Edith Blount: Boston Tournament Report

Edith Blount: Boston took place on Saturday, July 17, 2004.

There were 10 players; 5 from Boston, 5 from Maine (I can't remember
exactly what deck everyone was playing, but those details could be
filled in later):

From Boston:
Scott Gomes
Josh Feuerstein
Ben Swainbank
Matt Hirsch
Kevin Scribner

From Maine:
Lance Shope
Andy Kempton
Scott Kowalczuk
Ben Turner
Ben Spaulding

Round 1:
Scott Gomes 0
Lance Shope 2.5 (GW)
Andy Kempton 0
Josh Feuerstein 0
Ben Swainbank 1.5

Matt Hirsch 3 (GW)
Scott Kowalczuk 1
Ben Turner 0
Ben Spaulding 1
Kevin Scribner 0

Round 2:
Kevin Scribner 0
Scott Gomes 1
Ben Spaulding 1
Ben Turner 0
Lance Shope 3 (GW)

Ben Swainbank 0
Matt Hirsch 1
Josh Feuerstein 0
Andy Kempton 4 (GW)
Scott Kowalczuk 0

Round 3:
Josh Feuerstein 0
Scott Kowalczuk 0
Kevin Scribner 0
Andy Kempton 5 (GW)
Scott Gomes 0

Ben Spaulding 0
Lance Shope 4 (GW)
Ben Swainbank 0
Ben Turner 1
Matt Hirsch 0

This was a low-intercept, low-combat tournament.  Lots of stealth
bleed and stealth vote going on.  And even with every table garnering
a Game Win, Ben Swainbank was able to get into the finals with a mere
1.5 VPs.

The final round was:
Ben Swainbank 1
Ben Spaulding 0
Matt Hirsch 0
Lance Shope 0
Andy Kempton 3

The big winner of the day was Andy Kempton, with a total of 3 Game
wins and 12 VPs.

Here's his deck and comments:
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When I went in to the tourney, I was looking for something that would
take advantage of the Boston metagame. I borrowed a deck idea from Lance
Shope, and we discussed how to modify it to make it work in the environment 
we anticipated. The delaying tactics and archon investigation were vital 
for dealing with the plethora of vote and bleed decks that day. The deck 
also had enough bloat that could survive without any bounce.

Deck Name:   Settite Legal  V4.0
Created By:  Lance Shope
Description: Obf bleed with Legal  Manipulation.  Majesty if you get
intercepted.  Use the temptations on your own vampires if they run low on
blood.  They can Legal Manipulate (cost one blood) then Tempt self to
hunt and gain the blood back.  Or Tempt opponent's  vampires (standard).

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 20, Max: 31, Avg: 6.58)
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2  Count Ormonde        dom OBF pre ser      5,  Followers of Set
1  Danny Larkshill      obf obt pot PRE SER  7,  Followers of Set
1  Intisar              cel OBF pot PRE SER  8,  Followers of Set
2  Ezekiel, Lord of M   obf pot PRE SER      6,  Followers of Set,
2  Qufur am-Heru        cel OBF PRE SER tha  7,  Followers of Set
2  Sarrasine            aus nec OBF PRE ser  7,  Followers of Set
2  Sir Marriot D'Urban  aus obf PRE ser      5,  Followers of Set

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (12 cards)
1  Barrens, The
4  Blood Doll
1  Dreams of the Sphinx
1  Archon Investigation
1  Information Highway
1  Opium Den
1  Slave Auction
1  Sudden Reversal
2  Dummy Corporation

Action (24 cards)
14 Legal Manipulations
5  Enticement
5  Temptation

Action Modifier (24 cards)
3  Aire of Elation
1  Change of Target
4  Cloak the Gathering
8  Lost in Crowds
8  Spying Mission

Reaction (15 cards)
5  Delaying Tactics
4  Ecstasy
6  Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (12 cards)
8  Majesty
4  Behind You

Combo (3 cards)
3  Swallowed by the Night

-Andy Kempton