October Surprise [Eternal] 5th at CoS

I really wanted to play eternal at CoS for Worlds this year, and it turned out Izzy's team needed an eternal player. Unfortunately due to work, I didn't have time to participate in any of the eternal tournaments leading up, but after studying the meta and lurking in the GLC channel, I determined that it wouldn't have helped much anyway and that I should just bring something unexpected and completely unhinged.

My initial thought was Ob, but there were two big problems with that:

1. Points on Ob were tight

2. I didn't want to have to make a bunch of proxies because ObViously I'm playing Ob in standard (though I did have to have to swap 1 Rashida between the two decks anyway because I foolishly gave up my alt arts at ECCC for I don't even remember what)

So I settled on Museum NEH and built something from there. Funny enough, I got 5th in the first Eternal tournament back in 2019 with Midseasons + HPT, though I played neither card this year. Under the Bus would have actually been a good choice in this deck, but I foolishly assumed none of my opponents would be on Film Critic. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ There were other cards I didn't get to play but would have had lines to, so I'm fine with keeping all those.

The goal of this deck is to draw everything you need, make a shit ton of money with YDL, and get back what you threw out from overdrawing. There are 7 asstets you can install both activate your ability and get 3 more goddamn cards to your hand. We're also playing Spin Doctor over Jackson for flexibility in terms of points and to get the instant draw that maximizes YDL; my highest individual play was net 10 credits at 12 cards and the highest total was 9 credits, then 8 credits.

While this may not have been the most optimal deck to bring, I believe it would have done much better if not for the fact that I faced THREE decks playing Astrolabe, including World Tree Wu round 1.

It went 3-2, losing to said Wu and Esa. It managd a 24/7+Boom vs Noise and Andy, and eeked out a win by scoring vs Hayley.

Changes I would make for next time; -1 HPT, -1 Turnpike, +1 Under the Bus, +1 Tour Guide. Maybe a current or something because Rumor Mill does hit a lot more targets than I thought. Buuuut I also have 4 2/1s and SanSan so maybe it's okay.

Shout out to QTM for being the best Netrunner group and NSG for holding an awesome tournament. I didn't get my stone Ob, but there's something particularly amusing about trying to take a picture of the one I did get.

Points Used:

Breaking News 1pt

Sensie Actor's Union 2pt

24/7 News Team 1pt

Spin Doctor 1pt

Museum of History 2pt

Runner deck.