Rob Treasure's Unofficial Deck Archive

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United Kingdom National Cup
Watford, UK
August 23, 2003
28 players

Tournament Winning Deck by Rob Treasure

Deck Name: The Master's Voice (AKA The Turd returns). 

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 32, Max: 44, Avg: 9.67)
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4 Anson aus CEL dom PRE 8, Toreador, Prince
4 Anneke AUS CEL dom PRE 10, Toreador, Justicar
4 Alexandra ANI AUS CEL dom PRE 11, Toreador, Inner Circle

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (51 cards)

9 Anarch Revolt
1 Art Museum
1 Barrens, The
2 Dominate
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elysium: The Arboretum
1 Giant's Blood
4 Golconda: Inner Peace
4 Information Highway
2 Life Boon
1 Millicent Smith, Puritan Vampire Hunter
7 Minion Tap
4 Parthenon, The
3 Protected Resources
2 Secure Haven
1 Temptation of Greater Power
6 Toreador Grand Ball

Political Action (10 cards)

1 Ancient Influence
1 Ancilla Empowerment
3 Dramatic Upheaval
2 Parity Shift
1 Political Stranglehold
1 Protect Thine Own
1 Reigns of Power

Reaction (29 cards)

5 Deflection
15 Obedience
9 Second Tradition: Domain, The

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Powerbase: Watford, July 
2003-07-29
Watford, UK
21 players

Deck Name: 'Yojimbo' 
Created by: Rob Treasure

Description: Get out a couple of minis and Karsh then go to town. Hit
predator hard if needed then watch the table carefully and pick your
targets, use your rushes wisely and get a cannon as soon as possible
to give you options and to conserve combat cards if you need to. Save
Beast Meld to get a Rifle or to guarantee downing a primary target if
you already have one.

Deck gets trucking on only 12-13 expenditure and really kicks-off
after you have a piece. Use Karsh's in-built rush to cycle into
essential cards and don't worry too much about losing the one point
buddies. Bleeding the Vine won me a round and Secure Haven the final,
they are essential tech. Bleeding the Vine is an amazingly powerful
card.

I think in hindsight I might try and find room for one more rush and
one more Freak, deck is tight though. Built first to take down other
combat decks, it seems to handle tourneys quite nicely as well. I had
a great time torporing waves of minions with it. Karsh is a madman.
That is all.

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 4, Max: 40, Avg: 4.08)
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4 Karsh ANI FOR POT PRO CEL 10, Gangrel 
1 Sadie pro 2, Gangrel Antitribu 
2 Sandra White - 1, Caitiff 
1 March Halcyon for 1, Pander 
1 Nedal, the Careless cel nec 1, Caitif 
1 Huang pro 1, Pander 
1 Franciscus aus 1, Caitiff 
1 Antoinette DuChamp cel pre 1, Caitiff 

Library: (90 cards) 
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Master (12 cards) 
2 Blood Doll 
1 Bleeding the Vine 
1 Depravity 
1 Direct Intervention 
1 Fame 
1 Giant's Blood 
2 Haven Uncovered 
2 Minion Tap 
1 Secure Haven 

Action (11 cards)
3 Ambush 
4 Bum's Rush 
2 Harass 
1 Masochism 
1 Ritual Challenge 

Action Modifier (16 cards) 
4 Beast Meld 
12 Freak Drive 

Combat (45 cards) 
4 Carrion Crows 
6 Claws of the Dead 
5 Flesh of Marble 
3 Immortal Grapple 
9 Psyche! 
6 Pursuit 
5 Rolling with the Punches 
7 Taste of Vitae 

Equipment (6 cards) 
6 Assault Rifle 

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Powerbase: Watford
Watford, UK
May 31, 2003
16 players

Deck Name:   Brick in a sock
Created by:  Rob Treasure
  
Description: Ummmm... pretty obvious bleed or rush with lots of Pot
minions. Use Computer Hacks to force blocks or bleed for steady twos.
Bring back diab'ed minions with Hand of Conrad. Use Tributes as soon
as you get them, don't be afraid to Tribute to empty cos most of
minions can use Hungry Coyote when you get it to fill back up. Change
of Targets draw out wakes etc and make the deck a tiny bit faster and
much more annoying by adding to the total number of actions possible.
Ivory Bow is in mainly to contest because its about the most common
'worst single thing' you can come across and is pretty useful on its
own. Two non-pot Sabbat weenies are there to make up numbers, would do
without and go down to twelve but have run out of crypt a few times
which is no fun.

Also was a bit of an experiment on a few different levels. Has put my
mind to rest that a weenie pot Sabbat Embrace is indeed missed deck
opportunity #23 **sigh**

Wanted to try a version with a lot of solid masters and it worked
pretty well - what you lose in cycling you more than make up for in
pool gain so that works for me. A lot of the masters (18 assuming a
minion is out) are playable 'out of the box' so you don't often have
them sat in your hand... which is nice.

A goodly amount of pool gen for a Pot deck and two AI's coupled with
numbers backrushTM makes for a pretty resilient Pot horde that keeps
on coming.
  
Anyway enough crap here is 'Brick in a sock'

Crypt: (14 cards, Min: 8, Max: 15, Avg: 2.79)
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1  Agatha        obf POT      4,  Nosferatu Antitribu
2  Jimmy Dunn    POT CEL for  4,  Pander
1  Tommy         ani pot      3,  Nosferatu Antitribu
1  Tom           for pot san  3,  Blood Brother
1  Jacob Bragg   cel pot      3,  Brujah Antitribu
1  Erinyi        pot vis      3,  Gargoyle
1  Cameron       dom pot      3,  Lasombra
1  Paul DiCarlo  pot          2,  Giovanni
1  Mitchell      obt pot      2,  Pander
1  Lupo          pot          2,  Brujah
1  KoKo          pot          2,  Nosferatu
1  Carter        cel          2,  Toreador Antitribu
1  Horatio       vis          2,  Tzimisce 

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (20 cards)
2  Archon Investigation
2  Effective Management
1  Fame
1  Humanitas
2  Hungry Coyote, The
1  Information Highway
1  Parthenon, The
4  Potence
6  Tribute to the Master

Action (16 cards)
9  Bum's Rush
7  Computer Hacking

Action Modifier (4 cards)
4  Change of Target

Reaction (2 cards)
2  Delaying Tactics

Combat (43 cards)
4  Disarm
7  Fake Out
9  Immortal Grapple
4  Pushing the Limit
3  Thrown Sewer Lid
9  Torn Signpost
7  Undead Strength

Ally (1 cards)
1  Gregory Winter

Equipment (4 cards)
1  Hand of Conrad
1  Ivory Bow
2  Leather Jacket

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Deck Name: Small talk = big hurt
Created by: Rob Treasure

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 10, Max: 23, Avg: 4.33)
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2 Rake aus cel pot PRE 6, Brujah, Prince
2 Volker CEL pot 5, Brujah, Prince
1 Vasilis pre 2, Brujah
1 Uma Hatch cel pre 3, Brujah
1 Dre cel pot 3, Brujah
1 Brachah for CEL PRE 5, Brujah
1 Black Cat CEL pot pre 5, Brujah
1 Angel cel 2, Brujah
1 Yuri cel pot pre 4, Brujah
1 Bianca CEL pot pre 6, Brujah

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
1 Blood Doll
7 Brujah Debate
3 Celerity
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Fame
1 Parthenon, The
1 Rack, The
1 Sudden Reversal
2 Tribute to the Master

Action (10 cards)
5 Bum's Rush
3 Embrace, The
2 Third Tradition: Progeny, The

Political Action (20 cards)
3 Brujah Justicar
5 Consanguineous Boon
1 Dramatic Upheaval
5 Kine Resources Contested
1 Parity Shift
1 Praxis Seizure: Amsterdam
1 Praxis Seizure: Athens
1 Praxis Seizure: Atlanta
1 Praxis Seizure: Rome
1 Rumors of Gehenna

Reaction (10 cards)
8 Second Tradition: Domain, The
2 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (32 cards)
6 Blur
2 Disarm
6 Psyche!
5 Pursuit
6 Sideslip
2 Stutter-Step
5 Taste of Vitae

Was pretty pleased with the deck's performance on the day apart from the
stalling in the final. In hindsight I would put one more Debate and
another 2nd Trad or two. No idea what to take out though... maybe a
Praxis I think. I upped the amount of rush in the deck and put in a
shade more blood gain which was a good move but I have an ongoing debate
:o) about the right amount of 2nd trads - Nine I reckon is good. I could
have used at least one or two more in the final and could very probably
use the extra in most games. You can get up to scary levels of hand
damage and a mass of range with a few Debates on the deck.

