Stroke of Genius!

Donnin 57

10 comments
16 Dec 2013 Ber

Looks like a solid Professor deck to me!

I like the Cresentus include - how has that gone for you in games?

16 Dec 2013 Donnin

Thanks for your kind words!

Cresentus is a nice utility program and pretty useful if you consider that you do play Faerie like 3 to 5 times per game. Shutting down Archers with one click is so satisfying.

I am thinking of removing one Mem Chip and adding a Toolbox. Also switching Mimic for Ninja but i am not really sold on that.

16 Dec 2013 jakechance

With so many programs and the need to draw early do you think Professional Contacts or Sahasrara would help?

16 Dec 2013 Kable

Scheherazade actually provides the economy timesaver Saharara would give... If you draw it. Also, I frankly don't see the point of FCC, as every program you trash is almost certainly lost forever. If you want to use it, you should at least include Scavenge, which could be also useful to maximize your profit using Femme Fatale.

16 Dec 2013 Donnin

I've tried Contacts but it was too slow, at least for my playstyle.

I found out that with burst of credits -FCC / Kati- and misleading the corp to reinforce his remote server and his HQ you can go at least 2/3 agenda point wise with surprise runs using early fems or sneakdoor together with their respective central server virus. Plus with Prof.Contacts i did trashed lots of cards i could use later in the game making SMC kinda useless.

Sahasrara on other seems ideal for this deck but i will be honest and admit that i tried it only in the early testing of this deck which i used Magnum Opus and the memory issues where huge. I might even try it again but i am not sure on the quantity or what to replace!

16 Dec 2013 Donnin

FCC is a good suicide money boost which can be used for the icebreakers you don't need - i rarely did full rig late game runs- and -sometimes- to utilities programs you won't possibly need.

The six drawing cards ensures that i will draw my three clone chips and use fast my first Levy. So i never had to do "tough" decision for programs to sacrifice to FCC.

16 Dec 2013 JWHamner

Wow, sounds like this plays very differently than my Professor build as, while our program list is decently similar, the rest of or cards are pretty different. Churning through your programs with FCC for an an early Levy is certainly an intriguing way to go. Personally I switched to Pro Contacts and ditched QT, Diesel, and FCC but I use Test Run and Scavenge to get stuff out of my heap and to minimize my need for drawing. I've also never found games going long enough to need a Levy, but building a strategy around it lets you be a lot more aggressive with your clone chips. Maybe I'll test this out.

16 Dec 2013 HepatitvsJ

I like the build but I think Scheherezade is dangerous. With SMC and Sade a power shutdown can take either out. PS will also be splashed to deal with dafasuckers and clone chips. I would go -2 Sade for +1 data sucker, +1 ninja. I would also consider -2 public sympathy for +2 borrowed sattelite. It's one more to play but that link will pay for itself a lot. Just my idea. My meta is talking all about power shutdown to trash these Sade decks but yours could be different. I still prefer 2 data suckers to max Profs INF in any case.

17 Dec 2013 Donnin

Yeah. PS will be painfull but then again i won't be using Sade but in my region we are like three weeks away from Mala Tempora being tourney legal.

Regarding the Borrowed Sattelite, i have no real use for the link and the extra hand size stall those Jinteki and S.Earth users. Plus i really love drawing Public Sympathy on a second click Quality Time. I can keep all the goodies :P

17 Dec 2013 Donnin

Sorry for the lousy use of the English language. I am Greek and we are poor so we can't afford paying for English lessons! (self-trolling after re-reading my posts :D)