tableCarnage - 2nd at Worlds 2023

Kill NEH; the evolution of rongydoge's cascadia deck.

how it works

Spam remotes maximising uncertainty for the runner. Eventually give them enough tags to flatline through a combination of End of the Line, Reaper Function and Mindscaping. The actual winning combo is highly dependent on gamestate and therefore left as an exercise for the reader

False Lead + Oppo Boppo is a very mean combo to ensure the runner is tagged enough to land the kill.

genesis

In the run up to worlds, Snare Bears + Process quickly identified the potency of the False Lead + Oppo combo.

We were trying to work out where it works best until DeeR managed to make the cuts to fit it into rongydoge's NEH.

card choices

Ice is bad, ambushes are good. Play as little ICE as possible, full set of Behold!, some Chekist Scions too. Unsmiling Tsarevna is kind of an ambush and felt like the strongest ice over the weekend. And should totally be included for Queen Bee.

2 hedge, 2 ydl. The amount of econ cards is what matters. Maximising information entropy is the vibe for this deck.

2 Attitude Adjustments to clear any doubt about what type of deck this is.

Only 1 SIU because runners are very rich and False Lead gives us other avenues to make sure they end up tagged.

questions

How do I beat this?

🛞🛞

How does it beat Esâ with Marrow?

Just score out, dummy!

What is the biggest challenge?

Avoiding tableCarnage.

Why aren't you playing DBS?

Game loss speedrun.

Why aren't you playing Balanced Coverage?

Because I will accidentally install an Oppo.

What is the record for the deck?

7-1. DeeR (6th), rongydoge (8th) and theo (39th) played similar lists to this; going 7-1, 8-0 and 6-2 respectively giving False Lead NEH an overall 28-4 result.

Can I see it in practice?

You can watch the one loss here.

acknowledgements

psk, ysengrin, havvy, tol, radiant, labbes, herbart, ed, orbital, aksu, guy, vesper and all the other judges and staff members: you hosted an incredible event and all the hard work you gave really showed.

Ian, Dee, Theo, Cat, Patrick and Don: For being there throughout pretty much all of my journey this World's.

Snare Bears and Process: All the deckbuilding and test games really paid off. I would be nowhere near where I am now without you all.

lostgeek: I'm so glad the SBT grudge match was on Friday.

jackmade: your crim play is inspirational

kanel: I will find you!

NWE: lots of love

jan tuno: fuck covid! We owe each other a match.

mondegreensleeves: top tier hugs

crowphie: may the ankylosaurus give you luck

qtm: mulchmulchmulch

cahuita and gegenzeit: finally 419 is not best crim!

anarcho, extrac, vale and pigeons: always a pleasure to see you. Looking forward to uk nats.

sokka: How are you so good at this game? Well deserved 1st place and thanks for giving this deck the best game I have ever played.

The King: Long Live!

Odol: for an incredible loser's final

baa ram wu: for the vote of confidence with actual cash

koga: jaguars are gr8

longi: hope to see you on crim again

Unband: How are you so good at this game?

Muntal Bost: we barely had time to interact; hope we see each other again.

Jason: smooth flights

Sanjay: for running Queen Bee and being an all-round excellent person

jaypumpkin: I might need one of those Death shirts

Matuszczak: hope you can boulder again soon

sebastiank: your decks are wild and fun

tanzzen: for highlighting the importance of killers vs Jinteki

baltar: I'm sorry you were the one that made me realise that Sable was correct with click 4 Ikawahs

awildturtok: I thought the violin plots were very nice

rubenpieters: lovely meal and chat

London netrunners: for bearing with my tryhard tendencies

UK netrunners: I need to go to more COs and see more of you

mrteatime66: for getting me into this wonderful game and community

Everyone I played, talked to and hung out with at the tournament: you are all incredible

byebye