1st Place Guardian Games SC, PDX: Rebel Mudlark

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Went 3-2 in swiss and 5-2 after double elimination. Very similar to the Maxx deck I took second with at Rainy Day but I swapped out the Zu.13 because I hate that card and eater + spooned solves the lotus field problem while also making retrieval run, knifed, and wanton destruction way stronger. Replaced Grimoire with Doppelganger because that card is way nuts, improving datasucker, medium and wanton. Victories were Argus, Harmony Medtech, Titan, NEH, NEH. First loss was to NEH at 5-7 when the Unthinkable finally happened and I went through my whole deck and only hit one piece of recursion and one breaker. I used a scavenge to reuse an imp which at the time seemed like a really strong play but long run was a mistake. Second loss was to Snatch and Grab Blue Sun which murdered my Kati and absolutely demolished my tempo. I totally dismissed Snatch and Grab when I first saw it but the fact that the corp can use it whenever they want plus the ubiquity of Kati makes it a monster and it will win you games if you put it in your deck, I guarantee it. Last two games against NEH in double elimination were barn burners going 7-6 against Trick of Light-Space Ice NEH and 7-0 against a Murder-NEH that had the kill next turn. My favorite thing about this deck type is probably the combination of speed, destruction, and shaper style rig morphing/resilience.

3 comments
30 Mar 2015 x3r0h0ur

Have you liked human first as much as me?

I think it is actually even better in keyhole decks, because you can use agenda grabs as points + economy, if you can afford to let them sit.

30 Mar 2015 Saan

So I think I figured out where I fucked up in that final match we played. It wasn't not rezzing the Wraparound to keep you out of R&D (and thus keeping the NAPD on top of my deck safe), it was in over-Midseasons-ing you. I should have held back 2 credits to make the Wraparound a super safe rez for me, and simply killed you the next turn, instead of setting my sights on the turn after that.

Either way, that was a barn-burner of a game. I love when things are that close that the tiniest of mistakes matters that much =)

30 Mar 2015 Saan

@x3r0h0urIn the game I referenced above, he got 6 credits off it (and it was a short game. Those 6 credits literally won him that game, since they allowed him to be safe from Midseasons a few turns earlier.