Qimpossible 1st Place Petrie's Family Games SC

Had the privilege of losing to this deck twice at this tournament, once in Swiss and once in elimination. The money becomes too much to keep up with, even as Blue Sun Jacksoning used Restructures back into R&D and getting the occasional successful Oversight (tough versus Quetzal with E3 and Knights, though). Even a scored High-Risk Investment couldn't save me, in the end.

They were really fun games though and I can't wait to butt heads again.

Awesome freaking deck! I love it! Gratz on the win!

Any particular reason you didn't run any of the Shards with that spare influence? I know you were running Utopia out of Leela for a while. =)

Nice, I tried to make an Overmind Quetzal deck with 3 Memstrips as well. I found it was too slow and too poor to afford to run often enough with Overmind, but this list looks like it solved a lot of those problems. Congrats on the win!

@torien7 the econ wars against Blue Sun were hilarious and awesome. GG's!

@CJFM thanks bud!

@CrimsonWraith No particular reason other than deck slots. My current revision swapped out a Data Folding for a Rachel Beckman and she's been putting in a lot of work.

@NicoleyMoley Thanks! Overmind + Deep Red + E3 + Knight are all just so perfect for each other!

Tournament report: boardgamegeek.com

Nice deck! May I suggest -1 Deep Red, +1 Memstrip?

Will you be adding clot to this deck?

Super cool to see this! I ran a Supplier Andy deck and it could get set up super quick.

How was the early game for you? I can imagine it being a bit of a hassle to get everything set up without a Supplier opening hand (though obviously it seems you did all right. Trying to see how you played the deck in such a way that you could overcome a likely scenario like this).

@7Tigers It's been considered. I'm a fan of reducing redundancy when possible, but any game where I draw the Memstrips before either Deep Red would make me sad. The sudden strike of Knight going from grip to ICE in a click is incredibly valuable.

@hookgrip I'll let the meta dictate that. I'm hoping that the existence of Clot will drive down frequency of the AstroBiotics style and that I wouldn't need to include it.

@skydivingninja Early game without Supplier is fine. Without Supplier, I pay a little more up front, but all those abilities start working one turn sooner. Supplier actually delays each card by a turn, but saves money. So when I don't get him on the mulligan, I don't sweat it. Any single econ card plus Overmind or Knight is important to threaten the early game remote.

Why no d4vid since it's in faction and an awesome card? And I would swap out a mimic for a femme fatale to bypass tollbooths and such, also since u have a spare influence.

@Butters d4v1d is a great card to pair with E3. In my particular case, I couldn't find room for more than 1 and figured I'd never see it when I need it. My approach to most problems I expected to encounter was to throw more money at the problem. In this case, an Overmind with a huge bankroll is functionally equivalent to a d4v1d.

@Dydra MU and by extension Overmind counters have not yet been a barrier (yuk yuk) to this deck's success. Uninstall is a good fit, but it takes 2 clicks to refresh an Overmind in this way, whereas the Clone Chip can bring out a Knight or Overmind at instant speed. Very valuable mid-run and to catch corps off guard.

I think your calculations are misleading. The Supplier saves you 12 credits at the most. Deep Mind (1), e3 (2), 13 resources (15), and its install cost reduces profit to 12.

You still use a click to attach the card to TS, so you really save 1 hard credit where that click could potentially serve you in other ways.

Its a decent econ card, I just think you are advertising it incorrectly. Great deck; might be what I've been looking for in order to try Quetzal.

And the fact that three of your econ / tempo cards are delayed by The Supplier (I mean Data Folding, Daily Casts and Earthrise Hotel) is unfortunate. I try to run TS with immediate-use cards like ProfCon. Liberated and Kati are good examples. Did you consider Cyberfeeder for the slight discount / recurring cred?

And what happens when Knights are installed over and Overmind is empty? 1 Clone Chip is hardly safe. :/ I might try a virus-focused version of this. Darwin, anyone?

