I built this deck on the Thursday morning before I arrived at GenCon 2001.
I wanted a deck that could stand up to stealth bleed by deflecting, and one
that could stand up to votes by having sufficient titled vampires in play.
I also wanted a deck that wasn't afraid of combat, but didn't want to go
all out combat myself.  The goal is to get out Gratiano or another of the
plus 1 bleeders, make some Creation Rites with Dominate, then get out Moncada
so that your bleeder can take his action and then untap at the end of the turn.
Worked extremely well.  I got into the finals in both the Thursday and Friday
tournaments with the same deck without any changes.  

Thursday's Tournament
First game - 5 player table, 4 victory points. 
Second game - 5 player table, 2.5 victory points. 
Finals Thursday - 5 player table, 0 victory points 
                - predator and grand predator both Malk Stealth Bleed.

Friday's North American Qualifier Tournament
Fourth Game - 5 player table, 5 victory points.
Fifth Game - 5 player table, 1.5 victory points.
Sixth Game - 4 player table, 4 victory points.
Finals Friday - 5 player table, 0.5 victory points
              - only other player left was out of cards and outnumbered
              - eight to four (with 1 in torpor) when time was called.  
	      - Two more turns and I would have had 2 victory points and the tournament.

Saturday's North American Championship Event
Eigth Game - 5 player table, 0 victory points, predator = potence rush, prey = Tzimisce intercept.
Ninth Game - 5 player table, 0 victory points, predator = Malk Stealth Bleed, prey = potence rush.
Tenth Game - 4 player table, 1 victory point, was able to Dramatic Upheaval and bloat
           - to keep everyone in the game, all players agreed to withdraw with 5 minutes remaining.

The only changes I would make to the deck would be to swap one Dominate skill card
for a copy of Elysian Fields, so that you can have two different permanent stealth
locations in play.  In the first two tournaments it wouldn't have made any difference,
but would have made a serious difference in the third round of the third tournament.


The Boons of Creation
Crypt					
Qty	Name							Age	Title		
2	Gratiano						8	Priscus		
2	Francisco Domingo de Polonia				9	Archbishop		
2	Alvaro, The Scion of Angelica				9	Archbishop		
2	Antonio Delgado						9	Archbishop		
2	Angelica, The Canonicus					10	Cardinal		
2	Ambrosio Luis Moncada, Plenipotentiary			10	Cardinal		
					
					
Library					
Qty	Title					Type		Requirements	Rarity	
6	Creation Rites				action		Sabbat Title	R	
12	Arms of the Abyss			combat		obtenebration	C	
9	Entombment				combat		obtenebration	R	
1	Creepshow Casino			master				R	
4	Dominate				master				C	
1	Information Highway			master				U	
5	Minion Tap				master				C	
2	Power Structure				master		Lasombra	R	
1	Powerbase: Madrid			master				R	
2	Sudden Reversal				master				U	
1	The Parthenon				master				U	
4	The Path of Night			master		Lasombra	U	
4	Blanket of Night			modifier	obtenebration	R	
1	Shadow Play				modifier	obtenebration	C	
1	Ancient Influence			political			C	
2	Ancilla Empowerment			political			C	
6	Consanguineous Boon			political			C	
4	Conservative Agitation			political			C	
1	Dramatic Upheaval			political			U	
1	Political Stranglehold			political			U	
1	Reinforcements				political			R	
1	Rumors of Gehenna			political			R	
10	Deflection				reaction	dominate	C	
2	Eyes of the Night			reaction	obtenebration	C	
4	Forced Awakening			reaction			C	
4	Wake with Evening's Freshness		reaction			C	
					
90	Total Library Cards				
					
55	common	6	action		
10	uncommon	5	modifier		
25	rare		21	combat		
			21	master		
			17	political		
			20	reaction
GenCon Final Qualifier
             
Final Standings
               
Final Rank # First Name Last Name City Total VPs Final VPs TPs
1 66 Ethan Verrall 0 11 2 168
2 23 Stephen Fazio 0 10.5 1.5 144
3 59 Jeffrey Thompson 0 11 0.5 180
4 28 Daniel Harting 0 11 0 168
5 74 David Berger 0 8.5 0 168
6 75 Alex Harmon 0 8   144
7 8 Wayne Chin 0 7.5   150
8 5 Brent Coffee 0 7   168
9 2 Jared Strait 0 7   138
10 1 Jay Kristoff 0 6   162
11 36 Caleb Toombs 0 6   156
12 7 Jarett Welch 0 6   150
13 29 Robert Goudie 0 6   132
14 14 Anthony Orozco 0 6   126
15 37 Andy Genz 0 5.5   144
15 45 Chase Linbo 0 5.5   144
17 54 Rick Buerger 0 5   150
18 64 Daniel Decker 0 5   138
19 39 Arthur Volts 0 5   114
20 12 Jed Miles 0 4.5   138
21 51 Robert Acevedo 0 4   112
22 32 Matt Heslin 0 3.5   126
23 71 Michael Nilsen 0 3.5   120
24 27 Chris Booth 0 3   126
25 48 Douglass Brindley 0 3   114
26 18 Kevin Mergen 0 3   108
26 20 Keith Thompson 0 3   108
28 69 Robyn Merrill 0 2.5   126
28 53 David Simmons 0 2.5   126
30 46 Steve Bucy 0 2.5   120
30 33 Josiah Miles 0 2.5   120
32 4 Ben Spalding 0 2.5   102
33 35 Joe Churchill 0 2   126
34 24 Chris Coon 0 2   102
34 19 David Tatu 0 2   102
36 11 Terry Madden 0 2   96
37 65 Brian Mitchell 0 2   90
37 13 Matt Strehlow 0 2   90
39 50 Paul Johnson 0 1.6   126
40 43 Michael Courtois 0 1.5   102
40 61 Chad Verrall 0 1.5   102
42 41 Wren Nasr 0 1   102
43 62 Chad Brinkley 0 1   100
44 42 Daniel Decker II 0 1   96
45 15 Jason Dawson 0 1   90
45 68 Ed Gross 0 1   90
45 30 Jamie Johnson 0 1   90
45 3 Niki Stewart 0 1   90
45 17 Nate Williams 0 1   90
50 16 Pif Edwards 0 1   78
51 58 Marcos Acevedo 0 0.5   90
51 31 Josh Duffin 0 0.5   90
51 67 Mark Loughman 0 0.5   90
51 47 Stephen Wyatt 0 0.5   90
55 55 Will Kristoff 0 0.5   78
55 49 Nick Watkins 0 0.5   78
57 38 Larry Strait 0 0.1   66
58 56 Robin Spick 0 0   84
58 6 Steven Williams 0 0   84
60 25 Cameron Domer 0 0   78
60 10 Jubal Kerchner-Pirrone 0 0   78
60 21 Gene Martin 0 0   78
60 9 Daria Patric 0 0   78
64 70 David Schmidt 0 0   76
65 26 Donovan Brouwer 0 0   72
65 22 Scott Christofersen 0 0   72
65 57 Christian Herro 0 0   72
65 60 Patrick Keane 0 0   72
69 40 Alex Broadhead 0 0   66
69 52 Kevin Castaneda 0 0   66
69 72 Troy Defenbaugh 0 0   66
69 44 Jessica Johnston 0 0   66
Dropped 63 James Badgett 0 0   36
Dropped 73 James Macleod 0 3   84
Dropped 34 Joshua Ruedin 0 0   30
 

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