Liquefy the Mortal Coil: Atlanta
Stone Mountain, Georgia
May 8, 2010
8 players
2R + F, Multi deck
As we only had 8 players show up for what was scheduled as a mini-qualifier,
we played 2R + a final using the multi-deck rules. A number of the attendees
have posted to the newsgroup in the past, so perhaps they will add their
recollections to the thread there.
Round 1, Kaymakli Nightmares shredded two turns of my predators transfers and
only 1 turn of my own, so I had to play it. This meant that it was 4 turns
before Graham Gottesman was my predator. He governed out a younger version
of himself (Mustafa, The Heir) and João Bilé. My prey was playing group 1-2 Ventrue
princes with guest stars Anarch Convert and Victoria Ash. A First Tradition
successfully removed ~24 pool from the table, as everyone always took their turn.
The eventual tournament winner was cross table from me with a Harvest Rites
Hungry Coyote deck. My deck started up slowly because of the Kaymakli and
so I was only able to force an Anarchist Uprising to be my death (also ousting
my prey) for an ending of 3-1 (three for my prey the 1-2 Ventrue and 1 for me).
[If he hadn't played that vote to oust us both, I would have ousted him with the
standing 7+ bleed I had on the table on my next turn.]
Round 2, My prey was celerity guns. I got him down to 5 pool, then my predator
swept the table as he had no predator himself. My grand-prey this game was the
Ventrue 1-2 deck from the first table. He blocked a bleed and the celerity guns
deck used two Psyche! to get around his two Majesty to put Victory Ash in torpor
and then lost two pool to Perpetual Care! My predator was playing Black Hand -
Reunion Kamut - Guarded Rubrics - Tattoo Signal - bleed for 3 at stealth and
swept in 3 turns once he was set up.
Results going into finals:
Player 1 - 2 GW, 8 VP, two different decks
Player 2 - 1 GW, 3 VP, two different decks
Player 3 - 1 GW, 3 VP, same deck both games, lost tie breaker
Player 4 - 1 VP, same deck both games
Player 5 - 1 VP, same deck both games
Finals, As it was officially multi-deck, I swapped out my Samedi Reanimated Corpse
deck for my Enkidu Raptor deck. I was exactly tied for 5th. The third place player
sat as my prey, the second place player sat as his prey, and the first place player
sat as his prey! (All trying to be my grand-predator, as I have exhibited some back
ousting combat with some frequency in the last few months.)
My grand prey in the finals ousted all of the players at the table except himself,
and his votes brought him down far enough to allow my initial predator to oust him
on the turn that he ousted me backwards.
Final result:
My predator 3 vp,
Me 1 vp,
grand prey 1 vp
My predator did end up playing the same deck all three rounds. The player presented
two decks to me in blind boxes to choose from, or the player would have played
something else in the finals.
Scourge of the Enochians did remove 2 vampires from the game and prevented a third
from entering play.
The winner walked away with the print for Liquefy the Mortal Coil and 12 deck
backers of the same art as well as ~10 boosters from various sets. Other
finalists received ~4 boosters. The three players that played Dominion during
the finals also received consolation prizes, either an UltraPack of cards
for Kiasyd from Heirs to the Blood or an UltraPack of Harbingers/Nagaraja
or ~5 Third Edition boosters. (An UltraPack is all of the commons, vampires,
and rares specific to a clan and their disciplines acquired from opening 4 booster
display boxes.)
Here is the deck I constructed in 20 minutes before driving to the tournament
from 4 starters. (Cards that don't appear in the HttB starters used: Poison Pill x2,
Giant's Blood, Kaymakli Nightmares, Perfectionist, Lubomira, Morlock.)
Deck Name : Morlock Rocks
Author : The Lasombra
Description :
The Samedi-Nosferatu starter has a lot of Reanimated Corpses.
I hadn't seen any decks locally made for them, so I felt safe
from contestation bringing this deck. I did review Fletcher Gibson's tournament
winning decks for inspiration. Lubomira is in the deck to provide cheap
Obfuscate for the Cloaks and Veils. (During the tournament, I had
a Hungry Coyote in the deck mistakenly. Perfectionist will replace it.)
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 10 average: 7.08333
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3x Troglodytia 10 AUS FOR NEC THN obf pot Samedi:4
2x Morlock 8 FOR NEC THN obf Samedi:4
2x Baroque 7 NEC THN aus for obf Samedi:5
2x Tangine 7 OBF THN ani nec pot Samedi:4
2x Abebe 4 nec obf thn Samedi:4
1x Lubomira Hradok 3 OBF !Nosferatu:5
Library [90 cards]
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Action [16]
7x Computer Hacking
7x Little Mountain Cemetery
2x Off Kilter
Action Modifier [31]
7x Cloak the Gathering
8x Freak Drive
4x Lost in Crowds
1x Mask of a Thousand Faces
4x Under My Skin
7x Veil the Legions
Ally [12]
12x Reanimated Corpse
Combat [7]
2x Compress
5x Soak
Master [18]
3x Coroner's Contact
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Dummy Corporation
1x Giant's Blood
1x Houngan
1x Kaymakli Nightmares
1x Perfectionist
7x Villein
Reaction [6]
4x On the Qui Vive
2x Poison Pill
Here is the deck I played in the finals:
Deck Name : Enkidu's Raptor Training Camp 2010
Author : The Lasombra
Description :
Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 11 average: 6.66667
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4x Enkidu, The Noah 11 ANI CEL OBF POT PRO for !Gangrel:4
2x Celeste Lamontagne 5 ANI PRO for !Gangrel:4
2x Petra 5 ANI OBF aus Nosferatu:4
2x Beetleman 4 ANI obf Nosferatu:4
1x Effie Lowery 5 ANI SPI obf Ahrimane:4
1x Stick 3 ANI !Nosferatu:4
Library [90 cards]
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Action [6]
2x Constant Revolution // first one blocked by Maris Streck intercept,
second in hand when ousted
1x Jack of Both Sides // discarded, no Raptors in hand when it showed up
2x Muricia's Call
1x Shadow of the Beast // didn't see
Action Modifier [11]
1x Cloak the Gathering
1x Earth Control
1x Enkil Cog // didn't see
5x Forced March
1x Forgotten Labyrinth
2x Lost in Crowds
Combat [37]
13x Earth Meld
5x Pack Alpha
12x Psyche!
4x Pursuit
3x Taste of Vitae
Event [1]
1x Scourge of the Enochians
Master [12]
1x Coven, The // didn't see
1x Fame // didn't see
1x Giant's Blood
2x Guardian Angel
1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany // didn't see
1x House of Sorrow // put in play, never used as the masters I didn't
see and put it in for never showed up
1x Perfectionist
1x Rack, The // didn't see
1x Sudden Reversal // saved for Pentex Subversion, worked
2x Wash // saved for Pentex Subversion, worked
Reaction [10]
2x Cats' Guidance
3x Forced Awakening
2x On the Qui Vive
3x Sense the Savage Way
Retainer [13]
1x Homunculus
12x Raptor