Growing the Player Base

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Ivan the Not So Well Adjusted

Deck Name : Ivan The Not So Well Adjusted v1.0
Author : Peteo
Description :

Ivan gets stuff and beats stuff up. I wish there was a decent way to get Pier 13 on Ivan. It would make the deck a lot more efficient. I was struggling whether or not to make this an Eye deck, but it seems like spending 13 pool on Ivan and then a pool every turn would be a BAD idea.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 10 average: 6

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5x Ivan Krenyenko 10 ANI CHI FOR POT obf Ravnos:2
1x Anka, Priestess of 4 ani chi pro Ravnos:2
1x Salbatore Bokkengr 4 CHI for pro Ravnos:2
1x Sennuwy, The Promo 4 ani chi for Ravnos:2
1x Lazar Dobrescu 3 for Ravnos:2
1x Tsigane 3 aus chi Ravnos:2
1x Sasha Miklos 2 chi Ravnos:2
1x Zip 2 ani Ravnos:3


Library [90 cards]

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Action [7]
3x Bum's Rush
4x Sense Death

Action Modifier [7]
7x Freak Drive

Combat [37]
4x Apparition
7x Carrion Crows
9x Immortal Grapple
5x Superior Mettle
7x Taste of Vitae
5x Unflinching Persistence

Equipment [12]
1x Ambulance
1x Camera Phone
1x Eye of Hazimel
1x Flak Jacket
1x Helicopter
1x IR Goggles
1x Karavalanisha Vrana
2x Pier 13, Port of Baltimore
1x Sargon Fragment, The
1x Shilmulo Tarot
1x Sport Bike

Master [17]
2x Blood Doll
3x Fame
1x Giant's Blood
1x Guardian Angel
1x Kumpania
6x Minion Tap
1x Park Hunting Ground
1x Tension in the Ranks
1x Week of Nightmares

Reaction [10]
1x Delaying Tactics
6x Forced Awakening
3x On the Qui Vive


Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Wed Mar 26 12:54:51 2008]

Saulot Deck Challenge

Deck Name : Old Man and Old Maid v1.0
Author : Peteo
Description :

Here's another Saulot deck. This is probably a bit unorthodox geting two Salubri. But being able to renew Saulot's vigor is absolutely huge even with the spirit marionette + Heidelburg combination. If I had a few more Magic of the Smiths in my collection, I'd probably put them in because getting a bowl and a gun are also very helpful. This is a fun deck to play when it gets going, but it's not very reliable. There may be too much up front pool cost, even with Saulot's takeback ability.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 11 average: 7.08

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4x Saulot, The Wander 11 AUS FOR OBE THA VAL dai Salubri:4
3x Eurayle Gelasia My 6 AUS OBE for pre Salubri:4
2x Neighbor John 5 AUS dom for !Ventrue:4
1x Esoara 5 DOM aus for pot !Tremere:4
1x Jephta Hester 5 DOM FOR aus !Ventrue:4
1x Ulrike Rothbart 3 dom for !Ventrue:4

Library [80 cards]

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Action [18]
5x Renewed Vigor
3x Rutor's Hand
10x Spirit Marionette

Action Modifier [11]
4x Conditioning
3x Neutral Guard
4x Repulsion

Ally [3]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
2x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Combat [12]
7x Anesthetic Touch
2x Rolling with the Punches
1x Skin of Steel
2x Superior Mettle

Equipment [2]
1x .44 Magnum
1x Bowl of Convergence

Master [16]
1x Barrens, The
5x Blood Doll
1x Giant's Blood
1x Guardian Angel
2x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
2x Path of Tears, The
2x Rack, The
2x Sight Beyond Sight

Reaction [18]
3x Eagle's Sight
2x Enhanced Senses
10x Forced Awakening
3x Telepathic Misdirection

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Sat May 3 21:51:02 2008]

Tournament Report - Target Head DC

Ten Methuselahs showed up in Rockville, MD to participate in Target Head, DC.

Despite best efforts, an Imbued deck took the day. Congrats to Matt Avery for his first constructed tournament win! It was a grind of a tournament without a single game win notched the entire day. But Matt persevered to get the win that mattered!

The final table included:

Matt Avery, playing Imbued
Mike Minker, playing Setites with Dominate
Sonam Adinolf, playing Saulot Spirit Marionette
Matt Morgan, playing Nizzam with Raptors
Selen Turkay, playing Fighty, Blocky Akunanse

Thanks to the guys from New York who showed up and added a little extra flavor to the event.

The best play of the day was when Andrew Genz played a Perfectionist. Trust me, it was awesome.

Saulot Deck Challenge

Saulot is my favorite vampire in the game. Aside from liking his character and backstory in the RPG, I find him a very interesting vampire with a discipline spread that lends itself to a whole bunch of possibilities (although, admittedly, it'd be nice if he had some dominate). I love that it's so easy to give him nice permanent plus ones, which adds to his versatility.

So, I find it terribly frustrating that I can't seem to build a tournament worthy deck that features our favorite three-eyed healer. It's a goal of mine to accomplish this, or at the very least, to illustrate what can be done with decks that feature him.

