Tag-me Null (1st Place Millennium Cache Refresh League)

This is the runner deck I played to 2nd place in league standings and 1st place after playoffs in the Cache Refresh League at Millennium Games in Rochester, NY. Each Monday for 7 weeks, players could play two games (one per side) against as many league players they could fit into that night. Scoring was 1 point per game plus 1 more per win, and as a catch-up mechanic players earned double points for games played against someone with 10 or more points than them. Week 8 is three swiss rounds between the top 8 players.

This deck started as a way to compensate for the fact that I am terrible against damage decks and Data Loop PE is a real thing in Cache Refresh. Tag-me Anarch with Counter Surveillance was my plan before C2RB was announced, so I picked it back up with Obelus to give me the hand size needed to actually steal agendas without Film Critic. MOpus is a ridiculous econ engine in its own right and was the best option for a tag-me runner without Siphon.

Like other MOpus decks, mull for it or Test Run. Get out an early God of War and let it tick. Typically I would take 8 and remote camp, using SSI to check HQ for 2-3 cards every once in a while. Once you get to 4 points, a big CS on R&D (or HQ against CI) closes things out.

Originally this was a big-run-only deck and the cutlery was mostly useless, but some card swaps going into the finals allowed me to run more often and use cutlery for pressure.

Card swaps during the league: The ID was originally Ed Kim, mostly because I didn't want 50 cards and nothing else jumped out at me. Then I realized before Finals that Null would allow me to be more aggressive with God of War and I felt silly for not doing it sooner.

This led me back to Datasucker which I originally left out because I was mostly on power runs and MU looked tight on paper. MU is actually OK because only MOpus and GoW are essential, leaving 1-2 MU left for a Datasucker/Femme. I recurred conspiracy breakers maybe once.

The Infiltrations weren't in the first week, but are better than the useless Jargniew Mercs I had in there before. Again, I am terrible against damage decks.

My only loss in the playoffs was because I hadn't really thought of a game plan against dedicated tag-punishment decks other than "Don't get BOOM!ed". I got sloppy and got "BOOM!ed". Don't take the second tag until you have Obelus out, and don't run last click into a Thoth.