ReAnimate My Will To Score (2nd @ 8/24 AMT)

This deck has assets, but it is not an asset deck.

This deck plays shell games, but it is not a shell game deck.

This deck rushes, but it is not a rush deck.

This is a true-blue Fast Advance deck in the vein of old school AstroBiotics.

The Plan

"Place 2 advancement counters on a card in the root of or protecting this server. If you have not installed any cards from HQ this turn, instead place 3 advancement counters on that card. Use this ability only once per turn." - The Holo Man

It's simple.

1. Use Epiphany to install agendas and Holo Men from the top of RND or use Restore to install them from Archives

2. Click funny yellow man

3. Score

4. Repeat

It's just that easy.

Make it even easier by using a combination of Federal Fundraising, Open Forum, and Cohort Guidance Program to manipulate the top of your deck and contents of archives.

The traditional weakness of fast advancing is the associated cost. Using something like a Biotic or a Bass to fast advance an agenda costs you 3-4 credits on top of the credits spent on advancement, while rarely providing short-term benefits to offset the tempo loss. That isn't true for this deck. Provided you're getting full value, Holo's click compression 'costs' 1 extra credit compared to advancing normally (3 adv counters == 3 credits). That efficiency means FAing six of your nine two-point agendas nets you credits.

Add that to the ridiculously efficient Planogram-Rashida-YDL NBN econ base, and you've got a deck that's always threatening a score.

"Scoring Window? Is that the thing you're watching me through while I score?" - The Holo Man, probably

The Line

I'm not going to go through every line, because there are simply too many. This one is the best way to illustrate the exact kind of shenanigans we're capable of.

Scoring Stoke the Embers with No Board

Prereq: 1 Epiphany Counter, Restore, Stoke or Holo in Archives, and Stoke or Holo in top three of RND

Credits Required: 5

1. Click Epiphany, install A or B (2 clicks, 5 creds)

2. Restore, install the other one (1 click, 4 creds)

3. Get a Stoke trigger, revealing it, putting a counter on itself, and gaining 2 credits (1 click, 6 credits)

4. Rez Holo (1 click, 4 credits)

5. Click Holo, putting 3 counters on Stoke (0 clicks, 0 credits)

6. Score Stoke, gaining 3 credits and a free counter (0 clicks, 3 credits)

- t.Average Runner Experience

The Core Cards

• The Holo Man - The beating heart of the deck. Naked install him, put him behind ice to move later, discard him, leave him on top, it doesn't matter. No matter where he is he's advancing your gameplan. If the runner trashes him, they're -2 creds and you're +1 Epiphany counter. If not? You're 2 points closer to gg.

• Restore- Installing a card from archives for 1 credit means that trashing Holo doesn't slow you down, binning agendas keeps HQ clean and sets you up for next turn. Holo is the wincon, Restore is what makes it all possible. Just keep the secondary text in mind, restoring a Holo or a Stoke at the cost of removing one of them from the game can be dangerous down the line.

• Stoke the Embers - The agenda that ties it all together. When installed from RND or Archives, this card is a 3/2 that pays for its own Holo cost. +2 credits on install allows you to Holo from 2 credits, and +3 credits on score sets up the next score. I've yet to find a reliable use for the free advancement counter from the score trigger--that consideration is why I've included Mestnichestvo. I think the first person to figure out a good way to leverage that counter will take this shell to the next level.

• Cohort Guidance Program - I originally ran a single copy of this card, in favor of Marilyns and other more generic econ. That was a mistake, this card is absolutely amazing. The first mode provides passive income (remember--we only need 2 credits to score a Stoke), enables Restore without needing to overdraw, and helps draw through Fundraisings. The second mode allows you to score out a facedown Offworld without relying on Holo or enables 3+ point Beales.

• Post-Truth Dividend - I debated two of these or a Headline, and I'm convinced I made the right choice. A 2/1 gives you a path to seven points that doesn't involve overcharging a Beale or getting a fourth Holo activation, and has niche uses proc'ing Amani or Powers.

• Federal Fundraising - This card shouldn't need much explanation, especially not here. Gives you information for Epiphany, protects you from incidental RND access, and provides card advantage.

Is This Deck Good? Has Epiphany Been Freed from the Binder?

Uhhhh. Results are unclear, ask again later. What is clear is that this deck is a lot of fun.

For an actual answer, I think it depends on your meta. If it's rife with Clot and Swift-Lat, then no, bringing this deck is actively throwing. Otherwise? Yeah, I think so. This deck is fast, resilient, and capable of operating on extremely thin margins. Other than multiple Deep Dives or repeatedly Imp'ing the Restores out of HQ, there's not a good way for the runner to really interact with what you're doing. Your assets aren't critical, the deck assumes that you'll never untap with a Holo Man on board, Amani converts scoring into interaction, the runner's econ barely matters, and (almost) anything the runner does to stop you converts into tempo in the form of Epiphany counters.

This is not the most correct version of the deck, but it's also not incorrect. I look forward to what the future holds.