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Shockeh 751

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Concept

If you Casting Call an NAPD Contract behind some basic Gearcheck ICE, it takes 4 clicks and 10 credits to steal a 2 point Agenda. This makes them poor, and poor Runners have houses that are easier to airstrike.

If they're nuts and take the Argus Meat (ha!), you airstrike their house.

If they run recklessly, you airstrike their house. Occasionally they enter the DAAYNGER ZOOWN.

If they're slow to play and careful, you make CA$H DOLLAR in an Elaborate Ritual then score Agendas. Then possibly airstrike their house anyway.

Basically, keep the Runner permanently having to keep one eye on their hand, Plascrete and board state so they're wasting time whilst you score Agendas. If they stop paying attention, airstrike their house.

LOOK, JUST PLAY THE DAMN SCORCHED, OKAY?

Agenda

Either aids the kill, or makes you money. Nothing clever, although Casting Call an Oaktown Renovation to obviously tell the Runner 'I am just going to mash this all day if you don't come get it' is quite fun.

Asset

Money, the sadness of 2 J-Ho due to Influence limitations, a singleton murdered Dinosaur to get rid of Plascrete, but more commonly, consoles. Snare! is a trap, but for the Corp, not the Runner. It's too much of a tempo hit to pay for, you can't flatline off of it effectively, and they'll never keep the tag anyway unless they were a Run Last Click idiot. Don't put it in Argus, yes, I know it's tempting, but don't.

Operations

Money. Money, money, money. Oh, and murder. The two things Weyland likes most.

Special mention to Housekeeping. This is a good, overlooked card, because it might take something important, but it's not likely, because they'll install the thing they really wanted first. What's most important is that it lowers their handsize to enable you to set their house on fire.

ICE

All fairly obvious. I've toyed with Ravens, and they didn't pull their weight. I don't feel like the Caduceus does either, but haven't found anything particularly worthwhile. Frankly, ICE in general as of March 2016 is a bit of a joke, as Runners circumvent them anyway between various instant installs, the plague of Faust/D4, or preventing you rezzing, so they're just speedbumps to tax the Runner x credits. Might as well just accept it.

5 comments
7 Mar 2016 Shockeh

Oh, needless to say, you have to play around the existence of Film Critic. THANKS FOR THAT LUKAS.

7 Mar 2016 Saan

13 ICE seems bonkers low.

8 Mar 2016 michaeln
8 Mar 2016 Shockeh

@Saan I'd probably agree; I tend to run low numbers anyway, but 13 is probably 1, maybe 2 too low for my taste. There's not many (with no influence free) that are affordable and justify the effort, though. Probably a Wormhole or something equally nasty.

@michaeln In the main, I found it never turned up when I wanted it, as you don't draw much. It's a really solid idea, just one I've not found justifies itself. Happy to say YMMV.

10 Mar 2016 igrekk

@Saan you can use Dedication Ceremony + Contract Killer combo from hand to deal with Film Critic @Shockeh nice list, real inspiration to me. You should definitely try Hunter, amazing piece of ice in current meta. Also i go 2 x Global Food Initiative and 1 x NAPD Contract just to score in 3 agendas.