Probably should have either the Ivory Bow or a Starshell Launcher in as
well.

IMO a proven, solid all-rounder.

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Crusade: London, UK
February 1st, 2002
15 players

Winning deck by Rob Treasure

Deck Name: Lasombra evil shit.

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 11, Max: 29, Avg: 5.00)
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2 Gratiano DOM obf OBT pot 8, Lasombra, Priscus
1 Tobias Smith DOM OBT pot PRE 7, Lasombra
1 Talley aus dom OBT POT 6, Lasombra
1 Aurora Van Brandedom for OBT pot 6, Lasombra
2 Guido Lucciano dom obf OBT 5, Lasombra
1 Ramiro dom obt vic 4, Lasombra
1 Ignacio dom obt pot 4, Lasombra
1 Cameron dom pot 3, Lasombra
1 Mitchell obt pot 2, Pander
1 Aaron Duggan obt 2, Lasombra

Library: (83 cards)
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Master (15 cards)
2 Dominate
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elysian Fields
1 Humanitas
1 Hungry Coyote, The
2 Obtenebration
1 Path of Night, The
4 Power Structure
1 Sudden Reversal
1 Tribute to the Master

Action (13 cards)
2 Creation Rites
5 Embrace, The
3 Govern the Unaligned
1 Psychic Veil
2 Scouting Mission

Action Modifier (23 cards)
2 Conditioning
4 Cryptic Rider
3 Foreshadowing Destruction
5 Shadow Play
3 Shroud of Absence
6 Shroud of Night

Political Action (13 cards)
1 Cardinal Benediction
6 Consanguineous Boon
1 Conservative Agitation
1 Crusade: Pittsburgh
2 Dramatic Upheaval
2 Kine Resources Contested

Reaction (10 cards)
5 Deflection
5 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (9 cards)
3 Entombment
6 Shadow Body

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The BITCH is back.

Notes: Blatant abuse of Archon multi-rush.

- Get Tyler out
- Get Rowan Ring one way or another
- Make her an Archon
- Go to work

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 13, Max: 36, Avg: 6.00)
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1 Antoinette DuChamp (Caitiff 1, cel pre)
1 Brachah (Brujah 5, CEL for PRE)
1 Ira Rivers (Toreador 7, ani AUS CEL pre, Prince)
1 Jimmy Dunn (Pander 4, CEL for POT)
1 Mazz (Brujah 3, cel pre)
1 Pug Jackson (Brujah 6, CEL for POT pre, Primogen)
4 Tyler (Brujah 9, CEL dom for obt POT PRE, Primogen)
2 Volker (Brujah 5, CEL pot, Prince)

Library: (91 cards) - take out a card of your choice fair reader :o)
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Master (14 cards)
1 Creepshow Casino
1 Depravity
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elysium: The Palace of Versailles
2 Fortitude
1 Giant's Blood
4 Minion Tap
3 Vast Wealth

Action Modifier (12 cards)
2 Awe
1 Bewitching Oration
2 Closed Session
7 Freak Drive

Political Action (10 cards)
5 Archon
3 Brujah Justicar
1 Praxis Seizure: Amsterdam
1 Praxis Seizure: Rome

Reaction (7 cards)
7 Second Tradition: Domain, The

Combat (44 cards)
5 Acrobatics
8 Amaranth
3 Disarm
2 Hidden Strength
9 Psyche!
7 Pursuit
6 Sideslip
4 Skin of Steel

Equipment (4 cards)
1 .44 Magnum
1 Ivory Bow
2 Rowan Ring

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DECK: Boirds and guns: 
Rob Treasure's Blaise Deck

Here, thanks to Rob, is a startlingly-effective intercept combat deck
based on a very useful !gangrel girly. There seems to be a lot of
intercept-combat around these days, i saw several such decks at
Zopfcon and even played one myself. i like the ani/cel background for
the guns here, and think this might be the best way to use the new
concealed weapon. Except where noted, all comments are the author's
[ie Rob Treasure].

Deck Name: Boirds and guns 
Description: Uses Blaise, so I guess qualifies as a !Gangrel deck. A
bit of a different wall / wear down deck, making use of CEL which I
don't seem to be able to make up a deck without lately. Crypt should 
be 12, think I have tried versions with no Parmenides and no Jim. What 
do you reckon ?? [editor's note: maybe lose 1 Sarah Brando?] The deck 
has also had 5 Blood Dolls instead of a Heidelberg and I have been 
requested by a few people to try it with Raptors instead of Ravens :o) 
Not sure they can wear the cost though. I think 3 is just the right 
amount of Jacks.  Just enough to start some sh*t and win the end game 
for you but not too many, eating slots and popping up at rubbish times. 
Can't recall what I ditched to get down to 90 ???? [editor's note - 
maybe one Forced, one pursuit? But i can see it is tight!] Army of Rats 
focus the Jack damage on your prey so they are well worth the 2 slots.  
Tried to slot in Dreams and Powerbase Montreal but there is just no room 
at the Inn.
 
Enjoy playing it very much, has enough poke to take down a lot of
combat decks [Editor's note: Rob's opponents when he played this 
first/most recently were Barney Baker, Martin Cubberley, Jon Cooper 
and Matt Green - pretty much the toughest competition you can get 
in the UK].  Terror Frenzy is a wondrous card. Minor for anti weapon 
and no back to close range and superior for card intensive combat 
decks. You CAN play Cats after a Psyche (despite popular belief) 
so the Cats really are essential to the deck, once you get a couple 
of Intercept retainers the Cats become wakes. 


Crypt: (13 cards, Min: 14, Max: 30, Avg: 5.54) 
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3 Blaise ANI CEL obf vic 7, Gangrel Antitribu 
2 Anton ANI AUS cel obf vic 8, Tzimisce 
1 Nettie Hale ani cel pre pro spi 5, Ahrimanes 
2 Sarah Brando CEL 3, Brujah Antitribu 
1 Parmenides CEL qui 4, Assamite 
1 Jimmy Dunn CEL for POT 4, Pander 
1 Volker CEL pot 5, Brujah, Prince 
1 Ira Rivers ani AUS CEL pre 7, Toreador, Prince 
1 Victor Tolliver CEL pot 4, Brujah Antitribu 

Library: (92 cards) 
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Master (13 cards) 
3 Animalism 
4 Blood Doll 
1 Guardian Angel 
1 Heidelberg Castle, Germany 
1 Rack, The 
3 Smiling Jack, The Anarch 

Action (2 cards) 
2 Army of Rats 

Reaction (18 cards) 
8 Cats' Guidance 
10 Forced Awakening 

Combat (47 cards) 
5 Blur 
5 Carrion Crows 
6 Concealed Weapon 
8 Psyche! 
7 Pursuit 
6 Sideslip 
5 Taste of Vitae 
5 Terror Frenzy 

Retainer (6 cards) 
1 Mr. Winthrop 
5 Raven Spy 

Equipment (6 cards) 
6 .44 Magnum

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Powerbase: Watford
April 28, 2002
Watford, UK
26 players
Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name: The Turd
Created By: Rob Treasure

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 32, Max: 44, Avg: 9.67)
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4 Anneke AUS CEL dom PRE 10, Toreador, Justicar
3 Leandro AUS cel dom OBF PRE 11, Malkavian, Inner Circle
1 Arika aus cel DOM FOR OBF PRE 11, Ventrue, Inner Circle
4 Anson aus CEL dom PRE 8, Toreador, Prince

Library: (86 cards)
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Master (26 cards)
6 Anarch Revolt
1 Elysium: The Arboretum
1 Giant's Blood
3 Information Highway
1 Life Boon
5 Minion Tap
2 Obfuscate
1 Parthenon, The
1 Secure Haven
2 Sudden Reversal
3 Temptation of Greater Power

Action (3 cards)
3 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The

Action Modifier (8 cards)
4 Cloak the Gathering
2 Lost in Crowds
2 Voter Captivation

Political Action (13 cards)
1 Ancient Influence
1 Ancilla Empowerment
4 Dramatic Upheaval
3 Parity Shift
1 Political Stranglehold
2 Protect Thine Own
1 Meddling of Semsith

Reaction (30 cards)
2 Forced Awakening
2 My Enemy's Enemy
13 Obedience
11 Second Tradition: Domain, The
2 Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (6 cards)
6 Majesty

A real abomination of a deck, constructed initially taking advantage 
of Anneke's brilliant special to control the table but evolving into 
something much nastier. Interestingly I only had to use her special 
twice on the day and both of those times were in the final and saved 
VP's from dropping to someone else (not an acceptable situation :o). 
A evil VP sniper of a deck that puts the table under constant 
pressure and drops atom bombs with alarming regularity. The sleazy 
2nd trad / Obedience (hmmm I do like the picture on Sabbat 
Obedience :o))) / Majesty combo allows you to stay untapped and 
block loads of actions. In the second round I was under serious
pressure from Matt Stockton's weenie Pre deck and was pleased with the
constant ability to block 5/6/7 weenies a turn whilst laying down the 
master phase bombs.

