Stealth Mad Dash Loop

First of all: Can you tell I’m secretly always playing shaper?

This is a deck I’ve been playing around with to decent success since the release of Uprising. It finished 3rd out of 22 in the online GNK run by @quarkbutter. The main trick of the deck is that you can use Mantle’s recurring credit to pay for triggering Q-Loop. Combine this with the stealth rig of Afterimage, Penrose, Penumbral Toolkit, Net Mercer and Mu Safecracker and now you have a strong efficient engine that most corps can’t deal with once set up.

Geist is the popular alternative to this and most people would say Geist’s main weakness is in the early game. Being Leela slows the Corp significantly, which solves this problem and allows you to take the time you need to set up before you’re ready to go. If the Corp still goes too fast, there is tons of pressure with Boomerang, Diversion of Funds, and Penrose being a double breaker.

Also, Geist relies on Tech Trader. This deck allows you to play Mad Dash which will win you many games because it works so well with Spy Cameras and Falsified Credentials.

Cute interactions and why this deck is truly enjoyable to play:

1) Oracle May works so well with Q-Loop. Even if you didn’t run, you can use Mantle to trigger Q-Loop at the end of the corp’s turn. If you don’t want to or can’t install, you can use Oracle May to draw it and gain 2 credits.

2) Oracle May interacts with Class Act in a way that’s cheeky AF. Oracle May reveals the card, you gain 2, and then you can bottom it with Class Act and draw the next card that the Corp doesn’t know about :D

I’d love to hear people’s thoughts and feedback about the deck! Enjoy!