1st place SOCR5 - Spiky AgInf (8-0)

This deck went undefeated in the Stimhack Online Cache Refresh tournament through 5 rounds of Swiss and 3 rounds in the cut. It took down Steve, Silhouette, Los, Sunny, and 4 Kits.

Basic game plan is to mulligan for econ and aggressively rush early agendas with the threat of punitive. Obviously this is dependent on draw, but it is usually possible. Once the runner is established, you have to slow down and play more conservatively and either score through traditional scoring windows or through Obokata/Data Loop shenanigans (using AgInfusion ability to rake them through Kakugos and taxing ice as many times as possible).

Often Gene Splicer is the 7th point, though scoring 3 agendas is also possible. Restore is a great card for AgInfusion, allowing you to put back an ice that you used to boop or to make them come trash that Gene Splicer two turns in a row.

If you make it to the late game, it can get really grindy. I won a few games by just running the runner completely out of cards, like in the finals vs. Crithitd20 on Steve. You can watch that match here: https://youtu.be/hmEsUbGRQMg

This deck works so well because there's no film critic in cache refresh, so all of your agendas are a pain for the runner to steal, and the punitive threat is always online.

Thank you to Fighting Walloon for organizing these tournaments! SOCR6 will happen soon, keep an eye out on Stimhack if you're interested.