Stabby Shell Game

amnesiaphilia 100

Is this the best corp deck in Netrunner?

No.

However, this is my personal favorite take on my personal favorite Corp style to play. Nothing says FUN to me more than Celebrity Gift revealing Breached Dome, Snare!, Neural EMP, Cerebral Overwriter, and Obokata Protocol.

The deck works like this: Put pressure on the runner by actually scoring points. Disrupt their plans by making every action they take hurt them. Punish them harshly for any mistakes.

I've made a huge mistake

The spiky bits just dare runners to multi-access. Mirāju and Architect let you manipulate cards in R&D and HQ, making running on those servers even more dangerous. A Breached Dome in Archives discourages all kinds of runner shenanigans. Data Loop on the scoring server is key to making Obokata Protocol near impossible to steal. Kakugo on whatever server the runner is focusing.

I rarely install Snare! in a remote, preferring to keep it as central access punishment. I always* IAA Cerebral Overwriter in an unprotected remote, as I'm perfectly happy to let it sit there to fuel a late game Trick of Light. NGO Front always* in the scoring remote, as the look of crushing disappointment when they realize they've been baited tickles my dark little heart.

Snatch and Grab to disappear those pesky Film Critics. Enforced Curfew because you really hate Employee Strikes.

2 comments
30 Mar 2018 PyWiz

I've been trying to make a deck like this (traps + fast scoring plan) work for a while and I find the main sticking point for me is always money. Money to rez ice, advance agendas/traps, threaten traps like Snare! and Overwriter, etc. I even tried it out of Palana for a while which of course means a bit more money but no PE damage. Is this your experience as well or am I spending money I shouldn't be?

30 Mar 2018 amnesiaphilia

@PyWiz It definitely isn't as rich as a more economy-focused ID would be, but I generally feel like I have enough to operate effectively with this deck. I do have the occasional game where all the celebrity gifts are hiding deep in R&D.

I try to play around the economic game by controlling the tempo of the game. The more difficult decisions you force the runner to make, the higher chance that they'll make wrong choices that open up scoring windows for you or just flatline them.