Connecting over some red wine

This deck is a mix of two relatively obscure strategies that work surprisingly well together. It has a different and interesting play style, and is really fun when you get it working (translation: probably not tier 1). Check it out if you're looking to mix things up! And, please chime in with any suggestions for improvement!

Strategy 1 Connections

To get the connections part of this deck online, get The Supplier out (use Hostage to find him if needed). If you get either component to the drip economy (console or contacts) put them on The Supplier. As you find yourself with extra clicks or facing hand size limitations, he is also a good place to store interfaces/chips/scrubbers. Draw until you see Off-Campus Apartment and Drug Dealer, which will start getting you cards every turn click-free. It is pretty fast to 4+ connections, at which point you can use Calling in Favors for surprise pressure.

Strategy 2 Wine and ditch

The main money source of this deck is from Au Revoir. It's reasonably hard for the corp to turn this engine off, as open remotes, open archives, or outermost sentries give you a jack out window. Usually you want to leave one ICE unrezzed (archives typically) so you can switch to Snitch if they put Barriers/Code Gates outside of every server. Jak Sinclair gives click-free credits / accesses at the start of your turn. He's worth is looking for with Hostage after some and/or Revoirs.

Face-checking with Nero is pretty safe, so, bounce between set up and running R&D/HQ to test for weaknesses. You'll either get accesses, 1+ jack-out credit (if it is a sentry), or force the corp to rez a lot of ICE. Once you see what ICE is where, Special Order lets you find solutions. The downside to this strategy is punishing barrier/code gates (see below).

Match-up strengths and weaknesses

STRENGTHS: Since you're constantly seeing cards in HQ, this deck is pretty decent against kill decks. You'll see the Corp's options/traps. You also see agendas Fast Advance decks are planning to score (which is helpful if you can get in). Asset spam is "reasonable" with Scrubbers, Political Operative, and the fact that it leaves the Revoir engine on. Slower corps are ideal.

WEAKNESSES: Of course, this deck also broadcasts pretty quickly what it is trying to do, so HB decks with cheap Code Gate and Barrier ICE can sometimes turn off Revoir before you see Snitch. NBN can be a little too fast, and has the worst ICE for this deck: Archangel. It is a straight counter to Off-Campus Apartment. Play around that card specifically with NBN (either don't run until you can beat the trace, break the ICE or don't use Off-Campus).

Weird card choices

• Trope - So, taking meat/net damage and losing a breaker is game over without recursion (or multiple copies). Clone chip is everyone's go-to, but it is 3 influence, only works once, and it doesn't work for other key pieces (Jak, R&DI) you might lose to random damage. Levy is itself vulnerable to random net damage (no same old thing), clogs your hand most of the game, costs 5 credits and always shuffles back everything (including duplicate consoles, Hostage, Special Order).

• Easy Mark - Why pick this over Sure Gamble? I think it works better in this deck, because of Drug Dealer. Drug Dealer can make it annoyingly difficult to get into Sure Gamble range. I also am very aggressive getting out The Supplier, which is an early-on 3 credit hit (4 with Hostage).

• R&D Interface - I want another one of these cards in this deck, but Influence is tight. Archives Interface also might actually be worth it over if IG continues to be so popular.

• Tri-maf Contact - this is pretty clutch if you're using Nero for a once-a-turn jack out or haven't set-up 2 Revoirs yet

• Account Siphon - gotta keep Corps honest