Thump and Bash

This is my current versions of Leela. To date I'm 5-0. The minor change here is swapping out Unscheduled Maintenance in favor of Express Delivery.

UM sounds like a good idea on the surface but honestly it's not something I feel I should mulligan for vs other things in the deck, so then it becomes unpredictable and often useless. What's worse is that you often want to see someone score an agenda and the (likely) 1 ice you stopped the corp from playing won't be worthwhile. The nail in the coffin was when I realized that turn one the corp can drop 3 ice (which happened) and UM was a waste.

In place of UM comes Express Delivery, simply for more card draw, though it does have the secondary benefit of giving you a shuffle after multiple uses of Mr. Li. Digging for key pieces, or even just the first Overmind is a thing in this deck. You can afford to be patient but I'd rather use a logos pull for a 1-of if I can.

Some choices:

• Keyhole: I only have it in there for Jinteki or decks with Snare etc. Sure, it can be good in other situations, but I have other tools I push first otherwise.

• Sneakdoor: Also not a primary card. I like leaving it as a surprise for late game HQ attacks.

• Inside Job: After trying Feint I came to the conclusion that IJ is just superior all around. Early game you pass single ice, or at least one of two. Late game you bypass that 1st of 4 to save the cash. Feint is only good for triggering Shutdown, which is not good enough. Every access has to count.

• Overmind & Grappling Hook: So, I'm sure anyone who looks at this list will be skeptical that this can work. When H&P came out I proved the concept using Tenma (look at my 10 Stone Clone deck). Speed and versatility is the key. Of course, you'll be picking your spots more late game, but the Chips to bring back a Hook or OM comboed with Inside Job can result in a crazy run. My last game was just that, using Indexing followed by that combo, the second run saw the server 4 ice deep after letting Architect resolve. it was a 15 credit run, so like I said, timing is key.

-Crescentus: It's the only card I'm thinking of dropping. I've only used it a couple of times, it uses precious MU, and I'm not going to recur it.

I've played against Jinteki, HB Glacier, NBN FA and Nuke, and Blue Sun. So far no play style is unbeatable for me.

Thanks for reading and I welcome any comments.