Arika's Blessing

Arika,

In general strong deck, see

North American Continental Championship
Gencon 2005
August 20th, 2005
40 players
3R + F

The North American Championship was won by Peter Charnley of
Ann Arbor, Michigan with his Arika and Friends deck that got
him to the finals last year as well. The Final was very
exciting to watch and went all the way to the time limit.
Here is Peter's deck with a description.

Crypt [12 vampires (avg=9.50)]
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5x Arika 11 DOM FOR OBF PRE aus cel inner circle Ventrue:2
2x Katarina Kornfeld 8 DOM FOR PRE ani primogen Ventrue:3
2x Marcus Vitel 10 DOM FOR OBF OBT PRE prince Ventrue:3
1x Victorine Lafourca 8 DOM FOR PRE tha prince Ventrue:3
1x Ranjan Rishi, Cama 5 DOM PRE for Ventrue:2
1x Queen Anne 10 DOM FOR PRE aus obf prince Ventrue:2

Library [90 cards]
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Action [10]
2x Enchant Kindred
6x Govern the Unaligned
2x Scouting Mission

Action Modifier [30]
3x Awe
2x Bewitching Oration
4x Cloak the Gathering
4x Forgotten Labyrinth
9x Freak Drive
3x Seduction
5x Voter Captivation

Combat [12]
6x Majesty
6x Rolling with the Punches

Master [16]
1x Erciyes Fragments, The
1x Fragment of the Book of Nod
1x Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway
4x Minion Tap
1x Secure Haven
1x Ventrue Headquarters
5x Zillah's Valley

Political Action [15]
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
2x Banishment
8x Kine Resources Contested
2x Protect Thine Own
1x Reins of Power

Reaction [7]
6x Deflection
1x Wake with Evening's Freshness

"The deck is designed to run in spurts. Whether off the bat or later
in the game some turns will be spent doing nothing, waiting for the
opportunity to cycle reactions and combat cards, other turns will
consist of vote, freak, bleed, freak, etc. One advantage of the deck
that some people have keyed on is the lack of permanents to make the
deck appear frightening. With three vampires out, most people are only
afraid of Arika, and then only because of her text, PTO ability and +2
bleed. Very rarely do people worry about the cloaks, or the extra
actions with freak drives and majesty. I've been playing and tweaking
this deck since I started seriously playing Vampire, almost 3 years
now, so this deck is as good as it gets. Modifications consist only of
2-4 card swap outs based on metagame, more or less combat, stealth,
vote bump cards depending. I went with 12 combat and 8 stealth instead
of a previous 10 and 6 because of KMW's combat, and the number of times
intercept has kicked my butt. The 8 stealth card setup is probably going
to stay, but in a less combat-heavy environment, 1 majesty and 1 rolling
would get swapped for other cards. Oh also, I like the lack of wakes.
People often times will behave as though I have a wake in my hands for
deflections when I don't. Thanks to all those 'responsible' bleeders
out there " - Peter Charnley