Frozen Central, Thawed Remotes, Flatlined Runner

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I've been toying with this deck for weeks now, and it wins far more than it loses. The idea behind the deck was "Hey, what would happen if you took all the assets that do stuff when their remotes aren't iced and tossed them into the same deck?"

Naturally, the correct HQ for testing this was RP to give them at least a little bit of quasi-protection. We've been off to the races ever since!

GOOD AGAINST

  • Anybody without significant recursion (1x Levy isn't enough to stop you)
  • Anybody without significant asset trashing resources
  • Anybody who wants to trash their own cards on purpose (cloud breakers, Faust)
  • Nexus decks
  • Almost everyone

STRUGGLES AGAINST

  • Film Critic (counter: protect your Fetals and TFPs)
  • Snitch (counter: switch to a typical RP glacier)
  • Scrubber/Slums decks (counter: make your centrals too spiky to poke)

AGENDAS
You're looking at a standard suite, really. House of Knives makes running several times a turn more daunting, while Fetal AI and The Future Perfect make anyone not running Film Critic sad even when they're scoring points. Philotic Entanglement is just there to punish the runner after you've fed them a couple AIs.

ICE
Your ice is designed to be taxing, but it does it by draining cards and clicks instead of credits. You might notice that very few of your ice actually end the run, but that's fine. You're costing them clicks and cards every time they hit your ice, and all that slicing and dicing adds up.

ECONOMY
Sundew and Commercial Bankers Group will keep the credits flowing in. Just make sure you wait to play them until you can protect them (either by icing the centrals or by having Hostile Infrastructure in play). This deck spends most of the game comfortably in the double digits for credits, which is a wonderful feeling.

HOW TO PLAY IT
Perfect start is two ice and an economy asset. Most runners won't spend their entire first turn running archives and then running your remote, especially when it could be a Snare!. If they do, they're starting the game with an econ/click disadvantage, so you win either way.

You need to dig hard for a third ice, but with Sensie Actors Union and Jackson Howard you're almost assured to have the tools you need by turn 3. At that point, you need to read the runner. Can they hit your centrals cheaply and trash your valuable assets? If so, add another layer of ice. If not, add a few more assets and let the games begin!

Your ultimate goal is to get any combination of Bio-Ethics Association, Enhanced Login Protocol, House of Knives, and Hostile Infrastructure on table.

Once you're set up, the runner will quickly find himself lacking the clicks needed to replenish their hand, run a central, AND trash your assets all in the same turn. It's brutal, effective, and deliciously Jinteki.

Good luck out there, and have fun with it. I know I am!

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