Too Hot to Trot!

CactusJack 117

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Another League challenge deck!

This challenge didn't actually require any special build restrictions. What it required was a special win condition: win without ICE-ing central servers.

This deck was actually inspired by another member of the league, and incidentally, was the person this deck won against for the achievement.

Here's how it won. I had Hostile Infrastructure rezzed, and Prisec on HQ. They ran HQ, and took a total of 2 net damage, and 1 meat damage. They then ran again on HQ, accessed Fetal AI, but didn't have enough credits for the steal and died to 2 more net damage.

You have 9 when encountered cards that do net damage: Chrysalis, Shi.Kyū, Snare!, Snare!, and Fetal AI - these plus the ID's ability means you get to get to pick and choose which cards to snipes, and if Hostile Infrastructure is rezzed, you get an additional 1 net damage.

The ICE is focused on protecting remote servers, hence Turing. Chrysalis gives added protection of R&D, even if not protecting it. The Future Perfect can sit in HQ till ready to score. The rest is mostly econ.

Special Report is pretty neat, and I've enjoyed using it. If you're at 4-5 cards in HQ, and don't really want to play any of them (or they're agendas not ready to score, or traps you want back in R&D), then spend 1 and shuffle HQ back in and draw 4-5 new cards.

In the end it won 2, and probably lost like 1-2 games. I hope this encourages you try the same challenge. Let me know how it goes!

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2 comments
4 Sep 2016 CactusJack

If you think this deck may need recursion, I agree! I'm thinking Preemptive Action when it's available, but IDK.

About Currents: you don't have anything that can be turned off by Rumor Mill. Prisec, Snare!, Shi.Kyū, and Shock! are all Ambushes and can't be turned off by Interdiction. This means only Hokusai Grid suffers vs Interdiction. The other currents, well, they're kinda situational, but your meta may vary. Consider replacing 1 Hedge Fund and 1 Restructure for 2 copies of a current of your choice.

11 Sep 2016 CactusJack

Took this deck to my LGS GNK League Tournament. It took me to 6th place (out of 9). No changes made prior to the event. It won once by flatlining with Philotic Entanglement.