Just the Facts

My initial build for Val.

I don't really care for eater and the restrictions on it, and having a bunch of cards like day job, wanton, and investigative journalism that require giving up turns seemed really with each other, so I decided I wanted to try a very basic solid deck that included cards i wanted to try out with a runner i wanted to try out.

There are special orders and Earthrise Hotels to try and combat the 50 card minimum. I imagine Vigil will come in handy for that, so i want to see it as early as possible. I also included Daily Casts and together With Earthrise they are cards that give you start of turn resources, and might remove some of the hesitation i have with giving a turn to the corp using Investigative Journalism.

Blackmailing RnD with RDI was pretty much what I came up with. This is the optimum use, but I don't know how often it will be feasible. It can also get into remotes. The SoTs are primarily just for blackmailing, so whether it becomes something i do a lot, they might become something else.

HQ is the server I want to run constantly, as the reduced handsize from Itinerant Protestors means agendas in HQ are more likely to be picked up. Bad Pub also helps finance these runs.

On paper, I feel like eater + run events doesn't make full use of the things that Val is able to do, so I want to approach it from just being able to run strongly, for cheaper.

RP probably gives me enough time, but I am worried about not being able to race NEH. HQ pressure and good decisions re: when to Wanton HQ probably critical. I don't think IJ is a very good thing to use in that matchup.

We'll see! I hated throwing things in the trash with Maxx, and I hated having to have multiple card combos to get regular accesses with Eater, so I decided to try something else.