Reina Siphon Control v0.7

Got 4th place this last weekend with Reina / NEH combination -- Green Lake Games Store Championship. My NEH failed me, dropping 3 games over the tournament, while my Reina only lost 1 (to NEARPAD) in a close match. After Swiss, I was sixth place with prestige, and then lost to Andy in top 8 (sending me to losers) and then to "D1en's" Leela (piloted by James P., not D1en) to put me at 4th. It was a great tournament: one of the best I've participated in so far.

This deck is a beast. A gross, fun-hating, wreck-your-shit beast. People do not remember Reina. Once they play against this, they will respect Reina again. It is Anatomy of Anarchy, but has legs, it doesn't NEED to Account Siphon over and over - sometimes you just need one. It pressures with efficient breakers (Corroder and Mimic, D4v1d for backup with Parasite for annoying things). Crescentus, however, is amazing in this deck, and it plays all the tools it needs to use it effectively. Vigil helps draw cards when you get a siphon lock, meaning you effectively are MaxX, but better. The deck wins about 60% of the time on Medium digs, but I'd won several from grabbing agendas from HQ. It wrecks the traditional decks right now. Everyone thinks you're playing Keyhole: you don't give two shits about Keyhole. You're just going to build your board and wait. You will gain a billion dollars with Day Job and Liberated Accounts, pressure centrals and remotes, and then, when the rocket has been armed, locked, and loaded, you can land your siphons, drop a Medium, and RND lock them out of the game. Frequently, I won off a 6-8 RND dig. Frequently, people play Crisium Grid, thinking it matters. It's annoying, but it is beatable. Once I lost my Eater to a Swordsman, but got another one. Swordsman is awful. Stop playing it.

The matchups during the tournament:

Titan Transnational Trick of Light - Win

Industrial Genomics "Untrashable" - Win

Nisei Scorch - Win

HB: ETF "Mandatory Upgrades" - Win

N.E.A.R.P.A.D - Loss

NBN: NEH (Standard Fastro-biotics) - Win

HB: ETF "Mandatory Upgrades" (same player as above) - Win

How to play the deck: If you've played Anatomy of Anarchy, it's similar. You want to establish a siphon lock. It takes practice. You can lock yourself out if you go siphon crazy too early and don't build your board. Draw aggressively: my first three turns I draw around 6 cards, usually. (Draw, Draw, install, install, is common first turn. Sometimes it's Day Job, but I like to save that for after I trash huge Assets). Shape your hand. Liberated Accounts is great to help. Get it on the board pre-Siphon and start using it to install stuff. Datasucker is great to see early, and I might start running more aggressively if I do see it. Draw until you find your Siphon, but in the meantime, you can drain their cash with Crescentus + Eater. The synergy is stupid, and people will tilt when you start doing it.

Happy to answer questions about the deck. If I'd won my last NEH game, I would've been in the finals with my friend @pandapersona, who ended up taking the tournament down with Gagarin and Exile! Is it the year of Exile?