Stunt Pony 2.1 (1st, Undefeated Seattle Regionals)

So yeah... This deck is very very good it seems.

I've taken this deck (with some very minor changes) to two separate regional tournaments. The first was at my hometown of Portland, Oregon, where it went 8-0, and the second, of course, was in Seattle/Tacoma, where it went 7-0. So I guess in total this deck has a tournament record of 15 wins and zero losses.

I'm just going to briefly go over the mechanics of the combo. Most people seem to know it by now, but just for those of you who don't - You trash DDoS, run R&D with 2, or ideally 3, Mediums installed and a number of Clone Chips/False Echoes installed equal to the number of ICE over R&D minus one. Once you pass the first piece of ICE you trash a False Echo, which, because of DDoS they are unable to rez, forcing them to return it to HQ. You continue to do this until there is only one piece of unrezzed ICE over R&D. From that point, you are going to want to just hit R&D, use your Amped-Ups, access a bunch of cards and win the game.

That's how the deck was designed to function at least. At the Portland Regionals, I believe there were only two games in which I did not go from 0 to 7+ points in one turn. I never actually pulled off a one-turn-win at the Seattle tournament. This was partially because I wanted to prove the versatility of this deck, so that it is not just forever designated as some sort of jank-tier deck piloted by a madman, and also because the tournament at Seattle required me to play somewhat more fluidly.

These were very hard games, and while the mechanics of the combo are easy enough to grasp, there are still choices that you make throughout the game that are not so intuitive. I don't believe that I trashed a single False Echo in my final game against @pandapersona. Twice in the tournament, I decked myself and had to pop a 3 counter Trope to triple Blackmail R&D for the win. To make the cut against @hatsuyume, I had to run R&D with only two mediums and no Amped Ups knowing that I would get scorched to death the next turn if I didn't see 4 points.

In a normal game however, this deck does not require so many decisions. Most often you just sail right on through that R&D.

Now that I've proved the deck, I think I'll stop playing it for a while. I miss ICE. But if you're looking for a cool runner deck to bring to regionals or nationals or whatever, you should probably at least try this one out. It's pretty good. Let me know if you decide to try and pick this deck up, I can probably give you some pointers. Also let me know if you think it could be better. There are very few things that I enjoy doing more than talking about Netrunner, and this deck in particular.

Thanks to everyone running and running in the tournament. I had a great time.

P.S., Fire the ABT