Faust must feed

matthopkins 44

I’ll keep it brief as brief as I can:

Main win condition is medium dig.

Quetzal + Faust + E3 + Cutlery = reliable ice destruction.

D41VD + E3 + Cutlery deals with big ice.

Most ice that is problematic for Faust can be clicked through and destroyed or broken easily by Quetzal (and/or in combination with E3) – Eli, Ichi 1.0, Spiderweb.

The deck gets surprisingly rich because Faust is your breaker, meaning you are mostly safe from being murdered (and there’s also I’ve had worse). Also, trashing assets/upgrades isn’t too much of a problem, which helps the medium digs.

The 1 x Legwork and 1 x Siphon are mostly situational – Siphon’s obviously great early game (especially in combination with DDoS) and Legwork has set me on the path to victory so many times when they’re scrambling to shore up R&D, most remotes aren’t safe because of Faust, and agendas are piling up in HQ.

The one game I lost I didn’t see a single Wyldside or I’ve Had Worse in the first two-thirds of my deck – frustrating but I don’t think more draw is the answer. I mulligan for Wyldside and need to get better at playing the deck when it doesn’t show up.

Any and all constructive comments appreciated!

2 comments
9 Dec 2015 moistloaf

have you tested Career Fair at all? I'm personally loathe to run Siphon; it definitely has value here. I'd be tempted to try finding slots for 2 or 3 Career Fair myself. you have a lot of full value targets for it

20 Jan 2016 matthopkins

Took your advice, revisiting this after MWL.

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Haven't done too much testing yet - but have changed quite a lot of the support cards. Added inject to get set up quickly or break any server with Faust. Yog to deal with Turing on centrals. Deja vu in case inject trashes a key programme, otherwise it's just versatile recursion.

Demolition run may be a luxury but combined with medium and an ice destruction deck can be devastating - still not sure if it's a bit of a 'win more' card