[Startup] Lat's Party Boat - 3rd Place @ NGN Circuit Opener

syth 36

Based off Sokka's APAC winning deck: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/23b4bdb2-b8c6-4980-ae5e-8a8bcd9e145c/controlat-apac-2022-1st-2nd-17th-=

Since Startup dodged the Rezeki ban hammer and Shaper is the only faction I'm halfway decent at, I decided to mutate Sokka's list to the Startup format.

Upon testing, I found I wasn't really using the Imp so I cut that first, leaving me with 3 influence to spare. Further testing made me wish I had Pinhole Threading more often to deal with my dreaded matchup against Precision Design's 6 card HQ and Anoetic Void + Managram Skunkworks. With 2 influence left, I realized I didn't have any tech against Drago tags so imported No Free Lunch, cut the 3rd Stoneship Chart Room to bring me back to 45 cards.

During the actual tournament, Pinhole Threading nor No Free Lunch were ever used so I don't know if it was the right call. A part of me wish I had the extra Stoneship Chart Room to help me charge boat for Hail Mary runs or even an extra Overclock. While boat is cool and all, Stargate was the true hero of this deck and let me crush some games early since I kept trashing all their ICE starting turn 2. Kind of gross tbh

Shout out to the NGN Crew for putting this together. Glad I was finally able to make one of these and experience a Netrunner tournament in the flesh.

Corp deck (Reality Plus) can be found here: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/deck/view/ce433d88-1dd2-4d87-9a13-5250c821adc0

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