Stirling - No Country For Old Man

The idea of a DLR deck with joshua B. / Masanori / NACH is far from new. What makes it good now is Ian unique ability. Mill deck don't plan to run often, but they usually suffer from a bad economy : removing tags is expensive, and that 's where Ian's ability shines.

As a combo deck, combo pieces are essentials, so this deck doesnt seek for long term efficiency. In that regard, Mr Li here is far superior from ProCon, because you want it early and prefere to keep your hostages for key cards if they dont show up.

how to play this deck :

1/ find combo pieces :

During this initial part of the game, you dont mind the corp scoring agendas. Sure, they will be ahead, but then your econ engine will be turned on, and your board should be overrun with ressources and connections. Mr Li is a staple here, mulligan for him. If you can, try to install DLR early on, usually from a single archive run.

2/ Alternate mill round and draw round.

With you combo on the board (DLR + Masanori), you can start milling 2 card per turn (run => jackout, DLR, DLR, remove tag).

2 cards milled for 2 cred and a full turn, that s not that impressive. Things only get better as you get Crash space, Joshua and NACH on the table. you re then able to mill 3 cards per turn, without spending a single credit.

Knowing when to mill and when to draw for overmind could be tricky, but having an overmind inplay, with E3 as support, means that no remote is safe anymore. With the source, protected with some fall guys, you should be able to know when the corp want to score. Having to pay 3 more to steal seems expensive, but the source really mess with your opponent gameplan.

3/ Prepare for the glory run

Game will usually go to corp being decked out, but if you opponent threat you on match point, you can go for the glory run on archives after milling 3 more cards !