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Deck name: "The smell of victory"

Crypt: (15 cards)

1 Aleph (Malkavian, 4, AU do)
1 Courtland Leighton (Ventrue, 4, do fo pr)
1 Francesca Giovanni (Giovanni, 4, do ne po)
1 Ignacio, The Black Priest (Lasombra, 4, do ot po)
1 Ignatius (Tremere, 4, au do th)
1 Laurent de Valois (Nosferatu, 4, an do ob)
1 Ohanna (Malkavian, 2, do)
1 Ramiro (Lasombra, 4, do ot vi)
1 Roland Bishop (Malkavian, 4, au do ob)
1 Royce (Pander, 1, do)
1 Sarah Cobbler (Tremere, 4, do TH)
1 Shane Grimald (Gangrel Antitribu, 4, an do po)
1 Thelonius (Tremere Antitribu, 4, au do th)
1 Violette Prentiss (Ventrue, 4, do PR)
1 Peter Blaine (!Ventrue, 4, do fo au)


Library: 82 cards (22 masters)

8 Bonding
1 Catacombs
10 Change of Target
2 Conditioning
8 Deflection
9 Dominate
4 Embrace, The
8 Fake Out
1 Foreshadowing Destruction
12 Govern the Unaligned
1 Humanitas
4 Information Highway
2 Parthenon, The
2 Sudden Reversal
4 Tribute to the Master
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness 

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A bastard relation of the Ventrue / Gangrel deck that I posted in the Jan
2001 newsletter, but it works a lot better. Instead of forcing Protean, it
uses the disciplines already available and a lot of Daring the Dawns. Nice
angle with the Cull the Herds taking out any allies which stop the Daring
the Dawn *and* allow you a peek at your prey's hand.

It is a version of the powerful Ventrue toolbox deck with a nasty
unblockable aspect. Interestingly, it was my number 2 choice for Gencon
2001. Martin Cubberley needed a deck on the day so I foolishly leant it to
him :o) nearly did me in.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 8, Max: 36, Avg: 5.75]

1 Arika (Ventrue, 11, au ce DO FO OB PR, IC)
1 Emerson Bridges (Ventrue, 8, DO FO po PR, Prince)
1 Heather Florent (Ventrue, 6, do FO PR)
1 March Halcyon (Pander, 1, fo)
1 Queen Anne (Ventrue, 10, au DO FO PR ob, Prince)
1 Ranjan Rishi (Ventrue, 5, DO fo PR)
1 Roland Loussarian (Ventrue, 3, fo pr)
2 Rufina Soledad (Ventrue, 2, fo)
2 Sir Walter Nash (Ventrue, 7, DO FO PR, Prince)
1 Timothy Crowley (Ventrue, 7, an do FO PR, Prince)

I think the version that I leant Martin had Jan Pieterzoon in replacing
Heather ? Can't remember.

Library: 90 cards (14 masters)

1 Banishment
4 Bewitching Oration
2 Catacombs
2 Conditioning
1 Conservative Agitation
1 Creepshow Casino
2 Cull the Herd
10 Daring the Dawn
4 Deflection
1 Direct Intervention
1 Dramatic Upheaval
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
4 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
4 Force of Will
1 Foreshadowing Destruction
3 Freak Drive
1 Giant's Blood
2 Govern the Unaligned
2 Hidden Strength
2 Hostile Takeover
2 Humanitas
4 Kine Resources Contested
2 Kiss of Ra, The
6 Majesty
4 Minion Tap
2 Parity Shift
2 Resilience
1 Restoration
6 Second Tradition: Domain
6 Skin of Steel
1 Sudden Reversal
2 Superior Mettle
1 Ventrue Headquarters
1 Ventrue Justicar
2 Wake with Evening's Freshness

I have fully bought into the school of thought lately of building decks that
are the right size for the game but this one is HARD to keep below 90.

As always the main problem is getting the balance of cards right for
efficient flow and the required number of actions, mods., combat etc. I am
always tempted to put more Kiss of Ra in the deck, one version had 4 in and
seemed to work pretty damn well. Being 'Ra snogged' by a vampire rescuing
itself from torpor is no fun at all. 

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Another variation on the Weenie Ventrue theme. This one is very
destabilising and works on speeding the game up and changing places with
Dramatic Upheaval to soak up as many VP's as you can lay your filthy mitts
on.

Deck name: Weenie Ventrue / Anarch Revolt

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 7, Max: 21, Avg: 3.42]

1 Antoinette DuChamp (Caitiff, 1, ce pr)
1 Courtland Leighton (Ventrue, 4, do fo pr)
1 Gideon Fontaine (Ventrue, 3, PR)
1 Igo the Hungry (Caitiff, 1, pr pt)
1 Itzahk Levine (Ventrue, 3, ce pr)
1 Jazz Wentworth (Ventrue, 5, do fo PR)
1 Ranjan Rishi (Ventrue, 5, DO fo PR)
2 Roland Loussarian (Ventrue, 3, fo pr)
1 Rufina Soledad (Ventrue, 2, fo)
1 Sir Walter Nash (Ventrue, 7, DO FO PR, Prince)
1 Violette Prentiss (Ventrue, 4, do PR)

Library: 85 cards
(19 master cards)

7 Anarch Revolt
1 Antediluvian Awakening
2 Awe
4 Bewitching Oration
2 Business Pressure
2 Change of Target
2 Closed Session
6 Consanguineous Boon
1 Conservative Agitation
2 Cryptic Rider
3 Deflection
1 Direct Intervention
4 Dramatic Upheaval
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elysium: The Arboretum
2 Hostile Takeover
1 Humanitas
2 Information Highway
4 Kine Resources Contested
2 Legal Manipulations
8 Majesty
1 Parity Shift
8 Praxis Seizure: Assorted
3 Rumors of Gehenna
4 Skin of Steel
1 Sudden Reversal
1 Tribute to the Master
1 Ventrue Headquarters
2 Ventrue Justicar
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Pretty standard weenie deck construction with a nasty Dramatic Upheaval /
Anarch Revolt element. I have just taken out 2 Life Boons, not sure if they
are worth while in the deck ? Might go for a Succubus Club and a Parthenon
instead ? The Club can do pretty much the same thing and the Parthenon would
be useful if the Rumours couldn't be pushed through.

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GenCon UK September 2001
Winning Deck by Rob Treasure

It’s a reworked version of the old classic, built to handle most 
threats but a field of pure focus would not be the best. Other than 
my various Ventrue creations and the retired LoP. deck it is probably 
the one that I have spent most time over the years tweaking and analysing. 
Interestingly it is also the deck that I have scored the least VP’s (1) 
with in a tourney with ? Metagames hey !!  
 
It tackles most common ‘tourney standard’ decks very well and slugs it 
out with all but pure Gangrel Potence and Tzimisce Scorpion Sting/Blood 
of Acid. Got to be wary of Kiss of Ra and Hostile Takeover, they are 
really the only two things that really worry it consistently.
 
