Katepocalypse (2nd at Cleveland Regionals)

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CritHitd20 7177

No fluff Katepocalypse. #slottheclot, #yesyoudoneedit

Went 3-2 in Swiss, and 2-1 in elims. Lost to Palana 7-4 Beat Blue Sun 7-1 Lost to Sync 11-6 Beat EtF 7-4 Beat Palana 7-4 Beat NEH 7-4 Beat NEH 7-4 Lost to CI 7-6

I had never played this before, and didn't really get how to play it until Round 4. Your lines of play are initially unintuitive if you've been on Regular Kate, since you have to sequence econ, installs, and runs around the Apoc instead of just making the most efficient play every turn. The record is unamazing, but every loss I made today was due to a significant pilot error; I think this is a really strong archtype that is severely underrated, and I'd love to see it improve.

The Clot was definitely worth the include, making my NEH matchup winnable, and I cannot see cutting it from this list until yellow stops being so good. Inti was also a rockstar against yellow today. Architect is a pain in the ass, but that's the only sentry being played that matters right now; probably don't need Mimic if you sequence your runs correctly.

Thanks to the brilliant deckbuilders for making this beast; I just did my usual thing of adding more Indexings and removing all the cool cards. :P

7 comments
13 Jun 2016 RedOnionKnight

Indexing is a cool card! Awesome list and congrats on 2nd!

13 Jun 2016 wynalazca

When you played me in the semi-final did you have an SMC in starting hand? That turn 1 bounce of quandary, install Zu.13, Astro steal was so painful.

I played triple Apoc Kate in a few SCs but I didn't run the clot. Apoc Kate is so fun. I might sleeve it up again for some fun times.

13 Jun 2016 CritHitd20

I did, but since Zu was also in hand I was willing to lose the click if it meant not commiting to installing the CyCy there. Really needed to save that one for where Little Engine went that game.

13 Jun 2016 wynalazca

I was mostly just wondering if you had it if it would've been a wrap instead. Pretty sick you did that in both of our games.

13 Jun 2016 CritHitd20

For sure, my openers for both of our games seemed extremely good against NEH. Really cool deck btw; I haven't seen Assembly Lines outside of ETF, but it seems really sweet for optimizing your ability and compressing clicks for the CVS war.

23 Jun 2016 semaphores

How do you have enough memory for Hyperdriver as well as your breakers?

24 Jun 2016 CritHitd20

Well...you don't. Early game you don't usually need a full rig to Apoc; you can click through Eli, you can pay through Pup, you can let the Turnpike fire, etc. If you do need multiple breakers you can always start a 7-click turn with a Hyperdriver, an SMC, and a Chip, which can fetch a mix of breakers.

Part of the trick is that you really don't need a killer. Let Ichi and Architect and whatnot fire; doesn't actually matter since your rig explodes too.

If you do need a full rig to Apoc, do your best to analyze the board, anticipate the ice, build the rig, and fire an Apoc on a 4-click turn. Don't be afraid to use Hyperdriver for setup if you need to.