Shibboleth, HOW COULD YOU (1st Place, Montreal CO H2 2023)

Shibboleth!

It's fun to say! It's fun to Patsplain what it means to people who are half-listening at a party!

It's fun to spoil on the Metropole Grid!

And yet, it let me down in every game. If I continue with this deck, I'll likely tinker the influence until I have a code gate breaker I'm happy with, and maybe toss in an Aumakua for backup.

That said, the deck went 2-1 on the day of the tournament.

This deck is obviously inspired by Whiteblade's Zayha list. My main changes were adding 3x Jailbreak, 1x Miss Bones, and 1x Reprise. In Zahya, I almost always prefer having a Jailbreak in my opening hand to a Sure Gamble. Reprise is just a card I'll always make room for in a Crim deck. Miss Bones is there because I dread asset spam matchups - I can't think my way through them, so I put in a card that does the thinking for me.

F.A.Q. (Frequent Asked Question)

Did you ever get to play Reprise? Yes! And it was great and mean. Hermes bounced an unrezzed ice, Reprise bounced a rezzed ice, and I strolled into the remote on a magic carpet of musical notation.