orbweaver (1st Swiss/4th Louisville Regional)

Started with @janktivist's deck, reverted some changes, added in some improvements to the original inspiration for Jon's deck by @Frost, and then decided to play Mad Dash as a unicorn on some last-minute inspiration from @aunthemod. It's a melange of cards, for sure.

Props to Whistleblower, which - yeah, I know, it's not Film Critic - doesn't help you evade Punitive but it does help you steal whatever that One Problematic Agenda (or sometimes two) is in each faction: Obokata, Ikawah, SDS, City Works, Future Perfect, Degree Mill. And if you're stargating it, you can see it in advance. That was the theory, anyway. In reality, I rarely had time to Stargate and sniped just as many agendas out of remotes with the aid of Stimhack and ridiculous shaper bullshit. I didn't regret having them, but might drop to one in the future. That's another card I wouldn't have looked at without @aunthemod trying it in a much less conventional deck all week, so thanks again.

On the day:

• Round 1: bye
• Round 2: beat SSO, but it was kind of one-sided since it took forever for the first agenda to show up, giving me plenty of time to build without feeling pressured to steal. Whistleblower to steal City Works on a Mad Dash out of the remote was the MVP.
• Round 3: ID, but I then played (eventual champion) @janktivist in a couple casual games on stream and 2-0'd him. That'll teach me.
• Top cut round 1: Flatlined vs. @x3r0h0ur by stimhacking into a remote and encountering the Gene Splicer, then dying to my own brain damage. Drugs are bad, kids.