J-Pop 0.16

ihmcallister 89

This deck went 5 - 1 at the Hadrian's wall tournament in Edinburgh yesterday. I found it to be really versatile against a variety of runners, though I still have a long way to go before it has been properly tested.

Your main game plan is to get a scoring server setup as soon as possible and start to score out. Chimera and Mother Goddess are especially good for this. You are aiming to get to 4 points quickly then you can slow down if needed and use mushin tricks to go for the win.

Film critic isn't too much of a problem as you can create a reasonably taxing server if you need to. Swordsman and Wraparound are in there to deal with Faust.

Game Record

Identity Win - Loss

With 0.16

Hayley 2 - 0 CT 2 - 0 Kate 4 - 0 Reina 2 - 0 Andy 0 - 2 Iain 0 - 1

With 0.15

Reina 1 - 1 Maxx 1 - 0 Leela 1 - 0 Nasir 1 - 0

5 comments
11 Sep 2015 esutter479

This is looking cooler by the day! I'm intrigued by this evolving concept, Callister. Keep up the good work. :)

11 Sep 2015 ihmcallister

Thanks. I've upped the money and ice in this version and taken out the lag time, wasn't sold on it. Ill be taking it to a tourney this weekend so I'll update it after that.

11 Sep 2015 Laxen

I have no idea what I'm looking at :'D

Care to explain how it works?

11 Sep 2015 ihmcallister

Keep in mind I haven't really plumbed the depths of what this deck can do. Saying that your basic plan is to score out quickly. Even a couple of agendas in hand is no problem as you can install both, scoring 1 on next turn as runner can only take 1.

Mushin out an agenda, install another. Ideally Mushin out a plan b and install another agenda. You can shall game a bit but you have to be careful and work out what your opponent is likely to go for.

I've had 1 flatlined victory with it but that junebug is useful even if the runner trashed it without hitting.

If you can get to 4 quickly you can really pressure the runner into hitting plan b, or taxing server.

Overall I've found the deck really versatile so far. Still to play it against a lot of archetypes though.

14 Sep 2015 ihmcallister

@Laxen``@esutter479 The deck went 5-1 at the tournament which I'm absolutely delighted with. 4 scoring wins, 1 flatline into the junebug.