zahya - (startup) side-events and COs 2024

This is my current version of my Zahya-deck from last year for RwR.

Played it a few times in smaller startup-COs and for 15.place at the startup-event at worlds 2024 and still love Zahya and this deck - even more so with the wonderful new alt-art for docklands pass :D

about some cards:

The core is basically still the same with some liberated accounts added for some not-run-dependend economy - they could be changed for trickshots or maker's eyes depending on the meta, but with BTL still going strong after the bans I would rather keep them in. I could see a version were the 2 Bahia-Bands + the Liberated get changed into two trickshots + something else (but what?), but didn't try it out, yet. Also, career fair adds some more runless-economy, but sometimes it just doesn't want to be drawn with the right resources :/

Conduit as a late-game multi-access-replacement for Twinning and WAKE.

Leech basically works as a replacement for Cezve, even if the coffee-pot was for sure better. Upside is - you can load Leech on centrals and still use it while running the BTL-Clearinghouse-Remote of doom :)

And, by now, I did play some games with Hermes - it does aboslutely depend on the meta - against FA-decks and PD, Hermes is great, against BTL or Asset-Spam it does way less - especially against assets pennyshaver is still extremly good. I do like Pennyshaver and I feel like startup is somewhat slower than standard, so the continueous drip from Pennyshaver adds up over the game, even more so because there's no Cezve anymore.

Cupellation is a very versatile addition to the criminals arsenal with the ability to trash assets withpout becoming oppo-able and without having to pay more than 1 credit, being able to snipe events or even ICE out of RND and HQ and then doubling down as extra Multiaccess with even more value for Zahya.

The two emergency shutdowns are basically cards 41 and 42, but can also make a extreme difference against BTL with 3 archers :D - but then, in other matchups they don't do much at all. Their usefulness depends on the meta I guess.

Also funny: Ddark told me, he added a T400 Memory Diamond and I already had this added in my version at EMEAs sunday-event and can totally see it for the extra memory (full rig + 2xLeech+Conduit) and doubling down to help against punitive-decks. I just never got to use it at the EMEA-event and then ended up cutting it, but I can most definately see that as a valid option, depending on the meta.