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ExhaustedDog 21

A shoutout to everyone on Jnet, GLC Discord, and the East Bay Slack group for helping me with this list.

It's a lot of fun to pilot and versatile at granting ultra cheap runs and breaking apart RnD for Stargate or scoring remotes.

Edit: -1 Wildcat Strike, -1 Botulus, +1 T400 Memory Diamond, +1 Chisel.

This is a MU hungry deck and T400 Memory Diamond is more important than I thought. Jinteki: Personal Evolution kill decks are popping up so that extra hand size from T400 Memory Diamond will help keep you outside their Neurospike combo.

The change to 3x Chisel is there to assist our Mimic with Leech, Ice Carver, and Cookbook.

You could also drop Botulus completely and add Devil Charm to bounce through servers with Simulchip, which was the original strategy but I wanted to try a more balanced approach.

I'm still learning how to pilot this deck, but one thing I've learned is not to be afraid to sac a Simulchip to reposition a Botulus or Chisel into a more favorable position late game when you are ready to start Stargate runs on RnD or challenge the scoring remote.

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22 May 2021 lostgeek

You might want to try to slot Devil Charm. It's such a strong option to run while having a Devil Charm and a Simulchip installed to instantly grab a Chisel, when needed.

22 May 2021 ExhaustedDog

@lostgeekI think you're right. Devil Charm could be necessary. I'm seeing a more and more ASA lists in startup and Týr is a constant threat that Mimic needs a lot of support to handle. In Weyland Colossus is the Devil Charm target.

Changes have been -1 Botulus, -1 Wildcat Strike, +1 Chisel, +1 T400 Memory Diamond.

I oftentimes found myself in situations where I desperately wanted that 3rd Chisel, not for it's kill potential, but for the fact that it works so well with Cookbook, Leech and Ice Carver.

I might return to all in on the Devil Charm and Chisel kit.

23 May 2021 PineppleBush

Fun Deck! Thanks for posting! Won me a game vs. SSO. Buzzsaw and Cleaver do work.

23 May 2021 lostgeek

@ExhaustedDog It's not even that Devil Charm needs a specific target. It just allows you to run much more aggressive and kill whatever gets in your way. Of course it's amazing to kill that big piece of ice, but killing even a Palisade can be game-winning if it was keeping you from stealing something.

For some inspiration, you can also look at my stage 2 build for the latest Project CROW. I solved the MU issue, by picking Conduit instead of Stargate and just leaning more on those temporary solutions like Botulus and Chisel to "break" ice.

17 Aug 2021 bassmanbigc

With all these programs, maybe fitting in a DZMZ would be nice over the T400