Run Holo Run 3rd @Startup GNK Montreal 2025-04-01

The deck weny 1-1 at the event (out of 11 participants), allowing me to take third place. Played at L'Expédition on 2025-04-01.

Round 2. Lost vs Kate on Mercury: Chrome Libertador. Kate was able to run everywhere and see everything. It was really well played.

Round 4. Win vs Cameron on Arissana Rocha Nahu: Street Artist. I got lucky with a Fujii Asset Retrieval in the remote ready to be scored out just after Cameron scored a Fujii Asset Retrieval on a 4th click, putting Cameron on 2 cards in hand.

Game plan : fork the runner between Neurospike and Punitive Counterstrike.

Mulligan plan : Regolith Mining License or ices.

The difference between this iteration and the last one is this :

• -3 Sprint
• -3 Lotus Field
• +3 Tithe
• +2 Mindscaping
• +1 The Holo Man

This is the follow up on a discussion I had with Andrej, where he pointed to me that I was trying too much to tech against Arruaceiras Crew. The 5 to rez Lotus Field was really setting me back and without putting Magnet in the deck, it was prone to Botulus and Physarum Entangler, not to mention derez effects. So I replaced them with Tithe. I'm still on the fence about that ice. Enigma and Phoneutria would be also good candidates.

Money up and setup your fork. Hokusai Grid has been prefered over Daniela Jorge Inácio because the damage is unconditional and the runner cannot chose to NOT take the agenda. That is 4 net damages with Fujii Asset Retrieval.

The Holo Man can score Offworld Office for free, making it much easier to use Neurospike. And Sprint allows us one more way to manage our hand and get our combo pieces out.

You could swap the Sprint for an extra The Holo Man and 2x Mindscaping and it would not be wrong. I went for Sprint because it allow me to find Punitive Counterstrike or Neurospike, while fixing my hand.

Big thanks to Odonuvo got organizing the events. It was a blast to play. I was lucky to see the game played by Odonuvo vs Jon. It was glorious and hilarious. Cheers!