Astro/Biotic with Cyberdex and Chronos (Urbana IL SC Winner)

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I've basically been playing this deck forever. A year and a half to two years at least. It started as NBN: The World is Yours*, and I've just been tweaking it as the sets have come out. When NEH came out, I added 9 cards and 5 influence. Definitely felt good to fit some Eli 1.0s and Lotus Fields in the deck.

Since O&C came out, I figured I'd have to respond to the new anarch threats. I tried to keep it as minimal as possible.

I traded out an Eli for Swordsman, to help deal with Eater. Not sure that has mattered much at all yet. Swordsman has mainly been a bluff, and has yet to kill an AI.

Took out a PAD Campaign and a Fast Track to make room for the two Cyberdex Virus Suites. I miss the Fast Track, so I'll probably find a different card to cut before my next tournament, but Cyberdex has been a great addition to the deck. The instant speed rez-and-trash has been how I dig myself out of a Chakana hole, and also has saved more than one tollbooth from a parasite incubator combo. The ambush is also really great. I had one game where I was playing against a shaper recurring Imp. I threw down a cyberdex, pad, and sansan in that order. He decided to check them all, and goes for the cyberdex first. Wipes the Imp, and he doesn't even bother to trash the suite. Was able to sansan out an astro the next turn. Having one in archives also means that the runner can't just farm data sucker counters there, and Noise has to be careful when he decides to check what's been milled.

Lastly, I took out an NAPD Contract to put in 2 Chronos Projects. This was absolutely just for MaxX hate. It does what it's supposed to, but also hurts some other ID's as well. One of my games in the final cut was against a prepaid Chaos Theory deck running legwork and Makers Eye. I was able to score a chronos when he had about 2 cards in hand and 3 in deck. That shut his econ down completely, as he was about to levy the next turn. That and a little luck let me dig myself out of the R&D lock he had me in, and eventually find my fast track before he found an agenda. Less dramatically, it can also get rid of pesky imps and parasites that shapers love recurring

Overall, the deck performed solidly, only losing 1 game in the final round of swiss, to a Whizzard player who made a spot on meta call. My runner was undefeated in swiss, and both decks were undefeated in the top cut. My runner deck can be found here: http://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/15608/blitzkrieg-bop-1-2-armored-gopher-games-sc-winner-

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