2014 Colorado Regional - 6th Place Runner

My biggest regret with this deck was ZU. Code gates gave me trouble all day, wish I had run a different breaker. Never used Data Dealer, but he was an include due to expected heavy Jinteki showing

In hindsight, what would you have done for your decoder? Tried to fit in Gordian Blade? Go back to Suckers and Yog?

Perhaps go back to Yog and rely on Knight/Fem for the codegates that were too large. Gordian would have been a solid choice but influence is extremely tight

One other note. I never used Dirty Laundry this tournament. So perhaps dropping 1 Dirty Laundry for another Siphon or Inside Job would improve on some weakness this deck experienced.

Did you see/use the one-of Kati Jones at all?

I did see both Kati and Data Dealer. They were just there on an as needed basis, 2 games lasted long enough to want to see her, and one game I did. Not sure if she is worth having in, but the game I used her she did a tremendous job

Why Ninja?

Ninja came in because I don't like fixed breakers all that much. I also did not have the influence to spare to bring in something else. Mimic and Yog would have been a fine suite, but again I am biased towards fixed breakers w/o Datasucker in the mix.

This deck is so aggressive that you don't need to rely on a full breaker suite. I had a full suite out in only one game. I tended to have the game won within 15 minutes, though Ryan Burke beat me down with Jinteki that managed to come back from behind because I was struggling with breakers. The only deck I didn't stand a chance against was TWIY*. No breakers early and couldn't land the siphon to stall the rush.

Like I mentioned earlier, the one major thing I would think about changing is the breaker suite. I deviated from my normal suite to compensate for the influx of un-Yogable code gates and paid for it in a game.