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There are a lot of variations on this deck out there already, but I haven't been happy with any of the iterations I've tried and decided to go back to the drawing board and decide what makes a good Foundry deck.

The idea behind this deck is to make the runner run while charging out the wazoo for them to do so: ice up all centrals with cheap, taxing ice. Executive Boot Camp is a champ here, rezzing NEXT Bronze for 1, Eli 1.0 for 2, Architect for 3, etc. This dramatically helps the efficiency of your rezzes out of the Foundry, and lets you quickly go and get all 3x of things like Pop-up Window, which you want out immediately!

The econ is pretty standard, and is chosen in part to create runner confusion and stress: Adonis and Melange look the same sitting behind a few pieces of ice; GRNDL, Aggressive Secretary, and Reversed Accounts can all look like a 5/3 agenda, inviting a run. GRNDL gives you what you need to beat an Ash trace if they don't run it once you put it down; Reversed Accounts will kill their econ, letting you force through an agenda since they're too poor to go through your ice the next time; Aggressive is obvious in its usage, and as a 1 of, you're unlikely to see it but it's more likely to hit when you do place it. The rest of the econ is a mix, since this deck is in beta testing -- I just haven't decided if Peak Efficiency or Successful Demonstration is the better card in this deck. Shell-Corps are perfect to sit on that Aggressive Secretary and daring them to run it, or else can sit on something like a Reversed or GRNDL and just bluff. Would like to work another AS in here, but not sure what to cut.

The agendas are also a mix as I try to keep density low and scoring high. Beta Test is perfect synergy with Foundry, Wotan makes it harder for them to get through Ichi if they think to just click through, Eden and Hades are self-explanitory; NAPD feels better than it really is here, I think, but we'll see.

As with any Foundry Deck, the ice is where it's at. This is based on setting up a quick, cheap, and potentially deadly servers. Architect is just fantastic, taxing for a minimum of 2x per run (and with Executive he only costs 3x to rez) and defending against Parasite. Ichi is fantastic and the sole reason that I'm running Inazuma (he also works well with ELP, which I need to find room for another of...); Pop-Ups and NEXT are obvious for their synergy with the Foundary, although I'm not 100% sold on them either.

What thoughts do y'all have?