The Eternal Struggle

BraveReality 359

This deck is made to destroy your opponent's emotions. Everything about this deck forces the runner to be conservative until their entire board state is set up, punishing early aggression with precise counterstrikes.

Agendas These were selected half for utility and half to add to the runner's frustrations. Gila can be your game long economy while Fetal, Philotic and HoK provide net damage in different but useful ways. Global Food shortens your game and extends the runner's... just stupid good in general.

Assets Nothing crazy here. Econ, Jackson, and damage. I prefer Shock over Snare because this deck isn't built going for the kill shot, it's definitely a war of attrition.

Ops MONIES AND NET DAMAGE!!!1111!1111!!!one1one11one111!!! (see notes)

Ice Grail is so good in Chronos! The runner simply can't run on servers with ICE without midrun effects. Any piece of ice could potentially A) Kill Programs B) Remove crucial cards from hand C) End the Run or D) All of the above.

Closing thoughts This deck is very fun to pilot, even if it isn't top tier competitive. With that being said, I think there's something here and I'm excited to playtest it and work it throughout Store Champs. Weaknesses are Apex due to Hunting Grounds, and Parasite. Shaper nonsense forces you to be more conservative, but the shot you do land can put them down long enough to lock it up.

Alternates and notes I've been toying with an alternate that removes Global Food and Celebrity Gifts in favor of IT Department, going for a hard lock early game. I'm actually planning on building that version after playtesting this more, but would love to know if anybody has tried it!

2 comments
3 Dec 2015 aermet69

Cool. I just got the same idea for Grail ICE in Chronos and it's great! (maybe it's not a new idea, dunno?). I also think Swordsman is a perfect fit for Chronos, cheaper than Katana but just as important to break.

I'm going back and forth on whether to use House of Knives or Chronos Project though.

3 Dec 2015 iceqs

No Batty? I'm sad :(