CTZ's self-five machine (5-1 1st@MilanoCO)

R+ list that is, card-for-card-minus-2, the CTZ_STINKTANK that was top16 at worlds.
This deck was 3-1 before the single elimination top4, and won both games in the top 4 single-elimination.

As a long-time HB / Midrange / Rushy / Jammy corp player, I was down on my performance in the national (my Powers that PD seriously underperformed).

To change that I tried to build an updated version of my DragerCarnage, but it kept losing on jnet and in person.

My teammate @Cros was commenting "Isn't this better in R+?"

Then i watched the worlds stream.

CTZ is of course a captivating figure, but when he self-five himself and played with the stream camera I decided "I want to have his confidence! What if I play his corp deck?" (I know, the self five and the "I'm watching you" face were on his runner matches, but....)

Took his deck for some testing. I was loving the results. This is how I felt:

Then UK Nats came around.
Again, my team mates went "Everyone is playing MCA Austerity Policy, even in R+! it messes with Deep Dive math".
Interesting, I liked but not loved the 1x inclusion of Active Policing, this wasn't an asset spam deck in the very sense of the way.
MCA is 3inf, just like Active Policing!

Also I decide to include Lady Liberty (with -1 HMan) because I have 1pters, 2pters, 3pters, Is a must-trash and can "Fast Advance" the False Leads!

So this deck was born!

Some notes from the tournament:
- I Won almost all games with Mindscaping + EoTL - yes, you can score out, but it's REALLY hard.
- MCA didn't score me anything because it was trashed on sight. I kinda expected that but adding a must-trash to this deck seems totally fine.
- As explained by CTZ, the more you Oppo, the more likely you are to win. Spin is there to have 4-6 Oppo on the deck
- An early False Lead score can win you the game
- The deck tends to floods. If you have the pokerface, install the agendas on the table. Everything non-5/3 is never-advanceable.
- Lady Liberty was a non-factor till the final, when scored me a Beale and a Degree Mill. Still won with a kill.

First time I win a tournament with top cut, so very happy for the result! See you in 2025, hoping the Italian Meta will be more than Milano + Torino + Cetti :D