Got to ante 18 without brainstorm being unlocked. Early blueprint + photochad + heartstone + sock + idol. Idol pickup in ante 12 allowed run to continue. Late dusk pickup (ante 15) allowed run to continue until ante 18.

Picked up 2 ectoplasms which made bloodstone and chad negative.

Econ is not a problem -- early ante joker pack contains natural negative golden joker, and there are plenty of opportunities to add mail in rebate or other econ jokers. Money was never a problem for me.

Deck fixing took the longest, but was effectively complete by ante 13. Mid-game trading card pick up aided with that + Tarot merchant. Obviously, I went for a flush five King of Hearts build.

In ante 7 or 8 I added an oops, which maximized bloodstone output.

In mid-game (~ante 8?) I found a red seal jack of hearts which I strengthed to a king. A few deaths later and I was up and running with a red-sealed lucky king build. I did not see a Deja Vu spectral card during the run.

Around ante 13 or 14 I dumped the oops and added DNA and made the switch to glass cards, using the blueprint to create two new red-seal, glass kings every round. (DNA was later dropped for the late game dusk mentioned earlier)

Also in ante 13, I took the voucher skip, which literally saved the run, as the very next ante's boss blind debuffed hearts. The extra voucher that appeared was re-run.