Offense is the Best Defense

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Kopiok 373

I'm publishing this because I have gotten to the point where I feel I can definitively call this a "good deck". Not like, a tourney destroying deck, but a deck that can absolutely win against good players.

You want to put pressure on the runner early. Throw down agendas turn 1, dare them to steal them. If they do they now they have to deal with losing economy to removing a tag or losing opening cards to damage, setting their board state back. If they get a few early, you get an econ boost from Stock Buy-Back. Your economy is almost entirely funded by agendas. Get money for scoring Profiteering, Hostile Takeover, and Oaktown Renovation. Casting Call Oaktown on turn 1 is nuts. Put a Prisec there too. Go wild!

False Leads is your win condition. I almost always get kills from taking clicks to leave the runner floating too many tags. Hard-Hitting News into False Lead is oppressive. Only one HHN, we've got three Consulting Visits and an Archived Memories.

This deck is meant to have a one-of BOOM!, but it's not out yet, so it's not in. BOOM! Can definitely help with games where defense gets played early. Mausolus goes in for Enigma as soon as the pack is out.

This deck is fun, and stressful to play. Very careful runners with large economy can beat it (Opus presents a particular problem), but you can definitely catch people forgetting about False Leads, or going too hard early, or wasting their money going through Data Raven endlessly, or...

It's fun, try it out! Murder some people!

8 comments
15 Sep 2016 toiry

I am currently playing something similar and False lead post HHN is pure gold. I went for snares instead of casting calls for these R&D digs/punishing overly curious runners, but Casting Call might be more consistent strategy- time to give it a go. Also thanks for reminding me about stock buy back. Might be a great idea in the deck:)

Do you think Archer is a good idea with all this Bad pub? It is nice if they faceplant it unprepared, but between bad publicity and temujin I don't think it is that relevant of a tax. And the agenda for rezzing might be the one point you need for winning.

Boom! will make it fly through a roof:)

15 Sep 2016 lolpaca

Pretty similar to what I'm playing around with, but I'm considering swapping Profiteering for The Future is Now. I find the bad pub can really hurt the late game when they tend to be digging R&D every turn, and Future can be used to fetch any econ card (or better, econ agenda) you like, so while you don't quite get the insane money boost it's still a pretty good swap.

I've also got a one-of Dedication Ceremony, which I think's pretty underrated as an Argus card and enables some fun plays: Casting Call a The Future is Now, Dedication Ceremony it, score it next turn and search up a Hostile Takeover. Or it can get you a three-counter Project Atlas :)

15 Sep 2016 Kopiok

@toiry I'd had a Snare! and a News Team in the deck and I replaced them both with Casting Call. I rarely every used the lonely Snare! and, even if I had the chance to, it's kinda expensive to fire. Most of the time I win with this deck it's because I give the Runner one or two too many tags for them to deal with with the clicks they have left after False Leads. I also struggle later in the game with scoring out agendas if it gets that far. I feel that Casting Call helps cover that weakness greatly by turning that late-game vulnerability into that tag pressure needed to win.

Archer is definitely worth it. It demands an answer super early, which can get you scores, and is incredibly taxing. I don't necessarily score Profiteering every game, so bad pub isn't always an issue (and even if it is, Archer taxes out the bad pub so that the next ice can tax again) and Temujin money is high, but still finite! Goes fast when you have to remove a bunch of tags all game.

@lolpaca The Future is Now is totally a rad card, but 15 credits is so, so many credits. If you can get off a Profiteering in the early game then you are threatening HHN right out of the gate, and it's hard for the runner to catch back up. The bad pub hurts the long game, but you're trying not to get to the long game ;D. Hopefully Data Raven and/or Archer over R&D can slow them down enough to continue doing things. If there was a more potent econ card in the deck (could reliably get me 8-10 credits, and early) then I probably would use The Future is Now. Stock Buy-Back is almost that, but it's still too conditional for me.

Dedication Ceremony is cool, but I just don't have the deck slots. Heck, I'm still trying to figure out how to squeeze in a Shattered Remains!

15 Sep 2016 Waltzard

I'm surprised to see no Posted Bounty, but I guess it is the same reason that you don't use another Atlas. You are on the never advance plan all the way, no IAA trap or PB or Atlas. Makes sense. Very different from how I do Argus, but maybe better.

20 Sep 2016 phette23

Seems like Film Critic would really ruin your day, it's the sole reason I opt for Snare! over Casting Call in most Argus builds. Does the tax make it still worth it? Ever tried a Snatch and Grab or Voter Intimidation?

28 Sep 2016 BlueHg

Why Chronos Project? I almost feel like The Future is Now or ever Posted Bounty might be better in that spot. Is it just because of errant Paperclips?

Loving the deck btw, it's super fun to play.

28 Sep 2016 Kopiok

@BlueHg That's pretty much the main reason. Sometimes you can really get ids that rely on recursion with it, like Faust Whizzard and some Shapers. Posted Bounty might actually be pretty solid, definitely worth trying.

15 Dec 2016 PowerBunz

I took a modified version of this to 1st place in a Store Champ recently. Very enjoyable stuff. Only dropped one game, most wins were thanks to Data Raven on R&D and being at 6 points, then Scorching after panicked runs.

-1 Jackson, -1 Consulting Visit, -1 Stock Buy Back, -1 Zealous Judge

+1 BOOM!, +1 Best Defense, +1 Closed Accounts, +1 Preemptive action.