Retired but not retarded

zamalyen 13

That's the first time I post a deck & english isn't my native language, so please be indulgent but don't hesitate to let me know your thoughts about this one, that was inspired by Shiiuga's one.

I've always been a rather carefull runner, who loves to construct his rig patiently before going into the corp's nasty traps, maybe because I largely prefer to play the nastiest corps myself! Yet, I struggled to find out a deck that would be efficient enough to get back from a large deficit in points: there it is! The point is that Iain's ability is active when the corp is in the lead and grants you a massive amount of free money, while patiently constructing your income & rig.

Here I'll go through some of the cards of the deck, explaining why I put it there:

  • The Supplier: masterpiece in this deck, he can install a lot of your cards for free, and with his hosting ability, you'll almost never overdraw. Early underworld contact for exemple won't be polluting your hand for nothing, allowing you to keep this space for events (& there is not a bunch of them) that recquire a more timely approach.
  • Dyson mem chip: I've only placed 2 cause you only need 1 to trigger underworld contact & data folding (with full rig)
  • Gang sign: a real pain in the corp's ass!! When they'll score agendas, and you want them to score earlier than you, you'll be able to access quite their whole hand if you have 3 of them & HQ interface!
  • Turntable: of course, having the abilty to exchange an early 5/3 corp's agenda is nasty, & Shiiuga have explained the other abilities of turntable....
  • Clone chip: you have only one copy of each icebreaker, that wouldn't be too hard to find through your drawing's ability (earthrise hotel, symmetrical visage), but if you lose one of them on a nasty damage, here is the solution.
  • programs: i've preferred to run through conventionnal icebreakers rather than an overmind + E3 feedback implants, cause I'm more accustomed to them. Femme can be a savior in some situations, & you'll have the money for her, no question! Zu key can be a bit expensive to use but it grants you to have only 1 dyson mem chip installed.... & is not that much influence costing.
  • satellite uplink: can save your ass against nasty jinteki or cerebral overwriter decks... and can also be effective to replace emergency shutdown before a forged activation order....

Let me know your comments about this deck, and of course don't be too shy of running early and take the lead if the corp stays undefended!! The wait-for-corp-to-score-first rule in this deck is not a sanctified one!!

11 comments
6 Jul 2015 Laxen

Cool deck :)

Maybe swap the Legworks for additional HQ interfaces for better synergy with Gang Sign (and Inside Job)?

6 Jul 2015 FarCryFromHuman

I second @Laxen. This was the exact suggestion I was going to make... then I scrolled down.

6 Jul 2015 zamalyen

yes good points!!

6 Jul 2015 FarCryFromHuman

I think a couple Special Order might not be a bad idea either. With only one fracter and one decoder and a perfectly good in-faction tutor you are increasing your setup time artificially.

6 Jul 2015 zamalyen

@farcry: I rarely went through a game without picking a good icebreaker in time. You can draw a lot with this deck & still be gaining a lot of creds. Indeed it happened once that corroder was in the bottom 3 of the deck & was unable to pick it in time, so I was actually considering replacing some cards with 1 or 2 special orders... But which one? Maybe one of the forged activation order & keeping only 2 HQ interface with no legwork could be a good idea.... Thanks for your comments!!

6 Jul 2015 FarCryFromHuman

Satellite Uplink seems like a safety blanket. I don't think its necessary. Draw protects you from damage after all. In the same way 2x Plascrete Carapace is likely too much.

I think -1 Satellite Uplink -1 Legwork -1 Plascrete Carapace +1 Special Order +2 HQ Interface is the right call.

6 Jul 2015 zamalyen

@farcry: your suggestions are good, and there's still room to improve this deck so thanks! But it seems to me that going with 1 plascrete or none is the same.... Satellite uplink saved me some times against jinteki that goes with many servers & a bunch of advanced traps & some agendas... So I would rather keep one of them. I'll try to post a new version of this deck thanks to your suggestions & try it in jinteki.net!

6 Jul 2015 Laxen

The Sat Link could be a strong meta call, hard to judge. But 2 Special Orders would be nice to find the breakers, and with 3x Earthrise I would probably swap the numbers between Symmetrical and Kati.

Good Luck :)

6 Jul 2015 zamalyen

@Laxen: Kati isn't THAT important in this deck cause you're already earning tons of money without her. I even considered to remove her. Having an early symmetrical to the contrary is more important, but that's only my call!

7 Jul 2015 zamalyen

Version 2, without Kati & 2 special orders works a lot better!! Thanks all for your advices!

7 Jul 2015 Laxen

Nice :)