Shape-shifter

kieranimo 1

Focus on programs and events that alter ice-types to the runner's benefit, and the ability to regain those cards from the heap.

1 comments
9 Apr 2015 FarCryFromHuman

With the amount of 's this build is going to need you might look at all the options that gain you clicks. Most are Anarch cards that cause brain damage but there's a few exceptions (Rachel Beckman, Joshua B.). You have the influence to squeeze them in. You might also trade out your Maker's Eyes for RDIs since this deck will almost always only be able to make a single run a turn. The consistent access provided by the interfaces will allow you to lock R&D; the events won't.

You also potentially gain 3 more card slots by chucking the Eyes. Same Old Thing really depreciates in value when you are only running 8 events.

Clickless and low-click econ is really important in this deck. I'd look into replacing Armitage Codebusting with something else.

Access to Globalsec and your CyberSolutions Mem Chips can be combined into Dyson Mem Chips to free up a few more spots (you mentioned before you really want the ). This has the side effect of letting you run Underworld Contacts for some clickless econ.

You have no card draw at all. I still think clickless is the way to go here, so I'm going to recommend Earthrise Hotel, but Diesel, Quality Time, and/or Game Day are solid options as well.

You have a lot of extra , which is nice because if you get all your programs early you will be able to install them, but late game it's a waste. You can look at Data Folding for even more econ, and get some more work out of your chips and console in the process.

Another use for the memory is Magnum Opus, which is click-based econ and flies in the face of everything I just said, but it is absurdly efficient. A deck that wants to run once to look at a lot of cards can also run 0 times and click for 8s.

Finally, there's a natural limitation of your deck caused by your breakers. With 4s, the deepest server you can ever run while breaking all subs is 4 ICE if the bottom 3 ICE are all NOT code gates (the first is always a code gate, 3 for Paintbrush, 1 to run). I don't think this will happen often, but a savvy (and barrier flush) corp will definitely see the paintbrush and start stacking R&D and their scoring remote.

At the end of the day, I'm saying that you might want an AI. Hell, use something fun, like Darwin. That'll really throw them off, and might even force a purge. With Cyber-Cypher and Yog.0 you will likely never use Gordian Blade, so that's what I'd look to replace with slightly more breaker diversity.