Deck name:   EuroBrujah 2001
 
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 16, Max: 32, Avg: 6.00]
 
1  Anvil            	(Brujah, 6, CE do PO pr th, Prim)
1  Damaskenos,         	(Malkavian, 6, au ce DO po) 
2  Constanza Vinti   	(Brujah, 8, CE DO PO, Prince)
2  Donal O'Connor    	(Brujah, 8, CE DO PO, Prince)
1  Dre,              	(Brujah, 3, ce po)
1  Theo Bell        	(Brujah, 7, PO ce pr do)
1  Chas Giovanni    	(Giovanni, 4, DO PO)
1  Jimmy Dunn       	(Pander, 4, CE fo PO)
2  Volker            	(Brujah, 5, CE po, Prince)
 
Library: 90 cards (13 Masters)
 
1  Archon
4  Blood Doll
5  Blur
1  Brujah Justicar
4  Bum's Rush
1  Burning Wrath
1  Carthage Remembered
2  Conditioning
1  Conservative Agitation
5  Deflection
1  Depravity
1  Direct Intervention
3  Disarm
1  Dominate
2  Dramatic Upheaval
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
1  Fame
5  Flash
1  Foreshadowing Destruction
4  Govern the Unaligned
1  Guardian Angel
6  Immortal Grapple
1  Ivory Bow
1  Parity Shift
6  Pursuit
1  Pushing the Limit
1  Rack, The
7  Second Tradition: Domain
8  Sideslip
1  Sudden Reversal
4  Taste of Vitae
7  Torn Signpost
2  Wake with Evening's Freshness
 
I did have another Sudden Reversal and 2 Leathers in up to a few minutes 
before the tourney but traded them out for the Guardian Angel, 
another Disarm and a 7th Second Tradition.
 
The Guardian Angel was amazingly useful and came out in most of the rounds, 
the 7th Second was exactly the right amount on the day. Very happy with the 
decks performance, it had enough whack to take out Beast and friends in a 
pure combat deck and was ‘focussed’ enough to apply consistent pressure on 
my prey all the time.

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Deck name: Arika cycle mud.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 44, Max: 44, Avg: 11.00]
12 Arika (Ventrue, 11, au ce DO FO OB PR, Inner Circle)

Library: 90 cards (18 masters)

1 Golconda - Inner Peace
6 Conditioning
9 Daring the Dawn
6 Deflection
6 Force of Will
4 Govern the Unaligned
4 Hidden Strength
4 Kiss of Ra, The
4 Lost in Crowds
4 Magic of the Smith
6 Majesty
5 Minion Tap
2 Parthenon, The
2 Redeem the Lost Soul
1 Rumors of Gehenna
4 Skin of Steel
4 Soul Gem of Etrius
4 Superior Mettle
10 Thaumaturgy

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Deck name: Ventrue commons

Deck thrown together to prove that you can make a decent Ventrue deck 
from commons / uncommons. I was outraged at the thread a while back that
suggested that you couldn't do it !! A fair bit of 'toolbox' in there 
to defend and attack a lot of different threats.

I know a few people that play regular booster drafts and conduct experiments 
with 10, 20, 30 boosters and various clans. I do think you can make a half 
decent deck from most of the original VTES clans. The real idea is to make 
something you are comfortable playing and to work in rare / better cards 
when you get or TRADE, TRADE, TRADE for them. Did I mention trading ??

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 9, Max: 31, Avg: 5.08]

1 Courtland Leighton (Ventrue, 4, do fo pr)
1 Emerson Bridges (Ventrue, 8, DO FO po PR, Prin)
1 Gideon Fontaine (Ventrue, 3, PR)
1 Heather Florent (Ventrue, 6, do FO PR)
1 Igo the Hungry (Caitiff, 1, pr pt)
1 Natasha Volfchek (Ventrue, 9, ce do FO po PR, Prim)
1 Roland Loussarian (Ventrue, 3, fo pr)
1 Rufina Soledad (Ventrue, 2, fo)
2 Sir Walter Nash (Ventrue, 7, DO FO PR, Prin)
1 Timothy Crowley (Ventrue, 7, an do FO PR, Prin)
1 Violette Prentiss (Ventrue, 4, do PR)

Library: (90 cards)

1 Ancient Influence
1 Barrens, The
4 Bewitching Oration
2 Blood Doll
4 Bonding
2 Change of Target
2 Conditioning
3 Consanguineous Boon
2 Conservative Agitation
2 Cryptic Rider
4 Deflection
1 Disputed Territory
2 Dodge
2 Dramatic Upheaval
3 Fake Out
2 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
1 Fortitude
4 Govern the Unaligned
2 Indomitability
2 Information Highway
4 Kine Resources Contested
4 Majesty
1 Major Boon
1 Metro Underground
3 Minion Tap
2 Obedience
1 Praxis Seizure: Geneva
1 Rapid Healing
2 Restoration
1 Rumors of Gehenna
2 Second Tradition: Domain
2 Seduction
3 Skin of Rock
3 Skin of Steel
2 Sudden Reversal
2 Threats
4 Unflinching Persistence
2 Ventrue Headquarters
3 Wake with Evening's Freshness
1 Zip Gun
 

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For some time I have been trying to make a workable deck with the Ventrue
and Gangrel. Following some helpful (and not so helpful ...sarcastic
bastards, you'll get yours) emails from the last Newsletter I have cut the
deck down a bit and am looking for a few opinions. I have tried to include
as many action cards as possible, I think there is 19- 20 in at the moment
for the first, pre Force of Will action.

Seems to have inadvertently gone a bit toolboxy, oh well worse things happen
at sea.

Have not given it a proper airing yet, whaddaya think I should add / get rid
of ? Are there enough Force of Wills ?

RURAL BUSINESS.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 12, Max: 36, Avg: 6.00]
1  Chandler Hungerford   (Gangrel, 3, PT)
1  Courtland Leighton    (Ventrue, 4, do fo pr)
2  Iliana                (Gangrel, 7, DO FO PT th)
2  Ingrid Rossler        (Gangrel, 9, AN do FO PT, Prince)
1  Ranjan Rishi          (Ventrue, 5, DO fo PR)
1  Raven                 (Gangrel, 5, an FO PT)
1  Ricki Van Demsi       (Gangrel, 3, fo pt)
1  Rufina Soledad        (Ventrue, 2, fo)
1  Sir Walter Nash       (Ventrue, 7, DO FO PR, Prince)
1  Stanislava            (Gangrel, 11, AN CE DO FO PT, IC)

Library: 90 cards (14 masters)

1  Backways
1  Blood Doll
1  Conservative Agitation
4  Daring the Dawn
3  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
4  Earth Control
4  Earth Meld
2  Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
4  Force of Will
2  Forced Awakening
4  Form of Mist
3  Freak Drive
1  Gangrel Justicar
1  Giant's Blood
2  Govern the Unaligned
2  Humanitas
1  J. S. Simmons, Esq.
5  Kine Resources Contested
1  Kiss of Ra, The
1  Legendary Vampire
2  Masochism
2  Minion Tap
3  Movement of the Slow Body
1  Mr. Winthrop
1  Praxis Seizure: Cairo
1  Praxis Seizure: Houston
2  Protean
2  Rapid Change
4  Rapid Healing
2  Resilience
2  Restoration
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
2  Second Tradition: Domain
2  Skin of Steel
1  Sudden Reversal
3  Superior Mettle
1  Tasha Morgan
2  Threats
2  Unflinching Persistence
1  Ventrue Headquarters
4  Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Deck name:   Ian Forestal super skill
Created by:  Rob T

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 10, Max: 34, Avg: 5.92]

1  Anvil                    (Brujah, 6, CE do PO pr th, Primogen)
1  Blythe                   (Tremere, 3, au TH)
1  Brooke                   (Tremere Antitribu, 3, do th)
2  Ethan Locke              (Tremere Antitribu, 9, au ce DO po TH, Archbishop)
1  Franciscus               (Caitiff, 1, au)
3  Ian Forestal             (Tremere Antitribu, 8, AU DO TH)
1  Muaziz, Archon           (Tremere, 7, au do fo TH)
1  Reverend Blackwood       (Tremere Antitribu, 6, DO ob TH, Bishop)
1  Zoe                      (Malkavian, 3, AU ce ob)

