The Holy Gruel

Since I've been dragged into publishing decks, here is the corp deck that went with my Stealth Jesminder deck NeoReading Grid published recently: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/35657/iain-gallagher-s-jesminder (P.S. It's Ian, by the way)

First things first, here's the obligatory image:

This deck carried my runner through the huge Swiss going 7-0 while Jes only managed 4-3. It lost in the top 8 to the eventual winner but it held up quite well given my nerves in only my second ever proper tournament.

Just a few notes on some of the more interesting cards. Grail ICE was quite a surprise for people despite the large amount of Palana in the tournament, killing one runner with a double Merlin. The extra subs are a pain for Faust and it's nice to always have lots of good Marcus Batty targets. Obviously you don't tip your hand with Celebrity Gift until the runner knows about the Grail ICE but Palana makes so much money that you can happily wait for a few turns. As you need the extra pieces in hand, 19 ICE is about right for this deck. Hunting Grounds is an annoyance but with Grail and Komainu it is possible to "trick" the runner into hunting the wrong grounds. Hunting Grounds AND Faust would probably be a bit too much for this deck but I never saw that combo.

The other main thing of interest is the agenda suite. No The Future Perfect which makes me smile when Film Critic hits the board. The idea is to use "Clones are not People" to score 3 agendas if you can't find a Global Food Initiative, while forcing the runner to find 4 agendas. Clones also has dual usage for stopping Employee Strike which is very common thanks to IG and it can be worth spending 3 to turn a key money source back on again.