AgJinja Coldsnap (5-2 MOPUS)

It's a cold day in the gardens of Mars. You try to go anywhere, and it's as if the chill's beaten you to the punch.

Victims of this unseasonable cold have included the following: punk artist MaxX, graduate student Hayley Kaplan, known con artist "419..."

I went 5-2 with this deck at Magnum Opus, which is significantly better than I expected. At its core, it's a straightforward glacier deck: make big money, rez annoying ice, and score out 5/3s whenever you can. For an AgInfusion deck, there's not a whole lot of trickiness involved -- except for two key issues:

1. Rashida Jaheem/Jinja City Grid is a brutal combo, and getting to install both and a Thimblerig to a remote on turn one is some jaw-dropping efficiency. You can start scoring out as early as turn two with only a bit of luck.

2. Lady Liberty. Yes. When I originally fielded the idea, it was to some controversy. But it proved crucial at surprising times. Shutting off a Jinja that's already done its job means not having a dead card mid-game, for one -- for another, it forced a preoccupation on being able to run either the remote or HQ, which is extremely draining into an Endless EULA/Tollbooth/Architect ice suite. While five credits can certainly feel like a lot, its 4 trash cost and passive threat is even more expensive to the runner to ignore.

I believe I've scored a total of 9 points throughout Day 1A through it. I've lost count of the credits I've cost runners in the process. Even when they are able to trash it, doing so opens up a scoring window anyhow.