Just won a tournament in Reggio Emilia, Italy that saw 22 players participating for 5 rounds of swiss. The Corp deck was Sly Fox v1.1. Last data pack admitted was Up and Over.

I decided to bring Silhouette because I find her ability to be much more valuable during a game than just getting 4 more cards in your opening hands with Andromeda. Besides, by reducing the deck size to 40 cards you already increase your chance to get what you need.

During playtesting I basically increased the economy, adding Daily Casts since it felt the best option due to no clicks involved in getting extra money. It proved the right choice, and it was a valuable asset in most of the games played.

Kati Jones is the real engine of the economy for this deck, and with 3 copies I always had it either in the starting hand or shortly after. Which makes an enormous difference. Just accumulate money on her and use the other economy this deck provides or spend clicks for credits instead of drawing too much (because that means discarding useful stuff here), until you actually need Kati's money.

Security Testing was less efficient, but it really depends on the corp deck here, and it was very important in one of the key games anyway, against a Building a Better World tag n bag deck that I just kept under control by simply having more money than them. That game wasn't exactly that simple, but a powerful economy often proves to be the key component against such decks, and such was my case.

Initially I also used Feint to help with Notoriety (which actually won me a game, and helped in another). By playing I simply noticed that it was much more efficient to go with a finishing combo like Legwork + The Maker's Eye + Notoriety. Either I didn't have Feint when needed, or I just had that and Legwork and always ended up choosing the latter anyway. So I cut Feint entirely.

Also went between 2 and 3 copies of Legwork but there are only a few moments where it might really make the difference, so I cut one for a last minute addition: Crypsis. This might sound strange, but I simply worried about Kitsune here (maybe because I had it in my own deck?). Didn't actually use it during the tournament, but still... it might save you from a flatline, and weird ice types are everywhere now.

Last thing that didn't make into the final version was Grappling Hook. It's a good card, but unfortunately most of the ice that gets played has just 1 subroutine. And by playing a Hook I used one MU that would prevent me from completing the rig. Because Garrote is just awesome and proved extremely valuable during the tournament as well, making me save tons of credits on the runs (compared to, say, Ninja or Femme Fatale).

That would be all about the deck...

Concerning the tournament itself, this deck won all games except one that didn't end due to time. I play very aggressively with criminals in general, but in a couple of games I really went all out. Gotta say I really love aggressive runner decks (that must be why I don't like poor Iain at all!).

The game that we didn't finish was actually one of the most interesting, since it proved how consistent this deck is. I took a mulligan knowing I had no time to finish the game, and wanted the best opening hand. And there it was: Legwork, The Maker's Eye, Notoriety and some economy (just missed The Maker's Eye before mulligan). Managed to score 3 points to reach the corp (a NEH fast advance irc) before we had to stop. Sometimes it's just as important to not lose points to other players.

In all the other games the deck proved so consistent that I never actually had a problem fetching my icebreakers fast or managing my economy.

It had been a long time since my last tournament, since I'm generally busy with managing the organized play in my country, but I had a blast. The overall tournament saw many many interesting decks and wonderfully fought matches, not to mention a good balance between factions, which in my opinion is a very nice thing in itself. 😉