🔥 Hippo beats Armadillo (🏆 8th @ NANPC Vancouver)

🔥 Hippo Hoshiko 🔥

See the NANPC stream for Hippo vs Armadillo entertainment!

My deck went 2-3, and was paired vs Asa (W), Holo+ (L), PD (L), Ag (W), and Ag (L).

Most to be surprised me, I decided to bring this deck with 0 new cards because with a tournament the same week as a new set of cards, and at the tail end of an impromptu family vacation, I had no time to prep or consider new cards. I almost brought a new breed of Loup Mulch, but chickened out at the last minute.

Musings:

• Hoshiko is my evergreen fall-back runner. I had no runner an hour before the tournament, so I just played old-school Hoshiko knowing that it was a deck I could play with 0 reps
• The initial plan was a Keiko pure-value engine. But then I remembered that Maw terrorizes "fun" corps... And keeps new meta surprises to a minimum for me 😆
• Thunderbolt Armaments: Peace Through Power is new. Carmen & Unity boost well
• Glacier/ice is good - was particularly worried about Ag. Hippo & Botulus eat Aggles for breakfast
• 🪦 DreamNet

Shoutout to the Vancouver meta for hosting a great event, and to all the TOs and judges who facilitated a very fun day with a bunch of very fun games. And to the team for getting reps in with new cards. And to Maninthemoon for stompingmulching the field.