My first HB deck - core only

mjortman 7

6 comments
4 Aug 2014 Pinkwarrior

I would say you need more ice and probably some barriers like wall of static & Hemidall 14 doesn't seem enough i run a HB deck with the newer stuff and find with 16 sometimes i struggle at the start with ice and i run a single server deck i wouldn't want to try it with less.

also hedge fund should be in their imo you get more money for it and it costs no influence.

4 Aug 2014 Pinkwarrior

*The hedge fund is instead of beanstalk tho if you can free up slots bith might be and idea two.

4 Aug 2014 mjortman

Yeah, I actually had been looking at how to include Hedge Fund already. I'm gearing up for my first "league" tonight, and just posted what I've done thus far (which isn't much). I thought about dropping Shipment from MirrorMorph, since money is occasionally a problem anyway. I think I may drop Aggressive Secretary (since this deck doesn't focus on that), and possibly Shipment from Kaguya (since I normally am running a single server at this point too). Dropping the 2 Kaguyas gets me 4 influence back too. So maybe drop the 4 shipment cards and 2 Aggressive Sec's for 3 Hedge Funds and 3 more Ice. Getting Heimdall out w/ an Accelerated Beta test (did once prior to taking that Ice out) is amazing, but you have to be super lucky. Wall of Static would solve the lack of barrier problem, and get me more ice. So maybe that's the way to go.

4 Aug 2014 mjortman

I'm planning on picking up C&C tonight, to swap cards with a friend who has H&P, so I imagine the deck will change pretty drastically then. But I wanted a place to shore up what I had so far, for this evening's games, and to have a place to start once I get C&C. Thanks for your tips!!!

4 Aug 2014 wswan

I've never played as the corp and had any reason ever to need a card draw, mostly because you get a free one anyway. And also, at only 1 copy, your Anonymous Tip just seems like filler.

Now I'm going to go the opposite way and tell you why a one-of is good.

Keep at least one Aggressive Secretary. It's a way of keeping the runner on her toes. Either she finds it in R&D and trashes it, forever thinking you have two more, never sees it, or runs into it not expecting at and then plays the rest of the game in fear of the other two that you don't actually have. Think about it.

And yeah, get Hedge Fund in there.

4 Aug 2014 mjortman

Definitely an interesting idea. I'll definitely consider it.

I did find a reason today for Anonymous tip - Anarch runner played Demolition Run and trashed my entire hand. Ouch. But I agree, it's probably more filler, and is taking up 1 influence I don't need to use. I'll consider moving back to Aggressive Secretary, and see how that goes.

I mentioned a bit ago too that I am getting C&C, so I expect the deck will change considerably when I get that, but I like the idea of 1 AS to scare folks off. Though i guess they can still be nervous even if they don't see it, knowing it could be out there.