How do you win cache refresh. It's simple bid 10!!!
For those of you that don't get this. In cache refresh you randomize, winner picks a side. You then bid credits and cards in staggering intervals (1credit, 1 credit 1 card, 2 credit 1 card, etc.)
How to break this system. First find what deck is your best. I enjoy PE so easy choice. Next the random factor doesn't matter. And here is why. We coin flip and my opponent wins, they choose runner and bid you just let them in and get a normal start as PE. They choose Corp and you bid 10 and still play PE. you win the coin flip and bid 10 and guess what your playing PE. 6 game tournament and I only played PE!!! BEST DAY EVER!!!
This strategy works great for the Corp. So you run 10 agendas. You have a 1/5 top-decking an agenda. When you start with zero cards and zero credits you mandatory draw and just click for three. Only downside is you cannot fire Snare! turn 1. In a meta with 90% of the meta was smoke, turn 1 they set up. Turn 2 you credit up and ice as needed. When you have limited cards in hand the value running HQ is actually really low. It's the same as running R&D. Just set pace, grind them down, and set up the kill. Vs smoke I decked every opponent and made Obakata unable to be stolen.
Notable mention my only loss was an amazing game vs Jon Hartman on Los. Game was a grind and it came down to a coin flip because we agreed that the winner was going to 10 bid PE!!! Amazing experience, amazing games, bid 10 PE all day!!!
Victim #1 here: on 6pts and 4 A-a-ron tokens, 5 creds, and a Feedback Filter down, I ran a Prisec / Snare remote with maybe 1 card in hand? So it's possible also to lose without getting decked as well! (I didn't use Aaron before access.). I'll remember that one for awhile.