Weyland is Coming to Murder You v2.0

Here's the deck I've been piloting and refining since I got into the game last year. It's gotten 2nd and 3rd at several GNKs over the year and could have easily made 1st if not for player errors. This is it's newest iteration, which I've been doing rather well with. I figure since D&D is about to drop and everything is changing again, I might as well post it =)

One thing about Blue Sun kill decks is that there are 2 combos you want: the kill combo, and the Curtain/OAI combo. In most games, combos can lead to unreliability and high variance, and this deck is designed to mitigate that as much as possible through deck filtering and tutors. I'll get into specific card choices below.

The Agendas

The agendas in this deck do one of two things: make money or tutor cards. I don't have to talk about how bonkers an agenda Oaktown Renovation is, and High-Risk Investment is probably the most threatening 3-pointer Weyland has access to in terms of economic warfare. Corporate War fills the odd slot, since I really don't like taking Bad Pub in this deck, which edges it just ahead of Geothermal Fracking. Blue Sun is the best ID when it comes to scoring this, since you can just bounce an ice before the scoring turn in order to get up to the credits you need. I'm only doing a single Hostile Takeover, as, again, I don't really want a ton of Bad Pub, and I don't want to run lots of 1-point agendas, which eats into deck space. The other 1-point slots are reserved for...

The Future is Now. This card is bonkers in terms of what it can do for you, which is good because 3/1 agendas need to be bonkers to actually include in a deck due to their massive tempo loss when you score one. Many times it will tutor up either of the tagging options, but it's also good to get part of the OAI combo, an #Archer, another agenda... it's fantastic because, unlike it's older cousin Project Atlas, you don't have to show the runner what you're getting.

The Murder

Murder requires tags, and nothing tags better than Midseason Replacements. You don't even need the cards you're going to kill them with in your hand when you drop it, if you can land enough tags. In order to add more kill potential at a cheaper rate, 1 copy of Traffic Accident has been included (thanks to the idea going to @tmoiynmwg) This also helps gives you kills against Anarchs that like IHW, since it can dodge it better than strait up Scorch. However, since Film Critic is a thing, SEA Source has also been included, and since that only lands one tag, a full 3 copies of Scorched Earth have been included as well.

Well what the hell happens when the Plascretes hit? First, it's amazing how often you can get Taurus to fire. Once it's fired, pick it back up and drop it again when you want it again. Now they have to play around it forever. The other option is Shattered Remains. A common tactic for beating Weyland is to largely ignore centrals and simply snipe agendas out of their scoring server, since Weyland still has to make them. An IA or IAA turn means, usually, you run. Try and look disappointed when they get through all your ICE. Are they not running Plascrete? Murder Clone Chips, PrePaids, Consoles; just have fun with it. They're probably dying anyway, so have fun with 'em on their way out.

ICE, ICE, Baby

The one thing that Weyland kill decks have over other (and arguably better) yellow kill decks, is that Weyland can build fairly taxing servers. Blue Sun runs Hive better than anyone, as you can just cash in on a refund for it once it's outlived it's usefulness, and is incredibly taxing if you have little to no agendas scored yet. The single Spiderweb is there to eat Lady counters as well as server as a Hive replacement in the late game. Wormhole has the potential to be a little awkward in Blue Sun especially, since if you're picking ICE up a lot, it can effectively be blank. However, the power of a strength 7 Code Gate can not be ignored, especially one that can fire Archer's trash sub while not also reading Destroyer. In a pinch, it can also be an OAI target. The last piece of odd ice is the singleton Changeling, which I like to include for Kate. It usually does one of two things: making it a Sentry forces her to go find both Datasucker and Mimic, or makes her install an Atman 4, which I don't really mind because it's the only Str 4 ice in the deck, and if she wants to spend all that money installing it I have no qualms just picking Changeling back up again and making the Atman useless to her.

Dem Assets

There's not much to say here, but I wanted to at least touch on the inclusions. Daily Business Show is a strait up amazing card, and demands an answer, since it allows me to filter my deck faster and find things that I want (agendas, murder, OAI). The single copy of Public Support does a couple things. First, it's a point! Sac it to Archer, use it to win, whatever. Second, it's a remote threat, which Weyland needs. Giving something for the runner to run on in order to make them spend money is incredibly important, and this (and DBS) gives them that thing. If they ignore it, I'm closer to victory. If they don't, they just went through my taxing remote, spent money to trash something that doesn't help them, and made a successful run. Having viable, non-agenda remote pressure is what people need. I wish I had more, but slots are tight, yo.

Wrap-up

That's the deck! It's undergone many, many versions, and doubtless will again after D&D this week. If you have questions/suggestions, leave them below. The deck itself isn't exactly super revolutionary (A Blue sun deck with Scorch and money-making agendas!? WHO KNEW!?) but what it does, it does quickly and well. Tutor shit up, make that bank, murder people. Weyland's coming.