Legality (show more) |
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Standard Ban List 23.09 (latest) |
Standard Ban List 23.08 (active) |
Rotation |
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Pre-rotation decklist |
Old school "Hydra" AgInfusion (see the old list,) now with Employee Strike gone, Paperclip restricted, and Au Revoir being a major threat which means spiky ice is extra important, and updated with new cards.
I fired Tithonium an obscene number of times. Sometimes it cost an agenda, but it was always worth it.
The basic premise of the deck is having a suite of assets that are extraordinarily strong and can be fetched on-demand, a remote (usually Tithonium + Marcus Batty) that becomes terrifying to attempt, ice that are punishing and taxing, and an ability that, once one ice is rezzed, makes all unrezzed ice just as punishing. It also abuses the fact that it has unavoidable end-the-run abilities and an ice that prevents them from making more runs that can't be broken by normal breakers.
The many changes from the original:
First match and only loss was against @Kysra, who grinded me out as Val, with an early rebirth into Omar, constant pressure, and good use of Hippo and D4v1d.
I also played against a Criminal, Leela I think, against whom I fired Tithonium, a Pawnshop Hayley, against whom I fired Tithonium twice, a Kabonesa Au Revoir (@netjogging), against whom I fired Tithonium twice, forfeiting two agendas, (a recording of this game will be published in the future with commentary,) and a fifth that I'm struggling to remember but IIRC I clicked IT Department 12'ish times before they conceded.
Anarch still fares the best against this deck, even though without Paperclip/Employee Strike this deck does a lot better than it used to. D4v1d, Clone Chip, Hippo, and the heap breakers all do great work, even though relying on Corroder for a fracter is dangerous against Tithonium. For Shapers/Criminals, Engolo/Laamb help versus IT Department because of the 1:2 boost ratios, and help versus Tithonium/Rototurret/Cobra because they are pseudo-AI breakers, so a single Marcus Batty can't kill both the breakers they have available. Flip Switch also helps against Batty, avoiding the following facecheck which would ruin your board. The recent loss of Labor Rights is difficult for criminals, though. A single Tithonium fire can put them out of the game.
My runner for the tournament was Surf Revoir Wu.
Sovereign of Subways was a wonderful tournament, thank you to the entire NYC crew for making it happen, thank you to my teammates for working together, and thank you to my opponents for being good sports about facing my very rude decks!
4 comments |
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20 May 2019
branimated
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21 May 2019
Steinbran
This deck has SCARY in tech choices and when piloted that well means you can't take any chances. That being said, I didn't fall for a single trap, didn't lose to Batty, and was able to rebirth for some agendas in the mid game. I still lost to this deck because an early well protected Daily Quest was enough to make sure I never caught back up. |
22 May 2019
EnderA
Yeah, Daily Quest is insane economy. It's sometimes difficult to know when to transition to scoring. |
This is a sweet list. I especially love the variety of imports - really getting your money's worth from that 17 influence!