Know Know (You Know That I Know)

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NuttyNewfie 96

After receiving a few requests in the casual room of Jinteki.net, I’ve built up the nerve to publish my first homebrew.

I usually take my cues on card evaluation from players much more skilled than myself. That being said, I didn’t agree that Harishchandra Ent. was just used to find I’ve Had Worse before a Scorch kill. Seeing the Runner’s grip in a game of hidden information is a big deal. Especially when it comes to identifying scoring windows. Global Food behind Enigma? “You Know That I Know” that you don’t have a Decoder (or some other trick) in hand. Feel free to over advance a Project Beale, too. No econ in hand? Bait them through a taxing server.

You can also use the tag to reveal targets for Salem’s Hospitality. Good Times.*

This deck almost always tags the Runner during the run. It doesn’t even care if the tag sticks, as it usually serves to fuel Keegan Lane’s ability. Everyone assumes some form of tag punishment, so you can score out while they go digging for Plascretes. If you can’t tag early, then Salem’s Hospitality is a good early play to scope out a scoring window. Go ahead. Name Temujin Contract turn one. See how that feels…

Standard NBN agenda suite here. Used Quantum Predictive Model for a while, but I think sneaking out Breaking News to kill Aaron Marron or use up his counters is the better play here. I really hate that guy...

(Edit: Braking News cannot deal with Marron. Thanks to hi_impact for that. Consider using Character Assassination. Maybe.)

News Team for tags. Sometimes. Mostly to negate a stolen Breaking News.

Keegan Lane is the prime rig shooter in this deck. If the Runner runs through a tagging piece of ICE, they can lose a breaker. Or many more, if the next ICE is Archer. Once a Decoder or Fracter is in the heap, you can start scoring. Keep the Conspiracy breakers under Ark Lockdown. Or make Shapers cry.

Kala Ghoda Real TV is an experimental piece of tech. The Runner really struggles with the decision to trash this card (or not). At least, until their breakers go boom before they can draw them. Or key cards (*cough Levy) go bye bye. They almost never let the second one live.

Lotus Field for Anarchs and their ilk.

Blue Level Clearance for econ and acceleration. Quasi-standard NBN operation econ. Targeted Marketing usually fires, but sometimes people really try to avoid playing the named card just to deny you credits.

This isn’t a Tier 1 deck by any means. It doesn’t have a stellar record, but it’s been an interesting experiment. Comments are welcome and encouraged, and please feel free to improve on it.

*Good Times is a Registered Trademark of Harishchandra Ent. Not really a trademark ;)

13 comments
21 Feb 2017 BeNNyBiLL

I'm liking this. You've inspired me to go make my own Hare Krishna Ent!

22 Feb 2017 k.art

I think I played against this deck on jinteki.net this morning :-)

22 Feb 2017 NuttyNewfie

@k.art You did indeed! Thanks again for your interest in the deck.

22 Feb 2017 M0H4WK

first, nice job on the deck! i'm liking it too.

Second, why not more positional breakers like IP Block, Thoth, Data Ward,... what about Drone Screen? the meat damage could mean another card in the heap?

This might be overdoing it, but you gave me ideas to test again ;)

22 Feb 2017 M0H4WK

After playing with it a bit, you could use Friends in High Places to recur the keegans. AFter all, they are you main plan!

22 Feb 2017 BeNNyBiLL

I threw some changes at this deck last night to play at tonight's local meet up. @Il_Falco is on my wavelength. netrunnerdb.com

22 Feb 2017 NuttyNewfie

@Il_FalcoI find that ICE with a hard End the Run are better when sniping Fracters. That said, Thoth and Data Ward are the taxing types of ICE I mentioned and are worthy of consideration for that reason. I also like the Friends in High Places play. You could also use it to rearrange positional ICE, in a pinch.

@BeNNyBiLL It's uncanny that your decklist looks like my Harishchandra Ent.: Where You're the Star and Spark Agency: Worldswide Reach decks shuffled together, sort of. I like those changes. I'd be interested to hear how you do with it.

I'd also like to hear about other player's experiences with this ID. Did it change the way you play? How did your opponent play against it? Did a revealed grip make them play differently?

23 Feb 2017 hi_impact

It's literally impossible to kill Aaron with any form of Breaking News. FA'd, sneak, doesn't matter. He gains two counters on the corp score, and can use them immediately before the Corp can use actions. You do get to see their hand though.

Regardless, this is deck is very cool and looks like a lot of fun to play. Looks like a good rush strategy.

23 Feb 2017 NuttyNewfie

@hi_impactVery True. I've started including Character Assassination in my tagging decks to deal with him, and I've started actively hunting him down with the hunting yacht. He's a real foil to this deck. Maybe It's just not the right time for it to shine. ;)

25 Apr 2017 PureFlight

You know what this deck wants real bad? A terminal event that helps to get rid of Aaron while showing you their entire hand.

I think you could drop either the News Teams or the KGRTVs for slots.

25 Apr 2017 NuttyNewfie

@PureFlight Yup. Later revisions of this deck have been using MCA Informant instead of Kala Ghoda Real TV.

26 Apr 2017 frederick123

deck looks interesting. I'm still missing flashpoint cycle, hence missing Ark Lock down. What could be good replacement? Could Blacklist work in it's place? I know, that it is not exactly the same. Thanks

26 Apr 2017 NuttyNewfie

Perhaps if you could protect Blacklist behind a piece of ICE, you could score out behind another piece of ICE of the same type in another remote server. E.G., Blacklist rezzed behind Vanilla prevents the runner from recurring Paperclip. Of course, if your meta is light on Conspiracy Cycle Breakers, you could play without it. Also consider Chronos Project.

But not both at the same time. Remember that Blacklist prevents Chronos Project from working.