[Purge] Mti Unbanned 2-1

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This is the Mti list I took to our Purge event. I did a bit of testing on my own and concluded 1) Obviously Mti was strong, 2) Aesops Lat was a strong counter, therefore 3) Mti needed to go fast.

Regenesis is the clear solution to a need for speed, and Mti guards archives really well. I added punitive, which looks a little awkward without YDL and with Obo being an optional steal but it still works great (I would reference kill Azmari lists moving back to Degree Mill despite the same issue). Punitive just adds one more issue for the runner on top of having to deal with Mti, Manegarm, Sand Storm, and Obo. In my self testing it was often too much for runners. Stealing an Obo from the remote almost guarantees you end on <3 cards, making Punitive easy to land.

Still, 6 influence is a lot, and while I am confident on Regenesis I could see cutting Punitive. Also BBlum noticed Conundrum as strong in an Aumakua world (I still feel the meta should be shaper, but we were mostly playing fun stuff rather than full tryharding), and I think the trash program sub on a sentry is strong enough to play over a Vampy. The Enigma was huge against Esa who expected to be able to break jinteki ICE with handsize (exactly why I had it). I didn't draw Daniela much but in theory she protects archives against Esa, or the remote for an Obo push. Esa did not do well, so I think you can cut it. If Liza sticks around in the Meta, I would add a 3rd Saisentan to punish them.

My one loss was to Fa's Liza, which is a very snowbally MU. I mulligan'd into an opening hand of only Anansi ICE and no money ops, which simply does not stop Liza. Plus she had turn 1 corporate grant, and it felt like she was Liza and 419 together. After a few turns the damage was already done and the game was effectively over.

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