A deal with the Doctor (8-1 in testing)

I will confidently state that Adam has the strongest earlygame iof any runner in the game. He gets free HQ multiaccess, can break any ICE subroutine from the word GO, and gets free clickless draw. The key to Adam, in the words of Benjen, is not to avoid his Directives but to maximize them. I want to use them to maximum effect with this deck.

The idea here is to not give a shit about lategame, but instead exploit Adams absurdly powerful early- and midgame. The first few turns, Always Be Running and Neutralize All Threats will be sufficient pressure to force the corp to react, and then transition with e3, Faust, Overmind and Inside Job to keep up the pressure.

Independent Thinking is your final hail-mary to draw a veritable mass of cards, to be able to Faust into any server.

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After having played Adam, here are some useful tips:

Always Be Running is stupidly, stupidly good. Most runners will spend about preparing for a run anyway, so if you can use the time to just break instead, that's no issue.

Same Old Thing is not as strong as it first seemed. It's basically only useful to recur The Maker's Eye for glory-runs when you're nearing victory. You can't use ABR during a run with SoT, so you have to rely on your breakers alone, which is unreliable without e3. The math just doesn't work in your favour. I'd much rather splash for Déjà Vu, but influence is tight.

If the corp mulligans and ices up HQ, hammer it. Chances are there's an agenda in there, and if you can snatch it, your Brain Chips will give you value for the rest of the game.

Mulligan for Dirty Laundry, Sure Gamble and Public Sympathy. Everything else is secondary. If you get stuck at 0 credits, it's a hole that will take time to dig out of, and it will limit your earlygame pressure. Without increased handsize, your options will be limited since you don't get the draw from Safety first.

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I'm currently 8-1 on Jinteki and in real life.

Wins against Blue Sun, Titan FA, and Cybernetics Division kill, HB Foodcoats, Gagarin assetspam, Harmony Medtech glacier, Harmony Medtech Shellgame, and New Angeles Sol.

Loss against Chronos rigshooter after possibly the tightest game ever.