Custom Midway Grail Taxing Service

mjortman 7

Custom Biotics: Engineered for Success is one of the few current IDs that has the influence for so much Grail ice, and for Research Station, and Midway Station Grid. You might pull this off using NBN: The World is Yours*, because Midway is in-faction, and you have a half of a Research Station using your ID. But I think this is better. And Grail + Research Station is a decent way to make up for the economy gained with Haas-Bioroid: Engineering the Future, because you just aren't installing as much ice. Architect helps with this as well, installing stuff for free.

Actually Near-Earth Hub: Broadcast Center could mostly pull it off too, with Midway being in-faction, and having just 5 less influence. But it couldn't get Ash 2X3ZB9CY and Research Station plus all the grail ice and still use Architect and Eli and the NEXT ice. NBN has its own fun ice though, so maybe it would work just as well. (EDIT: After trying it, it would be tough. You need more economy to replace Adonis. You could change Ash 2X3ZB9CY to Red Herrings, which isn't quite as good, and change Archived Memories to Jackson Howard. Adonis Campaign would have to be replaced by either PAD Campaign, Marked Accounts, or Melange Mining Corp., but I don't like any of them quite as much as Adonis.)

As has been discussed elsewhere, Grail + Midway is a very taxing server. Merlin is above Yog, so none of the ice is "free". Grail ice also helps prevent some of the Femme/Knight/Parasite shenanigans. Parasite is still a problem, given the low strength of Galahad and Lancelot, though. But Archived Memories and Project Vitruvius help bring back dead cards.

Usual Mother Goddess+NEXT Silver business. Goddess could be replaced by more NEXT Bronze maybe though, for the same effect. Playing may help determine the right way to go between Mother and Bronze.

Three Research Stations seemed excessive, until I realized they are not unique, and are not regions, so they can sit with a Midway just fine in HQ.

Enhanced Login Protocol and Midway Station Grid create a really taxing combo, relieving the runner of both clicks and credits.

Economy might get tight, but Archived Memories and Project Vitruvius, as well as Architect, help to bring back Adonis Campaign to help with that.

As I alluded to above, I've not played the deck yet, so I don't know how it will perform. Any thoughts and feedback is appreciated.

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