Vegetarian Jemison - Antwerpen Q1 2019 GNK - 1st Place

Why vegetarian? Because this deck is almost vegan.

I've enjoyed playing Jemison since the card was released (ask anyone from the Norwich meta), and I've come back and revisited the deck quite often. This is the latest version of the deck, which tries to mitigate all the bad publicity you take by going quickly, taxing clicks, and relying on big ICE like Archer, Surveyor, and Tithonium.

You've got to go quickly with this deck. What you ideally want is a rezzed Oberth Protocol protected by a few beefy ICE, as it saves you clicks and credits advancing Bio Vault, SSL Endorsement, Hostile, and Standoff and importantly lets you score Project Atlas from hand.

Some play tips:

i) Don't take too much bad publicity early against Anarch and try to cheese a win by Ark Lockdown-ing an icebreaker.

ii) You can install Bio Vault naked or with a single advancement in the remote, so long as there's a Tithonium or Archer you can rez on the remote to advance it with Jemison.

iii) If you have an SSL scored, you can protect an unrezzed Oberth by installing it with the Project Junebug. Wait until the Runner has committed to access, then dump 4 advancements on Junebug!

iv) Against Clot, a combination of Cyberdex Virus Suite and Ark Lockdown should help.

v) Cyberdex and Ark Lockdown have the added benefit of helping against Aumakua and Crowdfunding.

vi) There are a lot of scoring combos depending on what agendas are scored and whether an Oberth is pre-installed or not. They are left as an exercise for the reader.

My games on the day were as follows, 5 wins, 1 loss:

Kit - Alex - Win

This was a Kit deck using Engolo and Gebrselassie to make very efficient runs. If I recall correctly I was able to tax credits using Border Controls and Bio Vaults to squeak a win, but it was close.

419 - Pieter - Win

I was loosing this game hard, as Pieter had his economy set up, Aumakua and Amina installed, and bad publicity making R&D runs cheap. I drew hard for a CVS, which resulted in a Tithonium faceplant. This definitely won me the game, as it trashed the two breakers and Turning Wheel.

Wu - Thomas - Win

This was a Top Hat, Insight, Comet deck. I got two Archers set up on R&D, with a Surveyor and Archer on the remote, which thankfully slowed Thomas down just enough. Once I was set up I just had to make sure I always had a couple of Atlas counters to shut down the Insight, Top Hat combo. Highlight of this game was Ark Lockdown-ing 5 Exclusive Parties.

Valencia - Brian - Loss

I took too much bad publicity early and Brian was able to run riot on R&D with Turning Wheel to take the win.

Top 3

Wu - Thomas - Win

This was a slightly more wobbly game as I got a bit flooded, and Thomas was able to install Top Hat turn 1 and run an unprotected R&D. Thankfully I was able to stabilise, and get a couple of Atlas counters by using a pre-installed Oberth and forfeiting a Hostile. This, alongside some extremely lucky HQ accesses and Insight wiffs gave me the win.

419 - Pieter - Win

This game started awfully as Pieter ran an unprotected R&D four times and stole 2 Standoffs and 2 SSLs! From then on I was playing on hard mode! Thankfully the SSL money let me accelerate quickly, I found a CVS, and I tried to make sure I could always threaten an Archer rez to dissuade running. I got pretty lucky on HQ accesses and managed to get the win, but it was a close game.