Legality (show more) |
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Standard Ban List 23.09 (latest) |
Standard Ban List 23.08 (active) |
Rotation |
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Deck valid after Fourth Rotation |
Nero, the emperor who allegedly set Rome on fire...lots of ...Rome's Trash Fires!?...Yeah, this title is garbage...
I'm exploring yet another rotating ID (check the others in my published lists for more!), and this one was a struggle. It's hard building a deck with an ID ability that, if we're lucky, fires once or twice a game and, instead of helping us win, at most saves us from losing the game. I tried building on with Sunny's tech, then making just a good-stuff crim...but they weren't that exciting/effective.
Then I decided to just embrace the ID, and wow this has been a fun deck to play with! Here's the thought:
Full disclosure
I was building this deck while Andrej at the Mètropole Grid was tuning the Az list with which he ended up winning a Montreal store champ (congrats Andrej!!!). So his influence is pretty evident...Also, additional credit to Sanjay and Ed, and their Eggsploratory romps, which prompted the initial idea!
Additional Q&A
Q: Is it a top-tier deck? A: Absolutely not.
Q: Wouldn't it be better to play Az? A: Probably!
Q: Will I swap ID? A: Heck no! The whole bloody point of playing this deck is trying out my man Nero, so please put your complaints in the feedback box --> .
No, I'm kidding. Please comment along! :)
3 comments |
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6 May 2022
pouchsurfer
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6 May 2022
m.p
Interesting deck! For me, Nero was just about going aggresive early without your breakers. At the time Nero was printed, the nasty ice were usually sentries (DNA Tracker kinda ruined him tho), so the ability to drain the corp´s creds and get away with almost no punishment might have been useful (not enough to make him widely played tho). In that aspect, he was kinda like Kit - Nero can facecheck with no breakers (but can´t get through a sentry without a killer), while Kit could facecheck with a decoder (and get through any ice). I kinda don´t see the point of playing tech trader here unless it´s for mumbad cycle nostalgy, if I was playing Nero I´d rather make it a goodstuff criminal deck with emphasis on aggresivity |
6 May 2022
pouchsurfer
Sure, Trader is mainly for nostalgia (or rather, for me- a newish player- to try another rotating card), but also to squeeze out a little extra value when leaning into the information game with Spy Camera and Flip Switch+Reflection. Also popping Boomerang while making feels so good! Yum! This is by no means an optimized deck in the current meta, but I've had a surprising amount of success with it. But to your point: if you're not playing Nero for nostalgia but for aggressive goodstuff, you're probably better off not playing Nero (wink wink) ;) |
Errata: if you want to make Sanjay happy (and you should): this list -1x any card +1x AHAB