Tournament results - Berkeley May 14
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Location: Eudemonia, Berkeley CA
Date: May 14, 2005
# of players: 10
# of rounds: 2+F
Winner: David Sisson
Deck Name: Four Hours Ago
Created By: ICL
Played By: David Sisson
Description: Stealth bleed with extra combat. Simplified from a deck
built around Darkling Trickery.
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 22, Max: 34, Avg: 7.17)
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2 Beatrice L'Angou aus dom MYT nec 5, Kiasyd:2
2 Kassiym Malikhair dom for MYT OBT 6, Kiasyd:2
2 Julia Prima aus DOM myt OBT 7, Kiasyd:2
2 Bartholomew AUS dom MYT NEC obt 8, Kiasyd:2
2 Marconius DOM MYT OBT pot 9, Kiasyd:2, Archbishop
2 Ian Forestal AUS DOM THA 8, Tremere antitribu:2
Library: (80 cards)
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Master (13 cards)
1 Barrens, The
5 Blood Doll
1 Coven, The
1 Giant's Blood
1 Hungry Coyote, The
1 Information Highway
1 Obtenebration
1 Perfectionist
1 Rack, The
Action (7 cards)
6 Govern the Unaligned
1 Riddle Phantastique
Action Modifier (12 cards)
5 Conditioning
2 Shadow Play
5 Stone Travel
Reaction (15 cards)
6 Deflection
2 Redirection
7 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat (24 cards)
7 Arms of the Abyss
8 Darkling Trickery
7 Earth Swords
2 Oubliette
Equipment (3 cards)
1 .44 Magnum
1 Bowl of Convergence
1 Ivory Bow
Combo (6 cards)
6 Aura Absorption
Finals consisted of:
David Sisson (see above) 1.5 VPs -->
Hans Shrijvers (Ventrue bleed) 2 TWs, 7 VPs -->
Greg Garson (!Ventrue Revelations something) 2 VPs -->
James Dyes (Ahrimanes/Una vote/werewolf) 2 VPs -->
Bernard Hsiung (Tzimisce intercept combat) 1 TW, 4.5 VPs -->
Dave doesn't play that often and only saw the (borrowed) deck around
15 minutes before the tournament was supposed to start. OTOH, he's an
elite CCGer, being at one time or another North America champ for a
couple of different CCGs.
He got flak for irresponsibly bleeding as Hans got the first two VPs
in the finals with help from bounced bleeds, but for some reason, the
deck didn't run out of bleed and Hans ran out of bounce (and ran into
the wall deck). Bernie had a lack of blood management all game and
Dave just got out too many minions in the endgame for the wall to shut
him down. So, Dave 3 VPs, Hans 2.