Crazy Murderman (3 murders & 3rd @ Copenhagen Startup CO)

This was my rush-to-kill deck at the Copenhagen Startup CO where a huge turnout of 20 players surprised us all. It was great to see a mix of new players and old returning runners enjoy a day full of good games and a fun afterparty!

This deck goes all-in on the murder plan and has a few different options for it.

1) Azef-->Neurospike (x2 if needed)

2) Orbital-->End of the Line (+Neurospike if needed)

3) MAD-->End of the Line (x2 if needed)

Game plan is to murder the runner as soon as possible, usually while they are drawing for their boat and making enough money to install it. Play like a madman, focus on rushing out the kill on a remote and don't worry about losing a few agendas on the centrals in the process. If they manage to dodge the first two kill combos, pretend that you're trying to defend and score out so you can get some of the cheap ICE rezzed, burn it all down with MAD and murder them with double End of the Line instead.

Atlas counters & Malapert help find the murder combo pieces.

Hostile Takeover + Built To Last + Malapert is good econ and helps find the murder tools.

Seamless Launch is important to pull off the murder combo quickly and can also be used to overadvance Atlas early if needed.

I'm playing 3x of each of the main murder tools to draw into them as early as possible. Exception is MAD which is one-of and naturally comes up in longer games where it's needed or can be tutored with Atlas counters or Malapert.

No Spin Doctors because I think it's an overrated card and I prefer to use 3 card slots and 3 influence to go all-in on the kill plan and reduce the number of trashables on centrals. I know it's a good card and would probably make the deck better, but I'm a stubborn murderman.

In the tournament this deck murdered Quetzal, Padma and Tao in very quick games in the first few turns. The fourth one against Loup was a real thriller that came down to one last access on the very last click to find the winning agenda, before the runner would have been murdered by double End Of The Line after ICE was MADly burned down on the previous turn for 7 tags. I don't think I've ever been so happy to lose a game after the crazy murderman was finally defeated by my opponent in an epic game for a well deserved tournament win. Congrats for the win Skurk4N :)

Massive thanks to Simon for organising a hugely successful tournament. Shoutout also to @Kagolskab for deckbuilding inspiration and playtesting. Last but definitely not least, thank you to all the new runners and old veterans who showed up during the day for a great day of Netrunning - let's keep the community alive!

Thanks for reading and Always Be Running!