Library: (88 cards)
3  Apportation
1  Blessing of Chaos
3  Blood Doll
2  Blood Fury
2  Blur
2  Bone Spur
1  Changeling Skin Mask
3  Cloak the Gathering
3  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
3  Earth Meld
2  Enhanced Senses
1  Festivo dello Estinto
2  Flash
4  Flesh of Marble
3  Forced Awakening
1  Foreshadowing Destruction
3  Forgotten Labyrinth
1  Fortitude
1  Freak Drive
1  Giant's Blood
1  Golconda: Inner Peace
4  Govern the Unaligned
1  Grave Robbing
1  Hand of Conrad
1  Homunculus
1  Hungry Coyote, The
1  Infernal Familiar
1  Infernal Pact
1  Ivory Bow
2  Kindred Coercion
2  Leather Jacket
1  Magic of the Smith
1  Masochism
1  Minion Tap
1  Mr. Winthrop
2  My Enemy's Enemy
1  Obfuscate
1  Revelations
2  Skin of Steel
2  Spirit's Touch
1  Succubus
1  Sudden Reversal
1  Temptation
4  Theft of Vitae
4  Threats
2  Torn Signpost
3  Wake with Evening's Freshness

I found this really odd to play, far to diverse to be effective but great
fun when it gets rolling. Ideally you want Ethan Locke out stealing master
disciplines and Ian throwing all sorts of weirdness around. I think this was
version 1 of about 3 or 4 that also did not really work. I later tried to
use Infernal Familiar and Daring the Dawn to burn vamps with a Soul Gem - I
was in a low patch alright, don't take the piss.

It is great to be able put in all the powerful minor discipline cards to a
deck like this. Flesh of Marble, Temptation, Blessings of Chaos etc. etc.

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'Corporate Power'
Created by:  Rob T
 
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 13, Max: 34, Avg: 6.00]
2  Emerson Bridges          (Ventrue, 8, DO FO po PR, Prince)
1  Luccia Paciola           (Ventrue, 6, DO fo pr)
1  Nakova                   (Ventrue, 6, FO po, Prim)
1  Natasha Volfchek         (Ventrue, 9, ce do FO po PR, Prim)
1  Ranjan Rishi             (Ventrue, 5, DO fo PR)
1  Rufina Soledad           (Ventrue, 2, fo)
1  Sir Walter Nash          (Ventrue, 7, DO FO PR, Prince)
1  Suhailah                 (Ventrue, 9, FO OB po se, Prince) 
1  Uriah Winter             (Caitiff, 1, fo po)
1  Vanessa                  (Ventrue Antitribu, 6, au DO FO pr) 
1  Vittorio Giovanni        (Giovanni, 5, do fo ne po)
 
Library: (90 cards) (20 masters)
1  Banishment
2  Blood Doll
2  Conditioning
1  Conservative Agitation
2  Daring the Dawn
3  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
4  Disarm
1  Dramatic Upheaval
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
1  Elysium: The Arboretum
2  Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
3  Freak Drive
1  Giant's Blood
3  Govern the Unaligned
1  Grave Robbing
1  Hand of Conrad
3  Hidden Strength
2  Hostile Takeover
1  Humanitas
6  Immortal Grapple
1  Kiss of Ra, The
1  Legendary Vampire
1  Masochism
2  Minion Tap
1  Mr. Winthrop
2  Parity Shift
3  Potence
1  Praxis Seizure: Berlin
1  Praxis Seizure: Venice
4  Pushing the Limit
1  Rack, The
4  Resilience
2  Restoration
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
4  Second Tradition: Domain
2  Skin of Rock
3  Skin of Steel
1  Sudden Reversal
4  Superior Mettle
2  Unflinching Persistence
2  Ventrue Headquarters
2  Ventrue Justicar
3  Wake with Evening's Freshness
 
A good example of a quasi-toolbox deck. Tried to take a different tack 
from the norm and put a version of the old 'prevent/pulled fangs' kick 
back in their tail. For my money there are not enough pool attacking 
cards or intercept in there. Not sure what I would take out to make room.  
I have put it together but have not played it yet. Anyone with any 
opinions?? Enough prevention?
 
Reproduced with the superb Elder Library Deck Builder.

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Rob Treasure's Legacy of Pander deck
Winner of GenCon UK 2000

The deck is still frighteningly effective, even after people have had
several years to get to grips with it.  

A, slightly rushed, deck list managed to get:

Vampires:
2 Lena Rowe
1 Huang
1 Basil
1 Antoinette DuChamp
1 Jost Werner
1 Gillian Krader
1 Frederick the Weak
1 Christine Boscacci
1 Royce
1 Angela Decker
1 March Halcyon
1 Mitchell, the Headhunter

Library:
2 Elysium: The Arboretum
1 Rumours of Gehenna
9 Legacy of Pander
8 Majesty
1 Deer Rifle
1 KRCG News Radio
2 Dramatic Upheaval
5 Wake With Evening's Freshness
1 Sudden Reversal
3 Presence
2 Leather Jacket
1 Tasha Morgan
1 Humanitas
1 The Barrens
4 Legal Manipulations
6 Kine Resources Contested
7 Consanguineous Boon
3 Dodge
4 Fake Out
1 Disputed Territory
1 Direct Intervention
3 Awe
3 Forgotten Labyrinth
1 Effective Management
2 Information Highway
2 Cryptic Rider
2 Change of Target
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
2 Bewitching Oration
3 Banishment
1 Misdirection
1 Conservative Agitation
1 Tribute to the Master
1 Entrancement
1 Heidelberg Castle 
1 Archon Investigation

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Rob Treasure's winning deck Portsmouth August 2000
Deck name:  ' I'll be your dog !'
Created by:  Rob T
 
Description: Block and slaughter, fixed bleed, lots of nasty surprises. 
Does not like S:CE but can block regularly enough to give it huge 
problems. An interesting and fun deck to play - have to take a few 
risks, too easy to sit tight and remain reactive. Meshenka is my 
firm favourite, backed up by a stack of other great vamps (Dragos, 
Lambach, weenie bleed/blockers and of course Devin Bisley and her 
PMT charged big sister Corine.)

 
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 9, Max: 33, Avg: 5.33]
1  Corine Marcon            (Tzimisce, 6, an AU VI)
1  Devin Bisley             (Tzimisce, 5, AN AU vi)
2  Dragos                   (Tzimisce, 7, AN AU vi)
1  Franciscus               (Caitiff, 1, au)
1  Horatio                  (Tzimisce, 2, vi)
1  Isabel de Leon           (Toreador, 3, AU)
1  Lambach                  (Tzimisce, 10, AN AU DO pr VI, Cardinal) 
1  Lolita Houston           (Tzimisce, 4, au VI)
2  Meshenka                 (Tzimisce, 8, AN AU VI, Priscus)
1  Wendy Wade               (Tzimisce, 3, an au)
 
Library: (90 cards) (16 masters)
4  Aid from Bats
1  Army of Rats
3  Blood Doll
6  Blood of Acid
6  Carrion Crows
2  Cats' Guidance
5  Changeling
1  Direct Intervention
5  Drawing Out the Beast
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
2  Eagle's Sight
3  Enhanced Senses
1  Fame
1  Femur of Toomler
10  Forced Awakening
1  Guardian Angel
1  Giant's Blood
4  Horrid Form
1  Hungry Coyote, The
1  J. S. Simmons, Esq.
2  Leather Jacket
1  Legendary Vampire
1  Minion Tap
1  Mr. Winthrop
2  My Enemy's Enemy
1  Owl Companion
2  Precognition
1  Rack, The
1  Revelations
2  Revenant
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
1  Sudden Reversal
1  Tasha Morgan
5  Taste of Vitae
2  Telepathic Misdirection
4  Trap
2  Vicissitude
1  War Ghoul

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Powerbase: Watford winning deck
Deck name:  'Respect my Prince's authoritah'
Created by:  Rob Treasure
 
Description: Good all-rounder, does not like heavy agg. damage or 
mass prevention but very effectively stops and works over a lot of 
'Tournament sleaze' type decks (weenie Pre, s+b, tapout, votes). A 
good standby to have in a collection of ready decks.
 
