I agree that GFI only maintains its zeal if you're running all 2-ptrs otherwise. Once you put in a true 3-ptr like Priority Req, and it might not really be worth the influence. The idea of the Eden Fragment is pretty cool - do you really prefer VMI instead of Eden? And any thoughts on one or two Domestic Sleepers? Might be nice for closing out your game against CT, for example.

Hey @PureFlight,

That was my thinking as well - the GFI isn't actually doing anything in this deck and other agendas would be so much more useful. I genuinely find it inexplicable but my win record plummeted on Jinteki when I took them out. I've read that there was a bug on Jinteki that was clustering agendas together so that may have been the problem, but given that I didn't have much time to rest in person I went with the devil I know. Now that Nationals is over and I can test more in person I'm going to go with an Eden Fragment and another Priority Requisition.

I love Voting Machine Initiative. Finding ways to pressure the runner's clicks is really important in HB and scoring a VMI first basically ensures that Turing cannot be clicked through and in conjunction with Enhanced Login Protocol it means the runner has only one possible action if they want to run that turn. Obviously Shapers have now Beth Kilrain-Chang to help them out but Anarchs and Criminals really hate that combination.

The Domestic Sleepers idea is really interesting and I'd actually quite like to try it. Any recommendations for what to cut to make space?

You make a great point about the synergy of VMI+Turing+ELP. It's probably one of those things that, looking at the card, VMI might not seem very strong to me, but in practice it can be really useful.

Yeah, the Sleepers idea basically turns your scoring plan into 3+3+1, which I think can warrant its inclusion (I think it's a bit weaker in a 2+2+2+1 scheme because it's pretty easy to FA one of the many 3/2's that deck would run for 8 pts).

I'd probably drop 2 ICE like Bastion for 2 Sleepers and see if I like it. I think Bastion is your weakest ice. That said, I'm a really bad glacier player and dropping ice could be a terrible idea. I would think 19 ICE with Jackson draw is sufficient, though.

If you put SanSan back in, you can install Sleepers on the SanSan (and maybe a Herrings) and leave it. They have to pay mad money to steal a 0-pointer. If they don't, you Advance and Score it, then play your Biotic for the win.

Actually, I'm curious about how helpful Sandburg was for you. I often see it with cheap ICE so there's lots of leftover cash for STR boosting. Did you still feel like it was effective with all the chunky bioroids you have? And did Rumor Mill make Sandy less relevant?

@PureFlight I have a friend that often tells me that I shouldn't pick agendas based on their best case scenario - but I definitely disagree with that. At best you have that kind of interaction which can really extend the midgame and give you space to find and install the last agenda. But even in the "worst" case scenario the runner is still a click down which can be annoying.

I don't know if sacrificing ICE is a good idea. The deck runs 17 in its current form with 18 as a possible combination if I drop Biotic Labor. I know a lot of people are down on Bastion but that is largely because Atman is often pumped to strength 4 when used. I don't see Atman much anymore, especially in my local meta so more often than not I am happy to see Bastion in my starting hand.

My thought was was actually to drop Eve Campaign and see if that works. I often find I am reluctant to rez her without Breaker Bay which means she sometimes sits on the table doing nothing. I'm keen to try out the Sleepers because it's a card that no one expects and I'd love to make that work :p

The other option is to drop Sandburg. But I love that card. This deck tends to run quite wealthy anyway so I've always found Sandburg to be a massive pain for the runner to deal with - it's more often than not +5 or greater. Obviously PriReq really helps with the bigger pieces of ICE, but I am often willing to hard rez an Ichi 2.0, even if it takes me to just over (or even just under 10). Those big pieces were annoying for runners to get through before Sandburg so they remain annoying even when you don't have the credits or have been Rumor Milled.

Getting Rumour Milled can actually, ironically, end up being the play that loses the runner the game - they often assume you will have cheap, shitty ICE on your scoring server and aren't prepared for hideous stuff that you are now even more willing to rez because you don't need to hoard the credits. I've found that the card I am actually most annoyed about losing is Jeeves Model Bioroids but its never devastating. Actually the only time I've lost due to a rumour mill was when I made a particularly ill timed use of JHow and didnt immediately trash him. Lesson learnt.