Professor Spiderweb Snape

Paired with my stealth Andy, this deck went undefeated at the Philly regional as I went 7-3 overall and just missed the cut. Very similar versions also won the small Poughkeepsie Store Championship and took second at the also-small Allentown Store Championship alongside Dumblefork in both cases.

I've been tweaking this deck since January and thought it is probably time to share it, since I'm unlikely to go to another big tournament this year, and Weyland looks to be on the verge of a lot of change in the coming months. The original version packed 1x sea source and 3x scorch, but I was inspired a bit by bblum's boot camp glacier and borrowed some ideas from him. It's a lot of fun to play and feels like you're playing "real Netrunner," which makes me happy.

Overall, the deck has good and so-so matchups, but I feel like it generally gives you lots of options, and the tools to beat anybody if things break right.

Right now, the barrier-heavy build is very effective in a meta where ice type is less relevant, maximizing what Weyland is good at and taxing Faust, lady and B&E breakers pretty well, while forcing stealth players to use more real money on runs. It also limits how much damage cutlery can do.

Matchups:

Anarchist: Strong against most common anarch decks. I'm always happy to see Val with the oversight AIs, executive boot camp, and Lizzie Mills. The same tools are very effective against false echo-DDOS decks.

Playing against Noise and Dumblefork takes some practice. You need to balance aggressively pushing out agendas with not leaving centrals spread too thin. When piloted correctly, I believe this deck is pretty much Dumblefork's nemesis. It beat a very good player using a Dumblefork equipped with employee strike and E3 in Philly, so it's resilient enough to survive some hate.

Worst matchup in the faction is against Apocalypse Maxx, mostly because of ditching the second crisium grid in favor of a second CVS. First caprice or crisium almost always goes on HQ in that matchup to block siphon, wanton destruction and make setting up the apocalypse very difficult. Watch out for keyhole. Use EBC to neutralize DDOS. The matchup is still very winnable but was my one loss at the Allentown SC.

Shaper: Winning games against good shaper players can be very difficult, but the good news is the ice suite taxes lady pretty hard. It's awesome when you can rush an agenda like oaktown out behind a hive, then reposition it to protect a central next turn with a spiderwebs on the other central. The corporate town is largely in the deck for Pitchfork Haley and Noise, with bonus devastation against things like DLR Maxx and criminals.

Against Kate, watch for signs of whether you're facing an apocalypse build to ensure you're taking the necessary steps to prevent the end of days. Ideally you can rush out 1-2 agendas before they're ready for the board wipe, then you fortify defenses on centrals. My one game against apocalypse Kate in Philly was a timed win. I may have been able to close out the game if I didn't forget my opponent had a councilman and not rez a crisium grid on my turn, leading to a board wipe when I was about to go for the win with GFI/caprice nisei.

Criminal: These matchups can be all over the map. Probably the worst thing this deck can see overall is Leela who installs a turn 1 Kati Jones. You can't go too fast early game or you open yourself up to a devastating counter punch, and you can't go too slow or the runner will remote lock and/or siphon you a lot. Absent Kati though, the glacier setup can shut down the security testing engine and make things like bank job worthless.