The Prestige Redux

This is the runner I should have taken to Worlds. It's an update of my build from American Continentals, a deck which is very good against glaciers due to how Top Hat/Insight breaks the symmetry of ice and running by letting you wait until you see a target so you only have to run when you know it'll work. After a disappointing runner day on Friday, I was able to take this deck to a pretty easy 3-0 run through a side event Sunday to get my Vitruviuses.

From my original list, I cut the PAD Taps (RIP), one Turntable, and the Boomerang. In their place I put in a Kati Jones and Trickster Taka for yet more drip, a Legwork as a compromise to Asa and Titan matchups, a third Stimhack to make up for losing them to Zer0 fairly often, and Beth Kilrain-Chang, the change I'm most pleased with. Because this deck sits back and doesn't readily force the corp to rez ice, you often get into a situation where both players are high on credit counts, which means Beth often helps with one area where the deck could sometimes struggle: click compression. With Beth, it's much harder for the corp to cheese you out with Border Controls, Nisei counters and other one-off click-wasters.

Other cards I've considered mixing in: Whistleblower, Ice Carver, Hunting Grounds, Hernando Cortez, Political Operative, and Imp. Overall, though, the core game plan is tight enough that customization is easy and per your own specifications.