Whizzard Keyscroll

johncraven 317

Logos is so good in Anarch. It solves many problems with regards to lack of tutors necessary to setup the perfect rig. It has great synergy with Queen's gambit, since it mitigates wrong guesses.

Personal workshop and Aesop are also a lot more affordable now, since you only need to splash 1 copy of each in your deck. This means Wyldside is once again viable, and PW still works wonders with Anarch programs.

The final card choice is 3x Sharpshooter. These are not always useful, but in certain matchups, they really help a lot. Whizzard typically has programs installed like Djinn or Datasucker very early on with no breakers installed, so not being able to run because you're scared of Destroyers suck. Sharpshooter solves that problem. Plus, ices like Archer and Ichi 2.0 are really annoying to break with Mimic anyway. You can always Aesop if you need to.

The cyberfeeders are flexible and can be swapped with other options, such as Daily Casts. I think they do a decent job of making corroder and mimic breaks cheap, protects against power shutdown, and can be Aesop'd for money in emergencies.

The Ice Carver is there as backup. The lack of Grimoire can hurt a bit for the Datasuckers and Parasites, that's where Ice Carver steps in.

Memory can be an issue since you lose 1 MU over Grimoire with Logos. The ideal setup should have Djinn hosting Keyhole and a Datasucker, with 3 breakers out. Personal workshop helps greatly here to make sure you install your programs in the right order. You can always Aesop datasuckers and install new ones on top of Djinn if necessary.

Finally, the choice of identity is flexible. I chose Whizzard because trashing key assets is really important to slow the game down and give you time to setup your rig. Noise's ability is OK, but this deck doesn't run that many viruses. Reina Roja is decent, but you might not run every turn, especially with Wyldside installed, so you can't use the ability that effectively.

5 comments
10 May 2014 soulraiden

How do you counter big ice ?

10 May 2014 johncraven

Depends what, if it's barrier, corroder works fine. For code gate, the worst one is Tollbooth which you can get through with datasucker. For sentries, the bad ones you get through with Sharpshooter. The only really bad sentry is Susanoo, but you don't see it that often.

14 May 2014 chill84

Queens Gambit punishes assets/upgrades, Whizzard punishes assets/upgrades - playing against an opp who has neither means you are double-sad

14 May 2014 johncraven

In the current meta, it seems that most decks have some assets/upgrades in play. But the beauty of Logos means you can use QG on agendas and get a reward for it.

29 May 2014 Trizzy613

This deck looks like a beast! I'm totally digging the logos + Q'sG combo especially since RP is going strong in my meta (myself included) so I'm on board.