I Own the Bank

Kharn the Betrayer 224

This deck wins by the tried and true method of bait a run, tag the runner into oblivion and then grind them out with recurring scorches or push out big points with Psychographics.

There's nothing special here in terms of overall strategy, what really shines is the econ engine. This deck can churn out absolutely disgusting amounts of money in the blink of an eye. Haas alliance gives you access to Jeeves (great for sprawling, consulting visits, basic bitch clicking or surprise scoring that single 4/2 you bluffed earlier) and more importantly, product recall. Recall is a 1:8 click in this deck (or even better if you have EPs up). Sealed Vault is a big fat monster of an asset that costs nothing to rez, and the runner will never ever try to trash. More importantly, it isn't totally useless by itself - it's an incredibly effective defense against Account Siphons. On top of that, you have access to Commercial Bankers Group and Diversified Portfolio, both excellent money options for a no-ICE sprawl id. If you're set up well, you can use Clone suffrage movement to power out the vault maneuver every turn by interns/recalling it, and still have a click leftover to durdle with thanks to Jeeves.

4 comments
7 Oct 2016 Saan

The problem with asset spam decks right now, I feel, is that Temujin is a card. I used to do very well with various Gagarin decks, and now I almost auto-lose to any competent player who also has Temujin in their decks. You can still beat not-so-great players with Temujin, but if they're actually paying attention, you just usually don't have enough assets doing things for you to contest the money they're getting. It's the primary reason you don't see Hot Tubs much any more these days in competitive tournaments.

7 Oct 2016 Kharn the Betrayer

If they temujin a remote you can just recall the asset there and they're stuck with a useless contract.

7 Oct 2016 Saan

If you're recalling a Clone Suffrage after I go get 8 from Temujin, I think I'm pretty happy.

7 Oct 2016 Moonielicious

@Kharn the Betrayer You'll deny them some ammount of money that remains on the contract, but they're able to install a new Temujin, trashing the first one. (Page 11 of the core rulebook)