RIP Alex Talbot D: D:

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2nd place at the Emerald Knights store champ on 1/27 (10 total players; dinky yet intimate). Shoutout to Raph, who actually made 4th for the cut but had to leave, letting me join the top cut.

This deck got a lot of attention in the first round for having a remote stacked higher with upgrades (10 total) than cards remained in R&D. It abuses Breaker Bay Grid and Asa's ability for a variety of shenanigans. Adonis and AAL are more efficient when free to rez. Warroid Tracker, Red Herrings, and Ash are free defenses that synergize powerfully with one another. The kicker, though, is Calibration Testing and Project Vitruvius. If you can overadvance a Vitruvius early by one or two counters, you can later use those counters to bring back your Calibration Testings and reinstall them on the same click as you install new agendas in the remote, then keep rerezzing them for free on your Breaker Bay Grid.

The ICE suite is pretty standard HB stuff weighted towards the cheaper end of the spectrum, as the deck is light on econ and doesn't need as much defense due to the density of defensive upgrades. Turing and Fairchild 3.0 both synergize with MCAAP and Ikawah, Architect is extra beautiful with Asa, and Seidr Adaptive Barrier powers up faster when you can install two ICE at a time. I honestly don't know why I included Errand Boy and it did nothing for me.

Remember that central upgrades are technically in the root of the server, not in the server itself. If you want to use Asa's ability to drop a Crisium and ICE on the same action, make sure to drop the upgrade first.

Play this deck if you want to quickly start scoring out agendas cheaply while intimidating your opponent with a massive pile of upgrades in your remote.

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