Noise "V" (Melbourne Regionals 2014 winner)

how did express delivery work for you?

It's a superior replacement for Quality Time for the way I like to play. My deck is consistent enough that if I am looking for a specific answer, I can usually find it with Express Delivery. The other problem with QT is that I was never very happy to use it unless I was still able to play a Sure Gamble after using it (i.e. have 8 or more credits) and I had to use it on the first click of a turn in order not to waste cards.

Congrats on the win Phil!

Thanks!

Love it, will be building it.

Just wanted to say congrats on the win Phil! The final game of the day was absolutely amazing - so much respect on how patient you were in making your move.

Thanks for the support! I'm really looking forward to seeing the video.

Solid simple Noise. I really like it. I've been messing around with giimickier Noise decks, maybe I need to pair it back. And stop being afraid of Crypsis. Please post the video if it ever goes up, I'd love to see exactly how you ran this.

Yes, I'm looking forward to the videos myself. I think there's going to be a series of commentated videos for the tournament.

Crypsis is great. Think about how much of a headache it is when you are facing one as corp during the early-mid game. It also saves memory for more viruses and you don't need to waste time or deck space finding your rig.

Def. did not expect so many datasuckers and no Mimic/Yog. Interesting build, when I'm getting out of my current Shaper-trend I'll try this one out.

It's a one cost virus mill that gives you a pseudo-credit every run. Has to go in x3!

I'm noticing no Plascrete, had any trouble against scorch? or is that a meta call?

Lot's of scorched being played in our meta. I have only lost to scorched once in a tournament and it was to an Accelerated Diagnostics combo deck. You have to play this deck aggressively, and I think having Plascrete in my deck puts me in the wrong mindset. It's easier than you think to counter Scorched either by keeping a lot of credits, using Imp or just winning before they draw what they need.

Just a silly question from a noob that does not know how to play anarchs. Why are there no copies of Djinn? In addition to the extra space, isn't virus tutoring great for this kind of decks?

Djinn slows you down, and you don't really need the tutoring because you have 3 copies of each virus + express delivery if you really need something. And you don't need the memory from Djinn because your only breakers are Knight and Crypsis, so you'll have plenty of free mu for viruses.

Yes. Essentially, Djinn is too slow and too expensive. A credit and a click is a lot. Even worse, it gives the corp too much of an opportunity to prepare - virus installations with Noise tend to be high impact plays made better with the element of surprise.

Also, I found that when I used to include Djinn, I would always be tempted to hold on to my Datasuckers until I could find a Djinn to host them. This was terrible play.

Just wanted to say - this deck really is a beauty. I have been playing your earlier Noise "V" variant extensively, subbing Test Runs for SMCs and with a single Nerve Agent in place of one of the Mediums, and it has put in serious work. Have only given this updated deck a few goes, but it's been faring beautifully thus far. Definitely takes a while to truly acclimate to the required playstyle balancing early aggression and mid-game control, but it's pretty fearsome if executed properly. Once again, all the props.

Hey, thanks. I'm glad other people are having success. I wish more people would try this type of Anarch deck as it goes against most accepted thinking around the game at the moment.

how does this deck handle the NBN Fast Track FA? can you keep up with their speed?

It is tricky. You have to try to get Medium out as fast as you can and simply milling cards is actually very useful. This deck is even more aggressive when you know that you cannot be flatlined.

A surprise Stimhack is quite good if they are trying to sneak an agenda out on a remote without fast advancing - often the corp will think you can't get in purely because you are Anarch.

Low cost ice can be parasited. One of the matches I played in top 8 was a good example of how to play against TWIY Fastrobiotics - hopefully we will get the videos soon.

I've now played this a few times, and this is right up there with AoA style anarch for me. This is definitely more of the classic Anarch style of hit 'em where they're weak. I would love to have more options against HQ multi access than legwork, but I wouldn't use NA, or HQI, so I suppose Legwork is the way to go. I also can't think of much else I'd rather run for the 2 inf.

