Vamptown Express

jalube 83

Here's a criminal list I've been having some success with in jnet casual and competitive. Big ice sees less play than ever, so the stock of nimble, relentless run economy has risen. Desperado, Security Testing, Temujin and Slums keep assets in check. We set up pretty quickly and cheaply. We're gearing up for a midgame Vamp that many corps are going to have a lot of difficulty recovering from. Legwork often seals the game.

  • 3x Special Order, 2x fracter/decoder/killer: Aside from Sure Gamble, 100% of the rest of our economy is run based. This means we need to set up breakers fast in order to stay in the game.
  • Vamp: solves almost every problem. Ken's ability makes us around 10-15 credits over the game, helping us get into Vamp territory a bit quicker, and making the late game miserable.
  • Peregrine/Saker: Saker is backup only in most matchups, but I will install it vs. Blue Sun, or occasionally if I draw it naturally before Corroder and need a fracter immediately. Peregrine is our remote decoder, but follows a Passport installed first if possible. Both of these are much more serviceable with datasucker.
  • Aaron Marron: we all know this card is bonkers, and it makes this deck hum. Siphon is worth an extra 4 credits, clickless draw for solutions, gives us additional tempo when the corp scores. It's often, but not always, worth it to wait for counters to run Siphon.
  • Slums: I go back and forth with using this influence for a third Vamp, but it could also be used for Employee Strike. Targeted Marketing is really the only corp current that makes our life difficult.
  • 3x SOT: Don't build Ken without it.
  • Emergency Shutdown/High-Stakes Job: flex slots, replace with whatever you want.

All aboard!

2 comments
7 Feb 2017 BizTheDad

You are a man after my own heart :). I think you could include a really fun card that also helps with the CI matchup: Information Sifting.

7 Feb 2017 jalube

@BizTheDad Heh, I've never actually played Information Sifting, or had it played against me. I'll try it out! Although, (potentially) 5x Vamp is also decent against CI :)

If I were worried about that matchup specifically I might also consider 1x Vamadeva to deal with Mother Goddess