The Return of Q (Deck)
The Lasombra
Author : The Lasombra
Description :
This deck was second seed entering the finals of Tragic Love Affair
Atlanta. Q was not among the top 6 vampires in the finals, so my
reliance on her proved my undoing.
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 10 average: 7.41667
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4x Qawiyya el-Ghaduba 9 FOR POT VAL aus pre !Salubri:5
3x Ariel 6 AUS FOR VAL !Salubri:6
3x Azrael 5 AUS VAL for !Salubri:6
2x Nahum Enosh 10 AUS OBE OBF VAL for pre Salubri:6
Library [90 cards]
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Action [16]
3x Abbot
1x Heroic Might
2x Renewed Vigor
4x Rumble
4x Sense Death
2x Warding the Beast
Action Modifier [3]
3x Freak Drive
Combat [37]
2x Armor of Caine's Fury
7x Blissful Agony
7x Death Seeker
4x Eye of Unforgiving Heaven
8x Skin of Rock
3x Target Vitals
6x Taste of Vitae
Equipment [2]
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
Event [1]
1x Dragonbound
Master [19]
2x Blooding by the Code
2x Code of Samiel
1x Depravity
3x Fame
1x Giant's Blood
2x Guardian Angel
3x Path of Retribution, The
4x Villein
1x Yawp Court
Reaction [12]
5x Eyes of Argus
7x Hide the Heart
brandonsantacruz
manage to control tables? Was it more about the threat of violence
than strong defense? What kinds of predators did you have through the
tournament?
Brandon
The Lasombra
>The deck seems kind of low on defense and pool intensive, how did you
>manage to control tables?
Reputation.
I brought out Salubri Antitribu.
I don't play them with fewer than 15 untaps and 10+ bounce cards.
>Was it more about the threat of violence than strong defense?
Four player games are good for this style of deck. The more I do to
my prey, the more my grand-prey can do to my predator. Also, getting
the Bowl, an Abbot, and a Guardian Angel on Q after giving her
Blooding by the Code and having her untapped at the end of my turn is
discouraging for most bleed predators.
>What kinds of predators did you have through the
>tournament?
Round 1) Predator: Toreador Grand Ball Baltimore Purge that was
ousted before it saw a Purge.
Prey: Ashur's Tablets Shambling Hordes
Grand-prey: Mathias Spirit Marionette
Round 2) Anton de Conception Carrion Crows Darkness Within Thoughts
Betrayed. He failed to draw critical combat cards when opposing Q, so
she was able to Blissful Agony him away. Q was famous from the first
turn she was in play until my predator was ousted.
Prey: Edward Vignes 17 deflections deck
Grand-prey: TGBBP deck from round one, he successfully got 4 Purges
off and removed my vampires cross table to ensure his win.
Finals) The TGBBP deck from round 1 as predator. (My choice) I
couldn't afford to have him cross table again to perform 2 Purges in
one turn to remove all of my minions from the ready region. His
predator in this game was Arcadian-led Kaisyd that bled him out hard
and quickly. Her predator was Nosferatu Antitribu Potence Rush with
Beast. Pentex Subversion and Riddle Phantastique ensured that his
predator, the winning Imbued, got a quick extra 6 pool.
brandonsantacruz
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:46:24 -0800 (PST), brandonsantacruz wrote:
> >The deck seems kind of low on defense and pool intensive, how did you
> >manage to control tables?
>
> Reputation.
> I brought out Salubri Antitribu.
> I don't play them with fewer than 15 untaps and 10+ bounce cards.
It's always interesting to play on others' expectations when deck
building. People can overestimate a deck or underestimate it,
depending on how/what you usually play, what new cards people are
playing, what cards come standard with a strategy and what are the
glaring weaknesses in certain deck archetypes. Well played.
Brandon