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Very solid Palana build that carried me through Stimhack League finals (1st place, 3-0) and Warsaw Regionals (2nd place, 5-1) this week.
The grail ICE suite allows me to have 10 good pieces of ICE instead of the usual 5 with bioroid suites. Additionally almost every piece of ICE in the deck does not allow the runner to bounce without pain. The high ICE count is there to make up for Swordsmans being weak in non-Faust matchups and to make it easier to keep 2 grails in hand. Ashigaru is a remote ICE 9 times out of 10. Paired with a cheaper piece of ICE and 1-2 defensive upgrades, it's usually enough to keep your agendas safe.
Notable omissions include Pup (it's cheap and really annoying for runners, but just doesn't do enough to keep servers safe), Lotus Field (too expensive for a 2 card Faust tax). The most controversial one if probably TFP. It's undoubtedly the 2nd best 3-pointer in the game, but I see no reason to play it if I can have 2 GFIs. Even if I win the PSI game, the problem does not disappear and the runner will keep hunting the agenda on centrals.
Some interesting possible includes that narrowly did not make the list are Snare!, Clones are not People (@apo successfully runs both in his Palana) and Mumbad City Grid (won a SC with a version that had -1 Komainu, -1 Swordsman, +2 MCG).
Overall a fun deck to play and one of the only ones that can challenge the very top runners these days.
14 comments |
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15 May 2016
Bandura
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15 May 2016
Matuszczak
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15 May 2016
Gaxeco
I would change a Mother Goddess for a Swordsman here Besides of that, good deck :) |
15 May 2016
Shockeh
Excellent; Happy to see Grail back in action, and Palana might be the one ID in Jinteki that can truly afford it. Interesting to see Ashigaru, given you have so much casual pain - No belief in Wall of Thorns for one credit less, a little less keepout in Subroutines but +1 str, +2 damage? Suppose it depends how 'spiky' you intend to be. |
15 May 2016
Shockeh
Slight other question: Why a pair of CVS? You don't have the tech/agendas to FA, so it is just a fierce hatred of Parasucker? |
15 May 2016
Spaceman_Spiff
Played this today in a small tournament. It did well, going undefeated. I went -1 Swordsman, -1 CVS, -1 Ashigaru; +2 Mumbad City Grid, +1 Clones Ain't Dudes It pulled out a few wins that I didn't necessarily deserve with my play, so that was nice. I even got a Fetal kill. The Mumbads were alright, definitely added a bit more tax when they were used and were a lot of fun - but also would probably be my first things cut. |
16 May 2016
phette23
re: @shockeh's comments: both of those decisions (Ashigaru over Wall of Thorns, 2x CVS) make the list a lot better against Anarch. WoT is pretty easy to D4v1d through while Ashigaru taxes Faust heavily. One strength of the ICE suite is it largely invalidates D4v1d, with the exception of Crick over Archives. CVS is a necessity against all the good viruses, not just Clot or Datasucker. I love the look of this list but I'm worried about Employee Strike damaging the economy a lot with so much expensive ICE. I wonder if swapping "Clones are not People" or Cerebral Static for a couple ICE is the move. |
16 May 2016
Maëlig
What made you decide against the inclusion of mumbad city grid? Seems like it would be pretty gound with the grail ICE and komainu. |
18 May 2016
OuterCrow
Cool deck. How do you usually use Celebrity Gift when you may often have Grail ice in hand? Do you more commonly show them a hand full of them as a deterrent to run, hold some back for a surprise during a run, or to bluff an agenda in HQ? Obviously dependent on the situation of the moment, but definitely some VERY interesting choices with the use of that card. |
18 May 2016
Matuszczak
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19 May 2016
tzeentchling
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20 May 2016
Matuszczak
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22 Jul 2016
percomis
With MWL2 and the assumed downfall of Faust and instant Parasites, what changes would you do to the deck? Also, would you add Voter Intimidation? |
2 Aug 2016
Myriad
Any chance Sandburg might be worth a spot in this deck? I can't quite figure out how to reengineer this deck for that card, but I feel like it is there somewhere. |
Congratulations on your win! Did you end up having to score 4 agendas much? To increase the odds of not having this issue, would you recommend Clones or running a third GFI over Fetal?