Panic Ob [1st @ Wisconsin & Illinois CO]

N00dleSoup 36

Original credit to BathtOb water, with just a couple changes here:

  • -1 Vovo Ozetti, +1 Seamless: You usually don't build big servers with this deck, so I prefer the flexibility of Seamless if I have 2 inf floating around. Randomly also helped on the day to recover from a Hermes trigger.
  • -1 Envelopment, -1 Whitespace, +1 Ice Wall: I like Ice Wall a lot as a gearcheck, plus it gives another 1-cost target to fetch, which this deck really lacks. I never actually used the Azef + Slash & Burn + 1-cost card to fetch a spin doctor, but at least it's there. I cut Envelopment since I expected a lot more Hush in the field than there actually was (My runner was the only shaper to be found) and I needed a slot for...
  • +1 Audacity: I think you really need to plan on fast advancing two of your 3/2 agendas for the final points, so it's nice to have a second copy here.

I didn't know what to play for corp at this event, so I took a comfort (?) deck since Ob is the most fun you can legally have while playing Netrunner. I ended up undefeated, but I think a lot of it came down to luck, since I was definitely in a bad spot if we ever got to lategame.

Shoutout to Choux for helping me test and preventing me from going insane trying to decide what ice to run.

R2 (it was single-sided Swiss) vs 419: I scored 4 points from a remote early, but I got pretty poor and couldn't defend R&D very well. They stole 5 points off the top, but I was able to lock them out with a bit of ice and a Mavirus in archives to keep down the turtle. I ended up having to score the last 2 points by fast-advancing an Oaktown with Slash & Burn + Audacity.

R4 vs Mulch Loup: I wasn't familiar with this deck, so I left an open R&D for them to trash about 10 cards w/ Knobkierie + Imp. Fortunately, I got the nuts draw this game, and just scored 6 points out of a remote with Tucana to shore up centrals, before FA-ing the final points.

R6 vs Mawshiko: Had a decent start and scored 5 points out of a remote, but I stalled out and couldn't find a FA enabler, which gave Hoshiko enough time to set up a Turbine doom rig and turn off all my ice. I somehow managed to win about 5 Maw die rolls in a row to hold on to an Atlas in hand until I drew an Audacity to close it out, but I think I would have been pretty doomed otherwise.

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