Deck of the Month: September 2011: Assamite Dementia

This month's deck is the tournament winning deck "Assamite Dementia" played by Simone Longobardi. Although it was "only" a ten-player-tournament he won, I quite like the fusion of the strengths of an Assamite bleed with the advantages of the Malkavian antitribu/Dementation (i.e. Kindred Spirits, Touch of Clarity), and Sybil's Tongue. Beside this deck other notable decks (e.g. candidates for the Deck of the Month) were the Assamite Bleed & Bloat deck by Jay Kristoff and the Una-style Gerald Windham Freakshow deck by Stewart MacLeod.

Deck Name: Mountain Top: Assamite Dementia
Author: Simone Longobardi (Pandemic)
Description:
Mountain Top
Bolzano, Italy
August 28, 2011
10 players
2R + F

Crypt (Capacity min=3 max=10 avg=7.5; 12 cards)
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1x Jackie 3 DEM !Malkavian:4
4x Luc 5 dem vic OBF !Malkavian:4
2x Nizzam al-Latif 9 dem ANI CEL OBF QUI Assamite:5
1x Santaleous 9 AUS CEL DEM OBF Malkavian:5
4x Thucimia 10 for pro CEL DEM OBF QUI Assamite:4

Library (90 cards)
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Master (16 cards)
1x Alamut
2x Blind Spot
2x Dementation
1x Fortitude
2x Perfectionist
1x Secret Passage
1x Secure Haven
3x Vessel
2x Wider View
1x Yoruba Shrine

Action (28 cards)
1x Blessing of Chaos
1x Blithe Acceptance
6x Haqim's Law: Leadership
1x Khabar: Glory
12x Kindred Spirits
5x Sibyl's Tongue
2x Web of Knives Recruit

Equipment (5 cards)
1x Heart of Nizchetus
2x Helicopter
1x Sacre Cour Cathedral, France
1x Sargon Fragment, The

Ally (1 cards)
1x Mylan Horseed (Goblin)

Action Modifier (23 cards)
5x Deed the Heart's Desire
5x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog
6x Eyes of Chaos
3x Faceless Night
3x Lost in Crowds

Reaction (5 cards)
5x Wrong and Crosswise

Combo (12 cards)
2x Hide the Mind
4x Swallowed by the Night
6x Touch of Clarity