Noise Riot (Run a lot Noise)

UminWolf 93

So I got really tired of seeing never run Noise decks. I'm also a guy who likes to run, A LOT, when I play Anarch.

I've always liked Noise's ability, but never liked the idea of just hanging back and installing a bunch of viruses. I more or less just viewed his ability as a passive thing that could screw the corp up. Then I saw someone play an Eater + Keyhole deck, and I knew Noise needed to exploit this!

The point of this deck is to just trash R&D as much as you can. Whenever you have enough 's to make a Keyhole run, do it. My biggest problem with Noise has always been his economy. I know plenty of Noise decks run the Cache + Aesop's Pawnshop combo with usually Sure Gamble or something, and that's fine when you aren't running, but this deck is meant for running. So it has a lot more econ cards, and it's pretty solid. There have only ever been a few turns were I was clicking for 1.

Influence

Pawnshop, Cache, and Clone Chip are all pretty standard in Noise. Hades Shard compliments Eater + Keyhole well, and just gets better with Noise. Express Delivery is there because I had an influence left over. I chose it over Quality Time because I'd much rather pay 2 less, and I only have needed to refill my hand after I ran through a 3 ice deep R&D with a Valley Grid in the pocket. So Express Delivery is there to dig for either Keyhole or Grimoire.

Corroder and Hacktivist Meeting

Corroder is in the deck in case a random Wraparound shows up, so we aren't having to dump a ton of 's into breaking a single subroutine. I considered putting in a single Mimic for Swordsman, but with 3 Parasites and 3 Clone Chips, I'm not too worried about him.

Hacktivist Meeting is in because with Eater being the main breaker, a single ETR ICE will keep any sort of asset economy safe, so this makes it a bit more difficult for the corp. In all honesty, I really wanted to add it because I hate running into a Housekeeping or an Enhanced Login Protocol, so this gives me a way to get rid of them.

Final Thoughts

You don't need Aesop's Pawnshop in your opening hand, or at all really to have the deck operate. I don't mind CCing a Cache if it'll give the 's to Keyhole run. I'll also use I've Had Worse as a draw card to be aggressive rather than defensive. Got to keep that pressure up.

I have a lot of fun playing this deck. When I first picked up NetRunner, Noise was my guy, but I could never really make a good deck that I enjoyed playing. Well this is it, it's aggressive, has consistent economy, and keeps the corp on tilt (exactly what Anarch should be doing in my humble opinion). With Eater + Keyhole and Noise's ability, you should have no problem burning through their R&D, trashing anything of value (Riot).

Try it out and let me know what you think and/or any changes you would suggest/problems you had with it.

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