Ninja Nasir

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Nasir runs lean, and so does stealth. It's only natural for Nasir to go stealth.

You have your standard stealth programs: Refractor, Switchblade, and Cloak. Paperclip is your fracter because it uses few creds. Then you have your supporting hardware for stealth: Lockpick and Silencer.

Personal Workshop and Order of Sol don't require much explanation. Plop your programs and hardware on PW and take off three counters every runner + corp turn. Ghost Runner is your standard resource in stealth, and it costs one cred. Beth helps you keep up early game when you're still getting your pieces together.

Mopus is your late-game econ and a tag solution. It's also there if you really can't find PW. Running doesn't take that much creds with recurring creds in place, thus there's only two.

3 breakers + 3 cloaks + mopus takes up 8. That's why there's 3x CyberSolutions Mem Chip and 2x The Toolbox. When you're removing three counters per turn from PW, their high install costs is not much of a barrier. In addition, your toolbox provides for your breakers and for traces.

In traces lie Nasir's weakness. A ninja never wants to be tagged, and Nasir is no exception. Since you usually have around 1-4 at all times, any tag is difficult to remove. Mopus, Deuces Wild, and Networking help somewhat, the first is click intensive, the second is one-time use, and the third is a one-of in this deck. Once your rig is setup, the resources become less important, but various forms of tag punishment still hurt and make going tag-me less optimal.

There are a bunch of silver bullets in this deck in the form of Plascrete, Deus X, Film Critic, and Levy. These can be swapped around depending on the meta.

This deck is fun to use and brutally efficient. Once you find all of your pieces, no server is safe. Once a better and more accessible version of tag removal (Misdirection) comes out, this deck will fare better, but until then, you'll have to read your opponent play more cautiously.

Possible modifications include swapping 1x silencer, deus x, levy, and 1x cybersolutions for other cards such as Legwork. "Freedom Through Equality" is here to deal with corp currents and decks that are filled with 2-pointers, but replacing it with Net Celebrity or Interdiction may be more synergetic with the deck overall.

7 comments
2 Sep 2016 esutter479

If you want Beth early, shouldn't you put 2 or even 3 in? Opus late game means I'd run 2 (or even 1 with the draw and tutoring you have) max.

2 Sep 2016 botdamon

what would your thoughts be on slotting Mirror here instead of Toolbox?

2 Sep 2016 botdamon

I suppose the Link is what really sells the Toolbox here

2 Sep 2016 Mechanoise

@botdamonI've tried Mirror in my Nasir deck, it's almost mute for its ability - You tend to find yourself only running once per turn to maximise Nasir's ability, but you'de be seriously surprised how quick you can get the Toolbox out when you abuse the Order of Sol credit returns. I only run the Toolbox now, it's not just the link, those two reoccuring credits are massive.

@yang573 I swapped out my Plascrete for 2 Sports Hoppers to support the link, and I haven't gone back. I'd also consider changing the Switchblade for Dagger, so you can remove the Silencers. I like Silencer but 6 influence is a massive deal. Consider tools that de-rez expensive ICE, or Rigged Results.

2 Sep 2016 Mechanoise

Additional - Ditch the CyberSolutions Mem Chip. It's way too costly and does very little since you will not likely have all pieces on the board for a while, so you'd be absolutely fine with Akamatsu Mem Chip, and probably no more than 2 at this point. You want the Workshop credits to be shoveling critical pieces, (programs, multi-access, etc.) onto the board, not being clogged by expensive support cards.

2 Sep 2016 yang573

@esutter479 More Beths may be a good idea. It really helps accelerate the early game. I am running 2x mopus right now. Tutoring it is a bit annoying because it costs 7 creds, which is something you don't often have before installing mopus.

@botdamon Mirror is not that useful because at best, it enables one more run when you otherwise could not. At worst, the ability does nothing. Toolbox is great for the recurring creds, which is fantastic for refractor, paperclip, and Nasir in general.

@Mechanoise I could swap out cybersolutions for akamatsu, but that means I'd have to find most of my mem chips + toolbox before I can get everything out. If I remove a lockpick and/or silencer, cloak will be even more important. It's worth considering, but I'm not sure if you'll have the memory/recurring creds available. (I guess you could use Ghost Runner before you find all of your pieces.)

2 Sep 2016 Meristem

I think you're on the right track to talk about using those Ghost Runner credits and slotting the Akamatsu Mem Chip. You do have a Levy AR Lab Access, and you could recycle them.

Also, definitely +1 Beth!!