An Experiment Using a Live Child, by Tatu and Legbiter David Tatu is now on his way back to the Land of the Free, and i hope he enjoyed his stay with us as much as we enjoyed having him. He actually managed to play in TWO tournaments while he was here, for which full reports in due course. Sadly David didn't make it to the final of the one on Saturday, but i did and so did Michael [aka Anklebiter], with 7 VP [both 0 in the final]. Here is the deck Michael used, designed with the following constraints: [a] Michael likes combat [b] Michael does not wish to be remembered as a sleazy stealth-bleed merchant [c] Michael wants to win, at least the occasional game [d] David had given me a box of Jyhad, and we decided to construct the deck entirely from the cards in the box. Actually we cheated on one card: there was no Warzone HG in the box, and we felt the deck needed one. But we did not, for example, substitute the one Enchant Kindred for a third Computer Hacking, though we would have liked to. CRYPT [12 VAMPIRES] Hasina Kesi Nik Uma Hatch Yuri - The Talon Hector Sosa Black Cat Bianca Rake Adrianne Anvil Tura Vaughn Emerson Bridges LIBRARY [88 CARDS] 16 MASTERS The Barrens Warzone HG Potence Blood Doll x 3 Misdirection x 2 Elder Library Life Boon Dominate Minion Tap Presence Vast Wealth x 2 Celerity 16 ACTIONS Bum's Rush x 3 Computer Hacking x 4 Social Charm x 3 Legal Manipulations x 4 The Fifth Tradition Enchant Kindred 1 VOTE Brujah Justicar 5 EQUIPMENT Deer Rifle Flak Jacket .44 Magnum x 2 Laptop Computer 2 ALLIES Arms Dealer x 2 36 COMBAT Sideslip x 4 Torn Signpost x 2 Blur x 3 Thrown Sewer Lid x 3 Thrown Gate x 3 Infernal Pursuit x 4 Flash x 3 Undead Strength x 3 Acrobatics x 3 Nimble Feet x 3 Pulled Fangs Majesty x 4 8 REACTIONS Delaying Tactics x 2 Deflection x 3 WWEF x 3 4 ACTION MODIFIERS Conditioning x 3 Seduction This is a really fun deck in action and, as its results show, it is highly competitive. Among its victims were some excellent players including David himself, and Matthew Green, for example. It's possible that an older player might have made even more of this deck - Michael certainly fluffed the playing of a life-boon to keep his grand-prey in the game, in the third heat, which would have given him a clean sweep in that 5-player game. But some latitude is certainly due a little boy of 11 when it comes to technical perfection in the best and most complex of CCGs, i feel. O, and did i mention that this deck has no more than 4 copies of any one card [but was played under the standard no-limits rules], and that the box cost David Tatu 12USD?