Ken

Radix 1

New player. Could use advise. I am not sure what to cut or if there are other cards I should play.

Also may be buying a few packs soon, which should I get first to help this deck.

8 comments
28 Jul 2016 Johnny Polite

Some thoughts: Crypsis is expensive, and you don't want to rely on it too much. You also really want normal breakers in addition to the central only breakers - the central only breakers should be your back up breakers. As it is, you have no good way to get into a remote. Something like 1 breach, 1 corroder, 1 passport, 1 zu or gordian, etc. Sentry breakers are tough - maybe 1 Ninja?

Professional Contacts is great, but if you are ever going to float tags, it'll get trashed. For that reason I wouldn't recommend it. For econ, you should use Security Testing. Desperado + Security Testing + Datasucker is hugely efficient.

Finally, try to get yourself down to ~45 cards. Easiest cut is Early Bird. I'd also go down to 1 or 2 Kati Jones - every additional copy is a dead card after the first.

28 Jul 2016 Radix

@Johnny Polite thank you for the feedback.

So should I get rid of the central breakers completely? Or should I keep them as one-ofs and add other icebreakers? And if so, how many total should I have?

And is security testing actually that good? Dont I want to be accessing cards?

I understand the suggestions for cuts. I was planning on cutting 1 or 2 Kati, and I really like Early Bird but it doesnt do much.

29 Jul 2016 Johnny Polite

I think the central only breakers are okay, just don't rely on them entirely. You want Corroder as your standard barrier breaker, but if it gets trashed then it's good to have Breach as a back up, for instance.

Security Testing + Desperado lets you click for 3 credits once a turn, provided the corp has at least 1 undefended server. If that server is archives (or any central server) and you have a datasucker, then you can click for 3 credits + a datasucker token once per turn. Doesn't that sound good to you? If you combine it with Dirty Laundry, you can make 3+1(for Ken) +1 (for Desperado) + 2(for Security Testing), 7 credits in one click. It's good.

29 Jul 2016 Radix

@Johnny PoliteHow do I make room for Corroder?

My issue with Security Testing is that once Ice is up on all the servers, it will be more costly to do it than it is worth

29 Jul 2016 Johnny Polite

Here's a Ken deck I recently used in a Regional that went undefeated on the day: netrunnerdb.com Maybe you can compare and see what makes sense to change and what doesn't. I'd cut Professional Contacts (for the reason given above) and one Makers Eye, that frees up 6 influence. That's enough for 1 Corroder and 1 Zu, with 2 to spare (which should probably go towards card draw of some kind).

It's okay if the corp starts icing every server. If you force them to ice, and rez ice, on archives, then that's less ice they have to protect actually important servers.

29 Jul 2016 Radix

@Johnny PoliteThank you very much. That helps a lot.

29 Jul 2016 Radix

@Johnny Polite I actually really like your list. I agree with public terminald, but what if you replace them with PAD?

29 Jul 2016 Johnny Polite

Prepaid voice pad is good, if you can afford the influence. It is on the MWL, so each copy reduces your influence. That said, if you make those changes from before, you have 2 influence left, and you already have 1 unused influence, so you could play 2-3 voice pads. I'm not convinced they're worth it (each costs 2, so you need to play 3 events that cost money with one before you see a return), but it's worth trying to see how you like it.