Nosferatu Hosting: Atlanta Stone Mountain, Georgia December 20, 2008 13 players 2R + F There were four players from out-of-town. Thank you for making the trip! Three from Greenville, SC and one from Charleston, SC. This deck took 1.5 vps in the first round, swept up 5 vps in the second round, (to be top seed) and squeaked in 3 vps in the finals for the tournament win. Robyn Tatu's deck almost outraced it to three vps, as she did get two and almost ousted David before I was able to oust her. Significant plays by my predator in the finals that almost resulted in my loss: 1) Direct Intervention on an Enkil Cog. 2) Sudden Reversal on a Weeping Stone. 3) Direct Intervention on a Tattoo Signal. Deck Name : Nocturns turn the Cog Author : The Lasombra Description : Appius Claudius Corvus loves to reveal his Enkil Cog to the world. There are plenty of Nocturns to ensure that some bleeds of one get thru before the lunge. Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 10 average: 7.75 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3x Appius Claudius Corvus 10 DOM OBT POT cel nec Lasombra:5 3x Saul Meira 8 CHI DOM OBT POT Lasombra:5 2x Ermenegildo, The Rake 5 DOM OBT pot Lasombra:4 1x Anton de Concepcion 9 ANI DOM OBT POT aus Lasombra:4 archbishop 1x Conrad Adoula 8 DOM OBT POT ani cel Lasombra:4 1x Lord Vauxhall 7 DOM OBT POT THA Lasombra:4 1x Andrew Emory 5 OBT aus dom pot Lasombra:4 bishop Library [90 cards] ------------------------------------------------------------ Action [14] 2x Abbot 1x Black Hand Emissary 1x Emergency Powers 8x Govern the Unaligned 2x Tattoo Signal Action Modifier [12] 1x Empowering the Puppet King 3x Enkil Cog 5x Shadow Play 3x Shroud of Absence Ally [10] 10x Nocturn Combat [16] 6x Arms of the Abyss 6x Entombment 4x Shadow Body Master [16] 1x Charisma 1x Giant's Blood 1x House of Sorrow 1x Hungry Coyote, The 2x Information Highway 3x Minion Tap 3x Path of Night, The 1x Political Hunting Ground 1x Watchtower: Four Ride Forth 2x Weeping Stone Reaction [22] 8x Deflection 2x Delaying Tactics 2x Forced Awakening 4x Ministry 6x On the Qui Vive Other decks in the finals: mid-cap Lasombra (2 vps before finals, 2 vps in finals) preying on new Brujah new Carthage Carthage Remembered (1 GW 5.5 vps) preying on Tzimisce anarch War Ghoul Underbridge Stray (1 GW 3 vps) preying on Rebecca Jost Entracement (3 vps) preying on Lasombra Enkil Cog (1 GW 6.5 vps, 3 vps in finals) Other decks played at the event: Merged Sela Death Of My Conscience Rush Mid-cap dementation weenie camera phone flash grenade (2 vps) True Brujah and friends, Gambit Accepted returned the VP he gained No Secrets from Ugadja and Uchenna Abombwe wall Imbued of some flavor Cry Wolf's Khazar Diary and two others that I either never saw or completely forgot. Originally there were three more Empowering the Puppet Kings for the Nocturns. They were swapped out for the Enkil Cogs. An Information Highway was swapped out for the House of Sorrows. The deck as it exists now could certainly have made very good use of a Foreshadowing Destruction or three. Bleeding on your prey's turn before they can transfer off gave the deck two vps in the second round, definitely a very powerful effect. I would frequently take three actions with Black Hand vampires and have three untapped Black Hand vampires at the end of the turn. (Saul + Tattoo Signal + Watchtower: Four Ride Fourth) It was definitely a day for being very careful. Taking the right actions to ensure that all of the Black Hand toys got the Black Hand vampires untapped at the end of every turn was critical. The No Secrets from Uchenna/Ugadja was one of the decks I feared most. Unfoturnately it was my prey the first game. Saul Meira burned to entomb Ugadja who had No Secrets / Raven Spy / Elephant Guardian / Guardian Angel. Saul had earlier entombed Uchenna and gone to torpor for it. Ermenegildo diablerized Uchenna with the blessing of the Brujah voters, when the Brujah voters were down to about 4 pool with Reginald in torpor and Dragonbound in play. Dragonbound came into play around turn 3. The weenie camera phone backstep concealed flash grenade would also have done me in quite well had it happened to ever be my predator. I would have had no concern if it had been my prey. The Cry Wolf Khazar's Diary deck is very scary if given time to set up. Fortunately I didn't sit at a table with it on that day, because I also need some time to set up.