Dragon's Breath tournament winning deck.

[LSJ]

Derek Ray won the "main" constructed-deck VTES tournament at DragonCon
this past weekend.

His deck and commentary follow:

No real play notes -- this is a relatively stock Giovanni powerbleed. The AVA was very convenient as nobody ever bothered to take the action to burn it -- I'd have rather had a second one in the deck than the Mausoleum, which got discarded a lot. Same with the Venetian Conference, as I was able to play at least one to good effect in each round, including the final (to torporize a hunting Suhailah). Many people are familiar with the +1 intercept from superior Spectral Divination and will plan around it, so being able to have the +2 intercept coming from Francesca was excellent. (This also let me save the Spectral Divination for extra stealth.)

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Deck Name: Yer Mom Don't Block
Created By: DSR
Description: Giovanni Seductive Telemarketer filth, tweaked up for an expected Camarilla-heavy tournament with Venetian Conferences and Gillespi -- also shifted around to be more Deflection-proof with no Conditionings and mostly Scouting Mission/Bondings.

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 13, Max: 28, Avg: 5.08)
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1 Marciana Giovanni dom 2, Giovanni
1 Rudolfo Giovanni NEC 3, Giovanni
1 Francesca Giovanni dom nec pot 4, Giovanni
2 Gloria Giovanni DOM nec 4, Giovanni
2 Isabel Giovanni DOM NEC pot 5, Giovanni
2 Gillespi Giovanni aus DOM NEC POT 7, Giovanni
1 Stefano Giovanni DOM nec pot pre 6, Giovanni
1 Andrea Giovanni DOM NEC pot vic 7, Giovanni
1 Carlotta Giovanni dom NEC obf POT 7, Giovanni

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (15 cards)
1 Acquired Ventrue Assets
1 Barrens, The
5 Blood Doll
1 Direct Intervention
1 Dominate
1 Mausoleum, Venice, The
1 Morgue Hunting Ground
1 Necromancy
3 Sudden Reversal

Action (15 cards)
1 Daemonic Possession
1 Far Mastery
3 Govern the Unaligned
1 Graverobbing
1 Haunt
6 Scouting Mission
2 Slaughtering the Herd

Action Modifier (28 cards)
8 Bonding
8 Call of the Hungry Dead
4 Foreshadowing Destruction
8 Seduction

Reaction (18 cards)
7 Deflection
4 Venetian Conference
7 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (6 cards)
6 Spiritual Intervention

Ally (2 cards)
2 Leonardo, Mortician

Combo (6 cards)
6 Spectral Divination

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