Stephen Wooley, he of Team Covenant and 'Anatomy of Anarchy' fame, has recently been collaborating with Team TDP on some deck builds. Stephen is a fantastic player, and is quite devoted to the Anarch faction. He is also a fantastic deck builder, and a great guy. A true gem in the ANR community.

We have been trying to get something to sing consistently, and Stephen came up with a build that he noted had been really doing well in his local meta lately. Already having won a Regional, I was open to play anything, and asked if I could run it. I really wanted something that hurt the top meta decks, primarily RP, and this deck seemed like it could really hurt RP.

Man, did I underestimate it.

The Whizz went 8-1 in a 71 person Regional in Madison, WI. I was shocked at the turnout, as the Wausau, WI Regional I won a few weeks prior, only 2.5 hours drive north of Madison, only drew 32 people. The Chicago crue came out in force, and maybe Madison's more central location and the date worked for more people.

In Swiss, Whizz faced 4 RP and 2 H-B, going 5-1. The only loss was v. ETF, that Biotic'd out an ABT early for a Tollbooth/Wall of Static/Wall of Static. :sadface:. I was still able to get to score 2 Vitruvius, but couldn't keep up with the Biotics and ICE. Otherwise, the Whizz destroyed the Asset-based econ of the rest of the decks, causing major issues. RP was able to drop Celebrity Gifts, but that just allowed them to rez a few ICE, which were promptly melted away with Parasites. The Whizz went 3-0 in Elims, winning 3 games in a row in the losers bracket to get to the Finals v. my sparring partner, Aaron Andries. I already won a Regional, was starving, and didn't think the Whizz would hold up v. his Blue Sun, so the Gentlemen's Final gave him the win, and us dinner and drinks.

The beauty of this deck is its simplicity. It really feels like what the core of Netrunner is. It's simple, strong econ and card draw, fueled by the Resources and Events. The Breakers are pretty core Anarch, and D4V1D caused major problems all day. The Clone Chips ensure that problem ICE dies quickly. Parasite is an MVP, killing anything from Pups to Heimdalls all day. The final addition was Net-Ready Eyes. I wanted a card from the new pack in the deck, and this is an obvious add. Wooley didn't want them in, so that's my major change from his deck: -1 Atman, -1 Career Fair, +2 NRE. I think they work so well with this Breaker suite that it's hard not to play, and being able to set up and play I've Had Worse for free off them is a fantastic bonus. Visage is another great card, and is used almost every turn after the Baby arrives.

The deck plays pretty straight forward. Keep drawing and setting up money. Don't reveal Breakers until you're ready to go in. Kill all Assets. Melt all ICE on R&D, and win with, as Mr. Wooley calls it, 'The Medium Race' (Hitler wouldn't approve). Whizz's ability really shines there, as he can melt garbage out of R&D, allowing follow-up Medium digs to go even farther. Numerous times I would drop a second Medium for the finish.

Even though the deck can support 6 MUs, there were times I would have to overwrite something. Would really love to get a Memstrips in here, to piss off @medioxcore, if anything.

This deck is a freakin' rock, and could even be used as a teaching deck, or win a Regional. Power Gamer truly shining.