Battyshop - 1st at Derby

Nice deck! You didn't miss City Works Project?

I've not tried it in this list, so I don't know. I think both SSL and SDS are very strong agendas, and the fact they work whether scored or stolen is a big selling point for me. They can also be mistaken for NGO Fronts and vice versa - I don't know whether I want to give up all of that just to have an agenda that's sometimes easier to push through. I've seen City Works used in 8 agenda Blue Sun, so it's probably just personal preference.

1. Wouldn't Tithonium be better than Chiyashi here? Then you could also include two Daily Quests.

2. Sometimes I don't draw an Agenda when I want to rush or have a scoring window. What do you do in this situation?

3. Would you consider Digital Rights Management to help in situations described in 2? What would you cut for it? Marcus Batty or Chiyashi/Daily Quest?

4. Do you have any general advice on strategy with the deck.

Thank you, your help is appreciated.

I'll do my best!

On 1. Tithonium has excellent synergy with Batty, but makes for a worse Building Blocks target, which is the biggest reason you're playing huge ice in the first place. Using Building Blocks on Tithonium is feasible, but only really gives you as much value as Hedge Fund, using it on Chiyashi gives you a better deal. Also, Tithonium is great if it fires but not a very taxing presence otherwise, whereas Chyiashi is super painful to run through repeatedly.

2 / 3. It's annoying when it happens, but every deck is vulnerable to it to an extent. I think I'd cut Chiyashis before touching the Battys, but currently I'm not tempted to change the influence spread. Fast track is also an option, but this deck does not have to rush out in order to win.

On 4. General strategy, I see it as a deck with several prongs of attack. You'll get some Punitive kills, but don't have to despair if that gets turned off. Batty, Sapper and SDS Hunters provide a good rigshooting angle, but again you don't have to tunnel vision on a pure lockout - just using it to slow the runner down and open up scoring windows can be enough. When the runner runs a server with Batty in it, take a moment to consider all of your options for which sub you're trying to resolve - sometimes it's end the run, sometimes trash a program, sometimes a sneaky net damage hit, especially if they're Stimhacking. I was guilty of not doing this in the Grand final, though in the end it didn't matter as I lost the psi game.

The deck can play a brisk game and score out quickly, maintaining tempo with SSL money or slowing the runner down, but don't assume you have to win inside 8 turns if the game doesn't look that way. You have a robust economy, some of the best ice in the game with Border Control and Surveyor, and 3 Marcus Batty. You can establish some absolutely ridiculous servers and win in the lategame too.

Using Afshar on the remote is fine even though it has better numbers on HQ - sometimes what you really need is a gearcheck to help early scores. You can always bounce it back and put it on HQ later if necessary, but against Shapers you might not even be icing HQ at all.

That's about all I can think of. Beyond that, just have fun I guess. Set yourself a challenge for number of loaded Leprechauns you can shoot, it's fun and pretty effective in game too. Good luck.

@RotomAppliance how about film critic have you thought about putting a under the bus in or Elizabeth mill

@RotomAppliance, do you feel like there's a need for additional taxing in current meta, in form of Scarcity of Resources or Reduced Service maybe?

Was the 1x Preemptive Action useful? Sure, you can recycle Building Blocks, Battys and probably some econ, but given it's just one copy, how important it was to your games?