Virtual Insanity (32nd Worlds)

This is the corp deck I piloted to 32nd place at Worlds. Hayley actually carried me there, but that deck is just really similar to every other good Hayley out there, and this one is way more fun, and more my own creation.

It, like most CTM decks, pushes a game of tempo that the runner has to struggle to keep up with. In testing, it was winning 90% of its games, but it turns out Worlds opponents and Worlds stress bring that down a notch.

Like a good Shaper deck, it's full of tech cards that help you in certain matchups. And these tech cards are mostly tutorable by the wonderful Consulting Visit. To achieve the Alliance requirement we have:

• 3 Commercial Bankers Group (Bonkers good)
• 1 BOOM! (Yay onomatopoeias!)
• 1 Elizabeth Mills (Stupid Salsette)
• 1 Executive Boot Camp (Find more tech cards and stuff Indexing)

The Liz Mills has been both Zealous Judge and K. P. Lynn, and both would have done great work in the tournament, no doubt.

Ideally, you assemble Exodia by scoring 2 or more AR-Enhanced Security, either naked in a sea of spam or in an early defended remote, then let Whampoa Reclamation and Shannon Claire (also good at stuffing Indexing) work in harmony to draw you your favourite card from Archives each turn.

MVP: Reversed Accounts. This card allows for so many busted 'damned if you do...' scenarios, resulting in truly punishing Hard-Hitting News plays.

Worst card in the deck: Biased Reporting. It didn't do work (for me) on the day, and I kept wishing it was another Best Defense. Biased is usually best against rig heavy Shapers, and they usually let me have my asset economy. I would have rather have more Best Defenses to kill Tapwrms and Misdirections.

Speaking of Shapers, SEA Source was huge in those matchups. SEA Source into EoI wins a lot of games, and SEA Source into 'trash 2 resources' (say, Beth and Mercur) can often do enough to cripple their game plan. There was even one SEA Source, trash Mercur, HHN play that ended up winning me the game.

Let me know if you have any questions. <3