@Lynx Kuroneko the click to host the card is the same as clicking to install. It doesn't reduce the savings of Supplier. I did not factor in the cost of Supplier, you're right, so total money possibly saved in a Supplier-first game is 28c.

I did not consider Cyberfeeder. It is very similar to Data Folding as a 1c per turn, but in this deck there a few turns where you do nothing but econ (Liberated/Kati/Day Job), and Cyberfeeder wouldn't fire on those turns.

I have not yet played a game with this deck where 3 Knights, 3 Overminds, and 1 Clone Chip was sufficient to finish the game. YMMV.

A Darwin+Cyberfeeder variant swapping out the Data Folding and an Overmind or two is something I'd like to see!

You know, I can't believe I forgot that the host click replaces the install click. Guess both my feet are in my mouth, eh? Thanks for clearing that up! Supplier's a LOT better than I originally thought and I already try to include it when I can.

Seeing the 3-of e3, console and The Supplier did inspire me to consider Paige Piper...

My current revision has -2 Supplier, -1 Data Folding, +2 Hostage, +1 Rachel Beckman. Tried to reduce redundancy of Supplier and fetch other Connections. Now the only hard redundant cards are Deep Reds, E3s and a Mimic so it feels pretty lean.

This deck screams Paige Piper to me - any thoughts on whether you'd include it?

@Admiral Hotcakes see my previous comment. With a couple tweaks I don't think Paige makes sense. Not enough redundant cards.

Paige is more for when you install the first data folding or daily casts you can fetch the other ones and host them also so you would be setup quite quickly.

@Butters Paige Pipere puts them in the heap, not your grip.

Ah my bad.

@TheRyanBurke-this deck looks amazing. Quetzal is one of my favorite Runners, and seeing this new twist on her is very refreshing.

I have a couple of questions for you in regards to running the deck.

1. What is an optimal opening hand?
2. Is there anything you mulligan for?
3. Why run 2x Knifed? Is it because it pairs so well with Quetzal, or something else?

@onibaku06 optimal opening hand: Supplier, Deep Red, E3, Knight, econ

I will generally mulligan if there's no econ or missing Supplier. Most hands aren't terrible in that you have stuff you can start doing, even if it's just Supplier-less econ.

I run Knifed to alleviate the problem of stacked barriers. I'd prefer to reserve Overmind and Knight usage for code gates and sentries. It's also a nice answer to Blue Sun OAI plays. Quetzal breaks Curtain Wall for 2c when E3 is out!

OAI doesn't require Knifed as the ice is trashed after breaking it.

Derp, typing too fast and combined two thoughts. e3 and Quetzal are a great answer to the OAI play before they can bounce it. Knifed is just as good to eliminate the Hadrian/Curtain if you miss the window.

@TheRyanBurke-thanks for the answers. :-) A couple more questions.

Has 1x Kati Jones been helpful, or is just nice to have as a back up?

Do you think it's worth throwing an Imp or Nerve Agent into the mix?

This is a sweet deck! I only managed to win against it from double stacking Wraparounds on R&D and the runner being incredibly unlucky with their HQ accesses.

1x Kati seems low, but hey I guess the other 20 econ cards will pick up the slack. Liberated doesn't play well with Kati anyway.

Tollbooth and blue sun destroy this deck pretty easly :(

I love the use of the term "refactor influence". Using that from now on. Brilliant!

@onibaku06 Kati Jones is there to dump surplus clicks and help pay for asset trashing. I don't love it in this deck, but there's a need for renewable money. I'd like to have an Imp in here, but a Wanton Destruction might make more sense. My current version runs 1 Medium and 1 Nerve Agent.

@soulraiden Blue Sun and Tollbooth make it competitive ;) If they put the Tollbooth on the remote, pound R&D. If they shore up R&D, you can threaten the scoring remote while making money. Tollbooth is certainly one of the better ICE against this build, but what deck doesn't have a nemesis ICE?

I've been playing this deck with the Nerve/Medium revision. I was surprised how often I actually get them.
Pressuring R&D and HQ is so easy with this deck. Rich as hell. I'm really enjoying it. Thanks @TheRyanBurkefor sharing!

