Zero to Hero (3 deep dives in one turn)

Blue_Disco_Dude 16

*Update in comments, not changing here for the sake of preservation

3 Deep Dives in one turn. Enough said.
Pichacao goes back to your hand if you gain clicks from it and it wasn't the first time you gained a click during a run. What if you could clicklessly install Pichacaos from hand or install more than 1 Pichacao at a time?

  • Illumination will let you install 3 Pichacao's at once in the omega turn (the turn where you play 3 deep dives), or help you setup a rig early on.
  • Paul's Cafe will host Pichacao's for you, which you can clicklessly install. it can also host the high memory cost single use breakers like Mayfly and Nanuq for you, untill they are needed.
  • Pantograph helps you setup when the corp scores, and more importantly, can clicklessly install more Pichacao's after you score with Deep dive. If you score 2 agendas with the first deep dive, you can install 2 Pichacao's, and run that server for more clicks. Possibly even an illumination run for more Pichacao's
  • Airblade is here against cards like Anemone or Semak Samun. Can't risk losing deep dives.
  • Buffer Drive will allow you to get a copy of Deep Dive back, which you can clicklessly draw with Stoneship Chart Room.
  • No Free Lunch is econ that also protects your Paule's Cafe from cards like Public Trail, which can massively blow you out.
  • Hannah helps vs asset decks if you want to interact/check. It can also be used in the omega turn for more clicks.
  • Juli helps you setup faster, and it can also let you gain more clicks from Hannah, or clicklessly install pichacaos. (by proxy of clicklessly clicking Paul and putting a Pichacao on him)

You can interact early with a Mayfly or a Slap Vandal, if necessary. (its ok if the corp scores, as long as you can do the omega turn before they win)

~~~~Not included in the deck~~~~

  • Madani does allow for clickless installs, but with the low program count and limitation of 2 times (once before your turn, and once on your turn) it is outclassed by Paul's Cafe, which also helps with the memory cost limitation of all the single use AI breakers in this deck.
  • In the Groove Works with Paule's Cafe, Illumination, Simulchip and Ari. it is clunky though, it could burden your hand size [which is already burdened by Illuminations and Deep Dives] until you can play it, and it has little use while still setting up, so it was not included in this deck.

~~~~Consider~~~~

Overclock
Environmental Testing
Propeller (Specifically for Semak Samun)
Memory Diamond (Handsize relevant for combo deck)
Azimat
Self Modifying Code
Muse
Spree (Move Pichacao's?)
Into the Depths (Install Pichacao from stack)

~~~~Alternative Econ~~~~

Coalescence Spec Work
Knickknack Obrian (+Muse)
Urban Art Vernissage
Environmental Testing

~~~~Extra Click cards~~~~

Basilar Synthgland 2KVJ
[2] Swift (I think outclassed by clickless install of Pichacao with madani)
[4] Alarm Clock
[2] Hannah "Wheels" Pilintra
[3] Running Hot
[1] Bahia Bands (Install Pichacao)
[3] Prognostic Q-Loop (Install Pichacao)
[2] Gachapon (Yolo for more Pichacao or a way to install one)

~~~~More Influence options~~~~

[3] Raindrops Cut Stone
[1] Pinhole Threading
[2] Window of Opportunity (Install Pichacao)
[3] Physarum Entangler
[3] Botulus [2] Poison Vial (With slap vandal or botulus?)

[2] Backstitching (Bypass for the omega turn)
[2] Lucky Charm ("Bypass" for the omega turn)
[3] Fransofia Ward (Bypass for the omega turn)
[3] Laser Pointer (Bypass for the omega turn)
[4] Malandragem (Bypass for the omega turn)

5 comments
4 Jun 2025 Blue_Disco_Dude

I ended up adding 1 SMC for consistency of finding Pichacao's

5 Jun 2025 sunyi199179

Airblade doesn't counter Semak-samun, because suffering 3 net damage is a mandatory cost which cannot be neutralized.

6 Jun 2025 Blue_Disco_Dude

Damn, thats an issue. I think I'll slot a propeller or something, Semak Samun shows up all the time

6 Jun 2025 Blue_Disco_Dude

this is my new list (Jinteki.net format):

3 Deep Dive 2 Illumination 3 Sure Gamble 1 Buffer Drive 2 Pantograph 3 Simulchip 2 Dr. Nuka Vrolyck 1 Hannah "Wheels" Pilintra 2 Juli Moreira Lee 2 No Free Lunch 1 Open Market 3 Paule's Café 2 Stoneship Chart Room 3 Telework Contract 3 Mayfly 2 Nanuq 1 Propeller 1 Slap Vandal 3 Fermenter 3 Pichação 2 Self-modifying Code

6 Jun 2025 emilycandy

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