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Jeffrey Thompson's Tournament Winning Deck with 3VPs in the finals

Deck Name : I am I
Author : The Lasombra
Description :
1st round, sweep, 4 vp
2nd round, tied, 2 vp / 2vp with prey
Final round, won, 3 vps with grand prey taking 2 vps

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 8 average: 5.5
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3x Dela Eden                       8  AUS FOR VAL cel dom   !Salubri:3
3x Adonai                          7  AUS VAL for           !Salubri:2
1x Remilliard, Devout Crusader    4  AUS pre               !Toreador:2
1x Richard Tauber, Ayelea's Puppet  4  AUS tha              !Tremere:2
1x Thomas Steed, The Angry          4  ani aus val          !Salubri:2
1x Isabel de Leon                   3  AUS                  Toreador:2
1x Kervos, The Lieutenant           3  aus val              !Salubri:2
1x Zoe                              3  AUS cel obf         Malkavian:2

Library [90 cards]
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  1x Abbot
  2x Anima Gathering
  4x Sense Death

Combat [25]
  4x Armor of Caine's Fury
  9x Blissful Agony
  7x Eye of Unforgiving Heaven
  5x Soak

Equipment [1]
  1x Bowl of Convergence

Master [14]
  4x Blood Doll
  1x Blooding by the Code
  1x Dark Influences
  1x Fame
  1x Giant's Blood
  2x Guardian Angel
  3x Path of Retribution, The
  1x Rotschreck

Reaction [42]
  3x Eagle's Sight
  3x Enhanced Senses
  4x Eyes of Argus
  6x Forced Awakening
  2x Forced Vigilance
  3x My Enemy's Enemy
  7x On the Qui Vive
  3x Precognition
  3x Telepathic Counter
  8x Telepathic Misdirection

Retainer [1]
  1x Mr. Winthrop

Round recap:

In the first round, I went first.  My prey was playing 2-3 cap Sabbat
vampires that called Crusades and Kine Resources Contested while
occasionally getting Saturday Night Specials and Camera Phones.  My
grand prey looked an awful lot like the KoT Toreador starter with
possibly a few tweaks.  My predator was playing a Shambling Hordes
deck and he discarded one on his first turn.  He didn't see another
for 7-8 turns though.

I was able to block many of my prey's pool gaining votes and I let the
Toreador deal with the damage dealing votes.  I was also able to
consistently bleed for 3-4 as my prey was playing like a shark (i.e.
move forward 100% of the time or die). Blocking the pool gain votes
and out racing him on the pool damage allowed me to take him down when
his prey had ~5 or 6 pool.  Eye of Unforgiving Heaven put Thomas De
Lutrius with his Sniper Rifle into torpor, and the Toreador folder
before me.

Zoe blocked and killed my predator's Procurer, and Dela Eden blocked
Shambling Hordes twice.  Once to Soak the 4 damage, the second time to
play Eye of Unforgiving Heaven at inferior to burn and gain me two
pool.  Successfully diablerie of all of the Giovanni vampires
completed the sweep of that first table.

In the second round, my predator was playing Saulot/Spirit Marionette
and went first.  My prey was playing Followers of Set/Allonzo Montoya
and bleeding large with Revelation of Ecstasy / Revelation of Desire.
My grand prey was the weenie vote deck from the first round.  The
weenies jumped out and put an awful hurting on Saulot, but was unable
to seal the deal before the Followers of Set were able to barrel thru
them.  The Followers also got Saulot shortly thereafter.  When it came
down to the two player, Eye of Unforgiving Heaven again enabled
multiple successful diableries (as the Edge was the only vote
remaining on the table).  Two victory points for the Followers of Set,
two for Adonai.

