The Stranger Among Us
Boston, Massachusetts
January 5th 2002
Kevin Scribner

"tzimisce - go: counterspell deck"

Crypt (12 cards, min=19, max=35, avg=6.83)
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2x Caliban			    6	ANI AUS VIC			    Tzimisce:2
1x Lambach			    10	ANI AUS DOM VIC pre	cardinal    Tzimisce:2
1x Stravinsky			    9	ANI AUS VIC pot		archbishop  Tzimisce:2
1x Anton			    8	ANI AUS cel obf vic		    Tzimisce:2
1x Little Tailor of Prague	    8	ANI AUS VIC dem			    Tzimisce:2
1x Meshenka			    8	ANI AUS VIC		priscus	    Tzimisce:2
1x Sascha Vykos, The Angel of Caine 8	AUS THA VIC ani dom	priscus	    Tzimisce:2
1x Corine Marcón		    6	AUS VIC ani			    Tzimisce:2
1x Devin Bisley			    5	ANI AUS vic			    Tzimisce:2
1x Lolita Houston		    4	VIC aus				    Tzimisce:2
1x Terrence			    4	ani aus vic			    Tzimisce:2

library [90]:
master cards [16]:
2 anarch revolt
6 blood doll
1 library hunting ground
1 powerbase: montreal
1 the rack
3 rötschreck
2 smiling jack, the anarch
action cards [6]:
3 tier of souls
3 revelations
retainer cards [2]:
2 revenant
equipment cards [2]:
1 ivory bow
1 femur of toomler
reaction cards [40]:
6 cat's guidance
6 forced awakening
6 read the winds
6 eagle's sight
4 enhanced senses
3 spirit's touch
3 precognition
6 telepzthic misdirection
combat cards [24]:
8 inner essence
10 chiropteran marauder
6 breath of the dragon

notes:

-- special thanks to jay kristoff, for his deck on thelasombra's site,
which was the inspiration for this one, and to david d'avila-anderson,
for his incredible articles on the subject of intercept-combat decks...
-- i've been playing this deck for over a year now, in various forms,
but it wasn't until bloodlines and 'read the winds' that i was able to
really get it off the ground... the raw power and efficiency of that
one card opened up so many card slots, which i was able to dedicate to
forward pressure, without compromising my ability to fend off 4-on-1
onslaughts turn after turn...
-- in light of the lessons i learned at this tournament, i think i'll
need to change the 2 anarch revolt to either 2 more smiling jack, or 2
war ghoul... the anarch revolts organize the table against me too much,
and turn my cross-table buddies into enemies... with smiling jack, they
at least think twice before coming at me... removing 2 revolts also
allows me to drop 2 of the eagle's sight, so maybe i'd go with 3 smiling
jack, 3 war ghoul, and exchange the femur of toomler for one more
revenant...
-- i'm seriously considering swapping out the duplicate caliban in the
crypt for either goratrix, matteus, omaya, or [most likely] jost
werner... the duplicate crypt draw doesn't really hurt me much, but
having jost's inherent stealth might make a big difference in some
games...