Arissan Art – Top cut 5th @ Can Nat 2023 (East coast)

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I've reused Slap Kween Ari with very minimal changes.

I've swapped Corroder for Cleaver. I did not expected big barriers to come up, Slap Vandal could solve some issues in a pinch, and it's usually better for smaller ices.

Swapped the single Bahia bands for a single Pinhole Threading. It's just a good card to take care of whatever upgrade or Keeling hidding in a big server for cheap.

I've removed one LilyPAD from the deck to get down to 45 cards. I've found LilyPAD to only be useful in the mid-long term as it costs a lot to install, and early money can be really important in different matchups. I've felt two copies were enough to get at least one when Urban Art Vernissage was already rolling.

It's a really fun deck, being able to install cards from hand depending on the ice rezzed is cool (Hushing Anansi feels good). The econ can be a bit rough as there isn't anything that generates raw credits (UAV helps installing cards, but isn't useful to break barriers or steal Bellona), so getting an Environmental testing or two early on can be critical for certain matchups.

The deck performed better than I anticipated. During the swiss, I've got 3 wins (Asa, Azmari, AgInfusion), 1 loss (Azmari) and 1 draw (Issuaq). During top cut, I've lost 2 rounds against Issuaq (unfortunately made a big mistake at some point and had to forfeit even though I think I had good chances of winning had I not made the mistake) and R+. I wasn't looking forward to playing AgInfusion or NBN ARES decks and was pleasantly surprise to win that one round against Ag.

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