Rabbit Season

greyfield 3915

(Get it? Because you catch rabbits in a snare... oh, never mind.)

It may look weird, but this deck has proven to be fantastic. Think of this as an NEH deck between the classic poles of Butcher Shop and Astrobiotics - rather than trying to win through raw speed or killing power, it punishes the runner either for overeager running or wasting money/tempo on cautious play.

Snare! has been great, especially in punishing Whizzard decks who assume they have free rein in your remotes. But the MVP has definitely been Closed Accounts. Unlike the fragile kill combos, Closed Accounts is easy to set up off a Breaking News hidden behind a single piece of ice, while often proving almost as devastating to certain runners. And since you're less dependent on tags for securing your win (though the deck plays a single Scorched for much the same reason many builds of Personal Evolution do), you have more influence for frustrating ice like Cortex Lock and Architect.

I definitely recommend trying this type of build out if you, like me, dislike Biotics and/or are burned out on Butcher Shop's frequent singlemindedness.

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