Drug Addict Burglar Andy (NAPD approved)

Notes
Andy has fallen on hard times. Getting dispossessed is no joke. Being a Ristie is, well... Who knows? The other Andy Ristie is doing alright though.

Drug habits are expensive to sustain. So our Andy grabbed a handy bag of tools, some fake cash, keys and a few daemons. And not to forget friendly fairies and some, ehm, glue.

Any half decent criminal has somewhere to hide, some unsavoury contacts and, ehm, loves taking notes. Also in order to make fake stuff and shake the heat, forgeries can come in handy. Glue helps with that. Probably.

So Andy just shows up at some corps HQ or R&D or remote and takes their stuff. Breaking in is cheap if you have a bag full of crowbars. Sometimes she drops in multiple times. And when she runs out of knives she quickly drops into uni to get some more.

Actual Notes
It might be obvious, but just in case it isn't: this was an attempt at an Armand deck called 'Geistwriter'. It always looked OK on paper, but in reality it set up too slowly. Adding more draw then needed more money. And more money reduced the number of programs and it turned into a different deck.

Who's got 1 and sets up fast?
You guessed it, everyone's favorite galaxy. What to mulligan for then? Scheherazade is very important, or Andy quickly runs out of cash. Clicking for 1 should generally be avoided. The other two pieces of the puzzle are Forger and Drug Dealer. Inside Job is pretty amazing too.

How does the deck play then?
The plan is to install programs onto Scheherazade for free or for profit. At the same time Technical Writer accumulates . Poke servers and run where the agendas are. Use up at the end of turn, let Drug Dealer draw some cards, then refuse to pay up! Then pick up from the underworld. Beautiful -less and -less draw. Every turn.

Scheherazade is nice, but be careful.
Don't install everything onto the daemon just because you can. Keep a Faerie or Shiv handy to protect from Power Shutdown. Don't put your permanent breakers on. Seriously, it's not a good idea. Watch out for Archangels, those well known daemon-haters!

Having 10 breakers is cool, but be reasonable.
Sometimes Forger is great for dodging tags (I'm looking at you Data Raven/Sync) but you don't want to lose half your breakers. Sometimes filling up your is good to avoid getting Cortex Lock'ed.

Crash Space vs Plascrete
Crash Space is better here. With Drug Dealer you should rarely be below 5 cards when the corp's turn starts. 5 cards and 1 Crash Space are enough to survive a double Scorch combo. Sometimes you can bait the corp into SEA too early if they forgot about Forger. Crash Space also let's you remove tags cheaply, which helps a lot when you're poor. Which you are most of the time.

No Account Siphon? Bad deck. Well...
Actually, I tried it, but it just doesn't fit. You don't want to overdraw (Drug Dealer doesn't stop just because you're being a thief). You (usually) don't need the . Most importantly, you've got a limited number of breakers. Use them to steal agendas.

Corroder and ZU.13
Have been best buddies in criminal decks for a long time. Of course they are used for breaking small ICE like Wraparound, Quandary, Wall of Static, etc. It's fine to use the disposable breakers on small ICE in the beginning if it means you get a The Maker's Eye run in. I don't normally burn them for single access, unless it's an advanced card in a remote.

(In-)Flexibility
There are some flexible slots. I've been wondering how to get a third Drug Dealer in, just for consistency. The problem is the program density needs to stay high or you end up having your hand clogged up with events and resources.

Paricia is a bit of a gimmick, but it fits the bill fairly well. It's cheap and, ehm... It's cheap. Also, I just hate accessing Jackson or Ash and not having the to trash them. That influence is free to use though.

Crescentus is another flexible slot. Most of the time you just don't care if the corp has big ICE out. Derezzing a Tollbooth or worse can be nice. If you like more money you could slot in Gorman Drip v1.

Cache is pretty awesome here. I wouldn't take it out. It keeps your safe from Drug Dealer and it often nets you 4-5 for 1 . Not bad. Careful around fast advance corps, Virus Suite is not a friend.

I toyed with the idea of Mass Install. In Geist it didn't really work. With Andy it could be good in the opening hand. Drawing it later could leave it dead in the hand. Also, it's not a program.

Autoscripter is decent in this deck. Usually you have to wait until midgame before installing it, but then it sticks around. A free is nice, and you get a delayed discount from Technical Writer. Also good for using up creds at the end of the turn.

Underworld Contact must stay. Starting the turn with 1-3 is important because it let's you continue installing programs and enables your run events. Also good for switching on ZU.13 and Corroder.

Match-ups
I've beaten most things including Foodcoats, Blue Sun, Argus, NEH and Haarp.

Jinteki.
You've got Levy and Drug Dealer, so just run aggressively. Have some Killers out though. Be wary of Chronos Project. Ough.

Weyland
Probably the easiest match-up. Drug Dealer and Crash Space make you hard to kill. Glaciers don't really keep you out.

HB
Not seeing much HB lately. Usually similar to glacier Weyland. You can't really contest protected asset economy, so don't try. Unprotected assets can be trashed with Paricia.

NBN
Well, it's hit and miss. Getting into R&D is often easy, so sometimes you hit the agendas and sometimes they hit the agendas. Not seeing a lot of SanSan Grids at the moment thankfully. They are tough to trash. Remember your Forger has some value and their servers tend to be porous! Don't be afraid to Levy early to get your Maker's's and SOT's back.

Give it a spin!
It's a fun deck with quite a lot of tricky decisions. In the beginning I felt uneasy about being poor, but then I started taking drugs. Maybe this is what Nasir feels like most days.