The Mint Must Flow

easterncalculus 763

Based off @ArminFirecracker’s 12 Strength Surveyor, 0 install cost. I fell in love with A Teia on release, but this decklist was the one that really made the ID a blast to play for me. I’ve since played this quite a bit at my local meets, but made a few tweaks:

  • Thimblerig instead of Diviner
    • Is a gearcheck & ETR early unlike Attini
    • Helps with our positional ice value
    • Synergises with Tatu-Bola
    • Free to rez from Vovô Ozetti
    • Reduces the cost of Ivik
    • Because it can be moved around later, it's always a good install anywhere we need ice
    • Because Thimblerig can move them later, it means any other ice can be installed much more easily (especially our Surveyors)
    • Can move our expensive ICE inward as to avoid getting Hippo’d
  • Simulation Reset instead of Attitude Adjustment
    • Cheaper on influence
    • Lets us recur more cards than just agendas
    • Combos with Spin Doctor for trashing agendas from hand AND instant recursion
  • An extra Mavirus instead of Mindscaping
    • Great vs Conduit, Aumakua
    • Mindscaping did not appear useful except for generic filtered draw but not sure that's valuable enough
  • An extra NGO Front instead of Regolith Mining License
    • It works really well with La Costa Grid as a fake 5/3 or just economy
    • It's also really decent just as a throwaway install on the smaller remote to trigger an ICE install
  • A single Replanting instead of Anoetic Void
    • Fantastic for Icing R&D, which is where we struggle to build that strong Surveyor
    • Lots of great targets for picking up, including anything in the “short” remote server
    • In a pinch, allows us to reposition ICE
    • I found this more useful than Anoetic Void, which I rarely had the economy to fire
  • A single Retribution instead of Attini
    • Our only tag punishment: useful if the runner sticks too many tags from Surveyor
    • I found that in most matchups, the runner will do this towards the end of the game, and so it can potentially win us the game if they aren’t expecting it
    • Much more effective than Mindscaping
  • A single Magnet instead of Konjin
    • Great ICE for many reasons but also helps Ivik

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