Andy in the cloud

lilelia 323

Since chrome city came out I've been trying to make an effective cloud-based deck and this is the result. I'm sort of surprised I haven't seen more cloud decks on here as testing so far indicates it's pretty strong.

Between Underworld Contacts, Kati and Sure Gamble (as well as potential for very efficient runs when you need them) you have a fairly solid economy, as long as you spend the time setting up at the start rather than running like crazy (it doesn't take all that long to set up). Creeper, Aurora and ZU back up your once only breakers, and e3 means the first two don't suck quite as much. All that memory you're barely using means you have space for some support programs, and Crescentus and ESA work nicely. ESA lets you know when you need to hammer HQ and when you can leave it be (and can give valuable info on corp strategy) and Crescentus just works wonders slowing the corp down. Bonus points for using it to turn off Wormholes (which you otherwise don't like very much).

The clone chips are supposed to be there to bring back breakers but I tend to play so conservatively that they end up used on Crescentus most of the time.

Things I may change: Between e3 and all the clone chips and not liking very high strength ice, this deck really really wants D4v1d. I'm very tempted to -1 Levy -1 Utopia Shard +1 D4v1d +1 Plascrete. I don't like playing decks that rely on recursion without Levy, but I've yet to actually use it, so it seems like a decent swap. More testing required...

2 comments
1 Jun 2015 FarCryFromHuman

I wonder if Express Delivery would be better than Special Order. In test draws you really seem to want your Access to Globalsec asap and Special Order doesn't help you there. You also have a lot of breakers so it seems less critical to be able to tutor them (one of the major strengths of the trashable breakers imo).

1 Jun 2015 lilelia

@FarCryFromHuman that's a good idea, I'll definitely try that out. I'm so used to playing 3 Special Order in criminal decks, but you're right, they're not as useful here.