Matt's Deck - It's Pronounced "HUG-huh"
The Lasombra
I am a little surprised you didn't take out the Pallid after your
discovery on Friday that you can only play it on Laibon. (Or put in
half a dozen more, if you're going to lend it to Hugh!) Well done, to
both of you.
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Hugh Angseesing's Winning Deck
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Deck Name: It's Pronounced "HUG-huh"
Created by: Matt Morgan
This was the only deck I could really put together for Ebony Kingdom
as I didn't have very many EK cards yet. It was meant to have 4
Quicken Sight, but I guess I accidentally put in an extra. 5 is too
many. The 5th should be Enhanced Senses or something. Also, some of
the cards in the deck (like Familial Bond) are junk, but I wanted to
try everything new. It was originally intended to have Aye, but they
didn't make the cut.
I played this untested in the US Championship and had a very
Goldilocks experience. The first table was too stealthy and I jammed
on combat. The second one was too fighty and I couldn't keep out of
torpor. The third table was just right and I won easily. Hugh
borrowed the deck for the Sunday tournament and made the final where
he won basically by being in the best shape after the table collapsed
(a fine way to win).
His only comment to me was the deck could use a couple of Camera
Phones. Probably a good plan.
Powerbase: Luanda is quite good. It's maybe the only thing here that
makes this deck something other than a poor Toreador gun deck without
the bleed potential.
Crypt [12 vampires, average capacity: 4.66667]
1x Abiku AUS POT cel obt 6 Osebo:4
1x Dominique Santo Paulo AUS CEL pot pre 6 Toreador antitribu:4
1x Homa AUS CEL POT 6 Osebo:4
4x Titi Camara AUS CEL pot 5 Osebo:5
2x Idrissa CEL aus 4 Osebo:4
1x Ismitta aus cel pot 4 Osebo:4
1x Kamaria aus pot 3 Osebo:4
1x Monique Kim aus cel 3 Toreador antitribu:4
Library [83 cards]
Master [16]
1x Barrens, The
5x Blood Doll
2x Fame
1x Guardian Angel
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Mbare Market, Harare
1x Pallid
1x Powerbase: Luanda
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
Action [7]
1x 419 Operation
1x Atonement
2x Enforcer
2x Nose of the Hound
1x Well-Marked
Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Resist Earth's Grasp
Equipment [9]
7x .44 Magnum
1x Blood Shield
1x Bowl of Convergence
Reaction [28]
3x Eagle's Sight
6x Eyes of Argus
1x Familial Bond
1x My Enemy's Enemy
3x On the Qui Vive
5x Quicken Sight
6x Telepathic Misdirection
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat [21]
6x Concealed Weapon
1x Fast Hands
2x Flash
2x Psyche!
2x Pursuit
2x Side Strike
3x Sideslip
3x Taste of Vitae
Candle-Ends
> Matt,
>
> I am a little surprised you didn't take out the Pallid after your
> discovery on Friday that you can only play it on Laibon. (Or put in
> half a dozen more, if you're going to lend it to Hugh!) Well done, to
> both of you.
Actually I was just realizing last night that Pallid and Mundane are
quite useful even when there's no Laibon around --
"Alternatively, when a vampire with no Aye or a zombie is acting, play
this card to your ash heap as an out-of-turn master to give a vampire
you control +1 intercept."
or in Mundane's case --
"Alternatively, when a minion with no Orun plays an action card
requiring a Discipline or Virtue, play this card to your ash heap as
an out-of-turn master to cancel that card as it is played."
Seems not too shabby.
N
_angst_
I like the snake thingy!
Ilomba is it?
Why are there no snake thingies?
//Alex
_angst_
Oko
> Oh, and BTW, it is pronounced Hufff ;)
Don't hassle the Huff?
Matthew T. Morgan
> Matt,
>
> I am a little surprised you didn't take out the Pallid after your
> discovery on Friday that you can only play it on Laibon. (Or put in
> half a dozen more, if you're going to lend it to Hugh!) Well done, to
> both of you.
Well, the reason for that is pretty simple. I wasn't planning to play the
deck again at Origins so I didn't modify it at all.
Yeah, I don't know why I thought Pallid was playable on any vampire that
didn't have Aye. That would've been kind of stupid strong, especially
with no requirements.
Oh, by the way I can't start spiking my decks just yet. I want to get
them so they are very reliable and people almost always win tournaments
with them. Then one day somebody gets this:
http://www.io.com/~farquar/decks/Landscapers.xml
Matt Morgan
GreenO
> Oh, by the way I can't start spiking my decks just yet. I want to get
> them so they are very reliable and people almost always win tournaments
> with them. Then one day somebody gets this:http://www.io.com/~farquar/decks/Landscapers.xml
>
I think you could drop a few of the prayer cards perhaps to bring the
deck size down to 75 and improve the consistancy.
GreenO
Matthew T. Morgan
Good idea. What do you think about adding some Tupdogs to the crypt to
improve consistency?
I'm also working on a Botched Move/Victim of Habit deck as a counter to
this one. Hopefully two players will want to borrow decks for the same
tournament.
Matt Morgan
Johannes Walch
The deck is awesome.
You always have the perfect starting hand!
Perhaps 1 Pentex should go in there, for the lunge, you know.