30 players showed up for this event and we drafted 4 boosters of Third Edition and 4 boosters of Keepers of Tradition in 3 pods of 10 players each. The 8 booster draft was actually my work annoying the organizers about having a draft without recursion making it harder to build a good deck. I had decided to build a Malkavian before we started and stuck to that plan even if it probably wasn't the best. I could have drafted an Excellent Lasombra deck from the cards I saw during the drafting of the four first boosters. Here is all the cards I drafted:
And here is the deck I built:
When I built the deck I had 9 useful vampires to chose from so it was all good. Too bad only that I only had 32 usable cards in my library. I had to put in 8 junk or corner case cards to reach the limit of 40. As I always do in draft I didn't expect this deck to do anything good at all but I was wrong (and a little lucky) this time.
Round 1
Caroline Hyll (mixed - lots of minions) -> Me -> Isak Bjärmark Esbjörnsson (ventrue/gangrel something) -> Tom ? (Malkavian with Presence) - > Magnus ? (Lasombra something)
I brought out Arthur Denholm and Stavros. My Anarch Revolt did some damage and my deck survived pretty well until midgame where Caroline grew too strong and it was just a matter of time until I should be ousted. Magnus had a hard time with Tom's stealthed bleeds and was the first to go. Isak went low on pool and with two Telepathic Misdirections on hand I saw my chance of ousting him before being ousted by Caroline but instead I had to use one of them for intercept to block a back ousting vote from Isak. Guess what I replaced it with? Yes, Delaying Tactics. Caroline Bled me out, some deal attempts were made but nothing more happened before time limit was exceeded.
Caroline 1.5vp
Tom 1.5vp
Isak 0.5vp
Round 2
Henrik Ericsson (Malkavian featuring Mary Anne Blaire) -> Me -> Joakim ? (Sha-Ennu) -> Torbjörn ? (Lasombra)
This time I got Lord Fianna in play and soon he performed Dive into Madness for a premanent bleed of 2 at 1 stealth. I also got the Anarch Revolt on the table in my first round doing some damage to the whole table. My prey and grandprey played a little too defensive I think, being short on intercept, and I managed to oust them both pretty easily. Henrik bloated like crazy with Mary Anne and it was not until the duel I started blocking him. He had a Muddled Vampire Hunter in play and it was hard trying to keep all my vampires at 4 or more blood all the time. However Fianna and his dived madness was too good not to succeed and I had intercept at hand at just the right times to block Henrik's attempts at removing Dive into Madness.
Me gw 4vp
I got the 8th place and that was more than I hoped for so for once I am happy with my result.
Crypt [25 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 6.56
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2x Ankou, The 10 AUS DEM OBF Malkavian:5
2x Lord Fianna 8 AUS DEM OBF cel pro Malkavian:5
1x Melinda Galbraith 10 AUS CEL DOM POT PRE obt cardinal Lasombra:4
1x Mictlantecuhtli 10 ANI FOR POT THA pre pro Gangrel:5
1x Konrad Fleischer 9 ANI AUS DOM FOR tha !Ventrue:4
1x Ariadne 8 ANI FOR PRO chi Gangrel:5
1x Carlak 8 CEL PRE dom pot prince Brujah:5
1x Conrad Adoula 8 DOM OBT POT ani cel Lasombra:4
1x Stavros 7 AUS OBF PRE dem priscus !Malkavian:4
1x Drusilla Euphemia 6 AUS OBF dem vic !Malkavian:4
1x Frere Marc 6 PRO THA aus for !Gangrel:4
1x Humo 6 ANI POT obf obt !Nosferatu:4
1x Joseph DiGiaccomo 6 PRE aus dom for Ventrue:5
1x Ryszard 6 CEL OBF pre pro bishop !Gangrel:4
1x Tears, The Dark Pi 6 AUS DEM PRE cel !Toreador:4
1x Arthur Denholm 5 AUS DEM obf Malkavian:5
1x Frank Litzpar 5 OBF ani for pot !Nosferatu:4
1x Luc 5 OBF dem vic !Malkavian:4
1x Paul Calderone 4 cel pot pre Brujah:5
1x Portia 4 for pre pro Ventrue:5
1x Andre LeRoux 3 aus Toreador:5
1x Kalila 3 aus obf Malkavian:5
1x Lynn Thompson 3 cel pot Brujah:5
Library [63 cards]
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Action [11]
1x Dark Mirror of the Mind
1x Dive into Madness
2x Kindred Spirits
2x Loki's Gift
1x Political Struggle
1x Revelations
2x Sleep of Reason
1x Total Insanity
Action Modifier [8]
1x Elder Impersonation
1x Faceless Night
1x Mask of a Thousand Faces
1x Perfect Paragon
1x Private Audience
1x Serenading the Kami
1x Telepathic Vote Counting
1x Veil the Legions
Ally [3]
