A Bird, a DJ, and two Politicians walk into a bar...

For anyone interested, here is my take on Smoke in the new Standard, along with a couple of notes on my choices:

1. Aniccam and a plethora or good economy Events help us set up extremely fast. We no longer have access to Modded, so the best way to get our breakers out is via SMC + Overclock. To my surprise, I do not recommend VRcation – our draw is pretty amazing anyway, and having too many good cards in our grip at the end of the turn tends to be awkward.
2. As usual, Imp is our answer to most of the threats that the corp might be throwing our way and 3 Simulchips help us recur our fiendish friend like there is no tomorrow. It is also our primary weapon against assets, along with Net Mercur whose credits can replace themselves, acting as a pseudo bad pub.
3. We are still using the same breaker suite – no need to fix what ain’t broken (pun very much intended). The addition of Egret is our answer to things like Chiyashi, a triple-advanced Pharos and a Data Ward in ACME, that we can now just bypass with Afterimage. If we are short on stealth, it will also help us break Anansi or Mausolus for 4 regular credits with Paperclip. And in case the corp rezzes Magnett or just a bigger threat comes to town, we can always reposition our heron with a Simulchip.
4. Political Operative is a two of, as we do need a good answer to things like Anoetic Void / Clearinghouse / SanSan City Grid / Manegarm Skunkworks, depending on which color we play against. Having two of them gives us the comfort to also target Rashida Jaheem to deprive the corp of some tempo, or Spin Doctor, if we suspect they are in the middle of smuggling some agendas through the Archives.
5. Steve Cambridge: Master Grifter is our… I mean, DJ Fenris is our way to recur the economy and toys in mid-late game. By that time Aniccam is usually in play, so the Events we recur with our friend Steve are gaining some additional value. And we can also retrieve our Simulchips or Political Operatives if needed.

This is the best Smoke list that I was able to come up with in the current Standard and I am giving it to you forever. Use it wisely 😊

Always Be Smoking!