Due to the delayed shipment, from White Wolf we had to held the pre-release last Saturday (February 13th, 2010 in Budapest, Hungary). Surprisingly 28 players gathered to play one of the best sealed deck tournaments I have ever participated in. Besides the Heirs to the Blood starter decks we were given one 3rd Edition, one Keepers of Tradition and two Heirs to the Blood boosters. Players were allowed to trade cards before building there decks. This resulted in an unexpected variety of decks.Before the tournament I was afraid a heavy Kiasyd dominance, but my concerns turned out to be wrong. Two players decided to enhance the Samedi's ousting power by adding several copies of "Virtuosa" to their deck, giving "Agent of Power" an unexpected use. Ever heard of using a Samedi Melpominee before? Both players scored one game win during the tournament. I was dealt a Tremere/Gargoyle starter which I really wasn't happy with, since it totally lacks blood and pool gain and is loaded with cards that cost 2 pool. Fortuanately I managed to trade the following cards: 2x Malgorzata, 2x Antonio d'Erlette, 1x Nikolai the Survivor, 1x Nephandus, 3x Chaundice and 2x Fustuk. So I played a Tremere antitribu"/Gargoyle deck. I removed all the "Razor Bats" and all the other cards, that cost pool from the deck, with the exception of "Depravity" and "Guardian Angel". This resulted in a pretty solid deck. I managed to make 1 GW and 3 VPs, which wasn't enough for the final.
The biggest surprise however was Zsolt Cziraki's deck. He was dealt a Samedi starter. Instead of trying to make it work somehow he decided to ask everybody at the tournament for their Baali cards. The result: a complete Baali Deck! He scored 2 GW 10 VPs and was first seat in the final! I couldn't stay to watch the final, but was told later the he won the final with 1.5 VPs. Congratulations to Zsolt "Colos" Cziraki for this achievement!
Here is his decklist:
Deck Name: Baali Bleed
Created By: Zsolt "Colos" Cziraki
Description:
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 12, Max: 36, Avg: 5,5)
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6 Horde dai obf pre 3 Baali
2 Arishat DAI OBF PRE 6 Baali
1 Xeper ani dai pro OBF PRE 7 Baali
1 Annazir DAI OBF POT PRE 9 Baali
2 The unnamed CEL DAI OBF PRE PRO 10 Baali
Library: (82 cards)
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Master (20 cards)
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Dummy Corporation
7 Maleficia
8 Tend the Flock
1 Vessel
2 Villein
Action (12 cards)
4 Computer Hacking
4 Greater Curse
3 Night Moves
1 Unleash Hell's Fury
Action Modifier (24 cards)
1 Approximation of Loyalty
4 Cloak the Gathering
1 I Am Legion
4 Lost in Crowds
1 Marked Path
2 Mask of a Thousand Faces
4 Psalm of the Damned
2 Under My Skin
5 Veil the Legions
Reaction (8 cards)
3 Diabolic Lure
1 Eluding the Arms of Morpheus
4 On the Qui Vive
Combat (6 cards)
3 Flames of the Netherworld
1 Majesty
2 Outside the Hourglass
Ally (2 cards)
2 Infernal Servitor
Equipment (3 cards)
3 Camera Phone
Combo (7 cards)
6 Evil Eye
1 Force of Personality
Author: Martin "Mephistopheles" Major
9 comments:
Being able to trade cards in a sealed event is just calling everybody's stupidity out, imho.
No Path of Evil Revelations?
We traded only cards from these boosters or precos. I don't see whats wrong with it. 28 people had immense fun playing this event. I think this game is about having fun.
Very original thinking in a sealed event and a well deserved win.
Kudos!
/orko_oskar
And the worst thing is that while we have been testing our decks today for the upcoming competition in Szeged, Colos came with nearly the same deck and ousted each and every one of us... XD I got him cornered once, but the pool gaining ability of the baali is hard to keep up with...
I think the new cards will not be legal to play in Szeged, yet.
the trading actually sounds like a lot of fun for a sealed starter event. especially for a 12-clan set of bloodlines, it's a lot more fun and variety than the same 4 slightly-altered starters. winning with an all-Baali deck is very cool.
Martin, to me it is like: please give me your good cards and take my crap... then it starts being,
1/ who is friend with who so that he is able to trade with some benefit
2/ try to find the guys who don't care they are going to be ousted, and trade them your crap samedi action modifiers for their good cards
You're maybe right Orian, but believe me nobody did this here. We traded he good cards we didn't need for cards we did need, that's all. Many people had game wins, so the decks were pretty balanced.
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