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swabl 518

Full credit to @ExtraC for sharing this list with me, it's pretty sick and went 3-1 at the Reading CTK.

Madani allows Avgustina to trigger on both players' turns, and Daeg accelerates Cacophony. Together they let you exert a lot of archives pressure, while Bankhar, Botulus, and Audrey efficiently get you in to whatever server you need. The Nihilist functionally acts as an Earthrise Hotel (unless the corp wants to mill even more), and Heliamphora discourages purges with hand disruption (while stealing Spin Doctors and other recursion targets).

This is likely unoptimised. Daeg might be too cute (but unmistakably impactful when it lands), Strike Fund feels weak (but you need the econ), and Cookbook might be unecessary (but kinda huge with Botulus and Audrey). But even so, this is still pretty damn good.

And aside from being remarkably strong, it also turns heads; Hosh on Madani with several viruses hosted with both Daeg and The Nihilist installed is certainly a very funny boardstate.

...well, I'm laughing.

8 comments
4 May 2025 Kikai

new noise

We dance to all the wrong songs!

We enjoy all the wrong moves!

We dance to all the wrong songs.

4 May 2025 DungeonMxter

Honestly this deck looks really cool, I might have to give it a go at some point

4 May 2025 pouchoflavender

hell yeah

5 May 2025 Diogene

The Cat is there! AWESOME!

Any chance Time Bomb could fit in there?

5 May 2025 swabl

@Diogene It's not impossible, but I suspect not. There are other cards you'd look to include first to smooth out the core gameplan (Paladin Poemu, for example), and if you want a big sabotage burst you'd probably prefer Chastushka

7 May 2025 SeaRose

Such a fun looking list! Have you tried it with Ryō? Or do you need the card draw off Hosh?

8 May 2025 swabl

@SeaRose Haven't tried with Ryo, it might work but Hosh's draw and econ does feel really valuable here

But then, the extra influence might help out in other ways. It's probably worth experimenting with!

8 May 2025 bendawgak

very cool list! might give it a spin and slot in a few copies of the price just to see how it feels.