Targets

During playtests, my main concerns were in order:

1. Tablet Asa
2. Titan that scores behind vanilla
3. Beat iceless Sportsmetal
4. Doing ok vs Jinteki glacier
5. Not dying to CTM

So, I took @thebigunit3000's list, tweaked it to "beat" my targets as much as possible.

Card choices

• Let's start with the Dealer in the room, this one is to get the 40-60% iceless Sports matchup to something close to 100%, I used it twice during the event, more details below.
• Turntable -> 100% for Titan, could be cute in other matchups also helps with memory
• 1x Pawnshop, I never missed the second one.
• Kati Jones -> Jinteki Glacier. Actually Jinteki scores much faster than what Kati can output, so she'll have to go in future versions.
• 2x Polop I really like this one as it is a counter to the best corp card: Rashida Jaheem. Against every corp, if you can trash 2-3 of them before they triggers, the game will be more in your favor! It's also great against RecoCo, La Costa, Crisium, Jeeves and Team Sponsorship. I didn't used them as often as I should have.
• Odore -> Tour Guide
• 1x Extra breaker -> to not being gear-checked to death as it often happen to me
• 2x Imp -> One of the best runner card
• Deuces Wild: very good against CTM, help with draw for other matchups, I often used it to expose ice to know which breaker I need to find for Apocalypse
• I almost forgot Apocalypse which is the best way to deal with most corps, especially Asa

Rounds

Round 1 - @PowerBunz's Earth Station

• I found my breakers early
• PowerBunz struggled with econ
• I stole an agenda from the remote
• Trashed Crisium twice
• Then proceeded with Apocalypse
• Stargate the win

Round 2 - @wynalazca's CTM

• Controlled the board for 5 turns
• Recovered and looked for sentry breaker for 4 turns
• Let slip an Astro
• Apocalypse
• Recovered 2 turns
• Controlled the board again
• Stargate an agenda
• Data Dealer 15 Minutes
• Go tag me
• Stargate to the win

Round 3 - @analyzechris's Asa

• Apoc turn 2
• Apoc turn 5
• Labor Rights turn 6
• Apoc turn 9
• analyzechris was 1 click short to winning the game

Round 4 - @doomrat's Pālanā

• Got laser focus into Apoc which made me lose precious resources at the price of keeping the Apoc plan "hidden"
• Got in the remote too late
• Took the wrong line of ignoring the 2x adv remote to ensure enough econ for the Apoc that never came because that was the winning agenda

Round 5 - @enkoder's Asa

• Got my breakers early
• Saw Punitive Counterstrike
• Installed 2x Polop
• Got an early Vacheron
• Apoc turn 9
• Turn 17, I decided to Data Dealer a Vitruvius to get money to go into the remote grab the agenda and sell it to the Dealer to avoid Punitive Counterstrike
• Faced Týr and misplayed into clicking to break etr in order to steal the Not winning agenda that I could not sell anymore because of the click loss.
• I got Punished

Round 6 - @Gunslinger's Asa

• Apoc turn 4
• Installed Imp
• Got purged
• Installed Stargate
• Gunslinger Fast Advanced Vitruvius with 3 counters
• and won the turn after because Vitruvius is broken

Round 7 - @branimated's Argus

• Got my breakers early
• Rebirthed early for Apoc
• Turn 8: Economic Warfare into HHN
• Recovered for a few turns
• Was ready to clear the upgrade on R&D, it was a Prisec where I expected Crisium
• Finished the turn with 1 tag and 3 cards in grip
• HPT into Consulting HPT for 4 meat dmg

Things to change

• Remove Kati
• I didn't expect RecoCo Asa, find a way to handle that, maybe another polop? Against them you can let 1x dedication go, but you have to kill it before they play the second one, Vitruvius with 0 agenda counters is fine! Maybe just practice and 2x polop is enough.
• Adding Hippo back? They would really come handy against AgInfusion. The Apoc is barely possible otherwise.

Shoutouts

Thanks to all my opponents, Nisei Team, Commentators and to everyone that keeps playing this game! You all make it live so we can still play it together!