Rampcoats (22 econ cards, 2nd at GNK)

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This deck has 22 economy cards. Each economy card is good in its own right, but combined, they are more than the sum of their parts. Sexy robots are the raw, baseline economy package. Use Mumba Temple to rez them for a discount. Installing them with Advanced Assembly Lines gives you more money, and makes Turtlebacks even more profitable. Then sprinkle in a few friends and your money quickly spirals out of control.

Being stupidly, absurdly rich is good and all, but it doesn't win you the game. Now, you might notice that every ice costs 8 or more to rez. And you might notice there are a couple of Sandburgs in here too. Figuring out how to win the game with a Sandburg-fortified Chiyashi+Janus+Heimdall remote is left as an exercise for the reader.

Daily Business Show is vital for agenda flood protection in a deck that can't score until the late game.

With enough big ice, money and friends, Şifr+Parasite is relegated to the "minor nuisance" category. That said, Whizzard and Valencia probably crush this deck. But thankfully I haven't ran into these IDs, and there's something inherently satisfying about having quadruple-Heimdall servers that are effortlessly rezzed.

3 comments
9 Feb 2017 Torf

Why not Lotus Field instead? Strength can't be lowered.

9 Feb 2017 thunderfist

I'd say swap 3 Heimdall 1.0 for 3 Fairchild 3.0

9 Feb 2017 InanimateLog

@Torf That's a very good idea and one I didn't think of. That said, my inner Timmy recoils in horror at the thought of including ice that only costs 5 to rez.

Rushing behind a Lotus Field would give the deck legs against Temujin Whizzard but I fear a good Whizzard player would trash my economy, leaving centrals porous and either lock me with Medium or make me lose enough tempo that they can find their answer to Lotus Field. I feel like the deck needs to be fundamentally different to be competitive against Whizzard.