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 12, Max: 32, Avg: 5.58]
1  Anvil  (Brujah, 6, CE do PO pr th, Primogen)
1  Cameron  (Lasombra, 3, do po)
2  Constanza Vinti (Brujah, 8, CE DO PO, Prince)
1  Damaskenos  (Malkavian, 6, au ce DO po)
2  Donal O'Connor  (Brujah, 8, CE DO PO, Prince)
1  Dre, LotCD.  (Brujah, 3, ce po)
1  Jimmy Dunn  (Pander, 4, CE fo PO)
1  Lupo  (Brujah, 2, po)
1  Rake  (Brujah, 6, au ce po PR, Prince)
1  Volker  (Brujah, 5, CE po, Prince)
 
Library: (90 cards) 16 Masters
 
2  Acrobatics
1  Anarch Troublemaker
1  Archon
2  Blood Doll
5  Blur
3  Bum's Rush
2  Carthage Remembered
3  Conditioning
4  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
4  Disarm
3  Dominate
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
2  Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
6  Flash
1  Foreshadowing Destruction
1  Giant's Blood
3  Govern the Unaligned
1  Humanitas
8  Immortal Grapple
1  Minion Tap
1  Mr. Winthrop
1  Parity Shift
2  Pursuit
1  Rack, The
1  Rumour Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
6  Second Tradition: Domain
5  Sideslip
1  Sudden Reversal
4  Taste of Vitae
8  Torn Signpost
2  Undead Strength
3  Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Rob Treasure's Winning Deck from Portsmouth Tournament July 2000
Deck name:  Hostile - Parity sleaze
Created by:  Rob T.
 
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 12, Max: 41, Avg: 6.83]
1  Arika  (Ventrue, 11, au ce DO FO OB PR, Inner Circle)
1  Courtland Leighton  (Ventrue, 4, do fo pr)
1  Emerson Bridges  (Ventrue, 8, DO FO po PR, Prince)
1  Francois Villon  (Toreador, 10, AU CE ch ob po PR, Prince)
1  Lena Rowe  (Pander, 3, au ob pr)
2  Queen Anne  (Ventrue, 10, au DO FO PR ob, Prince)
1  Ranjan Rishi  (Ventrue, 5, DO fo PR)
1  Roland Loussarian  (Ventrue, 3, fo pre)
1  Rufina Soledad  (Ventrue, 2, fo)
1  Sir Walter Nash  (Ventrue, 7, DO FO PR, Prince)
1  Suhailah  (Ventrue, 9, FO OB po se, Prince)
 
Library: (90 cards)
1  Anarch Troublemaker
1  Ancilla Empowerment
1  Banishment
2  Bewitching Oration
1  Changeling Skin Mask
2  Cloak the Gathering
2  Conditioning
1  Daring the Dawn
5  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
1  Dramatic Upheaval
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
2  Elysium: The Arboretum
3  Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
1  Foreshadowing Destruction
4  Forgotten Labyrinth
2  Freak Drive
1  Giant's Blood
2  Govern the Unaligned
5  Hostile Takeover
2  Information Highway
2  Legal Manipulations
2  Lost in Crowds
8  Majesty
4  Minion Tap
2  Obfuscate
4  Parity Shift
1  Revelations
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
3  Rumors of Gehenna
5  Second Tradition: Domain
1  Secure Haven
2  Skin of Steel
1  Sudden Reversal
3  Superior Mettle
2  Swallowed by the Night
2  Unflinching Persistence
1  Ventrue Headquarters
2  Ventrue Justicar
3  Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Rob Treasure's winning Tzimisce deck, Portsmouth, April 2000

Deck Name:	" I'll be your dog"
Creator:		Rob Treasure
Description:	Block and slaughter, fixed bleed, lots of nasty surprises
Does not like S:CE but can block regularly enough to give it huge
problems. An interesting and fun deck to play have to take a few risks,
too easy to sit tight and remain reactive.

Crypt: (12-cards) (Min: 9, Max: 33, Avg: 5.18]

1 Corine Marcon.	(Tzimisce, 6, an AU VI)
1 Devin Bisley	(Tzimisce, 5, AN AU vi)
2 Dragos 		(Tzimisce, 7, AN AU vi)
1 Francisceus 	(Caitiff, 1, au)
1 Horatio 		(Tzimisce, 2, vi)
1 Isabel de Leon	(Toreador, 3, AU)
1 Lambach 		(Tzimisce, 10, AN AU DO pr VI, Cardinal)
1 Lolita Houston	(Tzimisce, 4, au VI)
2 Mesherika 	(Tzimisce, 8, AN AU VI, Priscus]
1 Wendy Wade 	(Tzimisce, 3, an au)

Library: (90 cards)

3 Blood Doll
1 Direct Intervention
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Fame
1 Giant's Blood
1 Hungry Coyote, The
1 Legendary Vampire
1 Minion Tap
1 Mob Connections
1 Rack, The
1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
1 Sudden Reversal
2 Vicissitude

4 Aid from Bats
1 Army of Rats
5 Blood of Acid
6 Carrion Crows
2 Cats, Guidance
5 Changeling
6 Drawing Out the Beast
3 Eagle's Sight
2 Enhanced Senses
1 Femur of Toomler
1 Fire Dance
9 Forced Awakening
4 Horrid Form
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
2 Leather Jacket
1 Mr. Winthrop
2 My Enemy's Enemy
1 Owl Companion
2 Precognition
1 Revelations
2 Revenant
1 Tasha Morgan
5 Taste of Vitae
2 Telepathic Misdirection
4 Trap
1 War Ghoul

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Portsmouth Tournament Winner January 15th 2000
Hostile-Parity Sleaze
by Rob [i like dirt] Treasure
[Rob is getting married on October 14th. I assume by now his fiancee is aware 
of his predilections. If not, i think some kind soul should tell her.]
Creator's notes: Another variant of the old ventrue Power deck. Even more 
offensive as the hostiles and parity shifts work well together. Crypt is a 
bit odd, could do with one or two mid-pointers with obfuscate but in the end 
better off going for good old Sir Walt. Would not have done so well if not 
for the total lack of combat at the last tournament. Went for more obfuscate 
which worked well due to the usual and amazing lack of intercept at Portsmouth.

Crypt: 12 vamps, min 11, max 4, avg 6.75.
Arika
Emerson bridges
Francois Villon
Gideon Fontaine
Lena Rowe
2 Queen Anne
Ranjan Rishi
Rolan Loussarian
Rufina Soledad
Sir Walter Nash
Suhailah

Library: 90 cards
Anarch Troublemaker
2 Banishment
2 Bewitching Oration
Changeling Skin Mask
2 Cloak the Gathering
2 Conditioning
DAring the Dawn
5 Deflection
Direct Intervention
Disputed Territory
Dreams of the Sphinx
2 Elysium: The Arboretum
3 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality
Foreshadowing Destruction
4 Forgotten labyrinth
2 Freak Drive
Giant's Blood
2 GtU
Grave Robbing
5 Hostile Takeover
2 Information Highway
2 Legal manipulations
3 Lost in Crowds
8 majesty
4 Minion Tap
2 Obfuscate
5 Parity Shift
2 Resilience
Rumour Mill
3 Rumours of Gehenna
4 second Tradition, Domain
Secure haven
2 Skin of Steel
Sudden reversal
2 Superior Mettle
2 Swallowed by the Night
Ventrue HQ
Ventrue Justicar
3 WWEF

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Portsmouth Tournament Winner January 13th 2000
Weenie Trap Unflinching Filth
By Rob Treasure
Creator's notes: A bit open to heavy agg damage burning you but can overrun 
most decks with numbers. Obviously key to get out one or two with dom or DOM 
to deflect and bleed. Possibly gone a bit mad with numbers of trap and undead 
persistence but seemed to work ok. In hindsight would put more bleed in.
 
Crypt: 12 vamps, min 6, max 19, avg 3.08.
Courtland Leighton
Giuliano Vincenzi
2 Ingrid Russo
Lazar Dobrescu
Luccia Paciola
March halcyon
Ohanna
Ranjan Rishi
Roland Loussarian
Royce
Rufina Soledad
 
Library: 90 cards
Anarch Troublemaker
Blood Doll
Catacombs
3 Conditioning
2 daring the Dawn
2 Deadliest Sin
4 Deflection
Direct Intervention
2 Dominate
Dreams of the Sphinx
4 Embrace
Foreshadowing Destruction
4 Fortitude
2 Freak Drive
4 GtU
Hostile Takeover
Humanitas
4 Indominability
Info Highway
Misdirection
8 Rapid healing
2 Regeneration
2 Skin of Night
Sudden reversal
13 Trap
4 Tribute to the Master
13 Undead Persistence
6 WWEF

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Here’s the deck that Rob Treasure won the November Portsmouth 
Tournament with, together with his comments, both on the deck 
and the tournament. 

