Ten Methuselahs showed up to play in the DC area's last sanctioned constructed tournament before the release of the Camarilla set. They were:
.........................................................Prelim Prelim Finals
................................................................GWs VPs VPs TPs
1 Trey Morita Silver Spring, MD...... 1 ... 4 ... 3 ... 108
2 Shane McRoberts Hampton, VA ..... 1 ... 4 ... 1 ... 114
3 Dan Keller Washington, DC ............. 1 ... 4 ... 1 ... 108
4 Johnny Tullner Hampton, VA .......... 2 ... 9 .. 0 ... 168
5 Peter Oh Baltimore, MD .................. 1 ... 5 ... 0 ... 126
6 John Oyerbides Fort Belvoir, VA . 0 ... 2 ... ... ... 120
7 Jason Babbitt Manassas, VA .......... 0 ... 1 ... ... ... . 96
8 Colin Riggs Washington, DC ............ 0 ... 1 ... ... ... . 90
9 [name withheld] Washington, DC .... 0 ... 0 ... ... ... . 78
10 Jim Soh Ashburn, VA ...................... 0 ... 0 ... ... ... . 72
Trey was head judge, and assigned the other judges as Colin Riggs, Jason Babbit, Dan Keller, Peter Oh, and Johnny Tullner.
Winning decklist:
Deck Name: Gabrin's Paradox
Created By: Trey
Description: Use Sense Dep on your predator to buy you breathing room. If your prey's actions gain him pool (votes + voter captivation,
fifth tradition) or he rushes backwards, then sense dep him too if you can. Try to wait until someone is ousted before you play Week of
Nightmares (Store it in an Annex until then).
Trey says playing the waiting game can be effective. "Oh yeah, always get Lazar
first if you draw him in your opening crypt. If your prey is playing
big vampires he will definitely be worth it. (Once, on turn 2, I had
Lazar bleed with computer hacking, freak drive, and steal one from my
prey's big vampire.)" Trey opined in hindsight that he would drop Red Herring, Ignis Fatuus, Rapid
Healing and maybe could use another Draba, another Sensory Deprivation. He added "Clan Impersonation or Golconda would be useful/funny ways to save or
sacrifice Gabrin before the last Nightmare counter is placed."
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 15, Max: 32, Avg: 5.92)
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4 Gabrin ANI CHI dom for 8, Ravnos
3 Joaquina Amaya ANI CHI FOR 6, Ravnos
2 Lazar Dobrescu for 3, Ravnos
1 Vaclav Petalengro ANI CHI for pot 6, Ravnos
1 Salbatore Bokkengro CHI for pro 4, Ravnos
1 Khalil Ravana ani CHI for pre 5, Ravnos
Library: (86 cards)
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Master (15 cards)
4 Blood Doll
1 Fortitude
2 Fortune Teller Shop
2 Park Hunting Ground
3 Path of Paradox, The
1 Ravnos Carnival
1 Storage Annex
1 Week of Nightmares
Action (17 cards)
1 Arson
4 Computer Hacking
1 Fleecing the Gaje
1 Rapid Healing
4 Restoration
6 Sensory Deprivation
Action Modifier (15 cards)
8 Fata Morgana
6 Freak Drive
1 Red Herring
Reaction (16 cards)
5 Deflection
3 Delaying Tactics
1 Ignis Fatuus
7 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat (7 cards)
4 Apparition
3 Superior Mettle
Retainer (5 cards)
1 Mr. Winthrop
4 Raven Spy
Equipment (3 cards)
1 Ivory Bow
1 Palatial Estate
1 Treasured Samadji
Combo (8 cards)
3 Draba
5 Mirror Image