The Saulot Deck Challenge will outline these attempts and offer them up for your praise or mockery. Here's the first example -- a deck that I built in 2007, but only managed limited success in a couple of online games.
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Deck Name : Uncle Walter is Really Mad v1.0
Author : Peteo
Description : Saulot deck with some help from !Salubri. Not sure if rushing with 11 caps is a solid winning strategy. Actually, I'm pretty sure that it isn't.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 11 average: 6.5

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4x Saulot, The Wander 11 AUS FOR OBE THA VAL dai Salubri:4
2x Aredhel 5 FOR VAL aus !Salubri:4
2x Langa 5 VAL for !Salubri:
2x Nkechi 4 aus for val !Salubri:4
2x Rashiel 3 for val !Salubri:4

Library [90 cards]

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Action [22]
6x Biothaumaturgic Experiment
5x Renewed Vigor
3x Rutor's Hand
8x Sense Death

Action Modifier [3]
3x Repulsion

Ally [1]
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Combat [22]
3x Anesthetic Touch
8x Armor of Caine's Fury
3x Rolling with the Punches
4x Taste of Vitae
4x Vengeance of Samiel

Equipment [1]
1x Bowl of Convergence

Master [20]
5x Blood Doll
5x Blooding by the Code
2x Effective Management
2x Fame
2x Frontal Assault
1x Giant's Blood
1x Mob Connections
1x Perfectionist
1x Sight Beyond Sight

Reaction [19]
3x Eagle's Sight
2x Enhanced Senses
7x Forced Awakening
3x On the Qui Vive
4x Telepathic Misdirection

Retainer [2]
1x J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1x Tasha Morgan

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Wed May 30 21:37:15 2007]

Everyone Needs Goals

If an ancient Methuselah isn't moving forward, setting goals, then he's just moving backward. So here are my V:TES goals.

* Grow the DC Player Base: It's my duty a DC Prince to try and grow the player base. We've had some great players who have had to push V:TES down on their priority list, and we need some new blood. I've got a few ideas on how this can be accomplished. Any input is appreciated, of course.

* Break the Top 50 by 2008 NAC: I hope that I haven't topped out at #72. I think I can inch my way into the top 50 by the time the dust settles in Montreal.

* Make a Good, Fun Saulot Deck: I know this is doable because I've seen some very interesting Saulot decks. I've probably given up on ever making a Tier 1 Saulot deck (although the one from Johannes Walch definitely comes close), but I'm going to try to find something that reliably gets game wins and is fun to play.

* Win a Game with a Gargoyle Deck: I say "Gargoyle Deck" here, but what I really mean is that I need to learn how to win with non-Tier 1 decks. When I'm on my game, I can pilot Tier 1 and Tier 2 decks pretty well, but my goal is to be able to take decks that don't have overwhelmingly obvious ousting mechanisms and win with them.

* Host NAC in DC: Just because I think this would be fun to do. A lot of other cities are deserve to host, for sure, but really, where else can we really capture blood sucking deception and intrigue like we can in the nation's capital?

* Out Drink Hugh Angseesing: Yeah, okay. Not possible, you're saying. I'm inclined to agree with you, but like I said, everyone's got to have goals.

I'll be checking in on these and hopefully other V:TES related goals as I come up with things to say about our favorite game. Here's to hopefully seeing some progress.

Finally, What to Do with Carna?

Deck Name : Muscle Babes v1.0
Author : Peteo
Description :

I've had a curious lack of Carnas in my collection, but now thanks to the Blood Shadowed Court packs, I'm finally able to put something together. And of course, what do I do with this oppotunity? I build the following crap.

I'm not sure that the Biothaumaturgic Experiments get through. And even if they do, there probably needs to be room for better combat support. The combat feels clunky and ineffective. The thefts are really because all of my tastes are in other decks. They should be something else, like telepathic trackings.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 7 average: 5.75
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4x Carna, The Princes 7 AUS DOM THA primogen Tremere:3
2x Selena 6 AUS DOM THA !Tremere:3
2x Yasmin the Black 6 AUS THA dom pre !Tremere:3
1x Kyoko Shinsegawa 5 aus cel dom for Tremere:3
1x Neighbor John 5 AUS dom for !Ventrue:4
1x Mosfair 4 cel dom tha !Tremere:4
1x Keith Moody 3 DOM !Tremere:4


Library [90 cards]
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Action [17]
7x Biothaumaturgic Experiment
7x Govern the Unaligned
3x Magic of the Smith

Action Modifier [17]
6x Conditioning
6x Mirror Walk
5x Seduction

Combat [17]
6x Apportation
6x Blood Fury
5x Theft of Vitae

Equipment [5]
1x Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Flak Jacket
1x Ruins of Ceoris
1x Sword of Nuln

Master [16]
1x Academic Hunting Ground
1x Arcane Library
5x Blood Doll
1x Creepshow Casino
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Fame
1x Guardian Angel
3x Hand Contract
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch

Reaction [18]
2x Eagle's Sight
2x Enhanced Senses
6x Forced Awakening
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Precognition
4x Telepathic Misdirection

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Mon Apr 28 22:58:56 2008]