Your Sacrifice (19th UK Nats)

After having fun with A Teia at worlds, I decided I wanted something a bit simpler and closer to my roots for nationals. Jemison is an ID that I have loved since I started playing this game, and I just so happened to have a list lying around.

The core was to put the runner's killers, fracters, and resources at risk while rushing out small agendas, then fast advance or lockout to secure a victory. 3 SDS helps keep your agenda density low, while being difficult for the runner to steal if they come across it in the first few turns. Slash and Burn works as an Audacity that doesn't throw your hand away, and frees up a deck slot. Corporate Town lets you pull fast advance tricks, especially when installed with Red Level, and is far more costly for the runner to trash than Oberth. If they don't though, it can completely prevent them from using their resources.

Colossus was cut due to its high cost, Too Big to Fail was dropped because it built up bad publicity too quickly, and Tucana was added last minute. I'm glad I managed to find space for 3 Standoff, as being able to easily rez Archer is incredibly taxing for the runner. Mavirus justified 3 Sandstone, and the last few influence went on Jua as a nasty little surprise that works particularly well against Arissana and Simulchip shenanigans.

This deck won 4 of the 7 games it played at nationals, including a 2 for 1 in the last round. The games it lost were partially because it didn't see the right ice when it needed to, but mostly because of very good play from my opponents. I had a lot of fun with it regardless.

A huge thanks to harmonbee for introducing me to this wonderful game, and being part of the excellent judge team at this year's nationals. The Warwick Uni and Birmingham metas have also been great to play with, and I'll give a special-shout out to Zoehope for playing with far more skill than I had 5 months into the game, leading to a beautifully tense final round 2 for 1.