(TWD) Tourney Winning Deck analysis (sorta)

I just saw this posted on the vtes newsgroups and i must say the deck design is sheer brilliance! (if you happen to like cheese that is) It’s so cheesy it gives me goosebumps! I love it! I’ll post the decklist and tourney details first and then add some comments at the bottom.

Multi-Praxis: Marseille
19-Oct-08
Marseille, France
Constructed
15 Players
3R + F

Yannick Gibert’s Tournament Winning Deck.

Deck Name: Madness of the fun
Created By: Yannick Gibert
Description: Inspiration of an old Johannes’s deck

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 20, Max: 40, Avg: 7,33)
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3 Gilbert Duane AUS DOM OBF 7 Malkavian
4 Lucian cel tha AUS DOM OBF10 Malkavian
2 Victoria cel obf AUS 5 Malkavian
2 Greger Anderssen dom pro AUS OBF 7 Malkavian
1 Zoe cel obf AUS 3 Malkavian

Library: (80 cards)
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Master (16 cards)
5 Madness Network
2 Vessel
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
3 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Metro Underground
1 Temptation of Greater Power
1 Asylum Hunting Ground

Action (7 cards)
6 Mind Rape
1 Far Mastery

Action Modifier (19 cards)
2 Cloak the Gathering
1 Faceless Night
4 Forgotten Labyrinth
2 Telepathic Vote Counting
3 Elder Impersonation
4 Lost in Crowds
3 Conditioning

Political Action (14 cards)
1 Ancilla Empowerment
6 Parity Shift
1 Reins of Power
1 Domain Challenge
2 First Tradition: The Masquerade, The
1 Anarchist Uprising
1 Ancient Influence
1 Banishment

Reaction (22 cards)
8 Second Tradition: Domain, The
2 Deflection
6 Obedience
4 Mental Maze
2 Telepathic Misdirection

Ally (1 cards)
1 Muddled Vampire Hunter

Event (1 cards)
1 Nightmares upon Nightmares

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Old school malks! It’s interesting to note that it varies from the usual Gilbert Duane deck design in the lack of DOM bleed. The concept is actually very different from the usual stealth-bleed group 1 malk deck. It basically throws in all the power cards of the Camarilla sect like: Temptation of Greater Power, 2nd Traditons, Parity Shifts and even a couple of First Traditions! Throw in some staple power cards of DOM like: Mind Rape, Conditioning, Obedience and Deflection and it turns into a really scary deck.

What’s the difference of this deck and a typical Ventrue Law Firm deck or a Toreador AAA (Anson, Anneke, Alexandra) grand ball deck?  Malkavian Madness Network. This card can really throw your opponents off balance. The ability to act during another meth’s turn is simply stunning. The OBF stealth package also helps to deliver the multiple payloads.

From Votes to Mind Rape to Conditioning the deck packs a lot of offensive power. Don’t let the lack of combat cards fool you. The deck includes multiple copies of Obedience and it has the power to block actions at 2-3 intercept from 2nd Tradition and Telepathic Misdirection.

Another beautiful thing about the deck design? Its an 80 card deck! I’m a firm believer of the David Tatu school: You don’t need a 90 card deck to win the table. Yes I’m in love with the deck design, i can’t rave enough about it haha.

More tricks: First Tradition + Malkavian Madness network, Mind Rape + Heidelburg Castle, Pentex, Nightmares upon Nightmares weenie hoser, I swear this deck can survive most tourney environments!

I want to build a copy of this deck and try it out! I always tweak a deck when i see a nice concept on the newsgroups or from The Lasombra’s TWD deck archive but this one is just fine as it is. (A first for me as i always modify stuff acording to the metagame)

I’ve been wanting to make a First Tradition deck for quite a while now, i think i’ll post a deck next week.