Wintermute

Pulling Snare into hand with a Vitruvius token during a run on HQ is for jerks. 10/10.

Hadn't considered that use. Brilliant! More ways to lose friends and alienate people! Cheers

Gotta say I love the deck name. It looks like you only have the Adonis Campaigns as a solid target for the Breaker Bay Grids. I might consider removing the BBGs and adding some more ice (another Ichi 1.0 and something else depending on preference)

I know what you mean, they don't always get loads of use. They are nice to have when reccuring Adonis via team sponsorship though. Ice rather than a trashable upgrade may be better protection against R&D digs.

Read loads of stuff by Stephenson, Gibson, Rucker, Caddigan, Sterling etc before finding out about Netrunner. Anyone who hasn't read Neuromancer or Snow Crash should do now. I mean right now!

Cheers for the feedback :)

... If i make a Runner deck I'm properly happy with it's getting called Steppin Razor. ;)

I'd swap 2x Melange Mining Corp. for 2x Eve Campaign. Eve combos better with Breaker Bay Grid and is less click-intensive than Melange.

+1 for @bubbathegoat's swap. Eve's still a solid target for the runner to chase after. Downside is a lack of burst econ that you might have been able to squeeze out of the Melange.

Do you see any use out of ABT's ability, or is that just for the 3/2 agenda?

I'd be more inclined to swap one melange for an Eve but to be honest I dont like Eve that much. It tends to sit in the hand too long for me waiting for BBG to show up. and if you rez it without BBG you invest 5 and wait 3 turns for a return, the runner usually trashes it before you get there.

I can put Adonis in my scoring remote for protection and it won't be there for too long or will have seen a better return by the time I trash it.

Melange gives me great burst econ to bounce back from an ice rez or a Snare, and I love how a lot of runners will bust their ass to try and get rid of it. I haven't really found money to be a problem.

ABT is only for the brave! I do it every now and then if I feel I know where the Agendas are but mostly its because its a 3/2.

+1 for the reference!

@Pilltechre It's your call to use Melange Mining Corp. over Eve Campaign. I find that Eve's high trash cost is often a deterrent to the runner trashing her, whereas Melange is trashed almost automatically on any access.

That said, I am using Melange myself in my own decks recently. If it is important to your economy, I recommend 3 copies and/or Interns.

Interns are awesome if you are using Melange to bait runner's to break into your server to trash it, only for you to put it right back a turn later!

@bubbathegoat Gotta say I prefer the interns idea. Drawing the runner into runs that hurt or tax with little cost to me is much more in keeping with the game plan.

Theres definitely plenty of pros to using Eve over Melange but melange just feels more right to me. As odd as that might sound!

Melange is easy money that requires little investment to pay for itself. If I'm broke after scoring, then getting it back out of archives with the Team sponsorship and using it next turn is awsome.

Interns I like for similar reasons.

I'll give both Eve and Interns a go tomorrow and see how it goes.

Cheers

I've to change name to my deck. Lovely quote.

@Pilltechre I have an NBN glacier (is that really a thing now?) deck that uses Melange and Interns. It works pretty well, but it is click intensive.

There is a learning curve to manage the flow of cards and credits, basically alternate turns of playing 3 cards (ideally install, install, econ operation) and click for 7 credits. I like that it can give large piles of credits quickly when needed. I dislike that consistent pressure from runs forcing ICE rez's can lock me up and force multiple turns of clicking for credits, possibly leading to me discarding a mandatory draw card (if I can't draw an econ operation).

Unlimited credits as fast as I need them from Melange does seem to work, but I can't help but wonder if a more passive economy would allow me to score out faster instead of giving the runner so much time to build their rig.

Sorry for the long comment, but this is literally the exact question I've been working on in my own decks and I wanted to share my thoughts on the proc/cons.

@bubbathegoat I totally get what you mean. I tried to make the ice as taxing as possible and gear checking while costing me as little as possible, so bluffing it as an agenda can be very useful and if they dont bite then you have the choice to use it next turn and you only need one credit to do so.

Melange is ideally giving me the credits I need to rez Archer, Assassin or pay for a Snare access. Then when the runner is recovering I try to score a Chronos to remove the damaged away cards or progress my board state acording to what I think is going to be most problematic to the runner. And it allows me to bounce back from few credits with little investment.

I tend to rush with this deck and I find that melange helps me keep my momentum going. I know this sounds daft as Melange is notoriously click intensive and Eve is only one click to draw and one more to install but I think melange just works better in here.

Thanks for your comments, its certainly food for thought!

As for the flow of cards, I often spam cards into remotes to see if the runner is willing to check them all. If they run at everything then down goes a Snare. After that hopefully they will be a bit more carefull and you might be able to bluffout an agenda. I often leave a Chronos out on the table waiting for the most oppertune time to score it. If they do get it then at least it was only 1 point.