Hivemind of Glory

If you use Consume like that, there is Acacia, which is 0 inf and works for every virus counter.

No ice destruction package ? Trypano, Parasite, Chisel

Do you think Contaminate to quickstart the engine after a purge would be great ?

@Jtfq99999 Acacia is great. Here is the reasons why I did not include it (those are not exactly good reasons) :

1. I had a lot of influence to spare.
2. Consume can be triggered to get you creds in a pinch. Letting you prepare for a suspected Hard-Hitting News or Punitive Counterstrike.

But really, it is because of the first reason mentioned. Lately, I cut a Eater for one extra Knobkierie, because the later is a core piece. What could I do with the influence?

You are completely right about Contaminate. If you had 2 Virus Breeding Ground on the board, you can put back 5 counters on Hivemind without even running. That would be great to jump start the game.

Slots are tights. The core of the deck is Knobkierie + Hivemind + Aumakua + Medium.

Friday Chip could be cut. And a Datasucker could also be cut to make space for Contaminate. This is worth testing.

As for ice destruction, it is not needed. Once you get 5+ viruses on Hivemind, you can probably pass any ices for very cheap. And then, you get to force open R&D in a big way (6 cards on the first run). Once setup, the game goes much much faster for the runner.

If you test it out, tell me what you think of this. Cheers.

Fun deck :)

Have you tried/considered Gachapon to help speed up the deck? you have more than enough targets for it

@rotage that is a good idea. But what to cut. I'm testing the idea of @Jtfq99999 with Contaminate. I'll test also by replacing Contaminate by Gachapon. Since you really only need 1 of Hivemind, Aumakua and Medium, Gachapon could really speed up the process.

Thanks for the comments. Cheers!

I've tried dropping #cyberfeeder for it as its not a gachepon target although I did find myself poorer without it

@rotage I tried it, combined with jtfq99999 idea of using Contaminate. I tried to keep only one Datasucker and one Imp. I decided to cut Datasucker finally, since Contaminate can really jump start the whole thing. Gachapon has 20 targets and will thin out the deck (there are many double, so it is easy to discard cards. With Contaminate, you can use it like a kind of Day Job and use the viruses on Consume to get emergency funds.

The best thing about Gachapon is the ability to get a Rezeki early.

The good thing about Cyberfeeder is that it can be used on the jump start run, when you need to use Eater. But I think that Contaminate will help more (meaning, never discard it to Gachapon). Since glacier deck could lock you out otherwise (with 3 ices everywhere, it can become prohibitive to make even a single run to restart the viruses.

All this to say that I think that you and jtfq99999 presented very goods ideas that help the deck be more efficient.

Once you have the combo, you will be able to see much of R&D very quickly, make the end game pretty quick.

And Showing Off your viruses

@rotage and @Jtfq99999 : I'm trying to rework the deck to address the issue of speed and creds.

Here is my idea so far : No Contaminate. From the list :

-2 Consume, -2 Earthrise Hotel, -3 Cyberfeeder, -3 Datasucker.

+3 Acacia, +3 Modded, +2 Diesel, +3 Gachapon.

This resolve the creds and speed. Contaminate really jumpstart the whole thing, so I'll try to work it in. But Datasucker also help in that matter. Decisions, decisions...

I've been loving the deck so far, but since it takes me some time to set up I've been running into problems with ai-resistant ice like Hortum. Do you see any way to slot in Parasite or something similar to help with those?

@Shent : You are correct, it is a problem. Instead of Consume, you could slot in Engolo, which is certain to let you pass one ice. This deck assume that Hortum will not be advanced everywhere. Engolo would solve that problem. In-faction, Parasite would solve this. But what would you cut in the deck to make space for Parasite?

This is an intesresting question and it has to be addressed. Tell me how it went for you in your games with the different options.

Thanks.

@Diogene No consume, wow thats a big econ change, how has the deck been doing without it? I'll try your changes and see how it feels

Il_Falco here.

right now i'm trying things out with 3 smc, 3 rezeki and gachapon. Helps you get the pieces with stimhack quite fast. Also as i said in the chat, Eater should be a priority. It forces rezzes and slows the corps plan down.

Right now i'm on contaminate+Labor Rights so i can recover from a purge quite fast.