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Thanks to Unband for the Bananas, and the place to stay after worlds. Was great to meet you all!
For corp see:
- Changing Clothes [Worlds: 5-3]
This was my updated version of Bridgeman's interconts list:
[Intercontinentals] Simpler and Cleaner Hosh 3-0 4th Place.
Bost was most concerned about:
- PD/Asa
- NEH kill
- Ob rush
I was very adamant about keeping my influence suite as is. However, I still wanted tech cards for the above matchups. This meant I was looking for options in faction/neutral.
In the leadup to worlds I was personally enjoying Bridgeman's list a lot. However, found a few particular issues in general which Mayfly solved almost all of:
Mayfly was particularly useful into the Ob matchup, and became a valuable tech card there, as it both allows you to get past the Stavka + Hafrún combo before having both Carmens, while also allowing steals on any pushed SDS.
I like to think of Mayfly in two regards:
Is Boomerang better?
Yes? ...but it costs influence, and I wanted to be able to pressure multiple servers, plus 2 ice deep remotes.
Talking to Sokka:
This is nice tech for PD, and Asa with the Skunk + Void remotes.
I found surprising use out of this across multiple other matchups, including forcing an NGO bait pre-pop to prevent running through an Ob remote.
Overall, an interesting tech card I was glad to have the support of, but could have possibly been at 1x
This was to deal with the NEH kill list.
In testing Bost found the NEH felt like a rather concerning matchup. The NEH felt quite powerful, without a specific gameplan to take it down.
We had a fair amount of initial discussion around Marrow. With it you could even go tag me into the matchup so long as you trashed out their Reaper Functions. However, it hadn't made my list, as we expected the overall presence of the NEH to be low within the meta and felt the tech slot might not be worth it into the general field.
I added it 2 minutes before deck registration, as for the 46 card list :p
I never did encounter the NEH throughout the tournament, but I did still find it to be useful vs Punitive RH.
Definitely an interesting tech option if you're concerned about kill decks.
Few highlights:
Mayfly got two standout performances:
For CoS, I had the following swaps from this list, keeping Mayfly a secret:
- 2x Mayfly
- 1x Marrow
+ 1x Hippo
+ 1x Cleaver
Is this the best list?
- No.
Do I think this is a solid list for the gameplan/build style I was going for?
- Yes.
I think one of many things I've learned from worlds it that doing a lot more prep and exploration would have been valuable. Trying new options even if I didn't plan to play them. For example, I found Boomerang wasn't filling the slot I wanted, but with more exploration I could have possibly gotten to the combination with Bankhar, or just generally slotting Bankhar may have been better.
I am overall pleased with my tournament performance on this deck, but also recognizing how to improve, and the additional value of exploration throughout.
5 comments |
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27 Nov 2023
jan tuno
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28 Nov 2023
Wikignometry
I don't think I ever got around to asking you but why Marrow over Mercs? I would have seen mercs as a more obvious tech card if you are afraid of meat kills |
28 Nov 2023
Santa
Thanks
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28 Nov 2023
Santa
really* Note: we were specifically worried about the NEH kill deck which runs Malia, and not meat/kill in general. Against general meat damage I think Mercs does typically make more sense, as you also get to keep your console. While Maw is very nice against NEH we were thinking the Marrow would swing the matchup heavily enough the trade off was worth it. |
i really like some of these includes! aa