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Not too much to say about this deck to be honest. It's 419 with Boat and some good stuff cards. Not that different from most of the Boat-1-9 decks going around. I suppose the only real thing of note, is the absence of Doofs. Crazy right? Bear with me. I think the most common argument for Diversion is the "credit swing", which makes a lot of sense in a meta where people are often throwing traces at you with things like Hard-Hitting News. But I find the pure "denial" part of the card is often a drip in the bucket. Two clicks for 4 credits isn't helping me that much in actually getting through ice and trashing cards as opposed to things like Bravado and Hot Pursuit, which give you more money for 1 click and give you accesses. Heck, even Rogue Trading gives you more money for 2 clicks. Also, I'm on Señor Taps, so why do I want to be denying your credits? I understand that that takes away a fair bit of the reason for actually playing 419, but I just like the 1 link and seeing what things are every now and again. Not once on the day did I sit there thinking "gosh, if only I'd had a Diversion in this situation". But hey, that's just me, and I'm mediocre at this game at best.
I'm not sure what I would change about the deck. Just a few thoughts.
1. I would definitely go down to 2x Credit Kiting and up to 3x Career Fair.
2. Makler looks alright on paper, but in practice it's a horrible card and all day I wished I'd had a Corroder. On the other hand, I was always happy to see Deuces whenever I drew one to boost Turtle, get rid of a surprise second tag or just draw some cards in a pinch. It's a fantastic little flexible card. I dunno. On the fence there.
3. I'd want to cut things for more Tapwrms. The argument for not denying credits with Diversions kind of goes out the window if you only have 1 and they purge it immediately.
On the day, even through a lot of hate like IP Block, Mavirus and even Macrophage, it managed to go 3-2 in swiss (and one loss was a concede because I just couldn't be assed, see below).
ROUND 1 vs M0H4WK (Acme)
He couldn't find Data Wards but I could find agendas. Story as old as time.
ROUND 2 vs Shiro (Built To Last)
He was doing quite well with Masvingos on his centrals but I had built up quite a bit of credits and was about to start locking his HQ and R&D, so it was anyone's game. Unfortunately I had to call a marshall and my opponent was given a game loss due to a silly mistake that sadly couldn't be rewinded.
ROUND 3 vs Koabayshi (Reality+)
This was a grindy Dargospam glacier deck that I was already not looking forward to, I really dislike the playstyle of these kinds of decks in Standard and I find that the games take a really long time and just aren't fun. And then like the idiot I am, at one point I forgot I was tagged (hadn't gotten Citadel Sanctuary out yet) and he trashed two Daily Casts and an Earthrise. There was a chance I could have clawed back from it, but it would have taken a very long time and my patience was already wearing thin, so I just conceded so we could move on to the corp game (in which I did return the favor big time, check my corp deck "Surplus Entropy" for that story).
ROUND 4 vs Ryanbantwins (Ob Superheavy Logistics)
Got uppaired against one of the most fearsome players in the country on the only Ob I faced all day, and in fact, surprisingly, the only Ob at the tournament. I started out ok, built up some Turtlecounters, nabbed an agenda, smooth sailing. Until he rezzed a Border Control and Obbed it in to a Macrophage. Ruuuuuuuude. I just let everything fire and ditched the Turtle plan. Found Stargate and saw another agenda but failed to check remotes first and there was a Spin Doctor on the table. He rushed out before I could seriously contest his remotes. GG.
ROUND 5 vs Maelig (Precision Design)
My opponent offered me a 2-for-1 as both of us needed a sweep to get in to the top 8 for a playmat. I needed to think hard about it, and agreed hoping to Jackson I could play my corp deck that I was far more confident with. A neutral party rolled a die and I got handed runner. It was the last game of the day, it was against PD, I was fairly sure there was absolutely no tag punishment in this deck, so I just went ham and full tag-me. I found my breakers early, I could contest all his servers, I got tons of money and accesses, I know it sounds mean but it was an absolute slaughter. I don't think I even installed Boat.
At the end of the day, even though we had an extremely low turnout for a Nationals, it was tons of fun and a joy to TO. Thank you to all my opponents, and everyone who came out for a cozy and diverse weekend of Netrunner. Thanks for the memories and hope to see everyone again soon. <3
Good job!