Brahakate (work in progress)

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Dog-Juggler Kate (v1.0)
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Yhtill 54

Brahaman is one of the most interessting cards released recently... and as many other (and better) players, I am now trying to figure out how to build a deck around it. This is my current version, seems to work ok after the first test games, but probably a lot of room for improvement. I think one of the challenges is to make the deck reliable against horizontal corp strategies as well and not only against glacier. Astroblabe and Paricia are nice in this scenario, but maybe I need some more power for this matchup? Not sure. Also, lack of multiaccess for HQ hurts sometimes, may need to free up some influence to put in HQ Interface.

3 comments
14 May 2016 esutter479

I prefer Maya over Astrolabe for this setup. Personally, I could do without the Maker's Eyes and just run with the 2 RDIs. Indexings could become Eschers. There's never anything wrong with some HQ chicanery. :) Since you're running Dogs, I'd go 3x Modded instead of Laundry. Laundry isn't terrible, but for setting up and getting discounts later on, Modded will help more, IMO. I'm also wondering if MOpus would help here at all...?

14 May 2016 Yhtill

Thanks for your feedback!

  • Maya vs Astrolabe: A matter of taste, I guess. I really love the speed gain you get from Astrolabe, especially in the current Meta with lots of Asset-Spam on the corp side. I play a lot of games where I basically never need to click for cards.
  • The Maker's Eye & R&D Interface: Yes, good point, using both is a bit redundant, and the RDI is working better in this context. I will probably cut the Maker's Eye.
  • Indexing: Same, and this didn't prove terribly useful in my tests. Escher is an interessting idea... hm, I may give it a try. :)
  • Modded: My first instinct was to say that since I will bounce my programs back to the top of the stack from time to time with the Brahaman and then reinstall them to renew the dogs counters, I don't think Modded will be of too much use since I only get the discount once. But then, I only get the credits from Dirty Laundry once as well, and in contrast to Modded, it can go wrong when the run fails... hm, interessting. The credit from Dirty Laundry are more flexible because I can use them for other things then installing... but then installing is what I need most credits for... gotta think about this some more, but your suggestion sounds good.
  • Nah, I can't stand Magnum Opus, to slow IMHO. Also, in my test games so far, I didn't feel the need for more click-econ, the bursts I get from Gamble/Technical Writer and the drip from May/Scherazade usually proved to be enough. Really can't justify the install and memory cost of OM in this deck - if I should discover that I need more econ, I would prefer something smaller and faster (like Daily Casts or whatever).
15 May 2016 ANRguybrush

I like where this is going.