I like ICE - Only Jinteki at APAC (4-1)

I like ICE, esp. big taxing ICE. Also love Jinteki, but boy, are we in a baaaad place. If Palana isn't good, then glacier isn't an option, and it's sad days for this #JintekiStan

So, given that I wanted to rez some ICE, AgInfusion seemed good. Going broke to rez a Chiyashi or Anansi feels bad, but there's a lot of recovery econ and it's great to jam a Rashida in a remote with unrezzed ICE the turn after. Come on, how bad do you want this Rashida?

The game plan here was to rez something large and then use Seamless Launch or Anoetic to protect the gendies. The suite is the classic trio of trios: MkII, Sandbox, and Obo. Sandbox is great money after a big rez if there's a Botulus or something.

I was pleasantly surprised to go 4-1. NISEI and rerouting runs is good Apoc tech. And runners in this meta don't seem to have good ways to break Chiyashi.

ICE, ICE, baby.

Notes from the Night of the Event:

Round 1 vs Motion Blur on 419. Got good money and ideal agenda arrivals. Rezzed a Chiyashi and rammed 419 into it a bunch. EZ game when you draw the nuts. 1-0

Round 2 vs Rjorb on Loup. Loup was not ready for the New Miracles for New Worlds. Loup pulls off an early Apoc when I have 4 ice on board. He then later tries to another 'Poc but can't break all the subs on Anansi and it knocks the tentacle puke from his hand. Then he goes broke trying to touch a card in a server by partially running through a DNA Tracker. No money to trash Rashida, and I am off to the races. Score two Sandbox and then jam a single advanced Obo in the server. He goes to money up, assuming that I'll get to 6, but I had the Seamless for the win. Seamless launch: a fun and powerful card when you can only play it the once. Garbage when you can recur it thanks to your ID. 2-0

Break - why? it's only five rounds. Power through! (It's 12:25 pm CST when I type this, so I don't care if the Aussie want some vegemite toast, tea, and a slice of pavlova. Get on with it. Lol.) Pavs are lovely, btw. There's a Aussie bakehouse called Banksia here in Kansas City. I can't believe there's a whole dish made of heavy cream and fruit in a delicate egg-white shell.

Muellette on MaxX Lost to big deck max with crazy ice destruction. Seemed like there were some fortunate hits (devil charms and simulchips all showing up early and often), but it was well played. If Ag is a miracle for a new world, then Hippo is a Breached Dome for that world. (Note: bring back the Dome! Or Kakugo. Or Shipment from Tennin. I get that no one wants to play against Potatoes PE, but taking all three was rough.)

Round 4 vs NTan33 on 419 Starting at nearly 3am. Why? Why am I doing this. 419 - Face planted Anansi turn 1 or 2 and lost his Amina and Bukh early. Felt like they just sort of gave up on the game. Turtle was the the breaker and boy, am I ICEd up and teched out for that turkey. Opponent was making lots of money with Rouge Trading and Doing Something Interesting with Thunder Art Gallery, but didn't really launch a comeback effort. 3-1

Round 5 vs Longi on Apoc Hoshiklo Squeaked out a win despite making a bonehead play. Game goes late and surprise, Hoshiko is really Gene Hackman from Enemy of the State. I got confused rerouting runs on centrals and let Omar call his noodle naplam strike. I had a Nisei token and could have stopped the 'poc, There was a single advanced Nisei in the remote, which went to archives. Sads. But Spin Doctor is not only a card, but a great card. Even though I was probably wrong not to stop the 'Poc, all the money I saved not rezzing ICE created an endgame where I was rich and flooded and my opponent was broke and rightfully scared of the unrezzed ICE. Recurred some goodies with Spin Doctor, IAA and obo behind an unrezzed Chiyashi. Opponent draws up to hopefully run through an Anansi and steal OBO for the win. But it was not Anansi and Chiyashi don't give a fuck. 7 with paperclip or lose those cards. New Miracles for New Worlds, indeed. 4-1.

Thanks to all my opponents, to NISEI and esp. Inactivist for running things for us. And also, a special shout out to the fine folks at AgInfusion. Let's hope the New Miracles for our world are an end to this pandemic and a ban to some of this purple stuff.