Crocodile's Tongue: TotalCon Tournament Report

On Friday, Crocodile's Tongue was a 2 round+Final event.
24 players participated - including 3 generations of Boston Princes!

Here were the final standings:
Matt Morgan
Matt Flint
Nick Watkins
Jon Scherer
Robyn Tatu

Scott Gomes
Andy Kempton
Josh Duffin
Jared Strait
Josh Feuerstein
David Tatu
Peter Bakija
Mark Loughman
Lance Shope
Matt Hirsch
Peter Jehlen
Gary Kwan
Jay Kristoff
Ben Peal
Nik Lima
Stephen Wampler
Eric Chiang
Paul Burdick
Patrick Lusk

Congratulations to Matt Morgan for winning the event with this deck
(with comments):

Deck Name : Calling Demented Voters
Author : Matt Morgan
Description : Combat defense?  Who needs combat defense?  Vote push?
That's for wimps.  Stealth?  That's for people who want successful
actions.  I built this one in the hopes that the amount of stealth
could handle even heavy intercept decks (Forgotten/Elder being the main way
to do so).  I was also obviously hoping not to be rushed.  I got really
lucky in that regard as I never sat next to a rush deck, but many times I had
a predator who couldn't go forward due to a lack of minions.  In fact,
in both the first round and the final I rescued my predator from torpor
several times to keep the ol' meatshield alive (I'm lucky nobody ever
decided to cut the middle man and rush me directly).

Looking at the deck, one might wonder how this or that card worked out.
Most of the time, I couldn't tell you.  I've recently developed this
extremely minimalist playing style where I'll play like 20 cards all
game. The deck is 90 cards by force of habit, but I never even came close to
playing that many.  I guess it worked out okay this time, but it
would've been nice to see the Jake, Gambit Accepted, Momentum's Edge, etc.
Never got a chance to play any of those.

This tournament was two preliminary rounds and a final.  I got 4VPs at
the first table as I couldn't prop my predator up long enough to get the
sweep.  Then I swept my second table to get top seed on the finals.  I
made the obvious choice to sit away from the combat decks at the table.
I spent much of the game trying to keep my predator alive so I wouldn't
get rushed by Euro-Brujah.  Then I drew the 3 KRCs I needed to oust my prey
just after the Euro-Brujah ran out of steam and died.  My new prey, a
!Nos rush deck, very nearly got his second VP for the win, but I was saved
by the two hour time limit.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 7 max: 10 average: 8.59
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2x Maris Streck          9  AUS OBF ani dem dom  justicar   Malkavian:3
2x Rachel Brandywine     10 AUS DEM OBF PRO ani  prince     Malkavian:3
1x Kite                  7  AUS DEM obf pre      bishop     !Malkavian:2
1x Korah                 7  AUS DEM OBF ani      priscus    !Malkavian:2
1x Marie Faucigny        7  AUS OBF dem tha      archbishop !Malkavian:3
1x Quentin King III      7  AUS DEM obf pre      prince     Malkavian:3
1x Quentin King III  Adv 7  AUS DEM OBF cel pre             Malkavian:3
1x Hannibal          Adv 10 AUS DEM OBF cel dom  cardinal   !Malkavian:2
2x Hannibal              10 AUS DEM OBF cel dom  cardinal   !Malkavian:2

Library [90 cards]
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Action [12]
  1x Blessing of Chaos
  6x Call, The
  4x Kindred Spirits
  1x Restructure

Action Modifier [23]
  2x Cloak the Gathering
  3x Elder Impersonation
  1x Eyes of Chaos
  3x Faceless Night
  3x Forgotten Labyrinth
  4x Lost in Crowds
  3x Spying Mission
  4x Telepathic Vote Counting

Action Modifier/Combat [4]
  4x Swallowed by the Night

Combat [2]
  2x Coma

Master [16]
  1x Asylum Hunting Ground
  5x Blood Doll
  3x Dreams of the Sphinx
  1x Gambit Accepted
  1x Giant's Blood
  1x Gift of Experience
  1x Institution Hunting Ground
  1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
  1x Momentum's Edge
  1x Secure Haven

Political Action [17]
  1x Anarchist Uprising
  1x Ancient Influence
  7x Kine Resources Contested
  5x Parity Shift
  1x Peace Treaty
  1x Political Stranglehold
  1x Reins of Power

Reaction [16]
  8x Telepathic Misdirection
  8x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Mon Feb 28 08:32:30 2005]