Notes: there's an argument to cut the Lagos for Moshing, just for Steelskin draw click compression. hmmm...

But what about v.21 with the {REDACTED} and the [CENSORED]?

"and your burst draw is already covered by Amanuensis" you will learn the errors of your way!

Without a way to clear tags in a PAW, Amanuensis only fires for draw if you float a tag. Isn’t the Corp just going to take away your toys?

you're amazing

@Council: you know I can't reveal my secrets, the union would get to me first

@aksu: ok bro enjoy paying 6c for Maw

@Drayven: it 's always costing the corp more resources and tempo to trash your stuff than it is for you to install it, you make that trade every time

@jan tuno: no u

I think Amanuensis is a meta call that is tough to currently evaluate (greasing sports destroys it without simulchip clot, EoTL kills it without mercs/NFL). However, it doesn't belong in a rogue trading/arruacieras crew deck (one of the connections strong enough it is worth trashing if you float tags). Instead, I would suggest running hot and manuel (there's your multi access) and some way to help get into HQ without a breaker, whether that's botulus, bankhar, boomerang, or devil charm (with the crew).

Sorry hot pursuit not running hot. The hot run, you know what I mean.

@London: I think saying 'don't float tags in a Crew deck' is a bit disingenuous, the card is powerful enough that it fits into any Seb deck regardless of whether it's the main strategy or not (I do agree that it should be though). I'll add that Solidarity Badge is one of the best supplements to a float strategy that I neglected to include here - completely forgot that it triggers off ice trashing!

After a few more games I'm inclined to agree - breaker-agnostic ice solutions are extremely powerful in this deck, but I'd lean towards Botu and Bankhar myself. The engine is setup-heavy enough by itself that you don't want your ice solutions to be as well. That being said, I'm still leaning towards RT>HP as your tag econ solution; the deck is not good enough at durdling for credits in slow matchups otherwise, and it can get extremely awkward to play with the clunky draws that you can sometimes get without Moshing.

On that topic, I think I might start a swear jar for the times someone conflates Hot Pursuit and Running Hot; might get enough to pay for my Worlds ticket when the time comes!

I remembered badge right after posting but didn't want to triple post, yeah def 2x.

OK after thinking about it more, crew is fine in a tag floating deck, you just need the deck to have a solid plan B that doesn't rely on the crew sticking around (yours here does). I talked myself out of hot pursuit because of potential blowouts like Ob BC HQ or Age boop, both of which could tank your engine hard. This makes RT kinda necessary, and the question is how to play it while floating tags for amanuensis. I think the ideal play pattern is: start turn tagged, remove tag with badge, install RT, click RT install wheels, pop wheels, click RT end tagged. Leaving RT on 12+ is asking to get it trashed, but on 6 you've gotten enough value already. For this reason I would slot 3x wheels and 2x badge.

I'm not sold on buffer lago. This rig attacks centrals, meaning the corp is more likely to re-ICE those or purge, reducing lago value. Also badge and moshing just take those spots easy. I would spend the extra inf on Juli, it really helps the RT turns.

Can you not play Mimic and save the Echelon influence?

I've been more and more up on Moshing the more I've played; the raw quantity of connections need to be looked at more closely if Lago is cut though. There's some math that would come in handy here but I wouldn't know what that looks like

For the record I'm a buffer lago enjoyer but yes I agree that it's probably not optimal here. Excellent analysis!

@MrBuggles You absolutely can, Echelon is really more for avoiding getting blown out by weird things like Brasilia Ansel or whatever people have been cooking up in this Week 1 meta.

I've been playing with a bit of Aumakua myself with that influence and that's a very viable option as well, the deck is excellent at punching holes in centrals to get reloaded after a purge

commenting purely because the line "Also it's the first card in the history of Netrunner that I've straight up wanted to put into a deck purely because of the art. <3 Adam and Merc" makes me happy

You should take the role of the corp and use isolation to trash class act an then always draw 4

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