Stuck Between Stations (King of Swiss Atlanta Regionals)

Again, with me being bad at the internets, you get a quick hits list instead of a properly detailed write up.

1. I've played a version of Mnemonics glacier since Reign and Reverie dropped. The powers that be kept banning my econ engines, but the core was powerful enough that you could switch up the money and no one would ever know.

2. The game plan is pretty simple - see how many times you can make a runner waste a click. Sometimes this happens when you kick a runner out of a server with a Bio Vault when they would otherwise steal an agenda. Other times, you steal a click when the runner runs through an Anansi and a Kakugo just to see a single advance Bio Vault.

3. The Saraswati ability is really great. In some ways it is just getting an extra click - kind of like a weaker Palana. But most of the time, you are compressing the fundamental flow of the game. Install-advance-advancing a 5/3 is balanced to take up an entire turn. That's not true here. In this deck, you get another click to deploy some additional defense or play a money card. This is especially true on turns where you want to play Fast Track. There are plenty of times the runner will feel safe, thinking they have a couple of turns to stabilize. Just Fast Track an Obokata and win.

4. Saraswati is also an amazing bluff ID. By the mid game, you just want to use your ID ability once a turn, and dump a 1-advanced card into your stacked remote. Is it a Bio-Vault? Is it a Nisei? The runner has to guess right every time, or they will find themselves unable to steal an agenda when it matters.

5. When all you care about is limiting the number of viable runs a turn, Fairchild 2.0 is bonkers.

6. This deck goes from controlling to rushy in a heartbeat. Your first few turns are set defending centrals and building a super taxing remote. Once you score your first Nisei you are off to the races. Keep jamming cards into the remote. The runner will either go broke trying to defend, or you will grow your end the run triggers.

7. Your ideal scoring patterns is Nisei, Nisei, Obokata. I almost always give away an early SSL or a mid-game Obokata. Scoring these doesn't actually do anything for you, so either get the extra econ or knock the runner back so you can jam your next agenda.

Sorry for the abbreviated description. Such is the life of a middle-aged dude with two small children. If you have questions fire them off in the comments and I'll try to respond.

Big thanks to everyone in the Atlanta area for keeping Netrunner alive. Sorry I had to bow out in the cut (see previous note about dad responsibilities).