[Startup] Yet Another Motorcycle Ken (3-0 at Vault Games)

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CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES (Startup, ~80% winrate on Jnet)
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2.13.22 Ken
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Another card games on motorcycles variant. It's actually this list but -1 Overclock, +1 Verbal Plasticity. Diogene's insight that "Rezeki is PPVP but better" is absolutely right, and gives you an easier way to steal SDS Drone Deployment.

I'm unsure whether the switch is an improvement. I only saw Plasticity in one game, and pitched it because I also saw many Earthrises and didn't need the extra cards. Saw Harmony AR Therapy way too early in most games and had to pitch it, which makes me want to consider -1 HART, -1 Verbal Plasticity, -1 Rezeki +2 Diesel +1 PPVP.

Beat 2 NEH and 1 Built to Last. The deck was just rich enough to keep the NEHes poor, and dodged BtL's Punitives by the slimmest of margins. While big-board shaper is my default style, Ken is just so much fun. Draw cards, solve problems with whatever you have, and make some runs! Getting 5 clicks nearly every turn is also cool.

2 comments
31 Jan 2022 Diogene

You could switch the Verbal Plasticity for an extra The Class Act, if you want the draw. For one more credit, you get 4 cards right away.

I tried and alternative version : -3 The Maker's Eye, +3 Jailbreak, -2 Prepaid VoicePAD, +2 Mystic Maemi.

You now have 2 influence free. Which you coud use to put 2 Scrubber or bring back a The Maker's Eye. You could even trade the Gordian Blade for Buzzsaw and Ice Carver. Anything that could make you happy.

Thanks for sharing this version, it is a really fun archetype, especially in startup. Cheers!

2 Feb 2022 #endgame

I agree with the Plasticity -> Class Act switch, especially if you're going to run Jailbreak.

PPVP seems better to me than Maemi, in that its credits seldom go unspent. Swapping some of The Maker's Eyes for Jailbreaks could be good if you're adding another Class Act, and maybe the one left over could be a Khusyuk instead?

If I was going to pack a companion, I'd look at Paladin Poemu - there's actually a reasonable number of things to install. But he's 3inf each and you're sad if you don't see one early.

I do wonder about Tranquilizer and/or Botulus - the former seems good enough that the latter isn't worth the influence.