[Startup] Nuclear Submarine - 3rd at Netbrummers

Ams 140

A screenshot of me on Discord saying "Modern Startup players weren't raised in a Scorched environment and it shows. I don't wanna see any of you ending your turn broke and on less than 4 cards on Sunday."

5 minutes into the tournament I ended my turn on 3 cards, 5 credits, and only one NFL installed.


This deck only won 1 of its 3 games, but realistically it should have had the first game as well (against MattOhNo's BtL). I landed an early boat against an undefended R&D and racked up a hefty pile of counters before deciding I'd rather lose the game.

In my second game (Scarlett's NEH) I accessed a Snare off R&D last click having already seen an EotL in R&D. We'd already shuffled our decks back together before I remembered I'd had an NFL installed.

My final game was against snuggle's PE. It was slow and painful and made me have to rush my corp game, but I followed the flowchart and without cerebral it really feels like it's lost its teeth. Draw up; run everything.


This deck is based on Izzy's adaptation of Andrej's list. I simply took out a Rigging Up to bring it down to 45 cards, but I don't really know if that was a worthwhile change.

My Corp list was a RH deck from Paillu that went 3-0, but I'm keeping that decklist private until ey's had a chance to play it.

A big thanks to both for giving me last-minute decks for an event I barely prepared for (why would SBT release the hottest banlist of a generation two days before my first Startup tournament in six months?)


First place went to the well-deserving znsolomon. We played some pubrunner after the tournament and I was decisively swept. I'm very happy with third though, earning me a full corp collection of Kalypso's gorgeous IDs. The event was an absolute blast and I can't wait for the next one!

Alt arts of the four Gateway corps by Kalypso

2 comments
27 Feb 2023 MattOhNo

Truly the weakness was only hubris - this deck invalidated my ice so fast, it brought on the fatal overconfidence (also my deck lost to znsolomon getting 2 NFL down early, so I was incredibly lucky to win vs someone running 3 who ignores all ice).

Also I'm pretty sure your corp deck was somehow 25% snare by volume, loved that

1 Mar 2023 Ams

You can't prove anything! I've already dismantled the deck and returned the extra copies