Rob's Ventrue Untouchables
 
2 Arika
1 Emerson Bridges
1 Ingrid Russo
1 Juan Cali
1 Lena Rowe
1 Queen Anne
2 Ranjan Rishi
1 Roland Loussarion
1 Sir Walter Nash
1 Vanessa
 
2 Banishment
1 Blood Doll
2 Bonding
1 Changeling Skin Mask
3 Conditioning
1 Daring the Dawn
1 Day Operation
4 Deflection
1 Direct intervention
1 dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elysium: The Arboretum
2 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality
2 Forced Awakening
1 Foreshadowing Destruction
2 Forgotten Labyrinth
1 Fortitude
2 Freak Drive
1 Giant’s Blood
3 Govern the Unaligned
5 Hostile Takeover
1 Humanitas
2 Lost in Crowds
7 majesty
1 media Influence
2 Minion Tap
1 Mr Winthrop
2 Obfuscate
1 Parity Shift
4 Resilience
2 Restoration
2 Revelations
2 Rolling with the Punches
1 Rumor Mill
3 Rumours of Gehenna
1 Second Tradition: Domain
1 Secure Haven
2 Seduction
4 Skin of Steel
1 Sudden reversal
3 Superior Mettle
2 Unflinching Persistence
1 Ventrue Headquarters
1 Ventrue Justicar
4 WWEF
 
Rob’s Comments:
 
"I wanted to try to show that my old faves can still rock 
and roll in a tournament arena. The deck harps back to the 
Ventrue Steamroller deck of GenCon97 with revisions for the 
7/7 rulings which DID NOT help the Ventrue [Pulled Fangs, 
Fame/Day Op, Tomb etc etc] needed to be done however.
 
It fits in most of the "Classic Cards" as well as a slice 
of obfuscate in place of the multitude of Day Ops. The 
value of Master phases/cards are realised as they are laid 
down 2 at a time – no one can deny the effectiveness of a 
double Hostile in the right hands. Might take out the 
revelations, they are useful to get rid of intercept, 
wakes or power cards but more Daring the Dawn or Hostiles 
would be more useful. I like the crypt, obviously powervamp 
Arika and Queen Anne are the mainstay but either of the 
other princes with an obf skill card can kick ass. Lady 
Luck can boot you in the nuts with your draw of four but 
as long as one of the biggies come out you are ok.
 
The deck has very little intercept. I tend to save the 
2nd Trads and the Rumor Mill for emergencies and rely on 
Hostiles, Banishments, Deflections and agitation as 
"offensive defense". It has a lot of powerful one-shot 
plays, biding your time, slotting together a good hand 
and playing it well can take out two or cripple three 
players in a turn. The deck is all about laying low and 
balancing tables then pouncing when you are very sure 
or taking a calculated risk [my kind of deck].
 
I was impressed with [and scared by!] a couple of decks 
at the tourney. Niki’s Trap/Undead Persistence deck was 
cool, I liked the obvious but overlooked inclusion of 
superior Dom. Will’s horrible allies blender deck is 
great, the hurt comes from an unexpected source and the 
sheer numbers are hard to handle. 19 players. Could be 
wrong but no Malk. S&B decks, F* ***** Hooray."
 
He’s not wrong about the lack of cheese. Only one tap 
and bleed deck, too! It was also good to see Nathan's 
!Tre combat deck and Garry's big blokes doing well.

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Rob Treasure Gencon UK September 1999
"Legacy of Pander"

Crypt (14 cards) (Min: 4, Max: 15, Avg 2.08)
 
1 Angela Decker                        Pander, 1, pr
1 Antointette Du Champ                  Caitiff, 1, ce, pr
1 Basil                                Pander, 1, ob
1 Christine Boscacci                    Pander, 2, do vi
1 Frederick the Weak                    !Bru, 2, pr
1 Gillian Krader                        Pander, 2, an, de
1 Huang, Blood Cultist                  Pander, 1, pt
1 Jost Werner                          !Tor, 6, an AU PR
2 Lena Rowe                            Pander, 3, au, ob, pr
1 Lolita                                ! Tor, 3, fo, pr
1 March Halcyon                        Pander, 1, fo
1 Mitchell, the Headhunter              Pander, 2, ot, po
1 Royce                                Pander, 1, do
 
Library (90 cards)
 
1      .44 Magnum
1      Anarch Troublemaker
1      Archon Investigation
1      Autarkis Persecution
4      Awe
2      Banishment
2      Bewitching Oration
2      Change of Target
3      Consanguineous Boon
1      Conservative Agitation
2      Cryptic Rider
1      Direct Intervention
1      Disputed Territory
3      Dodge
1      Dramatic Upheaval
1      Dreams of the Sphinx
1      Effective Management
4      Elder Intervention
2      Elysium: The Arboretum
1      Entrancement
3      Fake Out
3      Forgotten Labyrinth
1      Heidelburg Castle, Germany
1      Humanitas
2      Information Highway
1      Ivory Bow
6      Kine Resources Contested
1      KRCG News Radio
3      Leather Jacket
8      Legacy of Pander
3      Legal Manipulations
7      Majesty
1      Major Boon
2      Media Influence
1      Misdirection
1      Mr. Winthrop
3      Presence
1      Rumours of Gehenna
1      Sudden Reversal
1      Tribute to the Master
5      Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Rob Treasure's winning deck:
Lazverinus x 2
Ian Forrestal
Iliana
Badger
Lizette Vizquel
Dylan
Jimmy Dunn
Cameron
Ricki van Dempsey Juan Cali
Uriah Winter

Dreams of the Sphinx
Minion Tap x 2
Blood Doll
Strained Vitae Supply 
Information Highway
Giant's Blood
Demonstration
The Rumour Mill
Direct intervention
Sudden reversal
Fortitude
Dominate
The Rack
Humanitas

Skin of Steel x 4
Rolling with the punches x 3
Resilience x 2
Indomitability x 2
Unflicnching Persistence x 2
Restoration x 3

Govern the Unaligned x 4
Forshadowing destruction
Conditioning x 2
Threats
Deflection x 4

Bone Spur x 3
Flesh of Marble x 2
Rapid Change x 2
Earth Control x 2

Pushing the Limit
Undead Strength
Immortal Grapple x 3
Disarm x 3
Thrown Sewer Lid x 2
Torn Signposts x 4

Enhanced Senses x 2
My Enemy's Enemy x 2
Spirit's Touch x 2

Wakes x 3
Forced Awakening x 3
Taste of Vitae x 4
Ambush x 2
Cull the Herd

Ivory Bow
Hand of Conrad
Mr Winthrop
Signet of King Saul
Homunculus

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But Rob's winning deck.  He wants a cool name for it, but at 7 o' clock
in the morning, the best we could come up with was the Lazverinus All
Skills All Stars deck.  Better name suggestions on a postcard please.
The deck doesn't look much but what has to be taken into account is the
calibre of the player, who knows exactly when to play and when not to,
and ensures a good cycle of his cards to get exactly what he needs, when
he needs it.  Apologies if any cards are mentioned more than once, total
the number of them if it happens.  There are 86 cards in the deck, and
12 vampires.

1 Foreshadowing Destruction
2 Resilience
2 Spirit's Touch
1 Homunculus
3 Disarm
2 Minion Tap
2 Undead Strength
2 Immortal Grapple
2 Taste of Vitae
1 Dominate
3 Restoration
3 Forced Awakening
2 My Enemy's Enemy
2 Rapid Change
2 Freak Drive
3 Rolling with the Punches
1 Demonstration
1 KRCG News Radio
2 Bum's Rush
3 Bone Spur
1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper
1 Masochism
1 Thrown Sewer Lid
3 Wake With Evening's Freshness
1 Mr. Winthrop
2 Flesh of Marble
1 Rack
1 Signet of King Saul
3 Skin of Steel
4 Govern the Unaligned
1 Golconda: Inner Peace
4 Deflection
4 Torn Signposts 
1 Giant's Blood
1 Direct Intervention
2 Conditioning
2 Earth Control
1 Information Highway
2 Indomitability
1 Enhanced Senses
1 Kindred Co-ercion
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Major Boon
1 Blood Doll
1 Sudden Reversal
2 Skin of Rock
1 Threats
1 Ivory Bow
1 Hand of Conrad
1 Fortitude

Vampires:
2 Badger
1 Jimmy Dunn
1 Dylan
2 Lazverinus, Thrall of Lambach
1 Iliana
1 Juan Cali
1 Cameron
1 Lisette Vizquel
1 Ricki van Demsi
1 Ian Forestal

A beautiful deck to watch in operation.

