I am back ya all! (4-1 at Nordics 2018, MWL 2.2)

This is the latest iteration f my favorite runner and playstyle. I took it with me at Regionals and it dropped a single game by whiffing repeatedly on multiaccessess although I was on 6 points from turn 4. I didn’t do well but I blame that on choosing to play The Outfit instead of Sportmetal which was the more familiar deck for me. I only won a single game with the outfit the whole day. Anyway on to the deck.

The deck (card choices) and the plays (strategy):

It is an oldschool run based deck with high impact events and run based economy. The main machine is Bankrolls-Paragon-Security Testing- Dirty Laundry. Familiar old school criminal economy. But it’s not only that. On top of it you have the turning wheel and high impact events.

Bankroll is an awesome card. It is one of the safest places to store credits on and credits accumulate very quickly. The main thing is to not be afraid to trash it to get the credits for powerful plays. If it nets you a 4 credit gain it’s an extra Sure Gamble. Everything on top is pure gain. That said I would preferably use it if I had a second online or in the grip. It can also save you from a well timed HHN so remember to say wait between clicks against these decks.

Paragon. There are not a lot of better choices for consoles in criminal and none better for run based economy. Make no mistake the 1 credit per turn is powerful enough. Look at Vals bad pub. I chose it over Logos because of the synergy with the rest of the run economy and the fact that it gives you a more constant card filtering compared to logos. In this deck you are not looking for a specific tool, yo are looking for the next topmost powerful tool in the deck so it fits perfectly.

The rest of the economy is Sure Gambles and Daily Casts which are obligatory includes to avoid getting locked out.

The high impact cards and the plays. Once I got my breakers and turning wheel online I almost always chose HQ or R&D for the sec test. It forces rezzes and you get extra Turning wheel counters. If you have 2 bankrolls down it is a total of 5$ gain even without Dirty Laundry. I would often choose to break even just for the extra turning wheel counter and card filtering. Combine it with Maxwell James and Emergency shutdown and you are on value town.

Diversion of Funds is no Siphon but it still is a very good tempo card. 9$ swing is still a big thing and it really helped the deck to stand on its feet.

Embezzle is probably the MVP of the tournament. It almost always gave me the full credits and trashed key cards for the opponent’s scheme. Mti and HB mu you chose ICE if they have money or economy cards if they don’t. Weyland and NBN you almost always choose events except for the Azmari match up when you want to trash the ICE.

Employee Strike is the obvious choice for a restricted card because you don’t want Mti/AgInfusion/Asmari/CtM online.

The breaker package and the odd choices.

A lot of people don’t like Amina. She is awesome. It breaks enigma for 2 ( and Thimblerig too so not all is perfect) and all the high impact Code Gates for 4 minus 1$ for the opponent. Put it down and see the opponent think again before rezzing DNA tracker for 8 + 1 $. That’s a 5$ swing just there. Abagnale is the second best choice in faction and has the cool bypass effect (compared favorably to Amina only against Tollbooth and if you don’t want to spend the 4$ right now).

Saker for when you can’t get Paperclip and you really want to derez that Kakugo.

Na’Not’K is very good against everything except single Architect /News Hound (hint: pay the trace) and Surveyor/ Archer. Thus the odd inclusion of Dean Lister. I thought quite a lot between Dean Lister and Faerie and finally chose him because I found him more versatile. I was probably wrong. Didn’t face a single Weyland the whole day and Faerie with the 0 install cost would probably have been more useful but I can’t really say.

The 46th card. The Legwork. With so many Turning wheel counters and Embezzle I didn’t really need it

The future: Crowdfundling. The perfect run support economy card without actually needing you to run. Perfect design. It has to fit somewhere together with Daily casts and Sure Gamble to give ven more punch to the game. I am not sure what I would remove though.

If you managed to read all that thanks for your patience. I think it is probably one of the best run based decks at the moment. I hope you’ll have fun with it. As always comments are welcome.