Arcosanti PE

This is standard Cambridge PE faire. Ronin, Cerebral Overwriter, and 3-to-score agendas leave the runner with a set of difficult and potentially deadly choices. Scorched Earth forces the runner to respect their tags: most runners in the know will clear the tags or drop a Plascrete but some runners will float tags not expecting a sudden flatline. Shattered Remains is most useful in getting rid of Feedback Filter, but it's also useful for trashing Desperado or a Plascrete. A different version of the deck teched heavily against Eater+Keyhole and Account Siphon recursion. With Eater MaxX dropping out of vogue I was able to return to a more comfortable state with the deck. Account Siphon is still a problem, and the best course of action is generally keep just enough credits so you can still punish the runner after an AS, usually 8 or 9 credits. Gila Hands is a major player in surviving credit denial decks, so an early scored Gila Hands makes the rest of the game run much more smoothly.

This deck went undefeated at a Store Championship in Pocatello, winning out in several close match-ups. The key to victory in most of the games was Ronin, whether it was a Ronin kill or the runner hitting Cerebral Overwriter trying to check for Ronin. There was 1 win by points, which is rare but an important dimension to the deck. It's a fun deck to play, but whether it's still competitive after O&C is an open question.