Santa's Thule with Tranq Grid

Rhahi 498

Derived from Santa's Barf Thule

A new type of alternative win conditions are scary, because I don't know what I should do against it. I wanted to know how this deck works, so I gave it some thought and made a few changes and brought it to a local event with no preparation other than thinking about how this deck tries to land a successful EOTL. I played 2 games with it.

Changes:

  • -3x Greasing the Palm
  • +2x Tranquility Home Grid
  • +1x Subliminal Messaging

Greasing the palm and Tranq Grid are mostly the same, except that Tranq Grid is a click and credit slower, but is reusable and trashable. I took the trashable part as a benefit, hence the change. Since more than half the deck is installable, there should be plenty of room to re-use tranq grid. It might also bluff Mr.Hendrik if unrezzed, but I don't think that scenario will come often.

I put subliminal after the original decklist's suggestion about Red Level Clearance. It might fare better against sabotage and has similar efficiency as RLC. However, I don't think it's homing ability will actually come into play because the runner is likely to be running every turn.

If tranq grid performs well, it might also make sense to cut 1 Nico or Subliminal for it, but I am not confident enough to tell that this will actually boost economy.

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