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alientoyshop 863

How many agendas is enough agendas?

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17.


This deck has one goal, and one goal only. Tag 'em and bag 'em. It was a champ with a 6-0 record on the day.

The deck was born from the idea that almost nothing can survive 3 Scorched Earth. Everything included points towards making that happen.

PRO TIPS FOR PLAYING THE DECK:

  • You will never score out. Ever. Don't waste money trying to get to 7 points.
  • Salem's Hospitality is part of your potential kill combo
  • Don't trash most resources. Trashing Wyldside might seem like a good idea, but you actually want the runner to draw cards. Since your ice suite is garbage, they won't install breakers they don't need. If they have two of the same card and you can name it, you can win with Salem's Hospitality and one less Scorch than usual.
  • Dig. Dig dig dig dig dig dig dig.
  • Mulligan for Midseason Replacements
  • Don't forget 24/7 has more targets than just Breaking News

It takes a bit of practice, but you'll be flatlining runners in no time.

21 comments
5 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

Ah whoops, the False Lead was actually an Award Bait, but whatevs.

5 Jun 2016 VixinXiviir

What do you typically do to try and figure out the correct Salem target? Do you just throw a guess out into the blue so you can see your hand and then use a second one to get what you want?

5 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@VixinXiviir If I have 2 Salem's, sure I'll do that. Otherwise you just gotta take a look at their discard and figure out what they might be holding. If you land tags early, resources might build up in hand. In Round 1 I saw a d4v1d early against Noise. Then I got him in tag hell and let him keep Wyldside. Salem's for 2 d4v1ds and Scorch ftw.

6 Jun 2016 Bestialterata

Against Siphon? You just salem it?

6 Jun 2016 RedV

@alientoyshop Am I right in saying that the only other good target for 24/7 news cycle is The Future is Now? Using it on Profiteering is just a troll move isn't it as you would only get the 3 bad pub part of the deal?

6 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@Bestialterata If at all possible yes. And ice HQ if you've got it. You just have to pretend you're a real corp for long enough. Special Offer can also soften the blow on an Account Siphon a great deal. In my first game in top 8, I was up against Andy, and I did Localized Product Line for 3 Sweeps Week. That'll help!

6 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@RedV I'm fairly sure you can do Profiteering?

6 Jun 2016 Sanjay

This ICE suite is gorgeous.

6 Jun 2016 yokaze

@alientoyshop Any problems with Employee Strike?

6 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@yokaze Never saw it! Also barely ever saw it in testing. I kept it in mind when overdumping in archives, but mostly I didn't worry about it. Scoring a Breaking News or 15 Minutes out of hand was my answer to it I guess.

6 Jun 2016 Saan

@RedV Eh, who cares about Bad Pub when the runner gets through basically all the ICE for free anyhow, and the only thing for them to trash are the 3 Jacksons.

7 Jun 2016 tomdidiot

No SEA Source to deal with a pesky film critic?

7 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@tomdidiot I tried it and didn't use it much, so I switched it to a second 24/7 (which won me several games).

7 Jun 2016 LeonardQuirm

Is this a deck where it would be worth going down to 45 cards? If you can find 4 cards you don't consider necessary, you could find the cards you want (i.e. Midseasons, Scorch) faster. With Haarpischord's ability, the fact the agenda density is slightly higher isn't a big deal.

7 Jun 2016 Bestialterata

What about 2 targeted marketing instead of 2 restructure? Salem - easily guess what the runner wants to play - gain 10 - and you have a current to play against strike...

7 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@LeonardQuirm Great question! It's entirely possible, certainly worth testing. The Pop-up Windows were probably the weakest link, other than that I don't know what I'd cut.

7 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@Bestialterata It certainly crossed my mind, especially with the possible synergy with Salem's. My concern was that 17 agendas probably doesn't combo so hot with currents. Never tested it though!

9 Jun 2016 Bestialterata

Played it yesterday against Kate and Reina siphon...first game he didn't see film critic and was scorched turn 3, second and third game carapace and film critic ruined my day. Against Reina I salem'd his first siphon but wasn't able to trash his 3 Same old and got siphoned before I could do anything and lost one agenda a turn. Plus he had a carapace. So, I made some changes to the deck and got it ready to test next time. My friend who plays Reina helped me. Basically if they see a carapace and you got no money you can't midseason them and you can't scorch 3 times. If they see film critic you lose 2 agenda a turn. I'm trying these changes: -3 anonymous tip +3 sensie actors union -1 midseasons +1 snatch and grab -2 TGTBT -2 award bait +2 psychographics +2 project beale -2 restructure +2 targeted marketing. TL:DR if you can't scorch them, just score a 7 point Beale.

10 Jun 2016 Myriad

@BestialterataI agree, I was left wanting after taking this to a game night. I would have easily won had I been packing beales and psycho, but alas, I was not.

11 Jun 2016 alientoyshop

@Bestialterata @Myriad ¯_(ツ)_/¯

23 Jul 2016 Charlesworth

If I cut the Localised Product Line because of the MWL changes how much does this deck loose? Is that the correct call?