Sorry about my sudden disappearance, my faithful readers (All five of you).
I was totally submerged in the preparations for the Call Of Cthulhu LCG 2012 Italian Regionals. And I came Second Place against the best fifteen players in italy

Here I am with my team, I’m the one of the far right with the Trying Human Circuit :P
My deck was based on small and cheap creatures, a perfect counter to the slow, heavy removal decks that littered the event.
It was well worth the 3 hours journey from Ravenna to Massa Carrara, the “Headhunters” team, composed of the five nerds seen above, dominated the tournament, and we went home with 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, and 6° place, easy peasy.
I played a “Shub Niggurath/Cthulhu” Swarmy deck, perfect against the “Destroy 2 creatures a turn” strategy seen lately in tournaments. The main strategy against that was simply “Play more creatures than the opponent can destroy”
Here’s the decklist, for those interested (Very few, probably).
3x Deep One Assault
3x Get it Off!
3x •Y’Golonac, The Obscenity
3x Priestess of Bubastis
3x Hungry Dark Young
3x Emerging Deep One
3x Gibbering Soul
3x •Descendant of Eibon, Master of the Black Arts (Restricted)
2x •Julia Brown, Oddly Amphibious
3x Twilight Cannibal
3x Dreamlands Fanatic
3x Ghoulish Predator
3x Albino Goat-spawn
3x Degenerate Serpent Cultist
3x Thunder in the East
3x •The Cult of Bathos, Near Mindless Devotion
3x Master of the Myths

MVC (Most Valuable Card): Y’Golonac.
Most of the work was made by this “beauty”, usually played in the second or third turn thanks to the Priestess and the transitory resources given by the Descendant of Eibon. Against slow and heavy decks, he usually lured all of the opponent’s creatures in one story, leaving the others open for fast grabs.
Y’golonac is also one of my favourite cards, being cost efficent, almost unstoppable, and having one of the best arts ever.
The Call Of Cthulhu is largely based on the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, a horror writer from the first of the ‘900, famous for his “Cosmic Horror” style, sadly often shadowed by the racism/sexism deeply woven in his stories. Still, those were other times, and his stories are still very interesting. Consider reading “The Call of Cthulhu” or “The Dunwich Horror”, two of his most famous stories, if you feel interested!
Also, I turned 25 yesterday. I feel ancient.