Appetite for Destruction v. 1.0.

H0tl1ne 463

First of all, as this is my first deck posted on NetrunnerDB - hello everyone, H0tl1ne here!

As one can easily notice, this deck derives from a virus-oriented trash-focused aggressive strategy, where you don't bypass or break subroutines as much as you completely melt the ICE - with Crypsis as a back-up in case of trouble from tougher, meaner countermeasures. But if you do things right, the Corp might not be able to afford rezzing at least some of them.

The goal for early game is to prey on the Corp's economy by trashing his assets that would otherwise give him a steady flow of creds. Here, Neutralize All Threats proves to be a helpful tool both for whisking them out from his hand and randomly accessing agendas. This little trashing spree should also let you charge your Gravediggers for the later, as long as you let him install his assets first.

(It's not a secret that the majority of frequently used assets generates loss of creds once rezzed, to make up for it two or three turns later. This is when you should strike - before that happens.)

Then, when you think he has been beaten up enough, equip Eater, get Amped Up and sow some Wanton Destruction all over his HQ, hard as you like. Once his economy and hand are down, you are free to roam around his R&D and Archives in search for some easy score. At least before he recovers, but when he does, just rinse and repeat.

(Make sure to start humming "Welcome to the jungle" by Guns N'Roses, so that he knows it's getting serious!)

If the Corp somehow manages to defend himself, slowly gather your strength while your Parasites melt down the walls. Use Grimoire, Virus Breeding Ground and Hivemind to power them up a little. Chakana is here to buy you a little more time.

I have been pitting this deck against ad-focused (obviously) Spark Agency. The poor guy didn't know what hit him. I can think of some other decks this one might be viable against, but didn't manage to properly test it with them yet.

Any comments, any critique and any helpful tips are always welcome, so if anything comes to mind, just fire away!

4 comments
1 Jan 2016 TKO

what are you going to do come February 1st when you lose 3 influence from the parasites? Probably best to start taking that into account now.

1 Jan 2016 H0tl1ne

Oooh, this one might sting. Perhaps I'll have to do away with one copy of Neutralize All Threats... Thanks for pointing that out. Didn't realize what was about to happen.

1 Jan 2016 quailman2101

I would definitely do that as they are unique anyway.

1 Jan 2016 H0tl1ne

Doesn't hurt to keep one additional copy handy, though. For the sake of getting it more often and earlier in the game. Right?