Panzer MK-I

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This Biotech is specialized for The Tank. Two separate win conditions: force a flatline through a trap encounter or outlast the runner's resources (using the ID flip). The agenda density is low, so you likely won't win through scoring points unless a near-flatline or bankruptcy opens up a significant enough window.

Kill Combos:

  • Kitsune + Snare

  • Snare + Psychic Field + Melange Mining Corp. shell game

  • Chum + Any Trap, especially Data Mine (if you've scored Labyrinthine Servers, all the better)

Outlast Combos:

  • Power Shutdown + Jackson Howard (or Architect & Shi.Kyu on Archives)

  • Bandwidth + Universal Connectivity Fee

  • Shi.Kyu + Melange Mining Corp. shell game

Additional Tips:

  • AI breakers are dangerous against your minefield of traps. Place Swordsman at a key point.

  • Tenma Line ensures your Chum is positioned. If you'd like to use Sunset instead, it's good too.

  • If you Bandwidth Fee your HQ and R&D, a decoder-less runner cannot steal The Future Perfect so long as you have 3 credits. 0 to rez Bandwidth, 2 to rez the Fee, and 1 to win the psi-game.

  • Power Shutdown may toss Shi.Kyu into the Archives. When it happens, smile.

5 comments
25 Apr 2015 lolpaca

I like it! Maybe find room for Crick to help recycle your traps?

25 Apr 2015 pbrand

@lolpaca Good idea! Two Cricks would probably suffice. The question would be what to cut. Architect might be a possibility since it's meant for the Archives anyway in this deck, and a Crick on Archives is 3 credits cheaper with 3 more strength (but one less sub).

Given that the runner needs to score 3 agendas to win, I'm waffling on my original inclusion of 3x Shi.Kyū. In order for them to actually matter in terms of agenda points, the corp would have to hit the runner with all three (to turn the win condition into 4x agenda). In retrospect this seems too unlikely, so I think maybe I could get the second Crick out of one of the Shi.Kyu and replace the other two with +2 Shock! or some way to spend the 2 influence freed up by -1 Architect.

25 Apr 2015 lolpaca

Shock! is great in this, but to spend the Architect influence 2 Blacklist could be pretty ace too. Ideally you'd want both, but it's tough to know what to cut.

25 Apr 2015 lolpaca

Possibly -1 Architect, -3 Shi.Kyū, -2 Lotus Field, -1 Melange Mining Corp., +3 Shock!, +2 Blacklist, +2 Crick.

Not sure about dropping a Melange as you're low on economy as it is, and losing Lotus Field might hurt too, but could be worth experimenting with.

25 Apr 2015 jrees

This is cool, I like the mind games this deck can play. Something to note is that you can modify the Shi.Kyū's damage to make the runner have to choose if they want the -1 point OR take some non-lethal amount of net damage, and the Brewery could be a kill condition then as well.