DEEP SPACE MURDER

This list is just straight up mean.

It has one win condition (MURDER), and even when the runner sees it coming, there isn’t much they can do about it.

I started a version of this with Urban Renewals, but it took away slots from some key operations and made the deck less consistent. Having 3x of Consulting Visit, Econ Warefare, HHN & HPT are really what make the deck sing. You can reliably have all the tools by turn 2 or 3 without trying.

Typically in most games, the runner will run to trash a Bankers or check an open central. This opens them up to the Econ Warefare (sometimes x2, sometimes with Consulting Visit) HHN that usually hits. In the meantime you get your Zealous Judge down (Boot Camp or Tech Startup can help) and just bury them in tags. HPT for the kill, ezpz.

What to do if the runner doesn’t run?

This is a very common strategy against people who know/assume I have HHN. Where this plan fails the runner is that it allows you to set-up your board with ice, Turtlebacks and Judges while you make a ton of money. Then even if they are rich, you rez your SIU, dump it all into the trace save 4 credits, then Judge, Judge HPT, gg.

Backup plans:

I’ve had a couple of wins where I would IAA a City Works for bait, knowing I had a Punitive in hand.

In over 60 games with this deck, I think I’ve scored 3 agendas (2 in the same game), but scoring that Hades Fragment can be pretty awesome for just getting all your stuff back. There’s plenty of ways to shuffle too.

Border Control is also pretty nice here. Jam it on HQ if you face a Criminal that wants to embezzle your kill pieces. Jam it on R&D if they are farming Turning Wheels (and then kill them). Or my favorite, is set up the double Border Control remote with Judge in it so you know it will stick after a HHN. They can’t clear 4 tags AND go thru Border Control 3 times with enough money to trash the Judge.