Ever since CodeMarvelous turned me on to Adam he has been my favorite runner. But when CTM hit the meta I had to put him away. Adam couldn't keep up with the tagstorm. One ASI would ruin his day. New cards and new MWL made me take another look at him.

I want to get the list ready for regionals, so comments and suggestions are definitely welcome.

Game Plan

One of the problems with Adam is he burns out in the late game. Once you run out of Overmind counters getting into servers becomes either impossible or prohibitively expensive. Changing the economic engine encouraged me to put in Levy AR Lab Access. Through careful planning, I can get another 2-3 Overminds out of the deck helping maintain pressure.

Use Neutralize All Threats to pressure HQ. Find the Truth along with Mad Dash to pressure R&D. Safety First to draw you cards. Keep the pressure up unless you think they want you tagged. If so, play it slow, build up your econ, and get setup. Then turn on the pressure.

Card Choices

Directives

Zeromus figured out the secret sauce with his Run Sometimes deck. Thanks to Find the Truth, Always Be Running belongs in the deck, not as a starting directive. If Jinteki.net ever put the starting directives in a different order I'd be screwed because I don't even read them anymore. I just click the 3 I want based on position in the window.

Econ

• Prepaid VoicePAD

  PPVP, aka Mom's Credit Card, provides the economic backbone for this build. I was finding that Temüjin Contract was getting harder to unload, mostly because of shift toward glacier. Most corps don't have a problem covering archives right now, which was my preferred server for triggering Temujin and FTT. Running turns on Hard-Hitting News, which can break Adam's back early. PPVP gives us econ without having to run as much.

• Lucky Find - PPVP's favorite card!

• Sure Gamble - PPVP's other favorite card!
• Deuces Wild - This card does a lot. 4 modes, all of them have their usages. I find I usually gain money and run.
• Dirty Laundry - Run and Money.
• System Seizure - Keeps our breaker suite from taxing us out
• Daily Casts - Turns out sometimes a bit of drip econ is not a bad thing

Card Draw

• Public Sympathy, Brain Chip - both turn on Safety First. The weirdest part about playing Adam is managing your hand to ensure you are drawing 1 or 2 cards at the end of every turn.
• Drug Dealer - pairs very well with Dr. Lovegood to keep you drawing without a downside.

Breaker Suite

• e3 Feedback Implants - our breaker suite has limited resources, so e3 helps us keep them viable longer
• Overmind - combines with Brain Chip and e3 Feedback Implants to get us just about everywhere. If Wraparound comes back to the meta it could be a problem.
• Mammon - a new comer. The plan with this breaker is to keep you getting into servers even after you run out of Overmind counters. Ideally install it over your 3rd Overmind just before you Levy. At that point the hit to your MU won't matter much but it keeps you getting access. Also, Dr. Lovegood can help you build this up over multiple turns, but that is just a neat side effect
• Always Be Running - the ultimate safety net. Turn any ice into a bioroid!

Enabler

• Dr. Lovegood - lets you play Drug Dealers and ABT, seems good. If he gets turned into an MCA Informant, DO NOT TARGET HIMSELF! You will be tagged on the corp turn, which is likely when they wanted you tagged anyway.
• Levy AR Lab Access - Get all that sweet econ back as well as your breakers!
• Same Old Thing - Reserved for Levy AR Lab Access and in cases of emergency.
• Mad Dash - combine with Find the Truth and your life gets a lot easier

Tech/Flex

• Councilman - Wondertwins are back! Councilman keeps you getting accesses and doesn't cost influence
• Hunting Grounds - Wraparound was replaced by IP Block. This lovely Apex card keeps us save from them, as well as Data Ravens, Tollbooths, Kominus, Brainstorms....
• On the Lam - My meta loves burning my house down. Helps avoid Breaking News shenanigans. Synergizes with PPVP, and unlike Aaron it can't be turned into a MCA Informant. I prefer to put it on Public Sympathy and it can't be hit by Best Defense then.
• New Angeles City Hall - See On The Lam note. Nothing gives me more fear than a never advanced breaking news. This let's me get setup without that fear. Definitely 1st card to change if you want something else.

Final Thoughts

Well that's the list. I'm having a blast playing it. I've had good results with it in our local league. Not claiming it always wins. Anything like Seidr gives it a very hard time by keeping the top of R&D changing. Tagstorm is still a problem. But it is a fun way to play Adam. The core backbone is cycling soon (PPVP, e3, Lucky Find) so I'm not sure how much longer I will have with him. But I intend to enjoy it while I can.

Side note, I don't have specific swordsman tech because that ice isn't in my meta. And him hitting once isn't the end of the world. Afterwards ABR can handle it. Hortum with counters could be an issue. Basically, any anti AI tech can cause problems. Good thing Faust is in MWL purgatory.