Spiky Jenny Ob [3-1, 7th @ July 2023 AMT]

Thanks to 🏌️‍♀ and the rest of QtM for developing the incredibly strong base of this deck, that allowed me to make bad changes to it and still somehow do well. Public Trail acts as a stronger Economic Warfare, acts as a surprise EOTL kill enabler, or acts as a way to destroy key resources - very flexible. Mavirus is great for clearing Fermenters after they charge before the runner's first click, and then getting a 2 coster like Formicary onto the board. Malia is a funny way to mess with runner econ, like early Liberated Accounts and Banhkars.

Games:

Round 1: Win against Hoshiko 69. Got absolutely flooded with 5/7 agendas in the first few turns, but really shows how useful Svyatogor Excavator is, by tutoring a Drudge Work when I needed it most. It's hard to justify trashing it as the runner, but sometimes it's absolutely necessary especially if there are no pressing threats on the board. A Public Trail to trash a freshly installed Daily Casts and Dreamnet was a huge shift in momentum, although it is arguable that a third HHN would have been better here anyway.

Round 2: Win against Esa. Consistent pressure, using Malia to blank Bankhar when the runner is poor, using Border Control to disable Finality, and then finishing with a surprise Azef score for the kill.

Round 3: Loss against Bankhar DJ Steve Hoshiko. Strange game - didn't draw my Excavators and HHNs and Public Trail until it was too late. Game went to time. Should have tried to use the ID to tutor with an Excavator earlier on, but I don't think there was actually an opportunity to do that?

Round 4: 241 win against Hoshiko 69. When the starting hand is good, big Hosh can't gear up fast enough to deal with the threats. By turn 3 there was suddenly an impenetrable Urban Renewal server, alongside an Azef to sneak in the kill if 4 damage wasn't enough.