[1st & Undefeated @ Oxford CTK] Second Hand

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This deck is based on OF15-15's Madani Lat. The game plan is basically: draw a ton of programs, stick 'em all on Madani, get free value installs on both players' turns, then eventually use Deep Dive + Pichação to close the game.

Some notes on card choices:

  • Buffer Drive is just here as insurance against losing Deep Dive/Ashen Epilogue to incidental damage. With this and Stoneship installed and a DD in the bin, you can make your three runs, then pop this to put DD on top of the deck and Stoneship to draw it clicklessly. I didn't end up needing it in any of my matches, but it does feel good to have the insurance.
  • 3x Principia is extra money for the Knickknack engine (and, incidentally, Rising Tide fuel). With Knicknack, a few breakers and DZMZs down each of these becomes a clickless 4 credits and draw. On some boardstates it's useful to just keep these installed to power up Echelon againt big sentries.
  • Cupellation provides some much-needed hand pressure and disruption, as well as letting you defuse nasty threats like Hostile Architecture or AMAZE.
  • Hush is in principle just here as tech against various annoying ice. I still haven't found myself using it, and am considering just cutting it - especially as MU can get quite tight.
  • Stoneship was a last-minute addition, mainly as insurance against kill threats (which the Oxford meta loves to field). It's also good for ensuring Lat draws, whether just as general smoothing, or in response to a Spin Doctor pushing the Corp over 5 cards.

(Second Hand both because of the Knicknack engine and because what is a 10-program Madani if not a second hand?)

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