NEXT Level v2.1.5

Icedman 46

The Lunar Cycle/pre-Order & Chaos update of my NEXT Design deck.

While this year it hasn't seen tournament play (unlike its predecessors), I have kept the deck updated against my local meta (and, hopefully, continued to make it relevant to other metas).

The PriReqs are gone, and with them the big ICE; outside of lucky ABTs I found Tollbooth, Heimdall 2.0, Wotan, Janus, etc too much of a drain on my funds to rez which often led to awkward mulligans and Emergency Shutdown pains. To replace the Agenda points I re-jiggered the Agenda suite a little. There was a time where I was running Haas' Pet Project alongside a singleton Gila, but have found the 2-of Gila more reliable from an economic standpoint than the possibility of recurring a spent Adonis.

The ICE suite changed as the Lunar Cycle progressed, settling on the layout here. Archer is still a fantastic surprise rez (even with D4v1d out there) while also remaining a great ABT target. Architect was a natural fit, Lotus Field still messes with some Anarch builds and together with Architect form a core of "resilient" ICE for my centrals. Mother Goddess has come down to a 1-of; a nice boost to the NEXT suite without "wasting" a slot in using copies of unique ICE.

Haas AI has actually performed quite well; one of its best implementations was an IAA play with an ABT and Vitru in-hand and enough cash to FA them both out.

As before, Order and Chaos and the upcoming SanSan Cycle will see some changes to the deck. I have to be able to handle Blackmail recursion, Eater decks (the nature of NEXT Design means I'm a bit more resilient than most to ICE destruction), Clot, etc. NEXT Gold is definitely finding room, while hopefully not compromising too much vs 4tman and making sure I don't strain the econ engine too much (after all, 8-cost ICE is pretty much the most expensive ICE the deck has now).

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