Calcutec - Top 4 (55) Durham & Top 8 (69) NYC Regionals

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This deck was originally based on Sam Suied @itsbigfoot 's 2nd place Tulsa list. It went really well for me at both Durham (55 people) and NYC regionals (69 people). 10-3 in total with 1 very unlucky lose by turn 2. I got 4th at Durham and 7/8th at NYC largely due to my poor Whiz skill.

The Sync I ran at durham was slightly different because EOI wasn't legal. But I still consider them same list since EOI wasn't a big part in my plan.

As you can see, I didn't bother to slot breaking news after EOI. This is a professional midseasons deck, the benefits from BN isn't worth the risk of having extra pts runner can steal IMO. I could be wrong though.

There is also more to it than just being a midseason deck. It's not as vulnerable as you think against film critic and I think S&G is always worth going broke to fire. Opening up mind game space behind raven is huge, but even when there is FC on board, don't be afraid to install food/cat behind raven. I slow rolled a lot of food just because runner didn't think it worth the tempo to come in and FC 1 cat through ravens.

The clean agenda suits+news team allows you to feed agenda aggressively to prevent runner from sitting back and money up. Sometimes you need to midseason twice to get tags to stick, so if your first midseason can get them 2-3 tags (with them spending all their money to meet the trace) it should be worth it. It either leaves you a fast track install cat window(against opus deck) or makes the second midseason way easier.
EOI was a great addition to the list, allowing more pts deny and more aggressively plays. I think 1 copy is the correct number here though.

Anyway I pulled out a lot of sweet wins in these two regionals against decks that full of tech against it (FC/dejavu FC/NACH/Jesminder/Opus Shaper/artist colony) and lost 1 close game against a blackmail spam very rich Val which went way better than I expected and my misplay was part of the reason too.

This is the second most fun corp deck that I've ever played so I decide to publish it. It feels like a hard-boiled wonderland.

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9 comments
6 Jun 2016 scd

Thanks for posting this, it looks great. What are your thoughts on the singleton Green Level? Is that really worth the one influence, or would you consider other alternatives for that slot? Is only 1x EoI enough or do you think going up to 2x or 3x is worth it?

6 Jun 2016 crfluency

@scd deck use to have 3GLC, I cut 2 to make inf for 1AM. To make up for the econ loss but cutting 2GLC, I added 1 restructure. I think the ability to come back right after going broke in trace is very important and only 3 sweeps isn't enough.

1EOI is pretty sufficient in my experience. I saw some 49sync with 2news and 2eoi which could be nice but I personally just don't like to give them extra pts they can steal.

your main winning path after landing tags are still psycho food/astro and feed cats. Having too many tag punishment stuck in hand before midseason is really bad. Archived memory is solid for getting back CA/EOI/Psycho or midseason but even then I think 1copy is the right number.

6 Jun 2016 crfluency

@scd deck use to have 3GLC, I cut 2 to make inf for 1AM. To make up for the econ loss by cutting 2GLC, I added 1 restructure. I think the ability to come back right after going broke in trace is very important and only 3 sweeps isn't enough.

1EOI is pretty sufficient in my experience. I saw some 49sync with 2news and 2eoi which could be nice but I personally just don't like to give them extra pts they can steal.

your main winning path after landing tags are still psycho food/astro and feed cats. Having too many tag punishment stuck in hand before midseason is really bad. Archived memory is solid for getting back CA/EOI/Psycho or midseason but even then I think 1copy is the right number.

6 Jun 2016 scd

Awesome, thanks. Looks like a fun deck, and congrats on your recent success with it!

6 Jun 2016 HatsuneMiku

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7 Jun 2016 Superduck

Too strong Master Flare! I like the idea of this deck. It's awesome! Thank you.

7 Jun 2016 Empty_World

Hayley with FC + AC might be a problem but I saw S&G and Archived Memories and I guess it's not really a big deal.Only question is did u try Cyberdex Trial for install and psycho play cause it's cheaper and untrashable.

Otherwise,solid deck and I'm a big fan of your deck.

7 Jun 2016 crfluency

@Superduck XD 鸭子快别闹! @Empty_World one thing CVS can do is to purge imp when Noise trying to imp your midseason bait, or to protect yourself from CVS. I have never get stopped by clot for psycho and you are't really gonna short on 3c to do anything.

7 Jun 2016 crfluency

by saying protect yourself from CVS I mean Medium ...