1x Courier
1x Escaped Mental Patient
1x Young Bloods
Combat [12]
1x Acrobatics
1x Blur
1x Chiropteran Marauder
2x Kraken's Kiss
1x Meld with the Land
1x Reality Mirror
1x Rego Motus
1x Resilience
1x Sacrament of Carnage
2x Torrent
Equipment [2]
1x IR Goggles
1x Monocle of Clarity
Event [1]
1x Unmasking, The
Master [12]
1x Anarch Revolt
1x Asylum Hunting Ground
1x Frontal Assault
2x Gangrel Conspiracy
2x Major Boon
2x Rack, The
3x Zillah's Valley
Political Action [5]
1x Dogs of War
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Templar
1x Toreador Justicar
1x Ventrue Justicar
Reaction [8]
1x Delaying Tactics
1x Guard Dogs
1x Legwork
1x Shattered Mirror
2x Telepathic Misdirection
1x Voice of Madness
1x Wrong and Crosswise
Retainer [1]
1x Charnas the Imp
And here is the deck I built:
Deck Name : The Ankou eats the world but is never influenced out
Author : Stefan Karlsson
Crypt [8 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 10 average: 7.375
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2x Ankou, The 10 AUS DEM OBF Malkavian:5
2x Lord Fianna 8 AUS DEM OBF cel pro Malkavian:5
1x Stavros 7 AUS OBF PRE dem priscus !Malkavian:4
1x Drusilla Euphemia 6 AUS OBF dem vic !Malkavian:4
1x Arthur Denholm 5 AUS DEM obf Malkavian:5
1x Luc 5 OBF dem vic !Malkavian:4
Library [40 cards]
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Action [8]
1x Dark Mirror of the Mind
1x Dive into Madness
2x Kindred Spirits
1x Revelations
2x Sleep of Reason
1x Total Insanity
Action Modifier [5]
1x Elder Impersonation
1x Faceless Night
1x Mask of a Thousand Faces
1x Telepathic Vote Counting
1x Veil the Legions
Ally [2]
1x Escaped Mental Patient
1x Young Bloods
Combat [4]
1x Acrobatics
1x Chiropteran Marauder
1x Meld with the Land
1x Reality Mirror
Equipment [2]
1x IR Goggles
1x Monocle of Clarity
Master [10]
1x Anarch Revolt
1x Asylum Hunting Ground
1x Frontal Assault
2x Major Boon
2x Rack, The
3x Zillah's Valley
Political Action [1]
1x Political Stranglehold
Reaction [8]
1x Delaying Tactics
1x Guard Dogs
1x Legwork
1x Shattered Mirror
2x Telepathic Misdirection
1x Voice of Madness
1x Wrong and Crosswise
When I built the deck I had 9 useful vampires to chose from so it was all good. Too bad only that I only had 32 usable cards in my library. I had to put in 8 junk or corner case cards to reach the limit of 40. As I always do in draft I didn't expect this deck to do anything good at all but I was wrong (and a little lucky) this time.
Round 1
Caroline Hyll (mixed - lots of minions) -> Me -> Isak Bjärmark Esbjörnsson (ventrue/gangrel something) -> Tom ? (Malkavian with Presence) - > Magnus ? (Lasombra something)
I brought out Arthur Denholm and Stavros. My Anarch Revolt did some damage and my deck survived pretty well until midgame where Caroline grew too strong and it was just a matter of time until I should be ousted. Magnus had a hard time with Tom's stealthed bleeds and was the first to go. Isak went low on pool and with two Telepathic Misdirections on hand I saw my chance of ousting him before being ousted by Caroline but instead I had to use one of them for intercept to block a back ousting vote from Isak. Guess what I replaced it with? Yes, Delaying Tactics. Caroline Bled me out, some deal attempts were made but nothing more happened before time limit was exceeded.
Caroline 1.5vp
Tom 1.5vp
Isak 0.5vp
Round 2
Henrik Ericsson (Malkavian featuring Mary Anne Blaire) -> Me -> Joakim ? (Sha-Ennu) -> Torbjörn ? (Lasombra)
This time I got Lord Fianna in play and soon he performed Dive into Madness for a premanent bleed of 2 at 1 stealth. I also got the Anarch Revolt on the table in my first round doing some damage to the whole table. My prey and grandprey played a little too defensive I think, being short on intercept, and I managed to oust them both pretty easily. Henrik bloated like crazy with Mary Anne and it was not until the duel I started blocking him. He had a Muddled Vampire Hunter in play and it was hard trying to keep all my vampires at 4 or more blood all the time. However Fianna and his dived madness was too good not to succeed and I had intercept at hand at just the right times to block Henrik's attempts at removing Dive into Madness.
Me gw 4vp
I got the 8th place and that was more than I hoped for so for once I am happy with my result.
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