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[WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016] | #211 of 250 | Sanjay |
Was this deck:
...the top placing Tennin deck at Worlds this year? Absolutely.
...undefeated after the cut to day 2? You better believe it.
...the top placing Mutate deck at Worlds this year? I can't say for certain but let's be real: YES.
Through a combination of extremely good piloting, the raw power of this unstoppable juggernaut, and an equally well-constructed Omar Keung: Conspiracy Theorist list, I managed to end the first day with 12 prestige. That's 4 entire wins with only two decks. Thanks to good tie breakers, that was enough to secure my place in the top 213.
Tennin is a tricky ability to build around because it says different things against different players. In some games, the ability says:
but in other games, it says:
Usually, the more experienced the player is, the more Tennin says the second thing.
But how to take advantage of a runner who Always Be Running? The answer is obvious... get them to run into Pop-up Windows, rez the Pop-up Windows, then turn the Pop-up Windows into ridiculous inconvenient ICE using Heritage Committee-Mutate combos.
Here are some amazing things that happened:
I turned a sickened, diseased, parasited Wall of Static into a healthy Wall of Thorns, locking the runner out giving me a GAME WIN.
I won another game WITH THIS SAME DECK.
I scored out a Nisei MK II a few times.
I think I won more than one Psi game but I might be misremembering that.
I know I am undertaking a big risk here revealing the secrets within my amazing Tennin deck. I hate playing Celebrity Gift and prefer to have terrible economy rather than revealing precious secrets. But I know how glum you are all feeling in this post-Worlds CtM/Sync/Whizzard meta and I thought you could use some help with this fresh list.
Further, it is my earnest hope that the Netrunner community would start to regard me as one of the premier Mutate deckbuilders of our time.
Thank you.
18 comments |
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28 Nov 2016
Grievy
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29 Nov 2016
Sanjay
Thank you all. My only regret is I may have ruined my credibility in case I ever actually post a good Tennin list. |
1 Dec 2016
swearyprincess
Thanks for taking Tennin to worlds. Nothing more fun than making people run when they don't want to. Much Love from The only Tennin player in the 2016 UK Nationals |
1 Dec 2016
Sanjay
I like your Tennin list (assuming it is the one you published). I worry that some of your ICE isn't taxing enough (like the quandaries seem like you'd want something more expensive to get through there). There's an awkward tension in Tennin deckbuilding where you want gear check ICE for early tokens, but you also want taxing ICE to punish runs late (One of the reasons Ice Wall is such a solid Tennin card... it can be both!) Very much like the Biotic Labor include. It's important to have a Plan B if Trick of Light isn't working. |
1 Dec 2016
swearyprincess
I'm guessing you didn't see much Rumor Mill to screw over your Caprice plays? |
1 Dec 2016
Sanjay
Lately, I've been a lot more excited about An Offer You Can't Refuse even though I would be hard-pressed to say that card is actually good... just fun. Rumor Mill ended up not being that big of a factor... Of course it could have been devastating, but it just didn't come up that often. At least I think it is justified to keep playing Caprice Nisei. I'm not really still on Tennin Mutate anymore, but I'm still on Tennin. It's hard to say exactly why the ID makes me so happy but it really really does. |
1 Dec 2016
swearyprincess
An Offer You Can't Refuse works beautifully when you have a couple of shocks, a space camp and a Shi-Kyu in your archives - won me a couple of games, one through the bonus agenda point and one from the run that flatlined them on a shock. In fact the 2nd game, I was on 6 points and they couldn't survive the run so I won either way :) |
1 Dec 2016
Sanjay
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5 Dec 2016
Sanjay
The moral of this decklist submission is that people don't take your decklist seriously unless you back it up with tournament results, but they don't necessarily have to be good tournament results. |
9 Dec 2016
sneakyshiv
I got to play against this deck in the last round at Worlds. It was a lot of fun to play against and this guy is as nice as they come! I might have to try out a Tennin deck just to see if I can spread the secret evil love :D |
9 Dec 2016
Sanjay
It was really enjoyable playing against you and I couldn't think of a better way for me to end my Worlds experience. |
14 Jun 2018
Severijn
Even years later, this deck is glorious and the idea it operates on is still pretty good. Lovely deck. |
Thumbs up purely for making me giggle