Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - Warren Regionals 1st Place

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(⁎⚈᷀᷁ᴗ⚈᷀᷁⁎) Net-Ready Eyebrows on Fleek

It's just the "L4J (Looking for Job)" deck with Progenitor, lol. I went with the top-tier move of going with 46-cards and dropped in a single Progenitor for the obvious reasons -- extra MU needed for longer games, keeping Datasucker or Medium tokens in case of virus wipes, and Power Shutdown protection. I mostly pitched it throughout the day, but the program came in handy in one or two games. Don't be a bum like me: cut to 45 cards.

╰( ´・ω・)つ──☆゚.・。゚ we dem // w h i z z a r d // b o y z

Anyway, thanks to Steven Wooley for building the foundation for this deck, and to Spags for demonstrating it can wreck with a modified version at the Madison regionals. I'd never played Whizzard at a tournament before, and I only tried him in a handful of casual games previously. But I wasn't happy with the Stealth Andy deck I was practicing with for the Detroit/Warren regional, and I had just shelved the Headlock Reina I spent three months trying to get to work.

So, I decided just a few days before my first premiere tournament of the year, I'm gonna play a runner deck I couldn't practice with beyond a couple games. Oh yeah, did I mention I opted to bring another Steven Wooley-built anarch (AoA Noise) to my first regionals last year at the last minute, and got absolutely wrecked? Fortunately, I had a bit more success this time around. Went into the Detroit/Warren Regionals (63 players) cut as top seed, and came out with the win!

The deck did surprisingly well, besting an Aaron Andries-style Blue Sun, an ETF, RPs, and Butcher Shops, always by tearing down ICE with Parasites or making them inconsequential, then going wild AF with Medium(s). It dropped only two games out of nine for the day, both to @rnishimura's expertly-played Butcher Shop (once in Swiss and again after the top cut, but I eked out a win against the deck when it counted in the finals). Uh, I had never played against a real Butcher Shop before this tournament.

Ⓗⓐⓟⓟⓨ❤ヾ(◍’౪`◍)ノ゙

Big ups to Eternal Games in Warren, MI for hosting an outstanding event and sweetening the pot with an $850 prize pool for the top 16. The organizers and judges were on point, the space was awesome, and the players were super talented (and friendly -- the cash prizes didn't turn anyone into a jerk, as far as I could tell). I hope there are no hard feelings over Cincinnati taking the regional trophy from Michigan; I was raised in the D, so it was less of a raid and more a return of the prodigal son.

Much thanks also to my wife Alexis for her support (and cheering me up after I was sent to the loser's bracket), Peter and Ellen for being awesome, the entire SWORN / EABG unit for helping me get to this level, the folks from the secret Netrunner Slack chat, Tiny Cartridge fans, everyone who stayed until 2AM to watch the finals, that coffee I sipped throughout the entire day to keep my focus, Dang coconut chips, Hemingway the cat, and the Embassy Suites chef who made me that bomb-ass omelette the next morning.

14 comments
8 Jun 2015 spags

Wow. Cash prizes didn't ruin the game?

SHOCKED.

8 Jun 2015 spags

Also, 'grats! Well done.

8 Jun 2015 josh01

sworn unit...

...so i'm in the corn unit

8 Jun 2015 ekayohlee

@josh01 Nah, you're part of the group, even if Columbus is in the center of Ohio! I definitely include you in our group considering how often we play against each other (every weekend). Plus, I probably wouldn't have abandoned Reina or made such drastic changes to my RP if I hadn't gotten wrecked by you so often.

@spags Yup! I don't think I talked to anyone who seemed rude or vying for the money (although it was a relatively tiny purse, compared to Magic tournaments). Most out-of-towners ended up losing more money than they would've made, if they paid for a hotel instead of driving back home late that night.

8 Jun 2015 desertfox42

Thoughts on a one-off Memstrips as 46th card?

8 Jun 2015 ekayohlee

@desertfox42 Excellent for trolling Dan, but I personally don't like paying credits for extra memory that's not on a console. I didn't ever feel like i needed more than the one extra memory. Also, you're giving up Power Shutdown protection, which you might need if that sees a surge in popularity due to all the NRE-dependent decks lately.

8 Jun 2015 desertfox42

@ekayohlee What would you suggest cutting to get down to 45 cards? Maybe a Yog? I really like this deck and am planning on bringing it to a local tourney. Whiz wars, baby!

8 Jun 2015 MKcrimson

Why is the main thing I remember from watching this deck "in love with the ProCo"

9 Jun 2015 ekayohlee

@desertfox42 I would cut one of the Datasuckers to go to 45. I'd also consider swapping the Atman for an SMC. Or swap Atman for a third Career Fair and a Special Order.

@MKcrimson Haha, I'd been saving "I'm in love with the ProCo" for the right moment. I got a million of these rap/netrunner phrases.

9 Jun 2015 Jashay

Congratulations on the win! I'm massively enjoying this Whizzard resurgence.

Out of interest, in what way are you giving up Power Shutdown protection by using MemStrips? I assume you mean when you replace Progenitor with said MemStrips. But isn't Progenitor also a high-value target for Power Shutdown?

9 Jun 2015 ekayohlee

@Jashay Thank you! I am too, as I really tried to get Whizzard to work a year ago, got wrecked in a handful of games, then gave him up until this week.

I'm fine with Progenitor and anything hosted on it (usually Datasucker, sometimes Medium) being Power Shutdowned for 0, as I can install my back-ups or Clone Chip them back in. What I can't recur is Net-Ready Eyes if that's Power Shutdowned for 0 -- I can re-install a back-up, but I'd have to give up another 2 Net Damage again, and I like my cards! So Progenitor runs blocker for NRE.

9 Jun 2015 Trachalio

Can we have an award for best use of unicode in a Deck note? ^_^

Haven't had a chance to really study this deck yet, but so far it's lookin' pretty fine! Not that I know what the hell I'm talking about when it comes to Netrunner :D

12 Jun 2015 ekayohlee

@Trachalio

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12 Jun 2015 UminWolf

How important is 2 D4v1d in this deck? I just ask because I like the addition of Progenitor and I'm trying to find a card to cut. I'm a Datasucker fanboy, so cutting one of those is tough