[Faithful Reader]

We have another deck posted! 2024_Chairs_Challenge_Vid.txt combines a slimmed down Vidiian deck with the OP promo personnel.

This officially pushes us over the halfway mark and there are plenty of opportunities next weekend to go even further. Scores are below:

Armus 50
Danny 38
Jadziadax8 48
Psionic Hobo 50

[Faithful Reader]

A couple more decks have been added. Oddly enough, the only mission form Phage between the both is the headquarters! Masters of the Universe 2024 v1.6 by Ted Reebel goes the Varria route and Now Serving Mystery Meat with Gravy at the Vidiian Kiosk by Joseph Bazemore reaches even further back!

Updated results:

Armus 55
Danny 41
Jadziadax8 53
Psionic Hobo 54

[Faithful Reader]

Looks like Cmdr Xym had some interesting dining companions, adding in chef to the mix. Seems to have worked. The updated totals are below as the spread widens.

Armus 61
Danny 46
Jadziadax8 58
Psionic Hobo 60

[Faithful Reader]

A couple more decks are out, starting with Christopher Jansa's Vidiians which is battle ready but has Defend it and Hope as an insurance policy.

Amber Van Breemen would bring in the fifties with Moonrise Tower, although there is non-aligned suport outside the Think Tank, including a hologram forger.

The draft goes well as the seventies are broken. Also, each personnel is now in the double digits, with the asterisk that you combine multiple versions. The draft totals are below:

Armus 69
Danny 53
Jadziadax8 66
Psionic Hobo 71

[Faithful Reader]

We had a couple more decks as 2024 closed itself out.

Vidiians v1.1 by Christopher Jansa is a cleaned up version of a previous iteration.

If you like your personnel, 2e Vid by Michael Van Breemen will as well leaning into the capturing side of things. Note the good amount of non-aligned to help with the support.

The draft approaches the eighties.

Armus 77
Danny 59
Jadziadax8 71
Psionic Hobo 79

[Faithful Reader]

2025 opened with a contribution from Lucas Thompson. The head designer of the set, he certainly knows his way around the affiliation. it uses several hitherto underused cards, including Mikhal Outpost, Exchange Information and Vori Planet, Intervene in Local Conflict along with Denara Pel, Loving life. Only one card in the draw deck is not from Phage. Find out more in his tournament report.

Standings are below as two are in the eighties:

Armus 81
Danny 63
Jadziadax8 75
Psionic Hobo 83

[Faithful Reader]

A few more decks are out there. I covered two in the Affiliation Draft, but Christopher Jansa has further refined his deck for Vidiians v1.2.

Here is a rundown of where we are; this will end soon.

Armus 91
Danny 72
Jadziadax8 89
Psionic Hobo 95

[Faithful Reader]

So... Slipstream. A different play environment with different goals for a quicker game. Not sure if they will be of use, but here they are regardless. Slipstreaming Vidiians by Sean O'Reilly is about a streamlined as they can get while League slipstream v1.6 by Ted Reebel goes the Think Tank route and looks a lot more like what one would expect for purposes of adapting for Standard.

The draft is below with things tightening up:

Armus 94
Danny 73
Jadziadax8 90
Psionic Hobo 96

[Faithful Reader]

With the posting of Vidiian Exploration by T-Ricks, we have a winner! This deck uses all Alpha Quadrant missions but not Distant Exploration or any other cards that encourage cross Quadrant fun.

The final results are as follows:

Armus 99
Danny 79
Jadziadax8 95
Psionic Hobo 102

Thanks to everyone for participating and join me in congratulating Psionic Hobo for the win!

[Armus]

Clearly I overvalued an Any>32 space mission that shares a skill with the 12 counter mission.