Contingency Planning: TotalCon Tournament Report

  Contingency Planning was the last tournament of TotalCon, with
  18 players in attendance.  The finalists after two rounds were:

  Ben Swainbank - Anarch Ian Forestal (I think), heavy Diversion + Mole
  Trey Morita - Anarch cel-for-aus-dom w/Concealed .44's
  Erin Kogan - Ahrimanes intercept-combat-bleed
  Nick Watkins - Tremere 23 intercept-combat-bleed
  Ben Peal - Pochtli recycler

  Final Standings:

  1 Ben Peal             1 GW, 3 VP, 1.5 VP in finals, 84 TP
  2 Trey Morita          1 GW, 6.5 VP, 0.5 VP in finals, 120 TP
  3 Erin Kogan           1 GW, 4 VP, 0.5 VP in finals, 84 TP
  4 Nick Watkins         1 GW, 3 VP, 0.5 VP in finals, 84 TP
  5 Ben Swainbank        2 GW, 7 VP, 0 VP in finals, 120 TP
  6 Matt Hirsch          0 GW, 3 VP, 102 TP
  7 Ben Spaulding        0 GW, 2 VP, 96 TP
  8 Cory Seigel          0 GW, 2 VP, 84 TP
  9 Andy Kempton         0 GW, 1.5 VP, 78 TP
  10 Dan Keller          0 GW, 1 VP, 72 TP
  11 Brad Perron         0 GW, 1 VP, 66 TP
  12 David Anderson      0 GW, 0.5 TP, 48 TP
  13 Josh Feuerstein     0 GW, 0 VP, 54 TP
  14 Josh Duffin         0 GW, 0 VP, 48 TP
  14 Tristan Asher       0 GW, 0 VP, 48 TP
  16 Kevin Scribner      0 GW, 0 VP, 42 TP
  17 Lance Shope         0 GW, 0 VP, 36 TP
  18 Nikolas Lima        0 GW, 0 VP, 32 TP


  The winning deck:

  Deckname: Pochtli Twister
  Created by:  Ben Peal
  Description:  I was wondering about building a deck that was less than
  60 cards - and padding it out with burn option cards - to see if there
  was potential for abuse (withdrawal excepted).  At least from this   
  experiment, there's no abuse to be found, but it's a fun deck to play.
  The Tracker's Marks were specifically chosen because they're red and
  thereby easy to spot in your hand, helping you to not forget to discard
  during other players' untap phases.  I strongly suggest making room for
  a third Telepathic Counter.  The idea for the deck comes from a deck
  (called Pochtli Twister) built by one of our local guys - Keith Page - a
  couple years ago, before Bloodlines was released.  He stopped playing a
  while back, but I figured I'd revive the idea.


  CRYPT

  5 x Pochtli (8): NEC OBF POT cel dom
  1 x Carlotta Giovanni (7): NEC POT obf dom
  1 x Ozmo (6): AUS obf dom
  1 x Aleph (4): AUS dom
  1 x Raful Al Zarqa (6): AUS obf dom nec
  1 x Agaitas, The Scholar of Antiquities (6): AUS NEC for
  1 x Frederick the Weak (2): pre
  1 x Basil (1): obf

  LIBRARY

  24 x Tracker's Mark
  1 x Lazarene Inquisitor
  1 x Erebus Mask
  1 x Waste Management Operation
  1 x Abrosius the Ferryman

  1 x Info Highway
  1 x Anarch Railroad
  1 x Creepshow Casino
  1 x Seattle Committee
  2 x Blood Doll
  1 x Sudden Reversal
  1 x Direct Intervention
  1 x The Coven
  2 x Life in the City

  1 x JS Simmons
  1 x Tasha Morgan
  1 x .44 Magnum
  2 x Leather Jacket
  1 x Aranthebes the Immortal
  3 x Forced Awakening

  1 x Enhanced Senses
  1 x Telepathic Misdirection
  2 x Telepathic Counter

  1 x Spiritual Intervention
  1 x Spectral Divination
  1 x Call the Hungry Dead

  2 x Conditioning
  1 x Deflection

  1 x Lost in Crowds
  1 x Cloak the Gathering


  - Ben Peal, Prince of Boston
    fudjo@mindstorm.com