Trumped (Worlds 2016 2nd in Swiss, 4th in Cut)

This was what I ended up with for Worlds. This is not far from the standard list so I won't go into crazy detail.

It is worth discussing the Ice and Upgrades.

Product Placement is a favorite of mine (<3 Spark). I had always floated the idea of playing it in CtM but never tried figuring it didn't earn the slot.

Joseki played with 2 PP the day before in the Icebreaker and said it was "really fucking good". I cut the CVS and the 3rd Tour to fit them. He also cut both Bankers for a Biotic which seemed cool but was too extreme of a last minute change for me the night before Swiss rounds. It worked for him and Wes though.

Product Placement was really fucking good. Countless people (probably only 3 but exaggeration is fun) ran into it with 4 credits to dodge the Tour. It's a Good Time.

Archangel was also surprisingly good. My favorite play was turn 1 Ice R&D, Gamble, some nonsense into a remote.

Whiz plays Temuj into HQ and and runs it. I looked at my hand and was thinking "this is going to be hilarious". He hit the Archangel and I triggered instantly because it was hilarious. I think the math was right too (somebody can correct me). He played Temuj again on click 3 and hit it again on click 4 (no trigger this time because why not install it).

One Popup may look odd but our team list played 3 so I figured I'd try it and it worked. Two would have been nice.

I didn't play with Data Raven originally because our local meta has been jacked up on Siphon Anarch for about a month (Info Overload has been WREAKING people in SF, that encounter trace is my favorite part). I was tempted to keep 2 Turnpike and the Info Overload for Worlds but fellow Oakland player Adam Cabrera convinced me to switch to Raven and drop the IO. This was the right call.

Adam is a reasonable person. It is useful to have somebody like that to play with.

I played a bunch of Kate and Whiz. Without God Draw I don't see how either beats CtM with any consistency. It certainly didn't happen at Worlds.

Oh yeah, I would have dropped 1 HHN in hindsight. Joseki was on 1 and I think that was right. People play around it so it would have been better to have another Tour or PP.

Pro Tip: Never advance A LOT more Agendas than you are comfortable with. It's good and the game lets you just do this for free. You can score an agenda behind a Popup Window. I believe in you.

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