Deck of the Month: September 2008: Akunanse Trophy

To choose for this time for the deck of the month was very hard. With all the EC 2008 finalists' decks at hand there were so many good choices. For example, the "Unexpected Coalition" deck that David Wittmann piloted to the final of the EC day 1 tournament or the "Una Freak Show" played by Jukub Baranski that made it to the final table of the EC2008. My final choice is Martin Varga's Akunanse Trophy deck, which he played during the EC Silence of Death tournament and which won the tournament. It shows that a Red List/Trophy deck can actually work quite well, even if the deck archetype is (clearly) no tier-1 deck.
The first goal of the deck is to red list a (preferably soft) target, e.g. an "Anarch Convert", a hapless ally like "Mylan Horseseed (Goblin)", or a nameless Weenie. The second goal is kill the red-listed minion to get first and foremost both a "Trophy: Domain" and "Trophy: Hunting Ground" on the same Magaji. Finally the deck aims to mutate into a wall deck deck with the help of "Trophy: Domain" and "No Secrets from the Magaji", which both allow to block a wide range of actions from its prey and predator (where necessary).

Silence of Death
Prague, Czech Republic
Sept 20, 2008
32 players
3R + F

Martin Varga's Tournament Winning Deck with 3VPs in the finals

Deck Name : Akunanse Trophy
Author : Martin Varga
Description :

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 5.66667
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3x Nkule Galadima 8 ABO FOR ani aus pre magaji Akunanse:4
3x Uchenna 7 ABO ANI FOR magaji Akunanse:4
2x Kikiyaon, The 5 FOR abo ani Akunanse:4
2x Hasani 4 ABO for Akunanse:4
1x Dolie 3 abo ani Akunanse:4
1x Meno Ngari 2 abo Akunanse:4

Library [90 cards]
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Action [12]
5x Big Game
2x No Secrets From the Magaji
5x Red List

Action Modifier [5]
5x Freak Drive

Action Modifier/Combat [5]
5x Predator's Transformation

Action Modifier/Reaction [2]
2x Akunanse Kholo

Combat [35]
6x Amaranth
4x Devil-Channel: Back
8x Devil-Channel: Hands
6x Invoking the Beast
6x Rolling with the Punches
5x Unflinching Persistence

Master [17]
2x Blood Doll
1x Parthenon, The
1x Trophy: Diablerie
3x Trophy: Domain
3x Trophy: Hunting Ground
1x Trophy: No Questions
3x Trophy: Progeny
3x Vessel

Political Action [12]
5x Consanguineous Boon
1x Rumors of Gehenna
1x Secret Must Be Kept, The
5x Trumped-Up Charges

Reaction [2]
2x Predator's Communion