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Oct 25Liked by Rapa-Nui

Ah sorry I didn’t get to meet you! I went with EA’s Mindscaping 1x Djupstad 1x Neurospike. Sometimes it was easier to get a kill with Neurospike if people know to hold onto a pinhole but are otherwise locked out of the remote. I don’t think I got a single punitive kill, people were teched for it, so I often discarded my punitives. I was able to use l0velace’s 💀 alt arts!! And the 🐙 spin doctor and 🐍 Rashida Jaheem. I did have an amazing credit-perfect turn 4 kill against Freedom though. It went sudden commandment, yodel, ice HQ, planogram for money; (rez Tsarevna) ice remote, install, install; ice remote, advance, advance; (rez Mestnichestvo to etr remote); advance, advance, advance -> djupstad reeducation combo.

My round 14 I was able to Sudden Commandment into double YDL, but I never found a Djupstad nor Neurospike, so Ari was able to build up a rig and was able to contest the remote with a Turbine, Cleaver, Euler, and Simulchip; allowing sebk to break my triple rezzed Mestnichestvo for 0 credits. I conceded to the second Doof on an unprotected HQ.

I ended up going 4-3 on Azmari and 5-2 on Wenjong’s Swift Lat, squeaking out a Muse playmat by placing 31st. The runner deck has 6 breakers in the suite (more than most swift Lats) which is an easy-of-use feature compared to other lists. I opted for Swift over Aniccam so that I wouldn’t miss any triggers. I ended up going to time once with my Lat deck, but otherwise I made more judge-call mistakes while piloting Azmari than with the Lat deck.

Nick Manson’s Kingmaking deck was awesome. It had my opponent second-guessing my remote and mentally calculating to see if I could Seamless Launch anything. I ultimately lost that game but that moment makes me want to bring brews to a tournament one day.

Let’s test together some time!

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Yeah, I've been thinking it's time to spend the Punitive Influence on something else. It's very, very hard to get a kill that way unless the opponent is completely unprepared/oblivious. As for testing- hit me up on GLC Discord! That turn 4 kill vs Freedom sounds disgusting.

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Correction: Izzy was on a variant of Loud PE, not the Hawaii5-0 deck I linked to. Bas assumption on my part based on the inclusion of Moon Pool. h/t Tuno

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