The Ultimate Smoke (4th @both Wrocław & Katowice Regionals)

Smoke has been something of my pet project pretty much since she came out, and now that the card pool for Netrunner is complete I can safely announce that so is the deck!

We all know how powerful a stealth rig is once it is set up, and this build aims at establishing it extremely fast – let’s just not be afraid to Peace in Our Time early and Stimhack away with SMC on the table to get our breakers for cheap.

Speaking of breakers, we are obviously using Netrunner’s most efficient suite and it feels amazing! And Atman is only here to handle an occasional Excalibur, save our Net Mercur from a Sadaka, protect our money from Universal Connectivity Fee if Acme becomes a thing, and also act as Dummy Box fodder.

Once we have the rig established we can contest any remote, while pressuring centrals for Mercur credits and Wheel counters, and close the game with either the subtlety of Indexing or the sheer power of The Turning Wheel loaded like a freight train.

There is only one current in this build, so let’s face it – we are not going to be battling Scarcity of Resources. Instead, let us answer a simple question: Would we play Net Mercur if it cost five, Beth Kilrain-Chang and The Turning Wheel if they cost four apiece and Film Critic (in relevant match-ups) if it cost three? My answer to this is HELL YEAH! The card that failed this little exercise was Smoke’s iconic Daily Casts, unfortunately.

I also found that 3 copies of Net Mercur is a bit of an overkill, as I only need a single copy on the board and perhaps a back-up in case something unexpected happens, but I can live without swimming in it. So instead of the third copy I slotted a single Ghost Runner in there, for some extra “oomph” against all these 8 strength Surveyors.

So here it is – I give it to you forever and, as always, all feedback is more than welcome!