Biotech Rush (Jackson is a crutch) - 1st, Swansea SC

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This was the deck I took to the Swansea store championships, going 4-0 in a field of 10 players.

Like many rush decks, taking calculated risks is important, as is not being afraid to prioritise scoring over central defence. If the opponent gets their breakers online, some combination of Caprice, Batty, Excalibur and Nisei tokens is how the deck scores out.

Our Lord and Saviour isn't in this deck. Being agenda flooded is less of a problem than having no way to score those agendas, and using him for draw takes 2 clicks to break even and 3 clicks to pay off by +1 card. I think Fast Track and Green Level Clearance work better in this deck.

1st round: MaxX Eater/Keyhole
Thankfully Account Siphon didn't seem to be in their deck. A couple of points were keyholed early but I could score out behind a cheap gearcheck ice. As a side note, MaxX milling 3 Notorieties made me very sad.

2nd round: Dumblefork
I was incredibly lucky for them to draw their Faust late into the game, giving me time to score out for the win. The friendly match we played after that was a different story; Medium counters R&D locked me and a Nisei MK II got turntabled, resulting in a loss.

3rd round: Leela
Some early agendas got scored. Late into the game, I Fast Tracked a Global Food Initiative that got stolen from the scoring remote, but a subsequent Braintrust score followed by Clone Retirement closed the game.

4th round: Noise
2 agendas got milled but I was able to score 4 points behind a Wraparound. Clot stopped me from fast advancing a third Medical Breakthrough and Clone Retirement from hand, but I was still able to score both behind my Wraparound in a total of 2 turns.

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