While playing this it hit me that there is probably a Whizzard/Reina Roja build somewhere in here instead of using the 'luck an agenda' you would use keyhole with caissa and fixed breakers to make multiple runs with keyhole and tear up R&D, keeping the econ and event framework. Something like -1 legwork +1 lucky find

-3 grimoire -3 datasucker -3 imp -3 medium -3 crypsis +3 keyhole +2 rook +2 mimic +2 yog +3 bishop +3 deep red or something.

Yes, I think you're right. I think a lot of people have moved away from the style of play this deck requires. It's very much in the spirit of pre-Workshop era Noise. There's no immediate way of winning the economic battle and you don't have answers for everything all the time.

I found card draw a problem, especially against Jinteki. Replacing a card in hand with one of four wasn't good enough for a click. What I'm trying is flipping the influence. Exchanging Lucky Find (2inf money) for Easy Mark (1inf money), and Express Delivery (1inf card draw?) for Diesel (2inf card draw). Otherwise, it's very much the style of Anarch I like to play.

Sure. I guess I'm not using Express Delivery for card draw. I use it mostly when I'm in need of burst econ and occasionally when I need a virus. You are right, a click for a card is not great but I can't see any way of improving it without significantly weakening the deck. Diesel is just too much influence for me.

Congrats on building this deck. I always thought that Noise have the strongest ID ability but most of the deck that was put together (even the previous version you put a link to) wasn't able to get out enough of him. Only powerful virus 3x, a LOT of econ and a really great tutor that I never realize its potential before I saw it in your deck. Noise needed to stop clicking for 1 credits. I'm sure that after trying Noise V a couple times many people will put their Andromeda deck aside and bring this one at their next tournament.

I've got to ask, how do you beat Personal Evolution "80% of my deck does net damage" decks? I've been running a similar style for Noose for a while, and can't figure out how to consistently beat them without swapping Medium for Keyhole.

Broadly speaking, my strategy for beating that type of deck with any runner is to draw cards and run, not caring too much about installing anything until I need it. There is enough redundancy in this deck that if you really need a breaker in the late game then you can probably rescue it.

Why Liberated Account over Daily Casts? The deck is quite click intensive when you want to do something (Kati, Crypsis, Knight and installs), so I'm curious why you made this choice.

Liberated Account is for burst economy - often unloading most of it in one turn. I did used to play Daily Casts but found that the tempo loss of spending 3 credits and subsequent drip took too much pressure off the corp and gave too much of a scoring window.

Personally, I've found the 6 credit cost prohibitive. I am usually operating with only a few credits at a time, so Katie and Sure Gamble are my burst (and your Lucky Finds - which are Easy Marks in my deck). I run Armitage Codebusting instead as a cheap reliable trickle, giving me the credits to install a virus or pay for a cheap run so I can keep pressure on while waiting for a burst of cash. It could just be my play style though. I may play a bit more aggressively though, I can't wait to save up 6 credits when there are weak points to exploit.

It's probably a difference in play style. I am very aggressive at the start and end of the game but in the middle I like to float at around 10 credits to keep tempo and be a constant threat to the corp.

Have you tried PPVP in Noise? You don't get the Kate discount but you have a comparable number of events and draw cards pretty aggressively that the payoff should still be pretty good across the length of a game.

I haven't tried Pre-paid Voice Pad but I can think of a lot of reasons why it would not improve my game.

1. I don't like cards that I must draw early to get use out of. There is not a single card in my deck that MUST be drawn early for me to play well.

2. I would be forced to take out economy cards to make room for PPVP and I honestly think that every single one currently in my deck is going to make me more money short or long term. In fact, I think Daily Casts would be even better than PPVP and that didn't make the cut.

3. I know I will never be happy about installing a PPVP due to the tempo hit.

4. I don't want the game to be lengthy.

5. I think Kate's 1 credit install discount is actually what makes PPVP work.