Standings before the finals:

James Medors 2 GW 8 VPs - Malkavian Antitribut stealth bleed
Jeffrey Thompson 1 GW 6 VPs Salubri Antitribu intercept bounce
Jeff Brandon 1 GW 3.5 VPs Anarch Gargoyle intercept combat
Greg Mitchell 1 GW 2.5 VPs Huitzilopochtli's inner circle stealth vote
Jason Joy 2 vps Followers of Set/Allonzo Montoya Revelation

Seating in the finals:

Jason going first bleeding
Jeffrey bleeding
James bleeding
Greg bleeding
Jeff, who bled Jason

Jason went first.  I brought out Zoe and Adonai as my first two
minions, with Dela Eden third.  James brought out Blood Feud, General
Perfidio Dios, and White Lilly.  Greg started the game with Leandro,
and eventually added Maris Streck and Huitzilopochtli.  Jeff brought
out Erinyi and one other Gargoyle who's name escapes me.  James
brought out Allonzo Montoya, Bupe Kuila, and possibly Renenet?

My first master card was Guardian Angel, which was Washed, and I
followed up that same turn with a Blood Doll on Adonai.  Everyone paid
Leandro tax for quite a while.  My third master card was Fame on
Bloodfeud.  Dela Eden Sense's his Death, and though White Lilly
attempted to block with an auspex intercept card, it was discovered
that she has no Auspex and Bloodfeud went to torpor after seeing the
Eye of Unforgiving Heaven.  A combination of bounced bleeds and Fame
ousted James not much later (1-2 turns later).

Leandro was removed by Adonai's special ability (Adonai can enter
combat with any ready Camarilla vampire controlled by another
Methuselah as a (D) action).  Zoe sacrificed herself after the
successful diablerie attempt and her passing was mourned.  Maris
Streck was able to call and pass a Parity Shift to oust Jeff''s
Gargoyles.  Maris Streck Banished Adonai, twice.  I was happy to
return him to play with 7 blood.  Maris was blocked by Dela Eden on a
Parity Shift that would almost have taken out the Followers of Set,
and she met Heaven while Dela gave me two pool with another
self-burning.  Remilliard, Devout Crusader diablerized Maris after
Huitzilopochtli had ousted the Followers of Set by bleeding for 5 at
stealth.  Remiliard was also burned in the Bloodhunt.  So it was down
to two vampires, Huitzilopochtli and Adonai.  Huitzilopochtli had
Obedience, but Adonis had Abbot and Mr. Winthrop.  Huitzilopochtli
attempted to bleed and Adonai came up with 4 intercept (Eyes of Argus)
to successfully block and torporize Huitzilopochtli.  Having retained
the Edge, Richard Tauber was about to join Adonai when Greg realized
that he had too few pool to bring out another vampire and no chance to
stealth past Adonai to have Huitzilopochtli leave torpor.

  Congrats on the win, Jeff!  Great to see you finally win with
yourself!  :)

  And wow...that's, what, two !Salubri wins so far this year!  Crazy!

best -

I did use it a few times at basic to torporize 2 caps in one of the
rounds.  

The superior is like a Psyche! to get into combat with a minion you
have blocked a second time.  When there are bigger combat monsters on
the table (or minions with Guns), I will send the opposing vampire
against the larger threat.  When I am the largest combat threat, I
will simply restart combat with the same pair of vampires.  The Path
of Retribution is essential.

Carpe noctem.

The Lasombra

http://www.TheLasombra.com

I'm surprised that other players would play your game of beating up
the vamp for you. Whenever I've seen someone try that they usually
just hit each other for 1.

I did make a mistake in the first tournament I played when I kept
throwing my predator's vampires into his predator's Howler, who always
maneuvered long and did nothing.  I should simply have restarted
combat after his Majesties and pounded him into torpor myself.

Carpe noctem.

The Lasombra

http://www.TheLasombra.com

I saw the tourney report on CharlotteByNight and found one particular
deck that seemed interesting.

Any chance on a decklist of the Anarch Gargoyle deck seen in Round 1?

TIA.

Carpe noctem.

Lasombra