[Startup] Thulesom Prison Blues

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Oddball 1228

“Hi… I’m Johnny Cache"

"I hear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Thule prison, and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone

When I was just a baby, my mama told me, "Son Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns"
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry

I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars
Well, I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
But those people keep a-movin', and that's what tortures me

Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Thule prison, that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away"

Write-up to come soon!

6 comments
21 Feb 2023 Satoshi

10/10 would go to prison again

25 Feb 2023 PowerlessCube

How come Archived memories is banned, it's legit on the Null Signal webiste under startup right now.

25 Feb 2023 Satoshi

@Oddballi've been playing several variations of this deck -- the main problem I have is that it feels very code-gate heavy.

I have been thinking about adding a Bran. At first this seems like a bad ice to include because you don't want Bran to compete with Nani for the face-down ice in Archives, but I realized Bran actually does something kind of nice, which is he can recycle the face up ice in archives, installing them face down, so that they can be trashed by Anvil and become face down again. Otherwise the only way to get that effect is spin doctor I think.

This would also help with a piloting issue I have, which is, I often want Ansel 1.0 on scoring remote because he's kind of the biggest ice here. But I kind of also want him in archives so I can trash the boat or buzzsaw. If I only draw one it can be hard to decide.

@PowerlessCubeI think that's just a defect in netrunnerdb, for a long time it has not really properly supported the startup format. Standard ban list doesn't apply to startup format but the website doesn't really know that.

25 Feb 2023 Satoshi

Also I have to say, the Trieste Model Bioroids is a good call. When I first saw the list, my instinct was to cut that and try to get more ice, since we are running Nani grid. But I've later put it back in. Even when it's just a nasty speed bump, it can disrupt the runners plans in a way that is important to the deck.

25 Feb 2023 Oddball

@Satoshi Thanks for the feedback! You're probably not wrong. I had Bran in my Haas-Bioroid: Architects of Tomorrow version of the list. Just felt like the econ was sooo tight in Thule. I was also all in on the Hakarls with Trieste to provide core damage. What did you swap to slot it in?

25 Feb 2023 Oddball

Also in my more recent version I swapped one Trieste Model Bioroids for a Biotic Labor. Not sure if it's the right swap but being able to score on one core damaged or your other 3/2's has been really helpful.