Insurance Fraud 1.0

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CORPS IS FUN

This is an iteration of the 419 list that I have been running in a tournament that I learned about through the Itinerant Protester's Discord channel. I recommend you check them out; they're great for learning and improving your game! Shoutout to ValeNetrunner for organizing the event.

COMMITTING INSURANCE FRAUD - GAMEPLAN

The goal of this deck is to push the corp's econ down while making you money. Use that money to threaten the remote and make defending every server too difficult.

Thematically, I liked the idea of a scammer like 419 diverting the Corp's funds then exploiting their lack of money by blaming them for a Mining Accident. All the while you threaten to show off your Bravado if the Corp puts up a lot of defenses.

In practice, this is a largely 'good stuff' Criminal deck. Draw, money, decent breakers, go!

EARLY GAME AND MULLIGAN PLAN

Usually I aim to prioritize money in my opening hand. Early econ is valuable because Amina, Earthrise Hotel, and The Class Act are expensive tempo hits, so you want to dampen them as best you can.

Early Boomerang is useful against rushing Corps and early Rezeki helps the glacier matchup. Rezeki, Mining Accident, Miss Bones, and Falsified Credentials help out in the asset spam and any late-game match.

MID GAME STRUGGLE TO LATE GAME DOMINANCE

I find the mid game with this deck is usually the struggle point. With 1x of each breaker you sometime risk them being at the bottom when you need them. Further, the Amina install can be a tough tempo hit. Lastly, you are somewhat vulnerable to ping net damage or program trashing, so you want to make sure you secure your breakers in place before you really take off.

Paragon and The Class Act both help with getting your pieces sooner than later and Aumakua helps to cover your bases until you have everything set up.

CLOSING THE GAME - GOOD MATCHUPS AND BAD

With the economic pressure you can put on the corp, the bad pub you can generate, your drip, and your fairly efficient breakers, this deck performs very well in the late game against most corps and performs well against glacier and in asset spam that isn't NBN: Controlling the Message. If your meta has a lot of CtM I'd recommend slotting in a Citadel Sanctuary.

Against kill decks you want to maintain an econ advantage. This works fairly well against SEA Source or Hard-Hitting News decks. The deck can struggle against net damage oriented decks if they can ping your breakers and lock you out. Further, rigshooter and program trashing decks can make things tough because you don't have any recursion. Thankfully I find those matchups uncommon, and rush/glacier/Asa/tag kill more frequent.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at the deck! If you would like to take a look at an earlier iteration of this deck in action, check out Metropole Grid's stream on YouTube from 2021-02-11 wherein he does a review of one my early matches in the tournament. If you have any suggestions, comments, or feedback I'd love to hear it! Take care!