[Eclipse] The Pharmacist Labelled My Prescription "Keeling"

harmonbee 1190

... and let's just say I took that to heart.

A prescription bag with "Keeling" written on it

Anyway, eclipse! When I saw the event I decided that I wanted to play something way out of my comfort zone and go true sicko. So I brought this asset/kill/chokehold Chronos deck and a headlock Reina. This deck went 2-1, beating two Geist and losing only to a Whizzard with Salsette Slums and Magnum Opus that slowly took apart any chance of winning*. Maybe a better assets player would have found a way out, but I instead felt the most hopeless I've felt in a while. Ah well.

This deck aims to overwhelm the runner with untrashable assets via the centerpieces of the deck - Hostile Architecture and Hostile Infrastructure. Combined with the pressure of Bladderwort threatening to take the best cards out of their hand via Chronos, there's a lot of must-trash assets. We can also hide and never advance agendas like Viral Weaponisation through Wage Workers and Cohort Guidance Program. Finally, Moon Pool acts as a finisher and can easily score out a 4/2.

Genetics Pavillion gets a shout out in particular for being awful to trash and forcing the runner into having very few cards in hand with Viral Weaponisation. It also makes Levy much worse, drawing 0-2 cards instead of 5.

Finally, we have a few ice to protect centrals and potentially score out behind - Yagura is stellar for centrals, and we have a few big ice for last minute protection. This is especially useful if you snipe breakers from hand with Chronos.

Thanks to Council for running and creating a wild format that was fun to theorycraft for!

* EDIT: I published this and then immediately realised I should have run Sadaka this would have made the matchup so much better I am a fool

5 comments
4 Dec 2024 Ams

What if a deck were fucked up would that be fucked up or what?

5 Dec 2024 Porkobolo

Jackson Howard, my old enemy.

7 Dec 2024 Council

Yoo thanks for playing!

Love the deck :)

19 Dec 2024 raleighko

As a fellow forum user, it's interesting to see the implications when a pharmacist mislabels a prescription. Clarity is key in healthcare! On a lighter note, I recently had a parallel experience with the Dinosaur Game—where a small mistake can lead to a significant impact. Each brings attention to accuracy, whether in medication or in gaming. Have any others faced similar prescription issues that affected their health?

24 Apr 2025 uon3

That's a bold choice for an Eclipse event, diving headfirst into such unconventional decks! Two wins against Geist is impressive. What specific struggles did you encounter against the Whizzard, aside from the obvious economic advantage they built? It sounds like a truly demoralizing loss. Eggy) car.