Back in Black

ila 464

I've always wanted to try Blackguard, but it just didn't seem to have the support. Rubicon Switch is exactly what I was waiting for. This little combo (with Snitch + Au Revoir support) will put on a painful lock, almost like the good old days of Reina Headlock.

Aeneas Informant is there to help against the asset spam match up and to get some credits on deep RnD digs (thanks to The Turning Wheel). One notable absentee is Aaron Marrón but I am learning to play without him since I suspect he will be on MWL level whatever soon.

Your Rebirth target is always going to be Los: Data Hijacker, that way you can get up to 5 credits when you force that Ice rez. Saker's derez ability is suprisingly useful in this deck. If you don't have time to find Rubicon Switch you can just make them rez everything and then find a barrier later on to derez, setting up your rez/derez credit drain on the corp.

The rest of the deck is all econ to get you set up as soon as possible. Landing an early Temüjin Contract is important, probably what keeps this deck in the jank range. Without that early money you will be hurting, but it's not too hard to pull off.

Give it a try! You will be surprised at how many games you win without even having a single breaker installed!

2 comments
24 Jun 2017 zmb

Consider synergies with Keros Mcintyre and Compromised Employee Whats your win condition beside keeping corp poor?

24 Jun 2017 ila

I'm considering -3 Dirty Laundry, + 1 Keros Mcintyre, +2 Aaron Marrón. Compromised Employee is nice but gaining 5-7 is enough, deck slots are too tight to make it worth it. The main win condition is getting a ton of counters on The Turning Wheel while keeping the corp too poor to pull off their win condition.