Decklist of the week

The Beatdown

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Description by the author: TheBigBoy 116

This is the Gabe list I've been pounding people with for a while. It's 32-6 right now. Super fun to play. Some explanations:

Ninja vs Sniper: There's a lot of games where you get a big money pile but they kinda stabilize and get a few big ice up that you can't really deal with. If one of them is a big sentry (news hound, grim, susanoo, anglerfish, gemini, saggitarius etc) and you're on sniper then you might be in big trouble. You install Ninja in a pretty small number of games, but when it comes down it's an absolute life-saver, whereas I think Sniper is pretty strong but doesn't really solve a problem you're having. Mimic/Femme is also fine as your permanent killer vs some suites. The cards Ninja answers aren't super common, but you fold pretty hard to a lot of jank if you cut it.

PAD Tap vs Stolen Contacts: These are the econ flex slots. I think 2 PAD tap is also fine. It's very close but I went with 1 of each since I'd rather draw 1 of each than 2 of either.

Quality Time vs Build Script: I think both are fine, but for a dedicated draw slot I'd rather have the one that sees way more cards, even if BS is better value in the abstract.

Same Old Thing: This is really nice and super back-breaking sometimes, but I hate drawing it early. If your early game play isn't optimized I would cut this for another PAD Tap.

Mimic without Sucker: Some decks have basically just Architect (or Caduceus/Shadow) as their only real sentries. If they cut the >3 sentry slot corner, then you can match them with mimic.

Parasite without Sucker: You fold to NEXT Silver, Tsurugi, lots of stuff without this. If their first ice rez on HQ is an annoying ice that Shutdown isn't good against, you want to slap Parasite on it ASAP.

Femme: Sometimes they get a tollbooth up on HQ and you don't have Shutdown right away. You lose the game to that crap if this card isn't in your deck. You also need it to beat Ravens. Necessary evil.

3 Armitage: Gabe is the king of Take 4. This is Mega Take 4 so it's nuts.