Banner of Nergality: Boston Tournament Report

Thanks to the 13 players who came to Banner of Nergality: Boston.

Here are the results in order of final ranking:

John Eno - Followers of Set
Jonathan Scherer - Toreador
Matt Flint - Nosferatu Antitribu
Tony Lee - Giovanni
Ben Peal - Assamites and Nergal (chosen when first seed)

Matt Hirsch - Giovanni
Jason Schneiderman - Nosferatu
Peter Jehlen - Ventrue
Andrea Shubert - Followers of Set
Kevin Mullen - Ravnos
Josh Feuerstein - Toreador (with Helena Advanced)
Steve Joyce - Followers of Set
DJ Chagnon - Brujah Antitribu (only played one round)

The format of the finals was strange, but this was still a very fun
event overall .
Those of you who showed up and want copies of the promo cards, please
contact me; they did arrive finally on Monday.

Below is what I submitted as a Historian's Report.  If you have
anything else to add, I'm sure I can send an addendum.

> SECTION 1: EVENT INFORMATION
> ===========================
> 1.1 Organizer Name: Josh Feuerstein
> 1.2 Historian Name and Email Address: Josh Feuerstein,
> jodaff@yahoo.com
> 1.3 Event Date: Oct 1
> 1.4 Event Location: Your Move Games
> 1.5 Event City: Boston
> 1.6 Event State/Region (if applicable): MA (NE region)
> 1.7 Event Country: USA
> 1.8 Prince Prefix used to register event: 205
>
> 1.9 TOURNAMENT WINNING CLAN (Enter "Nergal" if the Nergal deck
> won):
> Followers of Set
> 1.10 Winning Player's Name: John Eno
> 1.11 Which finalist played the Nergal deck (example: 4th seed)?:
> 1st
> seed
> 1.12 What clan did the Nergal deck player reach the finals with?:
> Assamite
>
> SECTION 2: EVENT QUESTIONS
> ==============================================
> 2.1. How did the Nergal deck do in the finals?: The 4 other players
> immediately made an alliance to oust him, and he was the first out.
>
> 2.2. Describe some of Nergal's more interesting feats (if any): Was
> taking 3 or more actions per turn with free Freak Drive.
> Torporized/burned several Giovanni before he was ousted.
>
> 2.3. Describe any valiant attempts to destroy Nergal:
> * Seduced several times by Gloria and Isabel Giovanni.
> * Setites (Hesha) played Temptation on him but never got to cash in
> on it.
> * Was sent to torpor by the Nosferatu Antitribu (primarily Beast
> and
> Christianus Lionel) while he was Famous.
> * When he was empty in torpor, no other Methuselah chose to rescue
> him.
> * His controller tried to play his special Giant's Blood on him
> while
> he was empty in torpor, but the Giovanni player played Sudden
> Reversal on it.
> * Final ousting move was a bleed for 1 by Count Ormonde.
>
> 2.4. Did Barbaro Lucchese make an impact in any game? If so, please
> describe: No
> 2.5. Did Sela make an impact in any game? If so, please describe:
> No
> 2.6. Did Alan Sovereign make an impact in any game? If so, please
> describe: No
>
> 2.7. Did Helena make an impact in any game? If so, please describe:
> I (the Historian) played a deck centering around merging Helena.
> First round:
> * Helena comes out, is Minion Tapped for 5, equips with a Sniper
> Rifle.
> * Krassimir plays Divine Sign, targeting Helena.
> * Toreador Grand Ball is played, keeping Helena tapped to make
> Suzanne Kadim's non-bleeds unblockable.
> * Helena deck is ousted by a Giovanni powerbleed predator.
>
> Second round:
> * Helena comes into play.
> * She is merged with Gift of Experience.
> * Nigel the Shunned rushes Suzanne Kadim, Helena blocks and plays
> Pursuit + Conflagration.
> * Teresita rushes Helena, Helena plays Conflagration again.
> * Anisa plays Temptation on Helena (cross-table).  Repeatedly takes
> control of her and returns her to her controller untapped.
> * Helena gets Black Metamorphosis and a Sniper Rifle.
> * Helena blocks an action, attempts to strike with Sniper Rifle but
> Canine Horde burns it.  She takes her Black Metamorphosis
> additional
> strike to play Conflagration to burn a Raven Spy.
> * Anisa's controller takes empty Helena, untaps her to hunt, she is
> blocked by Ox and sent to torpor.
>
> Third round:
> * Helena comes into play, gets a Bowl of Convergence.
> * Predator with Etrius continuously plays Elder Impersonation to
> cause her blocks to fail.
> * Ousted by several votes (4 pool total from prey calling KRC, plus
> several more pool from predator calling Parity Shift and Reins of
> Power).  Ousted in 18 minutes.
>
> 2.8. Please describe any interesting exchanges involving titled
> vampires:
> * Cock Robin becomes a Traditionalist, and continually votes down
> referendums to save himself from his predator's Temptation/Form of
> Corruption.
>
> 2.9. Please describe any interesting Political Actions, if any.
> * Gerard Rafin calls Kindred Segregation to get rid of his
> predator's
> Gregory Winter.  Predator pays the pool.
> * Khalid becomes Prince of Boston.
> * Christianus Lionel burned by Society of Leopold + Free States
> Rant
> called by Nehsi.
> (Finals): * Anson called Anathema on Qufur am-Heru.  Beast rushed
> full Qufur and burned him before he could act.
> (Finals): * Anson calls Parity Shift.  Takes 5 from Nergal.  Takes
> 1
> to himself, gives 4 to Nosferatu Antitribu player.
>
> 2.10. Please describe any interesting combats:
> * Francesca Giovanni plays Death of My Conscience, Undead Strength,
> Taste of Vitae, to humiliatingly send Barth to torpor.
> * Krassimir attempts to bleed, is blocked by Anson, who is an
> Archon
> and has a .44 magnum.  Krassimir uses Torn Signpost + Earthshock +
> Taste of Vitae, torporizing Anson.  Krassimir untaps with Clotho's
> Gift and plays Graverobbing to steal Anson.
>
> 2.11. Please describe any interesting deals made between players:
> * See final round.
> * See Helena/Temptation.
> * There was an interesting political balance/set of deals between
> the
> Assamite and Setite players in one of the preliminary rounds.
>
> 2.12. Please describe anything interesting that involved Infernal
> vampires:
> * See Helena and Nergal. (No other Infernal vampires were used)
>
> 2.13. Please describe any other surprising or interesting
> situations
> from your event:
> * Erciyes Fragments is stolen, and used to steal a Giant's Blood
> that
> had not yet been played.  Is immediately contested by the original
> controller playing a second Fragments.  The original controller
> eventually yields, the stealer (Setites) plays the Giant's Blood.
> The Fragments are stolen again, but he "spikes" them with the
> Fragments discarded to the contest.
> * Nosferatu and !Nosferatu made a table-splitting deal.
> * In final round, Toreador oust Setites to end the game, but
> Setites
> still win due to starting rank.  3 vps each for Toreador and
> Setites.
>
> 2.14. Please send us direct quotes of interesting things said
> during your event. Do not edit the quotes.
> "Until we're done, I don't give a damn" - Toreador player
> (controlling Anson), in regards to getting Nergal off the table
> before continuing with the normal pred/prey relationship.
> "I found him!" - Christianus, Mad Chronicler's controller regarding
> Nergal, when he played Fame on Nergal