Industrial Graveyard - Worlds 2015

This deck floors me. I've been working a bit on an IG shell game, but this deck makes so many radical choices. I'm excited to play around with it.

yeah this is cool. got a few questions:

Why archives memories over interns? I mean they are different cards, but very similar and 2 influence could be another architect.

If so little ice, isn't lotus field a perfect fit? It forces out the decoder and is only vulnerable to spooned.

I really like sealed vault, but crisium grid does almost the same thing. I guess in your matchup, it doesn't really matter if the runner has 1 or 100 datasucker tokens and medium/maker's eye is usually fruitless or foolish against kill decks. I guess sealed vault is more a surprise. If you have a dozen of assets lying around, you can hide it.

The primary targets for Archived Memories are operations.

Lotus Field is a decent option, and I toyed around with it. But it is expensive, and Kate will generally break it for 1 with Cyber Cypher. In the end, I stuck with my loyal, always 2 taxing, Yagura for 1 credit.

I choose Sealed Vault over Crisium because it is another asset, harder to trash, and is hidden. Also, I rarely put ice on HQ, so Crisium doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Also, Sealed Vault is cheaper, and this deck runs on low econ.

Have you tested Hokusai Grid here? It really shines for me as you can use it as extra remote and gain credit from turtleback or as extra defence for Central Server(works great on either of them).

"I choose Sealed Vault over Crisium because it is another asset, harder to trash, and is hidden. "

You know that industrial genomics works on upgrades too, don't you?

You describe all assets int he deck except Chairman Hiro. Why do you need it if you don't have Interns?

So hot. Quite similar to the way I've been trying but the Hiro, Neural, Ronin plan is genius. I am sad that you've let the 'Shi.Kyu is actually pretty darn good in IG' cat out the bag though.

@gozikI've tested Hokusai and it didn't make the cut. It's either an expensive Shock, or a 2 cost weak ice that can be trashed.

Yes, I know IG works with Upgrades. But 8 is still greater than 5.

@Cryoclasm Not sure I understand your question. Chairman Hiro is the head of Team Murder. Not sure what Interns has to do with anything. I'll add this to the description to be more clear:

The basic combo is: Before end of the runner's turn, rez Chairman Hiro. They discard down to 3 cards. Play Neural EMP. No I've Had Worse hit? Advance Ronin. Rez Ronin. Trigger Ronin. Dead runner.

For example, a ballsy first turn could be install new remote, play Mushin No Shin. Is the runner dead if they check centrals and leave remotes? ;-)

@Badeesh Sorry. I promised I'd post my list after Worlds. =-)

For extra jank, drop architect for a copy of Ash and stick it on archives. Then proceed to laugh at your opponent's misery.

@Zeromus Expect a lot of questions Zeromus. I know there is a huge secret IG fanbase out there. Congrats on going very positive with IG!

Did you ever try Allele Repression over Archived Memories? Archived is simpler, but one IAA of Allele can recover up to two Mushins / Ronins. Or more if you so desire. Frees up some influence for better ICE or DBS.

Would you take it to 54 cards, to fit in more ice?

@skyrunner36 Ash on archives is clever, actually. I never thought about it. They'll probably just pay the 3-4 to get in though.

@hi_impact I did try Allele Repression, but the biggest problem is that it swaps cards, and I don't necessarily want to lose the cards in my hand. It is probably worth revisiting.

@tzeentchling I've tested 54 cards, but as a combo deck, I don't want to increase variability too much. Also, I'd have to add another crappy agenda or two, and there isn't really one I like.

Ash on archives acually hurts this deck. it is absolute misplay.

For reference:

If Ash 2X3ZB9CY's trace is successful during a run on Archives, the facedown cards in archives are still turned faceup.

Great deck. And I love Sealed Vault. Such an underplayed card. Thanks for the list.

Seeing Industrial Genomics at Worlds commands high respect! It's still my favourite corp ID. I'm going to try your build. I'm running a long standing 59 card deck that I've posted up here. If I'm lucky, would love to test my deck against yours. :) Well done.

"The basic combo is: Before end of the runner's turn, rez Chairman Hiro. They discard down to 3 cards. Play Neural EMP. No I've Had Worse hit? Advance Ronin. Rez Ronin. Trigger Ronin. Dead runner."

Yup. That's how you killed me at Worlds.

Played this today, really enjoyed it. I lost a game to apocalypse, which was pretty brutal, given there's no real way to stop it. I could have won that game earlier, had I not made a mistake, though. Lamprey also cost me a game, when Noise milled my good economy cards + cyberdex, and having to manually clear virus counters was too slow. Bad beats happen.

It still reminds me of PE, at its fundamentals: you have to read your opponent, make smart plays, but I love having so many prickly cards. At one point, I had all three Snare!s in hand, costing 8 to trash. So brutal.

@steveklabnik Swapping a card for Hostile Infrastructure will help against Apocalypse as all net damage is assigned in one go when it goes off, so the Runner must deal with it beforehand. Don't forget there is always the snipe from hand.

I love Cerebral Overwriter in just about any deck, but does using Mushin No Shin on it really help that much? MNS restricts you from rezzing the target card until the beginning of your next turn. Doesn't that give the runner a free window to check if it's a trap or not?

@4dd150n Ambushes do not need to be rezzed to trigger. Only accessed while installed.

@Zeromus I am now embarrassed. This is why I didn't go to Worlds.

Whats would be your MWL alterations to the deck? I've been trying out -1x Archived Memories -1x Turtlebacks, +1x Allele Repression +1x Daily Business Show . But not sure cause the deck needs the early turtlebacks.

What card would you cut for the Daily Business Show or the Hostile Infrastructure you suggested above if apocalypse gets popular?

@Butters I've tried Allele over Archived and it is just so much worse. Architect may get cut, especially if Parasite dies down some. I've also been testing one less GFI for Hades Fragment.

How difficult is a match-up against any Eater - Keyhole deck? (Can we call it Eathole)?

A turn 1 keyhole hurts a lot, but it's not automatically game over. You have to change how you play; if they purely focus on R&D, you have free reign with Ronin. Sometimes they will just get luck and you'll straight lose though.

Deus X x-(