Ahrimanes Newsletter #21 31.01.07 ==================================================== [ AHRIMANES NEWSLETTER ] ==================================================== 1.0 - Editorial 1.1 Word From the Editor 1.2 Next Issue 2.0 - Decks 2.1 Anarch Sniper Cats 2.2 Tools of the Trade 2.3 Sign Off --[1.1 - Word from the Editor]----------------------- The coverage of the Millenium Cultists is here at last, with one winning Ahrimane deck and, er, my Ahrimane deck... I tried, I really did, but I couldn't get the win. Anyway seems like there has been quite a few Ahrimane decks played, but only one (so far) has won, so here it is. --[1.2 -Next Issue]------------------------------------ There maybe some hints of the forthcoming Sword of Caine set, plus I will feature any additional Ahrimane decks that win Millennium Cultist events. I will also return to the usual format of crypt and library card features. --[2.1 - Deck: Anarch Sniper Cats]--------------------------------------- Deck Name: Anarch Sniper Cats Author: Tony Wedd Description: Anarch wall deck using Effie and Muricia plus a few weenie Gangrel Antitrubi (who can become Ahrimane through Muricia's ability). Crows/guns for combat. Anarch Revolt plus Army of Rats for forward pressure. High Top to rush your prey's Anarchs, or your prey/ pred's vampires generally. Deck Name: Anarch Sniper Cats Author: Tony Wedd Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 7 average: 4.92 5x Effie Lowery 5 ANI SPI obf Ahrimane:4 4x Muricia 7 ANI PRE SPI Ahrimane:4 1x Denette Stensen 2 obf !Gangrel:4 1x Jesús Alcalá 2 cel !Gangrel:3 1x Leo Washington 2 cel pro !Gangrel:4 Library [85 cards] Action [3] 2x Army of Rats 1x Muricia's Call Ally [2] 2x High Top Combat [16] 4x Canine Horde 9x Carrion Crows 3x Taste of Vitae Combat/Action Modifier [7] 7x Swiftness of the Stag Equipment [5] 1x Ivory Bow 4x Sniper Rifle Master [21] 1x Anarch Free Press, The 5x Anarch Revolt 2x Blood Doll 7x Galaric's Legacy 1x Giant's Blood 1x KRCG News Radio 1x London Evening Star, Tabloid Newspaper 1x Powerbase: Los Angeles 1x Powerbase: Montreal 1x Rack, The Reaction [28] 9x Cats' Guidance 6x Falcon's Eye 13x Speak with Spirits Retainer [3] 1x Mr. Winthrop 2x Raven Spy This was a pre-existing intercept deck, which I went with given the storyline mechanic was based on calling votes. Only tweaks were to the crypt (for storyline legality) plus a couple of extra Canine Hordes - with free Assault Rifles and Flamethrowers floating around, these proved invaluable. It's been a while but here's what I can remember of the day. I had a hard time getting to the final - in round one (0.5vp or 1.5vp, can't remember exactly) I had a S&B predator while a Lasombra vote deck cross table controlled the Reverend for a long time and powered up enormously. The game ended up timing out with the Lasombra the winner on VP. At least Muricia got to use Muricia's Call =) In round 2 my initial predator was ousted by a rush combat deck, which then rushed a couple of my minions at a crucial time allowing my prey to oust my grandprey. I clawed back and eventually got my prey and former predator with seconds to spare for 3vp/GW. I just scraped into the final which ironically turned out to be my easiest game of the day - both my prey/pred were vote based decks without that much stealth. My prey had the Reverend briefly but I ousted him. Then the Reverend took no further part in the game and from memory I was lucky enough to get the table sweep. Appolonius --[2.2 - Deck: Tools of the Trade]--------------------------------------- Deck Name: Tools of the Trade Author: Sam Marsh Description: This was made out of two Ahrimanes decks I had made at the time, hopefully I picked the best bits of both, perhaps I should shuffle together the other pile of cards and see how that plays. Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 6.09 3x Howler 8 ANI PRE SPI obf Ahrimane:2 3x Siamese, The 7 PRE SPI ani pro Ahrimane:2 2x Cynthia Ingold 6 SPI ani for pre Ahrimane:2 2x Nettie Hale 5 ani cel pre pro spi Ahrimane:2 1x Juanita Santiago 4 ani pre spi Ahrimane:2 1x Zip 2 ani Ravnos:3 Library [90 cards] Action [14] 1x Aranthebes, The Immortal 2x Army of Rats 4x Enchant Kindred 3x Engling Fury 1x Heart of the City 1x Muricia's Call 2x Nose of the Hound Ally [2] 1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter) 1x Neighborhood Watch Commander (Hunter) Combat [29] 8x Aid from Bats 2x Canine Horde 10x Carrion Crows 2x Pack Alpha 4x Taste of Vitae 3x Terror Frenzy Combat/Action Modifier [6] 6x Swiftness of the Stag Equipment [2] 2x .44 Magnum Master [15] 1x Animalism 5x Blood Doll 2x Direct Intervention 1x Fame 1x Guardian Angel 1x KRCG News Radio 1x Perfectionist 1x Powerbase: Montreal 1x Rack, The 1x Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The Reaction [18] 3x Cats' Guidance 5x Falcon's Eye 4x Forced Awakening 6x Speak with Spirits Retainer [4] 1x Murder of Crows 3x Raven Spy Sadly I didn't do as well as Appolonius, my first round was good, preying on a Toreador Grand Ball deck, with enough actions to burn the Balls. I managed to get 1.5vps there, as we timed out as I was working over my prey. In the second game the Reverend made an appearance and my lack of voting power put paid to stealing him back. The Tremere Antitribu managed to gain control of him, and then went on to get the game win. In the final the Tremere Antitribu deck feared sitting next to me, so went opposite, this meant that the two vote decks were cross table buddies. This meant that I couldn't do enough against the Toreador Grand Ball as my predator, and I went out first... The event was won in the end by a Ventrue Antitribu deck, which was the other vote deck, but had more deflection and a lot of prevention - counteracting all of those free guns. Jazzbeaux --[2.3 - Sign Off]------------------------------------- Well I really enjoyed the Millennium Cultist event, as it forced more interaction than you sometimes get on a table also the fact that you can win something for the clan gives an extra edge to winning. Hopefully you all got to play in an event, if not, sign up and run one yourself, they really are easy to do. Sam *