Budzik i Japa (3-2 at 2024 PL nats)

@Bookkeeper 162

Alarm Clock & Botuli give you some nice early pressure. If the stars align and you have Maw ready from The Price, you're good to go. The rest is good red cards + Turbine engine and an Ashen, which I played in one game.

Won against two Outfits and an Asa. Lost to kill combo Ob that we didn't manage to dismantle and to PD which eventually won the whole thing.

Shoutout to all my opponents and Zombiak for organising! Congrats to Minstrel, our 2024 Polish Champion.

2 comments
30 Sep 2024 Redemptor

Glad it worked out well! I like the early Botulous - how did you prefer it vs going for Bankhar?

On a humorous note the thing i've found with Maw is that it never seems to intersect for me with The Price :D I hope you had better luck!

1 Oct 2024 @Bookkeeper

Hey @Redemptor I think Bankhar is OK but this time I wanted to test out Alarm Clock bypass and capitalise on Twinning/WAKE from R&D. It might have caught some people off guard and forced to waste resources on centrals. Overall the build with 2xBones, a Fenris and 2xPinhole is probably the 'correct' one that answers most threats in the meta. It is also the one people were expecting to see in Hoshiko so I consciously switched to HQ pressure, weakening asset spam matchups (Bones or even Fueno would have been nice in the game vs Ob).

It is true that The Price is a bit of a lottery - I think it whiffed only once on the day with all events from top but there always should be something to install so I feel fine about a single Liberated as well. The deck often uses Labor Rights aggressively (in most non-grinding matchups), cause it's easy to slip and lose initiative coming to midgame if you don't find points and/or rig pieces.