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What are your thoughts on Aiki instead of Yagura? Other than that, it looks pretty nice. How are you liking the econ?

You lured me with the title. 2hutards (::

I quite like this one though.

Hey that's a Youmu

@cortexjackal I've actually been playing around with Aiki just recently and it's a fantastic replacement. I originally went for Yagura as the deck seemed naturally quite porous and felt the deck manipulation would help without compromising the net damage but that really doesn't seem to be an issue. So, yes, Aiki is usually a better use of the deckslot.

Econ can be tight at times but there's usually enough to sit pretty comfortably for the majority of the game. Bar dedicated Siphon spam I never really found myself bankrupt. Even then Sweeps and Gift can turn things around in a pinch. The operation econ allows you to bounce back from a bad position and also means you don't choke against Whizzard while the drip either makes for a nice, steady income and lets you punish the runner with Hostile Infrastructure. The Infrastructures and the big ice are really the only heavy spends as well and the deck actually performs solidly with around 6+ credits on a given turn.

Ideally you want to burst early so you can get your drip and Infrastructures online at which point you're usually set for the game. Either the runner will meticulously run your defensive assets first and then your money assets giving you a huge credit swing or vice versa which accelerates your game plan. Or they ignore them and you can just swim in credits. You might want to protect one or two with cheap ice if you don't get a nice burst early on though.

@Protégé and @AsteriskCGY I couldn't resist. : ) The name seemed very fitting though.

Changes to the deck:

-1 Tsurugi, -2 Yagura, +1 DNA Tracker, +2 Aiki

Why only 2 Hostile Infrastructure? I think this is the Key card to this concept. Runners can break ice, but they need to trash BioEthics/Hostile.

How Sundew is working for you? I was considering It, but decided to dump because I do not want to rez it before HI on the table, so I need credits to rez HI first.

Also I use Tech Startup to setup faster.

I've played a bit of this and I gotta say the Sweeps Week is the most underwhelming card in this deck probably. I haven't ever had a situation when the opponent had 5 cards in their hand bar the opening turn.

Would probably replace them with some other kind of econ, maybe beanstalks or clearances.

@Protégé I agree, that was my first thought on seeing this deck also. Decks that rely on damage output would seem to be a poor choice for sweeps. But I think there's a "know your opponent" portion of the process here. When the runner sees your ID they are going to change their run/draw behavior fairly drastically. Anytime a butchershop or thousand cuts deck hits the table the number of cards you want to keep in your hand goes up radically. If you're playing against a non-damage dealing deck you might hold 5 cards in your hand just because. If you're thinking about having to guard against a ronin, neural katana, shock or snare then you're likely to hover closer to 4 while you're running and end your turn by adding more cards.

Jinteki isn't going to output Boom! levels of damage on the corp turn but the runner still has to wonder about a 3x Neural EMP turn. So you have to weigh if a sweeps for 4 credits is actually worth the inclusion.

Since we still want runs to occur to put people into the position of taking more damage I would pull them anyway and add a third sundew and maybe something wild like Genetics Pavilion

@killj0yI dunno... isn't the idea to grind them to dust and land the Neurals to secure a flatline? Or throw stuff in the garbage and close out a game by tossing a clinch breaker?

I just don't see Genetics being worth a slot. I would much rather include Ronins, go up to 54 and include museums or throw in snares.

@Myriad I wasn't talking about tossing a damage dealing card in favor of the pavilion. If anything quite the opposite. If the runner is restricted to only drawing two cards an we can get a net of 3 damage a turn from various sources you're going to get that kill much faster. Including it as a one of means it's not key to any kind of combo or pressure, it's simply something that once again forces the runner to make the decision to keep a much lower hand size than they'd like or go get rid of it which might entail dealing with Hostile Infrastructure House of Knives and whatever ice you decide to stick in front of it. You're looking at a must trash card that will net you another chance for 3-5 damage and another 3-5 mill off the deck. In exchange for a card that might net you 3 credits if you're lucky.

After playing with the deck for some time now there are definitely improvements to be made. My list has changed a lot over the last couple weeks and I'll probably update it once it sees some real competitive play in November. The core of the deck is still the same but now that people have figured out how to play against the ID it's become a lot clearer as to what needs fine tuning in order to make it tick.

That fight was a pain in the ass, but what annoyed me the most was dying stupidly in the first 5 seconds of Resurrection Butterfly and then perfecting the rest of the spell card. Like, goddamit.

Oh and I guess the deck is good too.