Deck of the Month: January 2008: Cats & Dogs

This tournament winning deck played by Miguel del Valle and posted in the Usenet Newsgroup, raised a lot of questions about how it really works works. At first glance it is obviously a rush deck with both the "Tupdogs" and the "Rockcats". But in fact the "Tupdogs"are in the deck only to serve a cheap blockers and more importantly as recruiters for the "Rockcats". On the other hand the deck is astonishingly a vote deck as well with the "Autarkis Persecution" as its main pool gain engine. For the decks success it is imperative that it attacks vampires with votes and puts them into torpor, even early in the game, even cross table. There are number of nifty tricks in the deck as well like the "Mark of the Damned" which is very good to either hurt your predator or in the 1-on-1 game (where your predator is your prey), since all the "Tupdogs" in your ash heap mean easily 5 to 10 pool damage.

Acquired Ventrue Assets Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
December 15, 2007
Number of players: 21

Deck Name: Me pareció ver un lindo gatito
Created By: Miguel del Valle

Crypt [(17 vampires, average capacity: 2)
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14x Tupdog POT VIS 1 Gargoyle:3
1x Shawnda Dorrit CEL obt pot pre 6 Brujah antitribu:4 priscus
2x Mata Hari CHI OBF aus for qui 7 Ravnos:4 2 votes

Library (60 cards)
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Master (10)
3x Direct Intervention
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
3x Memories of Mortality
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Waste Management Operation
1x Zoning Board

Action (2)
1x Arson
1x Concert Tour

Action Modifier (5)
5x Skin of the Chameleon

Ally (20)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
1x Gregory Winter
2x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)
1x Ossian
11x Rock Cat
3x Vagabond Mystic
1x War Ghoul

Event (3)
1x Dragonbound
2x Unmasking, The

Political Action (8)
7x Autarkis Persecution
1x Mark of the Damned

Reaction (4)
4x Bloodstorm of Chorazin

Retainer (1)
1x D'habi Revenant

Combat (7)
3x Disarm
4x Immortal Grapple