Ben Ni HB Deckbuilding Challenge - Surat ICE Factory

CallMeDutch 300

Like Ben's suggestion in his video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dc-FDJKy1s) I went with the power NEXT ICE to synergise with the ability of rezzing ICE.

However, the Quorum meta poses an immediate problem to this architype in the form of Sifr + Parasite combo. To combat this threat I am including 2 Magnets to combo with Surat’s ability and pull Parasites off ice before Sifr can erase them. By the mid to late game, once all parasites are in the Heap I can use Ark Lockdown to prevent the runner from recurring them endlessly.

Marcus Batty seems an obvious choice for the deck for 4 reasons; a) His 0 cost to rez provides an excellent credit free trigger to Surat. b) With the power to rez ICE with Surat, this fixes his weakness to Blackmail/DDOS. c) Powerful synergies with NEXT Gold and Ichi 1.0 allow you to simply win the game off a well-timed subroutine fire. d) With the recent addition of Friends in High Places to HB he once you see him he can be recurred very reliably.

Unfortunately, I could only fit 1 Biotic Labour, which is less than I would like (preferably 2x or 3x). Perhaps it would be better to cut the Ash for more Biotics to give the deck a bit more speed, however I have included Ash to give extra opportunities for Surat to trigger, plus with the Surat discount we can rez it for free.

3 comments
4 Feb 2017 Pinkwarrior

With Marcus Batty in the deck have you thought about using Lab Dog/Taurus or even Enforcer 1.0 to deal with Şifr mid run by blowing it away as they approach?

5 Feb 2017 CallMeDutch

@PinkwarriorMight be worth it, also Zed 2.0 will be coming out in the next cycle which has 2 trash 1 hardware subs. Lab Dog is the best one but Sifr decks are running other hardware like Clone Chip. Not sure Taurus is worth the Influence and Enforcer would be very hard to rez.

5 Feb 2017 Pinkwarrior

@CallMeDutch Yeah Zed 2 would be good I think Lab Dog is probably the best bet also & still worth while hitting a Clone Chip is likely going to save you ICE that turn and with Surat City Grid it could mean that the Dog isn't even the ICE their about to hit so could do serious damage if its a fairchild or even a Macrophage. Maybe it's a bad idea but worth exploring i feel.