[Tie for first at regionals] You Want My Agendas....ok

Ezbior 21

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Threw this deck together for regionals, I've since streamlined it much more. I think there are definitely improvements to be made, I still have 1 unused influence, and I would like another endless EULA somewhere in here.

The goal of the deck is pretty simple, let the runner steal some agendas early, preferably Hyperloop Extension and Domestic Sleepers, don't worry too much if they manage to snag an SSL Endorsement it is a bit of a downer, but the bonus cash in addition to cards like News Team and Meridian should help soften the blow a bit if the runner gets careless.

After the runner has a few agendas, this is when things start to get interesting. Remember that things like News Team, Meridian, and even Mad Dash, count as agendas for the purpose of Fast Break, Game Changer and the like. If the runner has 4 agendas, then Game Changer lets you score any agenda in your deck in one turn. If you have jeeves they only need to have 3 agendas. Also remember that Fast Break lets you install cards too, so don't be afraid to play it for the draw if you have game changer or a big agenda to score, and hope to draw the second piece. Worst comes to worst you just throw the agenda under your Giordano Memorial Field which at this point should make getting into that server very taxing (but not impossible so be careful).

News Team may seem like an odd choice considering we don't really have ways to punish the runner for having tags. Well most runner decks are running quite a few resources right now. Things like the turning wheel, gang sign, hell even sniping a daily casts or lib accounts can help stifle the runner's econ. So staying tagged is often undesirable. Even if they don't, (and if you're playing a runner without resources please stop reading thank you for your time.) they don't actually KNOW we're not running BOOM! or Closed Accounts so it's still a bit of a risk for them to stay tagged. So far I've had everyone add News Team to their score area, but even if they choose to take the tags they will usually try and remove them, giving us a nice tempo advantage, as well as making them reluctant to run archives. The only time this is truly dead is against tag me, which I have not seen a lot of recently.

So far most of my wins have been through scoring a couple 1-2 pointers early, and finishing it off with an SSL. Usually behind a Giordano Memorial Field that at that point the runner can't get into. I also find myself putting the grid on rnd a lot of the time, if the runner is getting close to winning to make it harder for them to just spam rnd to win.

 Some card inclusion decisions:

Estelle Moon: Just really nice card draw and econ, especially when we're installing a couple agendas a turn usually. We don't get to abuse her like some other decks did, but the runner usually runs her a turn or two after we install her so she just triggering him a couple times is good enough for me. Removing her to make room for Global Food Initiative is definitely a consideration though.

Nightdancer: I've really enjoyed this guy, and since we have so many 3/2 agendas, one trigger off this guy lets us score this, and if we have a jeeves and both triggers go off (unlikely but something to keep in mind) we can score an SSL.

Archived Memories: This is mostly to get back game changer if it gets trashed, but I've also used it to get back money, fast break, or even giordano.

Thanks for reading, and even though netrunner may be coming to an end,

ALWAYS

BE

RUNNING

2 comments
5 Aug 2018 Saan

How is it possible to tie for first? Was there no cut and no strength of schedule?

5 Aug 2018 Ezbior

There was strength of schedule and I lost (even though one of his wins was a mod win reee)