(3-2 @ Cascadia for 15th Place)
Tucana Ob - W
Thule - W
Nightmare Sportsmetal - W
Thule - L
Punitive Azmari - L
Ken felt absolutely incredible this weekend. My two losses came at the end of the tournament where I was dealing with an incredibly massive headache and made some massive misplays in games that were definitely winnable. If worlds was tomorrow almost assuredly I'd run this exact list back and have close to no regrets.
Generally I would say the Punitive decks can be incredibly punishing since Ken basically requires you to run which can lead to you scoring and then subsequently flatlining. Jinteki is also generally not great for you. But if you expect alot of Tempo Scoring decks or purple in your meta game Crim is exactly where I'd want to be.
That said I do think if you're a better player than me you can build the deck a bit better. You don't "need" 2 of each icebreaker but I personally just didn't want to go through the mental task of not losing to an SDS or random Net damage from Jinteki. If you want to go that route it opens you up to being able to play the second Pinhole or Miss Bones which is something I do wish I had in the event.
Bones of the deck was ported from Nykride's "Just get the twinning counters" which was a deck I fell in love with. I just found that the only playable hands were the one's with The Class Act so I tweaked the influence to fit 3 Nuka to increase the range of hands I wanted to keep.
A massive thanks to the Tournament organizers for putting on such an amazing event and I look forward to coming back to Cascadia for a third year.
And lastly thanks to my fellow Spokane area players and Free Drago teammates for the months of testing and games to get to a tournament lineup I can feel proud of.
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