MaxX DLR Cheese

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This is my take on the current DLR craze that seems to be everywhere.

The general shell is much of a muchness across all of the decks, so I am going to focus on some of the different decisions I have made in this write up:

1) Why MaxX rather than Valencia? Valencia is great due to her ability to pressure remotes and in built defence against All Seeing I. The speed with which this deck can set up with the MaxX draw, Wyldside and I've Had Worse is nuts though, and I have even had an early DLR lock going by turn 3 before. 45 cards instead of 50 also makes a big difference. Getting set up more quickly really helps in the Astrobiotics match up as well.

2) But what about All Seeing I then? Well I am playing MaxX. so I want Levi anyways. I run 2, which is probably too many, but couldn't think of a better use of the influence (Maybe 3 Drug Dealer?). Also, this is where the Activist Support comes in. A little bit laboured I know, but I can ensure that the corp almost always has 1 bad pub for me to sacrifice. I am going Tag-Me anyways.

3) No Siphon? No I have gone with Vamp as my means of keeping the corp down. I didn't have the influence for Siphon as I really wanted at least 1 Levi, 3 Fall Guy and a copy of The Source to further delay FA so I can set up and get the lock on. Without The Source I find that Astrobiotics is probably the toughest match up, even with the increased agenda density.

4) Do you have enough money for Vamp? Between 3 Laundry, 2 Lucky Find and 3 Gamble I tend to be rich enough, particularly given how cheaply I can set up (WNP=1, DLR=0, Paparazzi=0, Joshua B=1 etc etc).

5) What about remote pressure? I have a full breaker suite + Faust which can deal with everything except double Turing. I would love to include a D4v1d or 2, but deckslots are tough. maybe -1 Paparazzi, -1 DLR, +2 D4v1d, but the 3 of's make my set up time so much quicker and allow me to generally set up before the corp knows what my plan is.

In terms of changes to make, I would really like to find a better use of the influence I have spent on the second Levi (I have never needed it yet) but other than that it plays pretty well.

Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome!

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