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Deck name:   Anton - Blaise oddness
Created by:  Rob T
Description: Good solid fun deck, bring out Anton or Blaise and bauble 
an Assault Rifle on, get a Ghoul Retainer on someone and go to town. 
Key Cards to protect - Heidelburg Castle, Ghoul Retainer, vamps with Blood 
Dolls on. Obviously does not like S:CE but takes on a lot of combat decks 
in pick up and fun games. Can't remember what I took out to get down to 90. 

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 8, Max: 30, Avg: 4.73]
2  Anton                 (Tzimisce, 8, AN AU ce ob vi)
2  Blaise                (!Gangrel, 7, AN CE ob vi)
1  Christine Boscacci    (Pander, 2, do vi)
1  Devin Bisley          (Tzimisce, 5, AN AU vi)
2  Horatio               (Tzimisce, 2, vi)
1  Nik                   (Caitiff, 1, ce)
1  Tansu Bekir           (Assamite, 4, ce OB)
1  Victoria              (Malkavian, 5, AU ce ob)
1  Zoe                   (Malkavian, 3, AU ce ob)

Library: (93 cards)
2  .44 Magnum
2  Acrobatics
2  Assault Rifle
3  Bauble
3  Blood Doll
5  Blur
6  Breath of the Dragon
4  Carrion Crows
2  Cats' Guidance
3  Celerity
3  Cloak the Gathering
1  Direct Intervention
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
2  Enhanced Senses
1  Festivo dello Estinto
6  Flash
8  Forced Awakening
1  Forgotten Labyrinth
3  Ghoul Retainer
1  Giant's Blood
2  Heidelburg Castle, Germany
2  Hidden Lurker
1  Humanitas
1  Ivory Bow
2  Leather Jacket
1  Mr. Winthrop
2  My Enemy's Enemy
3  Pursuit
1  Rack, The
1  Raven Spy
1  Revelations
2  Side Strike
3  Spirit's Touch
1  Sudden Reversal
2  Swallowed by the Night
5  Taste of Vitae
2  Vicissitude
2  Zip Gun

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Deck name:   Stanislava DotB deck
Created by:  Rob T.
Description: Powerful deck, unexpected combo with Graverobbing kicker. 
Weak points - low intercept and other players bounce, slow to get rolling. 
Cannot take sustained beats.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 9, Max: 42, Avg: 6.58]
1  Caitlin                (!Gangrel, 5, AN au do PT)
1  Chandler Hungerford    (Gangrel, 3, PT)
1  Gitane St. Claire      (Gangrel, 7, AN FO PT, Pri)
1  Giuliano Vincenzi      (Gangrel, 2, fo)
1  Huang, Blood Cultist   (Pander, 1, pt)
1  Iliana                 (Gangrel, 7, DO FO PT th)
2  Ingrid Rossler         (Gangrel, 9, AN do FO PT, Prince)
1  Ricki Van Demsi        (Gangrel, 3, fo pt)
3  Stanislava             (Gangrel, 11, AN CE DO FO PT, IC)

Library: (91 cards)
1  Backways
2  Blood Doll
2  Cats' Guidance
3  Conditioning
9  Dawn Operation
5  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
2  Dominate
9  Drawing Out the Beast
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
4  Earth Control
6  Earth Meld
1  Eco-terrorists
2  Elysium: The Arboretum
8  Form of Mist
4  Freak Drive
1  Giant's Blood
4  Govern the Unaligned
5  Grave Robbing
1  Minion Tap
1  Mr. Winthrop
1  Owl Companion
1  Protect Thine Own
3  Restoration
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
2  Skin of Night
2  Skin of Steel
1  Sudden Reversal
2  Superior Mettle
6  Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Deck name:   Potence Protean Hurt
Created by:  Rob T
Description: Pure offence.  Tactics - rip them a new one. Slow and 
full of holes but bloody good fun. Roll up roll up, beat the record 
of 15 vamps taken out 5 burned.

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 14, Max: 38, Avg: 6.42]
2  Badger           (Gangrel, 6, an FO po PT)
1  Beast            (!Nosferatu, 7, an ce OB PO)
1  Ebanezer Roush   (Nosferatu, 8, AN OB PO pt)
1  Jimmy Dunn       (Pander, 4, CE fo PO)
2  Lazverinus       (!Ventrue, 10, AU DO FO PO pt, Ab)
1  Lisette Vizquel  (Lasombra, 6, DO PO pt, Bishop)
1  Ricki Van Demsi  (Gangrel, 3, fo pt)
1  Uriah Winter     (Caitiff, 1, fo po)
1  Wynn             (Gangrel, 10, AN FO ob po PT, Pri)
1  Zack North       (Gangrel, 6, an fo po pt)

Library: (90 cards)
3  Ambush
3  Blood Doll
6  Bone Spur
4  Bum's Rush
1  Direct Intervention
3  Disarm
3  Drawing Out the Beast
1  Fame
5  Flesh of Marble
2  Fortitude
3  Freak Drive
1  Giant's Blood
1  Golconda: Inner Peace
2  Hidden Strength
1  Homunculus
8  Immortal Grapple
2  Indomitability
1  KRCG News Radio
1  Masochism
1  Minion Tap
1  Mr. Winthrop
1  Protean
2  Pushing the Limit
1  Rack, The
2  Resilience
2  Restoration
1  Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
2  Shadow of the Wolf
2  Skin of Steel
1  Sudden Reversal
4  Superior Mettle
5  Taste of Vitae
6  Torn Signpost
2  Undead Strength
6  Wake with Evening's Freshness

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Deck name:   Malkav Spikey Bleeders
Created by:  Rob T
Description: My version of the Rob / Legbiter contest special. If everyone 
has an unlucky deck, this is mine (or maybe it is just shit??). I went more 
for the bleed with claw / Rotschreck, Earth Meld and Flesh of Marble for 
defence and deterrent. Did not do well in the beats intensive metagame at 
the time. Might drag it out again, Malks are one of the clans that I think 
have a lot more scope.  

Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 26, Avg: 4.67]
1  Daliyah              (Nosferatu, 4, ob PT)
1  Didi Meyers          (Malkavian, 5, au ce DO ob)
1  Etrius               (Tremere, 11)
1  Gilbert Duane        (Malkavian, 7, AU DO OB, Prince)
2  Greger Anderssen     (Malkavian, 7, AU do OB pt, Prince)
1  Huang, Blood Cultist (Pander, 1, pt)
1  Victoria             (Malkavian, 5, AU ce ob)
1  Watenda              (Malkavian, 3, ob)
2  Zebulon              (Malkavian, 5, au do OB pt)
1  Zoe                  (Malkavian, 3, AU ce ob)

Library: (90 cards)
1  Anarch Troublemaker
1  Asylum Hunting Ground
2  Behind You!
1  Blood Doll
6  Bone Spur
2  Cloak the Gathering
3  Conditioning
4  Deflection
1  Direct Intervention
1  Dominate
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
4  Earth Meld
2  Enhanced Senses
3  Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
4  Flesh of Marble
4  Forced Awakening
1  Foreshadowing Destruction
1  Forgotten Labyrinth
1  Giant's Blood
4  Govern the Unaligned
2  Homunculus
2  Ivory Bow
2  Leather Jacket
4  Lost in Crowds
3  Madness Network
1  Malkavian Justicar
2  Minion Tap
1  Muddled Vampire Hunter
2  My Enemy's Enemy
1  Parthenon, The
3  Protean
2  Revelations
6  Rotschreck
2  Second Tradition: Domain
2  Spirit's Touch
2  Spying Mission
1  Sudden Reversal
3  Swallowed by the Night
2  Wake with Evening's Freshness


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