The second tournament of the weekend takes place in the Dominate-Mecca of Sweden – Örebro. Why not give the locals a treatment of their own trade and play a Dominate-heavy deck?
The following deck is an old favourite of mine that has had many incarnations and now makes use of the brand new Lilith’s Blessing for blood gain and extra discipline-cards:
The following deck is an old favourite of mine that has had many incarnations and now makes use of the brand new Lilith’s Blessing for blood gain and extra discipline-cards:
Deck Name : Bahari Blockheads
Author : Stefan KarlssonCrypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 7 average: 3.25
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4x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle:3
1x Bryan Van Duesen 7 DOM THA aus pre !Tremere:2
1x Reverend Blackwood 6 DOM THA obf bishop !Tremere:2
1x Selena 6 AUS DOM THA !Tremere:3
1x Kurt Strauss 5 DOM aus tha !Tremere:2
1x Brooke 3 dom tha !Tremere:2
1x Ember Wright 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Saiz 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Heinrick Schlempt 2 tha !Tremere:2Library [66 cards]
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Action [16]
7x Create Gargoyle
7x Govern the Unaligned
2x Scouting MissionAction Modifier [16]
4x As the Crow
3x Bonding
4x Conditioning
3x Mirror Walk
2x Skin of the ChameleonCombat [8]
6x Raking Talons
2x RollMaster [17]
1x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Coven, The
7x Dominate
3x Lilith’s Blessing
1x Misdirection
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Villein
1x WashReaction [9]
6x Deflection
1x Delaying Tactics
2x On the Qui Vive
This is a bleed deck with some stealth and some combat. The real strength lies in that you can recruit a Gargoyle as an action that costs 2 pool, give it a Dominate skill-card and no blood, wait for your untap phase, tap Lilith’s Blessing, give it a second Dominate skill-card and 3 blood. 66 cards might seem low but this deck actually isn’t card consuming at all. 60 would probably have been enough.
There are several decks that are able to cause me problems, the ANI/PRO-deck I will play in Karlstad the day before this tournament is one example. Block decks in general is my greatest concern. If I get blocked a lot I have to be patient and focus on making the Create Gargoyle actions happen somehow. I also don’t want to appear a big table threat witch is quite hard not to if this deck works smoothly. The rate you bring out vampires with Dominate is really really high if you are not disturbed too much. Some table-talk and deal-making skills will come in handy. The great amount of pool damage this deck can do is it’s strength and should be enough to reach the finals and with a seating not next to any block decks I should be able to have momentum enough to win.
Let’s take a look at the different parts of the deck:
There are several decks that are able to cause me problems, the ANI/PRO-deck I will play in Karlstad the day before this tournament is one example. Block decks in general is my greatest concern. If I get blocked a lot I have to be patient and focus on making the Create Gargoyle actions happen somehow. I also don’t want to appear a big table threat witch is quite hard not to if this deck works smoothly. The rate you bring out vampires with Dominate is really really high if you are not disturbed too much. Some table-talk and deal-making skills will come in handy. The great amount of pool damage this deck can do is it’s strength and should be enough to reach the finals and with a seating not next to any block decks I should be able to have momentum enough to win.
Let’s take a look at the different parts of the deck:
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 7 average: 3.25
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4x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle:3
1x Bryan Van Duesen 7 DOM THA aus pre !Tremere:2
1x Reverend Blackwood 6 DOM THA obf bishop !Tremere:2
1x Selena 6 AUS DOM THA !Tremere:3
1x Kurt Strauss 5 DOM aus tha !Tremere:2
1x Brooke 3 dom tha !Tremere:2
1x Ember Wright 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Saiz 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Heinrick Schlempt 2 tha !Tremere:2
The Tupdogs are great, both for crypt acceleration and rushing softer targets with Raking Talons. With the right openining crypt you can even trick the table that you are playing the Tupdog-deck and hopefully keep them from bringing out any minions at all. The reason for going with group 2-3 instead of 3-4 is because it is actually at least as good and contesting risk is reduced a fair bit. I expect half of the decks at this tournament to include Keith Moody for example.
Action [16]
7x Create Gargoyle
7x Govern the Unaligned
2x Scouting Mission
The main reason for not going all Govern the Unaligned is the potential surprise in a Gargoyle playing As the Crow between a Govern and a Scouting Mission.
Action Modifier [16]
4x As the Crow
3x Bonding
4x Conditioning
3x Mirror Walk
2x Skin of the Chameleon
Some minor stealth both for the !Tremere and the Gargoyles is working very well.
Combat [8]
6x Raking Talons
2x Roll
Mostly a threat but it’s always níce to get rid of some minions and wasting your opponents actions on rescuing and hunting. Roll is a great card here that works both as combat defence and offence.
Master [17]
1x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Coven, The
7x Dominate
3x Lilith’s Blessing
1x Misdirection
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Villein
1x Wash
This deck had plenty more blood gain masters before Lilith’s Blessing. Maybe I should have included one more copy of the Blessing but it is not a catastrophe if I don’t draw it early. 7 Dominate cards should be enough and hopefully not too many. Villein is also an addition that works good with the Blessing.
Reaction [9]
6x Deflection
1x Delaying Tactics
2x On the Qui Vive
Pretty standard and should save me from the meanest actions.
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