Marmalade 3rd @ Hockley Regional, UNDEFEATED

CallMeDutch 300

Long ago, before the Blood Moon rose to terrorise us all, there was a fairer way to play HB. A deck that eschews the way of spam, for the way of jam. Here is the apotheosis of that idea. I've played iterations of this deck on and off for a year and this feels like the best its been for a while.

The principles of jammy HB have largely stayed the same over this time. Early game set up a remote and score early agendas, then transition to fast advancing the final points needed for the game.

This version leans more heavily on the fast advance aspect of this strategy using SfSS in various combinations to improve your opportunities to fast advance agendas to win.

Here I'll explain a few of the deck choices:

Econ (no Hedge Fund?!?!) - Lateral and BLC have the most important aspect for cards jammy, flexibility. I had previously experimented with UVC for its combo with Jeeves but it was too restrictive, requiring perfect setup to play and not allowing you to recover from going broke.

Agendas (EffCom? But that's a 4/2! You can't never advance that!) - EffCom is a powerhouse with SfSS even if we're not abusing it like CI7. It is almost as good as rushing a GFI early imo, turning your SfSS into a card that can fast advance a 3/2 for 0 creds or even fast advancing a GFI.

Tech Choices:

Ark Lockdown - best flexible tech slot in the game imo, deals with Clot/Siphon/Program recursion

Crisium Grid - Needed to beat Crims and Siphon Anarch, recur with Friends to win

Wrap/Turing - Good vs Faust/Eater decks

Thanks for reading! TLDR This deck is not as powerful as Moons but if you wanted to return to a style of HB that appeals to old school Netrunner principles, give it a go.

7 comments
30 Jul 2017 shanodin

Might have to give this a go, I have played a ton of jeeves sfss combo and always enjoyed. Well done on your performance :)

1 Aug 2017 aero

Why 3x Vitruvius over 3x ABT?

1 Aug 2017 aero

I guess what I mean is, how often did Vitru counters work for you or would 3x ABT have been fine?

1 Aug 2017 CallMeDutch

@aero hard to say, though Vitruvius has better value in this deck since it helps enable FA, ABT has the habit of discarding key combo pieces. However I wouldnt say this a closed issue, the deck did feel poor at times (due to Crims power boost) and a good ABT swing is a huge econ boost. Feel free to experiment and post your findings :)

1 Aug 2017 aero

Will do. For the record, this deck makes me VERY happy.

2 Aug 2017 aero

Only one game so far, but ABT was clutch. Played against Los, and even when Rubicon came out, SfSS did exactly what it needed to do. I definitely felt like I wanted archived memories or reclamation order.

2 Aug 2017 CallMeDutch

Yeah I had rec order at one point but it felt a little win more/ slots were tight. Ive been thinking more and more if the meta becomes more anarch crim heavy you could cut Ark for another flex slot, archived is definitely a good shout.