Sunny the frog

So, i tried and played some sunny decks published here on netrunner . They basically all had the same issue, SHE IS SO DAMN SLOW!

These days, the corp pressures the runner with fast advance, asset spams or both . With quick , powerful and fast set up combos like Breaking News / 24/7 News Cycle combo, or Rig shooters via Keegan Lane or Marcus Batty . She struggles with early unbreakable glaciers with a mix of all those tricks or to a simple bursty butcher shop where sunny can't keep up with her drip econ.

One word to Data Folding : I Really want to like this card, and i tried it. But it's a trap. It takes at least 9 corp turns when you set it up in turn 1 to be 5 credits up , which would be a slow Daily Cast.

Remember that every speed you give away, the corp's clicks gain in effiency. Thats why Dirty Laundry , Modded or Career Fair are such great cards because they give you +3 credits and a click or a run!

So lets say it needs to be 12 turns to be of same value than bursty econs, that is 13 corp turns! Now, you need to realize that you dont always draw it turn 1, and our 2 other copies will most likely often come up midgame or even lategame, where it is a total dead draw. If you set it up 6 turns before game is finished, why did you even install it then?

It also comes with a handycap, in Sunny's case she needs supportive programms to her breakers like Datasucker , Multithreader or Medium/ Nerve Agent. Once you got 3 of them , you need extra MU and here we come to the next trap :

Extra MU slows her down even more, let alone her console. You play NEH, manage to finally install that thing, congratulations. Hang on, Maybe you should look up and check if your opponent is still there and did not score out already 10 minutes before.

So i really tried many versions of her i saw on here, and in no way she is competitive in any way vs strong corp decks that way.

My build is not complete, and it has leaks. It is weak to a lot of things, but so is every runner deck. Some more , some less. But the Sunny i knew before was weak to almost all of them, unless the corp deck durdles.

I believe, Sunny need to use her extra link for aggressiveness and face-checking. That way, drip econ suddenly becomes a lot more profitable, because we slow down the corp and it's clicks become less valuable when they click for credits or cards.

So this deck is not complete, but i am certain it is the way sunny needs to go if you actually want to take her out for a tournament.

So , i am happy if we can make a Sunny deck that gambles and is fast and aggro.

To the cards:

Paige Piper : Needs to be set up as early as possible. Hostage helps for that. Also

Street Peddler: Just an awesome 1 influence card: not much to say. Sunny loves it. It connects your deck.

Underworld Contract is actually questionable due to mentioned reasons before, but it's 1 less money, which actually makes quite a difference and it has no handycap that comes with it. New Angeles City Hall and Film Critic : Could be replayed with 3 Plascrete Carapace. But this combo together has really tons of uses and is very safe to a lot of corp tricks. Film critic is also useful alone.

Sacrificial Construct. Well programm destroying is a thing, and we want to cycle through our deck very quick, and a late game Marcus or Keegan , not what we want to see. But i am down for skipping it and making her even more gamblier and faster.

Jak Sinclair : Cheap and no influence in Sunny, and quite usable vs many common ID's.

Scrubber to hold off nasty asset eco til we get a foothold.

Quality time is cheap in influence , and we need draw. Paige Piper could be enough with Symmetrical Visage but a little inconsistent. Can swap it with a Fancy and gamblier John Masanori or a solid Earthrise Hotel and use influence for sth else.

Datasucker is just awesome with our breakers, cheap cheap cheap and great.

Medium for Multi Access, can swap with Interfaces though. but i find Medium for just 1 more influence stronger.

There comes a time in Sunny decks where we dont have options . Influence is gone and we use tried and tested neutral cards . I think Kati Jones is great with Paige Piper and so is Symmetrical Visage. Daily Cast is first to cut, maybe with an Armitadge Codebusting?

Help Sunny to become playable because still setting up your rig when corp is at Matchpoint is just not much fun.