mostly for the blood gain, so having inferior pre is usually good
enough).
But how does it work without VC?
Johann von Doom
> hearth of nizchetus x 4
That's the most I've ever seen in a deck.
John Eno
Izaak
> I've seen this deck before, and I'm always confused at the lack of
> blood gain. Sure, it has the Rack, but it also has 0 intercept, so
> there's no way to protect it. Even assuming you can out-weenie the
> table and can always take an action to get the Rack back, it should
> always be gone by your untap phase, so you should never gain blood
> from it. Giant's Blood, of course, but that's a one-off, assuming you
> are the one to draw it first.
> I know it has Alamut, but it still seems like Amaravati will need to
> burn 2 blood on almost every PA that you call. Which means, you get 4
> votes to pass, and then once in a while can pass one when Alamut fills
> sufficiently... I know this deck has won several tournaments, but I
> don't understand how it gets enough blood... My version uses Presence
> masters, along with Deviki Prasanta (and an Agent of Power, just
> because it can be used for other disciplines as necessary, and Deviki
> can fetch it from the ash heap every turn), and Voter Caps to fill up
> (mostly for the blood gain, so having inferior pre is usually good
> enough).
> But how does it work without VC?
You use the Vessels to move blood to your minions as oppossed to off of your
minions. Con Boons and HL: Leadership are plenty poolgain to stay alive.
Also having loads of weenies easily allow you to take a few hunt actions
each turn which are not very unlikely to get blocked.