Looping Loup (26th@CBI)

After the New Year CO last week and my runner going 2-4, I lost faith in Loup and myself. I struggled with the amount of tech people were playing and always lost quite hard to PD, so I accepted that Loup's ask for player skill was too high for me and looked around for other lists. In the end I settled on Whiteblade's Zahya, still not 100% happy with my choice

The day before the event, I looked around nrdb again and saw @Janktivist's Boomer Mulch list that won the event. Boomerang looked like a really cool addition because if you don't draw enough Botuli, big ice like Pharos, Brân, Attini, Hydra or Tollbooth get really expensive to break.

That moment I realized:

This list runs 13 Hardware and 14 Programs. That is even more than the ari lists which played Prognostic Q-Loop for a while, so I thought it might be worth a try, if not only for the meme of playing Loup and Loop to create a loop. This list is the result.

Q-Loop actually feels like a good card here. Notable combos:

• Lago Paranoá Shelter: If you know whether your top card is Strike Fund or Knobkierie, this is a lot better
• Boomerang: repeatedly installing Boomerang mid-run from an empty stack while paying install costs from Paladin feels so good. It even works with the Strike Fund + Buffer Drive thingy at the same time.

Big thanks to all the judges, especially @Radiant for TOing! Congrats to @jan tuno, well played

cya <3