Do you think that Professional Contacts would be better than The Supplier? What about Paige Piper ? Do you think it has any role in this deck? Thank you!

@gumed85 Could be! I haven't done the math but it would be worth trying for a few games. There are certainly times where I'm clicking for cards because an Earthrise hasn't shown up yet.

I don't believe Paige Piper has a place here. Not enough cards that are redundant to justify the slots. I like having a FEW extra cards for net damage.

Ran this deck this weekend at Manchester UK regionals with the Rachel Beckman modifications. Kept 3 Datafolding -1 Daily Casts -Earthrise +1 Vamp.
Vamp did it's job in the games I needed it to, break the corp to bust their Caprice/Ash scoring server.
Don't think I ever used Rachel Beckman, mostly due to hesitance for the cost!
Tsurugi and Komainu were real balls aches when they appeared.
IHW pulled it's weight against a lightly protected R&D with Medium. Dig for 6 no fear :)

Curious to know how you'd feel about running Career Fair over the supplier and being able to have more influence free to run Clone Chips or similar?

Played a variation of this for a few months and loved it. The Supplier definitely does his work! Turing, however, just put a thumb in my eye. Dropped Knight and Deep Red for MemStrips and D4v1d . Obviously, MemStrips give more power for your Overmind than Deep Red and D4v1d let's you cut through the heavy stuff. Any thoughts?

@BinarySecond awesome to hear others using Qimpossible archetypes at regionals! I like the idea of Career Fair over Supplier. Not sure what I'd do with the extra influence.

@50ft Turing is the card that made me stop playing Qimpossible for now. Need a new approach. I like the idea of D4v1d replacing Knight, but then we might need something to help us break ICE in that 3-4 strength zone. A Turing thrown on a central becomes a whole turn for a run. Why does MemStrips provide more power for Overmind than Deep Red? Each is +3 MU.

@TheRyanBurke Though each is +3 MU, MemStrips isn't a console and therefore stackable. Get two-three memstrips out and drop an overmind for even more power counters mid-late game.

@TheRyanBurke with Turing only a strength 2 on centrals, it is prime for Parasite. For other ice 2-3 strength, you just have to pay for Overmind to bring the strength up, right? And with this econ, no prob!

Ah, yes, of course! I wonder if dropping down to 1 Mimic and replacing all the Knights with Parasite and recursion is a viable approach to terribly annoying low str ICE.

@TheRyanBurke Something like This deck is what I was thinking and completely ditching Mimic knowing that you'd have to parasite Swordsman. I also added in Imps . If I spend the money and powercounters to run and it is upgrade, I definitely want to trash it for free. Then, we just have to deal with Caprice Nisei being everywhere and needing a vamp in there... Could swap out the Imps for Clots in a fast advance meta.

Have you considered running Inject in this deck? It seems pretty great, but is the threat of milling overmind to risky?

So, what I see with this deck, is that e3 is essentially your fracter, and Mimic will take care of the majority of sentries, so the Knight/overminds are for code gates and really big sentries. With D4vid, that takes care of high strength ice and sentries mimic can't get, meaning the AI's are basically only left to be decoders....which makes me wonder why not simply replace some of them with decoders? Though I see they offer a lot of flexibility before you have everything set up.

What happens when you see a Turing?

@thunderfistSomething similar happened to me.

The deck gets locked out of servers with a Hortum advanced 3 times. Had to make a desperate Medium run on RND last turn after corp advanced twice in remote. Ended up 1 score short due to GFI. Femme Fatale is worth considering, maybe dropping an e3. Clone chip too slow if not played from hand? Haven't see much use for it, although it can be a game saver. Not sure if I would risk cutting it.

This deck has no answer to Turing. A server protected by Turing is invulnerable. It's a cool deck, though.

At the risk of pointing out the obvious... Turing did not exist at the time this deck was made and won the Regional. The deck's creator specifically mentioned more than two years ago that Turing is why he stopped playing the deck. Plenty of discussion about it in the comments that you scrolled past to type that. =)