No Brakes Express Train v1.1

Pikeman 288

Round two of this deck, and I've made some serious changes, thanks to the suggestions I received on the last version. Less breakers total, but more variety as Mimic shows up to do a lot of the dirty work, and an extra Special Order to find them. And of course, Datasuckers--wonderful wonderful Datasuckers.

Diesel is gone in favor of I've Had Worse, as otherwise this stands almost no chance against Jinteki. One less Quality Time as well, but I think Fisk Investment Seminar can make up for at least some of the lack of draw. Feint is here as well to really punish people late game with Emergency Shutdown.

Also dropped a copy of HQ Interface as I found I never need two, and if I even play the one, it's usually for want of a Legwork. Finally, a Prepaid VoicePAD was traded in favor of a third Public Terminal, as there is one less Quality Time, and it makes economic sense overall.

While this might be ever so slightly slower early game, it packs a much bigger punch mid game. I'm sure my win rate has gone up overall, and skyrocketed when it comes to facing Jinteki. Just remember, don't play the I've Had Worse when facing them, you need it in your hand for the thousand cuts you'll receive.

Example game versus what I assume was Modern Rigshooter (to be fair, a match-up heavily slanted in my favor).

2 comments
27 Oct 2015 Bigguyforyou518

Loving the one-of Feint (it's also a really funny way to trash a rezzed Crisium Grid before an Account Siphon).

I was going to say that Power Shutdown could wreck havoc on your cheap breaker suite, but your Datasuckers and Public Terminals are probably great cock-blockers for that.

Early Bird seems better now that you have Datasuckers to benefit from it (Security Testing would be even better, but I understand your reluctance to run resources here).

28 Oct 2015 Pikeman

@Bigguyforyou518 - Yeah, there are a lot of resources I'd love to run aside from just Security Testing--John Masanori being the first that comes to mind. I did think about Same Old Thing, as you can play it and use its ability within a single turn, but the 3 for it is a heavy cost. Still, I'm considering dropping HQ Interface entirely and just taking one Same Old Thing in its place. Going to have to play around with it a bit more to see what I like.