Endless Rashida Machine (3rd Kansas City Regional)

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Executive Search Firm says "Click: Draw Rashida Jaheem". I built this on the basis that playing a good card a lot of times is good. The "combo" is that you can shuffle Rashida back in with museum, draw Rashida with ESF, install Rashida indefinitely. The deck functions just fine as a rush/tempo deck though, because Amani is incredible. Every single agenda gives you tons of value if you score it, and you have HHN/EOI/HPT to close games if the runner contests your assets or remote while poor.

The deck won against 419, Maxx, Val, Hayley. Lost to Adam and Val. Super short writeup of the games: Isaiah's 419 didn't get any money, so I rushed really hard and he got the news. Dan's Maxx got a good start but faceplanted into a Tithonium and I was able to keep rushing from there. Kevin's Val put Estrike, TTW, run turn 1 and got the news, but was able to clear before I could kill. It slowed him down enough that I was able to rush pretty hard, and corp town + amani trashed/bounced his board. Against Adam's Adam I had 13 points of agendas in hand on turn 4 or so. Also 3 points facedown on the table. And he got 2 points off R&D. It was a funny game, at least. Gabe's Hayley hit me with a turn 1 Doof, putting him at 8 and me at 0 with a rezzed Bankers, but eventually I stabilized (thanks rashida!) He ended up forfeiting 6 points of agendas to Shadow Net Day Job and attack my remote, but it cost him 14 to get in and I was able to give him the news or score out, I forget which. Kevin's Val again in the cut: this time he played around news, kept me poor, and I didn't draw enough installables to actually get him in news range. He still had to eat the news twice, I think? But news doesn't win games by itself. I was one turn off EOI Standoff for SSL when he stole the last 2 points he needed off R&D.

Going forward I'd put more money assets in, because bankers and rashida aren't always enough. The museums can go too; cut 3 museum 1 ice 1 oaktown or something. The ice suite is very tweakable. ESF is fine as a 2-of. I never got to play EOI, not sure if it's worth. Corp Town is amazing and can completely shut down a lot of cards you don't want to see. Amani is also amazing. Don't cut Corp Town, Amani, Team Sponsorship, or Rashida.

My runner was the same tag-me freedom from Omaha with -1 By Any Means +1 Wireless Net Pavilion. It went 4-1.

2 comments
17 Jun 2018 bluebird503

I think if your going to play search firm Mills is a strong consideration. Cool deck, nice job.

18 Jun 2018 tooplard

That's a good call. BP removal is nice vs Val or Mining Accident. Notable location targets are VBG, Citadel Sanctuary, Off-Campus Apartments, and sometimes Earthrise.