[SG] Built To Scare

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System Gateway Killdeck playing mindgames with highly advanced Urtica Cipher or Clearinghouse - "If I run this i might die. If i don't I might as well".

Seamless Launch to advance a faster and asap, get some back with Spin Doctor. Offworld Office for money, Send a Message mainly for Pharos, nice to get one stolen in early game. Tag game is little more like a side quest, hence only 2 Retribution in it. Tag providment is a little weak with a single Public Trail (which u can tutor with Malapert Data Vault), a lucky Pharos rez or Orbital Superiority (both quite unreliable mind you). Main ETR effects come from barriers so use Retribution on Fracters to slow the Runner down or even shut them out.

Nice trick I found is if they dont want to run your 4x advanced Urtica, just advance it a fifth time in your next turn and then a 6th time in the turn after to make it look like a Clearinghouse. Makes Runners really evaluate to run this nonetheless. Can also advance Orbital Superiority four times and let it linger, so you can fire(=score) it when you need the tag/meat damage would flatline (mainly for stylepoints but I urge you to try it).

Econ is a little heavy but helps with early pharos, possibly even giving a tag. Triple advanced Pharos is very expensive for all SG Fracters and Mayfly so consider doing it in a server with Clearinghouse.

Is actually not super easy to play since u need to constantly consider if a Runner could and would run your remotes and how to make these look as innocent as possible. After a few games this deck still feels a little coin-tossy for me but fun nonetheless.

Improvements to consider:

-Exchanging a Seamless Launch with a Public Trail and adding another Retribution. Remove a Government Subsidy or Regolith Mining License to stay at 44 cards.

-Changing the agenda distribution (the 4/2s. Above the Law is also not mandatory - might even exchange it with Superconducting Hub just to reduce agenda point density).

2 comments
26 May 2021 PreNic

Nice, I am testing a similar list but I am using the influence for a 1xTrick of Light instead of the third Doctor and the Public Trail.

26 May 2021 Ätsch

Yeah the Clearinghouse+Urtica combo is quite endearing :) Since this deck on average scores only 1 Agenda the third Spin Doctor is quite mandatory imo to not clog up your hand with agendas. Also not sure about ToL (this is an SG deck so i can't pick it anyways) since it doesn't speed up the accumulating of advancement counters but only redistributes them which is more viable for scoring agendas from hand etc. imo