Shaper: Making Extra Money Supplying Genes

First thing: the name of this deck makes me thing of a perfectly viable and popular if somewhat clinical way to help pay college tuition. I don't know if that's what you were going for. That's all I'm going to say about that.

Second, seems really solid once you have your pieces in place. I worry about your ability to deliver early pressure, but with the advent of Clot and Traffic Jam you might have the space in the meta to work with this deck.

I absolutely love Study Guide with the amount of drip econ you have here. It's too bad there isn't a killer and/or a fracter that use this mechanic yet.

You might want a single Atman for so, so many reasons I don't think I need to explain.

It really hurts to have to carry two each Adjusted Chronotype and Gene Conditioning Shoppe, especially since you are packing LARLA. I think I have a man you should meet. His name is Mr. Li, and he does good work. He also frees up a slot for a Test Run or something. If you can sacrifice a Hard at Work as well, you can clone him, or take a Hostage.

Thanks for all the input!

First, the name, yes that was exactly what I was going for!

Second, my local meta isn't very in to Fast Advance in general, so I've had luck with slower Runner builds. However, obviously this needs a lot of pieces to fit into place before it starts taking off. Both Hostage and Mr. Li would definitely help get things out faster, but I don't have the influence for both unless I drop a Supplier and I don't think that's a good idea. I want both Hard at Works because I can have both out at once with Gene Conditioning Shop. Also, Mr. Li has a bit of an anti-synergy with Symmetrical Visage since they're both draw effects.

Atman is a no-brainer. I had one in and ended up cutting it, but I definitely think you're right and it deserves a spot.

Overall: -1 Adjusted Chronotype, -1 Gene Conditioning Shoppe, -1 Symmetrical Visage

+1 Hostage, +1 Atman, +1 Test Run

It's a hard call but I like Mr. Li better than Symmetrical Visage in this deck because it will give you a little more precision in your play. With the amount of resources you want installed you really don't want to waste clicks drawing out your hardware and events when you don't need them. Mr. Li basically lets you "save them for later" while Symmetrical Visage lets you gain a when you are forced to draw as an action.

Test Run and other cards that shuffle have arguably interesting synergy with Mr. Li as well; they effectively act as a reset when you decide it's time to get at those cards you've been stashing at the bottom of your deck.

What you are sacrificing by going to Mr. Li over Symmetrical Visage is the 1 a turn, 2 if you have Gene Conditioning Shoppe down and you want two cards and have 2 to spare. You've already got a ton of drip econ; what you really want is to be able to get it into play as fast as possible.

You might look at getting rid of Corroder for the influence. It's great to be sure but Shaper has plenty of decent breakers. Snowball is better than most give it credit for, and Battering Ram is a titan if you are running enough . Inti is the only fracter I wouldn't recommend, as you aren't running anything that boosts strength. Hell, you could even run another Cerberus "Lady" H1. You've got Clone Chips.

It wasn't clear in my original post, but I think the name is hilarious.

Also it doesn't have a slot in this deck (slow roll over rush), but the upcoming Career Fair is basically Modded for resources. Looks really good on Hayley for the exact same reasons as Modded and only costs 1 influence a piece.

I see what you're saying and I agree. I'll be honest that I was using Symmetrical Visage to have more genetics cards, but Mr. Li does allow the deck to get moving faster which is what it needs.

As for the other Fracter, I'm not sure which of the three I want to include, but I figure I'll try out Snowball and see how it works. I think Battering Ram might be what I end up with though.

-1 Corroder, -1 Symmetrical Visage

+1 Mr. Li, +1 Snowball/Battering Ram