TWD - Trento Italian Qualifier - Veil of Darkness

TWD - ItaliaN Qualifier Tour "Veil of Darkness" www.vekn.net/index.php/event-calendar/event/7120 Trento, Italy 23 march 2013 23 players 2R + F Author: Danilo Torrisi Deck name: Captain, oh my captain! Description: Combo deck focused on Ivan Krenyenko and the Soul Gem of Etrius List: Crypt : 15 1x kanimana belghazi 1x rafaele giovanni 1x ignazo giovanni 1x egottha 1x agaitas the scolar of antiques 1x ambrogio giovanni 1x gisela harden 1x anisa marianna lopez 1x the baron 1x mina grotius 1x unre keeper of golgotha 1x marino reymundo vasyez 1x pochtly 1x bartholomew 1x enzo giovanni 1x ivan krenyenko libreria : ( 90 ) 16x force of will 13x possession 13x will o' the wisp 10x psychic veil 12x recruitment 4x whispers from the dead 4x scrouging 16x freak drive 2x soul gem of etrius "When you are an anvil, wait. When you are an hammer, strike." Italian NC

Awesome! Someone finally won with this deck! Congrats Danilo!

I count 16 crypt cards in your list. Which is correct, the count (15) or the list? Veil of Darkness Trento, Italy March 23, 2013 23 players 2R + F Danilo Torrisi's Tournament Winning Deck Author: Danilo Torrisi Deck name: Captain, oh my captain! Description: Combo deck focused on Ivan Krenyenko and the Soul Gem of Etrius Crypt [16 vampires] Capacity min: 6 max: 10 average: 7.875 1x Ivan Krenyenko (10) Ravnos(g2) 1x Ambrogino Giovanni (9) 1 voteGiovanni(g2) 1x Baron, The (9) 2 votesSamedi(g2) 1x Ignazio Giovanni (9) Giovanni(g3) 1x Marino Reymundo Vasquez (9) archbishopTremere antitribu(g3) 1x Unre, Keeper of Golgotha (9) bishopHarbinger of Skulls(g2) 1x Anisa Marianna Lopez (8) Harbinger of Skulls(g2) 1x Bartholomew (8) Kiasyd(g2) 1x Enzo Giovanni, Pentex Board of Directors (8) Giovanni(g2) 1x Pochtli (8) Giovanni(g2) 1x Egothha (7) Harbinger of Skulls(g2) 1x Gisela Harden, The Winnower (7) priscusHarbinger of Skulls(g2) 1x Kanimana Belghazi (7) Nagaraja(g2) 1x Agaitas, The Scholar of Antiquities (6) Harbinger of Skulls(g2) 1x Mina Grotius (6) Harbinger of Skulls(g3) 1x Rafaele Giovanni (6) Giovanni(g2) Library [90 cards] Action [47] 16x Force of Will 13x Possession 10x Psychic Veil 4x Scrounging 4x Whispers from the Dead Action Modifier [29] 16x Freak Drive 13x Will-o'-the-Wisp Equipment [2] 2x Soul Gem of Etrius Master [12] 12x Recruitment

Wow great deck ! Congratz for the win. I'm quite curious I see no action modifiers others than chimestry block fails. What I mean is there is 0 obf stealth, 0 nec stealth and 0 daring the dawns. As all the key actions (possession and psychic veil) are 0 stealth actions doesn't this deck ever run into a scenario where you can't oust 3 players before running into a crappy hand and Ivan in ash heap. The next turn you must perform successful possession or psychic veil with 0 stealth and they can all be blocked. Of course you should have many minions by that time and they can all try at least another of the actions and most of them can freak and try another. I'm just wondering wouldn't it make this deck more robust if it had like 1 daring the dawn, 1 veil the legions and 1 spectral divination in it?

hence Pascal's, emphasis mine, "Someone FINALLY won with this deck!" Prince of Dallas Toreador Grand Ball: Dallas August 13, 2022

> Ummon wrote: > Wow great deck ! Congratz for the win. > > I'm quite curious I see no action modifiers others than chimestry block fails. What I mean is there is 0 obf stealth, 0 nec stealth and 0 daring the dawns. As all the key actions (possession and psychic veil) are 0 stealth actions doesn't this deck ever run into a scenario where you can't oust 3 players before running into a crappy hand and Ivan in ash heap. The next turn you must perform successful possession or psychic veil with 0 stealth and they can all be blocked. Of course you should have many minions by that time and they can all try at least another of the actions and most of them can freak and try another. > > I'm just wondering wouldn't it make this deck more robust if it had like 1 daring the dawn, 1 veil the legions and 1 spectral divination in it? > Veil and Spectral are useless here. Ivan's first action should be a Psychic Veil. Add Will-o'-the-Wisp (sup) to remove block ability from everyone. Who cares it's a 0 stealth action now? Freak Drive, equip with Soul Gem (that's a 2 stealth action). Add enough Will-o'-the-Wisp to get down to 1 blood. Daring the Dawn. If you're "lucky", the new guy can play Psychic Veil + Freak Drive + Possession (if there's no intercept guy around). And then, Ivan comes back, plays Psychic Veil, empties with WotW, all your actions now have +2/+3 stealth. Daring the Dawn could be included, I agree.

I think you missed my point. If you are "lucky" of course you can get all 16 vampires out and bleed of about 20-30 in your first action turn and you have already won the game. My point was that if you are unlucky you may end up having ivan in your ash heap and like 7 cards of recruitments and will o wisps in your hand. In this situation you are in serious troubles because you can't start your turbo engine again if prey and pred only block all actions at 0 stealth. having that 1 daring the dawn could start whole cycle again as you could push that first psychic veil of the turn through. Having that daring the dawn in the deck would also add another way to burn ivan if you fail to get new force of will in time. I can totally see what this deck does I'm just wondering wouldn't it be more reliable if it had those cards like darign the dawn or spectral divination in it.