Test Kit (Revised Core+Ban/Restrict List)

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Decklist assumes the Ban/Restricted list revealed by Spoiler-ken is legitimate. From the Restricted list, I chose to go with Inversificator with the runner ID that makes best use of it: Kit, and her ability to turn a Vanilla into a universal-access tool with the new icebreaker.

Due to the banlist overwriting the MWL, that also means that the influence costs for Cerberus "Lady" H1 and D4v1d are overwritten, returning them to their base MWL values -- ie: zero and four respectively.

Both breakers (or, with D4v1d, pseudo-breaker) require recursion to work properly. Luckily, with both Test Run and Scavenge in the Revised Core, the lack of Clone Chip or Levy AR Lab Access hurts less than it would have under normal circumstances.

Furthermore, you can loop the Scavenges two more times with Same Old Thing. And this is only if you need them in the first place, thanks to Inversificator making mincemeat of most defensive arrangements and letting you put big ice somewhere out of the way.

I tossed in one Biometric Spoofing for the Jinteki matchup. Without it, you actually have poor to nonexistent answers for what is likely to be a popular Obokata-Punitive Counterstrike combo. While you still effectively have to empty your hand to take the Obokata Protocol, this prevents Punitive Counterstrike from being lethal (make sure to have or draw two cards in hand afterward, at minimum).

Finally: why Daredevil? Most of everything in your deck interacts with R&D, meaning that it'll be the first server they double up defenses on. That's only to be expected. With Inversificator, however, it can also be the weakest server they have in the game. If you manage to load it up with two Vanillas, that's two credits to access. If you're running into it with a stackful of Aeneas Informants on the field, that's literally free (assuming you run into something with a trash cost, of course).

As a bonus, double-stacking on R&D also benefits Na'Not'K. So between the MWL removal, the new Sentry breaker, and the ridiculous value in Inversificator, keeping Kit out of R&D has never been more difficult. Which then becomes your call to Indexing your way to an aggressive win.

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