Let's Do Something Stupid (4-2 GenCon Prelims)

Ever have one of those moments at 2 AM before a major tournament where you can't decide what to actually run the next day and so just wing it with a bunch of random ideas? Yeah, that's what this is.

Built off the classic Argus Six-Agenda Shuffle suite, but probably made worse with my own random jank added to it. Still seemed to hold it's own somehow at GenCon, going 4-2 by murdering a couple of Whizzards, a SpyCam Haley, and a Tenma. Ended up placing somewhere in the 80's in the Friday prelim tournament due to my runner deck going 2-4 which was ALSO something I built at 2 AM the night before and didn't test.

Notable moments of stupidity:

Getting a kill by convincing a runner that a naked slow-advanced six-advance Cerebral Overwriter was actually a Government Takeover, and then running it. Who said Weyland only did meat damage?

Getting Siphoned down to 0 at the end of a very long game, one where they had stolen the GT earlier, and couldn't find another agenda. They ended up floating tags, which let me actually fire the Exchange of Information to get the GT back, click it for 3c, and then use those credits to fire a Scorched to get a kill. #weylandthings

Just naked-advancing a Government Takeover when I somehow lucked into getting all three Punitives early, and the runner was low on money. And then they ran it. #winning

Things the deck hates:

Not having money. #screwtherules

Runners who have money. #screwthem

Jerks who trash or mill all the econ.

Edward Kim. (Not that I ran into him at this event, he's always been a butt whenever I play against him. Hate him on principle, since if he got into HQ he'd probably have a field day.)

Runner decks that don't actually run. One of the losses I got was due to going up a Valencia Virus deck that #Rebirth 'd into a Noise, and just sat there endlessly cycling viruses for days. In retrospect, I probably should've just plopped down a agenda and started advancing, but I didn't feel like my ducks were in a row in case she actually blackmail-ran it.

Notes on some card choices:

Cerebral Overwriter : In retrospect, this probably could've been a Project Junebug, but I liked the idea of having a install-advance-advance threat in case of Valencia. Sure, blackmail this, I dare 'ya. Whoops, your hand size is now 3. As a wise man once said, "EXPLOSIONS?"

Checkpoint : You'd be surprised how much work this did. It's cheap but high enough strength that a early one on, say... R&D, can really dissuade someone from actually going for the run. Always funny to make them decide whether to go on (and not waste the Maker's Eye they used for this), or to stop.

SEA Source : Probably could've/should've been two for safety in case of millers. Could probably also have been one SEA, one Hard-Hitting News just to flood the runner with tags and make them burn credits and a turn getting rid of them.

Underway Grid : Install in case of Criminals and Inside Jeorbs. Make them actually have to play the game.

Executive Boot Camp : See Underway Grid, except this time in case of Valencia. Don't think it ever actually got rezzed, sadly.

Orion : Never got rezzed. Just wanted to have something big and mean I could throw a ton of cash into to make the runner have a Bad Time (tm).

Witness Tampering : Not in the deck, but I seriously wouldn't mind some BP removal. Ms. Mills could probably work too, but I'd be too tempted to actually use her ability and get more BP, and that would be counter-productive. Want the runner to actually spend money on their runs so they're poor so I can land traces.

tl;dr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEizJ-TWua0