High Places, Dead Spaces (1st, Kessel Run SC, 16-12-11)

Tournament Data

https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/167/kessel-run-store-championship-2016

20 player Ottawa Region Store Championship.
2-1 in swiss + ID, and 2-0 in top4 elim.

Matchups:
Whizz (Temujin) [Loss], Smoke, Whizz (Frantic Opus), ID
Whizz (Obelus / Siphon), Whizz (Obelus / Siphon)

Every win was achieved via BOOM!

Breakdown

With Rude Whizz / Miffed Val / Nexus Andy as the decks to beat, I didn't think bringing CTM would be a good idea. I needed an ID that didn't play into the tag-me runner game and a faction where I didn't have to hope draw into my EOI.

I found a Gagarin list from the Toronto meta that looked promising so off I went to make some major changes to that list to come up with what we have here today.

This deck aims to play out must trash assets. If the runner ignores them, you slowly build a critical mass and can score out behind a tour guide. If the runner contests them, you simply keep recurring things with Friends in High Places until you slowly win the attrition war.

The use of Mumbad City Hall and Consulting Visit to trigger Hard-Hitting News, or Friends in High Places at any moment makes for some tough decisions from the runner. Museum of History allows you to bring back the Consulting Visit every turn.

The list is pretty standard Gagarin except for a few cards, so let's go over those.

Dedicated Response Team - In theory, great for slowing down tag-me runners. In practice, they are very hit-or-miss.
Public Support - Expensive to trash, and gives you points for EOI. In theory you can score out with 3 of these, 1 3-pointer, and the Hostile Takeover.
Zealous Judge - Rez this after they remove the 3rd tag from HHN and before they remove the 4th... Awkward.
Best Defense - Amazing. Use it to vaporize Obelus and Plascrete.
Closed Accounts - Great to CV after a siphon. Now nobody wins!
Exchange of Information - Swap your Public Supports for real agendas. Can be CV'd for 2+0. Thanks Lukas.
Friends in High Places - Remember that look of despair runners got when you museum'd back stuff they trashed in IG? It's like that but more effective. Hard-Hitting News - Surprisingly, most people suspect Midseason Replacements, out of Gagarin, not HHN. The many tags give you the time needed to line up the BOOM!
Paywall Implementation - Double the credit differential from Gagarin, but mostly just to clear Rumor Mill or Employee Strike.
SEA Source - Sometimes you just need to tag someone so you can Closed Accounts them and rez a judge.

Overall, I was broke the whole tournament. The infinite Whizz matchups I played against meant my assets were always contested, and every credit was hard earned. On multiple occasions I was one or two credits short of BOOM!ing earlier, but alas the runner lived to be BOOM!ed another day.

Shoutouts and Links

@dien and @smusher for helping me mold the list from the Toronto Original here:
https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/39331/winning-deck-for-heroes-world-store-championship-12-people