today I learn to play a glacier [startup]

Diogene 3864

Fairly simple and straightforward deck to learn about playing a Glacier deck in the Startup format.

Glacier are deck with 16 to 21 ices, which allow the player to have 3 ices on their scoring remote, R&D and HQ by turn 10 (midgame).

The ID is a source of pseudo credits, since you will be able to rez ices for much cheaper, as the runner start to run pass your bioroid ices (which account for 13 of the 16 ices). Eli 1.0 and Ravana 1.0 can be rez for zero .

The biggest trick of this deck is Ganked!. Making the runner go against an ice one more time than they intented really screw up their math. There are three cases where it bring in extra benefit.

  1. Against a Bran, it could allow you to install an ice clicklessly and maybe even end the run if the runner trigger Ganked! before the other cards. This is the least interesting.

  2. Encountering Tyr againt can let you do 2 brain damages and trash a runner card. This is huge and can really impact the runner. Pretty good.

  3. Encountering Ansel 1.0, if the runner does not have enough or , mean it will trigger entirely. Which mean that you get to trash a runner's card AND REINSTALL Ganked! from archive, which is then encountered again (from the new ruling 1.5). Then you rince and repeat until there is no more cards on the board for the runner, thus completely destroying the runner's board. This is EVIL but VERY impactful. I suggest that when you point out the ruling and force the runner to go throught this jank, you should be courteous and present this as a trick that is tough to pull off. We are all friends here :-)

Glacier

Otherwise, there is plenty of credits, with 6 agendas, 6 operations and 3 assets that bring you credits.

Of note, NEXT Activation Command is pretty good here, since it make bioroid ices not breakable by clicks, on top of being stronger and immune to Botulus and Boomerang. Inside Job still work, so beware of criminals.

Enjoy and be nice.

7 comments
14 Oct 2021 tzo

NEXT specifies that the runner can't use non-icebreaker CARDS to break subroutines. I believe that Bioroid ice can still be clicked though.

14 Oct 2021 ycarium

@tzo It is actually in the ruling for NAC that you cannot click through Bioroids. Just check the card page. :)

14 Oct 2021 webtalon

Another great deck Diogene, thanks for sharing

14 Oct 2021 tzo

Ah, the Bioroid Ice itself is a card, so it can't be used. Makes sense. Thanks!

16 Feb 2022 Telos

LOVE that you put the Ganked! Ansel 1.0 combo in here! It's hard to pull off but so satisfying when it works.

Is Predictive Planogram better than Sprint here? I feel like Sprint gives more versatility if you want to get some Vacherons out of your hand until they're ready to be scored. Seems like Bass might also pair well with this identity.

16 Feb 2022 Diogene

@Telos you are correct. Sprint help a lot in the management of you hand. I chose Predictive Planogram because it is the easiest card to use to get a burst of credits. Sometime, you need to get cards in hand quickly, the burst of 3 cards is also great. Finally, I must confess that I really like that card, especially back in october 2021 when this was published. Now, another card that could be considered could Crisium Grid. If you want to make a near impassable remote, Cayambe Grid could be considered. It would not always come in a game, but when it does, it would be quite impactful, considering the cost of passing thoses bioroid ices.

Concerning Bass CH1R180G4, I believe it would not work well with the agenda suite I chose in this deck. On that note, if I had to make the deck again, I would probably change the agenda suite to have 3x Send a Message, 3x Project Vacheron and Luminal Transubstantiation. This would free 2 card slots that could be used for Sprint. Regolith Mining License could also me an option, to allow us to get a burst of credits (I'm pretty sure Sprint would be better).

@webtalon, @tzo, @ycarium Thanks mates!

Thanks for your comments. Cheers!

8 Aug 2023 bseovse

The Bioroid Ice is, in fact, a card, rendering it useless slope.) That's logical. Thanks!