Na'Not'Smoke After All!

Screw the stealth. This Kit deck goes in loud.

I know, I know: "Kit deck? Your ID is Smoke!" and yes I know: "But Smoke is good at stealth, she's even got the credit for it and you didn't have the decency to put one lousy stealth card in here!" I guess the only explanation is that my name used to be Ele Scovack when I realized everything I knew was a lie.

A little about my résumé: I was a steadfast Rielle "Kit" Peddler player for nearly two years straight, and as good as Kit is, the one thing you learn about her is that she's a contradiction. Her ID ranks among the single best early-game abilities in all of Netrunner (except for Andy, but - see ya), but her 10 influence and 45 cards make it one of the hardest abilities to actually leverage. Enter our tattooed wonder.

Smoke has 5 more influence and 5 fewer cards than Kit, which lets us kick on the gas and start pressuring, and her one recurring "stealth" credit enables a sort-of lateral complement to the same kind of early aggression Kit wants to be putting on anyway (seriously though, just don't forget to use it. It'll slip your mind since this isn't a stealth deck).

Card choices are fairly self-explanatory, there's nothing too bold in that department. You could tweak the numbers, maybe dropping Daredevil to 2, or upping SMC to 3, but this is the list I've gotten comfortable with. The only thing that needs saying is that this deck unequivocally works even when you don't see Rebirth. I promise.

Give it a try - and Smoke 'em good.