Untrashable v7

This deck is built on the idea that running any single remote against Jinteki:RP is going to be more expensive, and then makes your assets and upgrades even more costly to trash with Encryption Protocols.

Eventually you want a good pile of money plus Ash + Hokusai Combo with some Encryption Protocols on the side. Effectively you would force the runner to have to waste 3 clicks, take 2 damage and spend a good pile of credits just to take a look at a remote once. Then you recur your Ash with Howards or Interns.

Sundew is the star of this deck. Protect it early with a Chimera or leave it unprotected if the runner does not trash assets and it can proivide a truckload of money over the course of the game.

This is a version with less econ (just 6 assets) but with more Ambushes instead. Shocks in particular function kinda like a soft econ, as you can drop them in archives and discourage sucker/desperado runs without using any ICE. Unfortunately the runner can still run and jackout without accessing, so eventually you'll prolly want something light as well there, like a spare shadow.

Because shocks discourage Archives access, very often you'll be able to hide one or two agendas in there for a longer time than usual, giving you a breather.

The single Shi.Kyu is in there to force the runner to have to always steal 4 agendas, even if they snag a Future Perfect.

Closed Accounts might seem like a weird card in this deck, but it has caught a lot of players unaware, especially if they gathered a few tags from shadows before this hit the table. However it's there primarily for counter to tag-me/siphon runners, because otherwise they will walk all over you.

No, this deck does not run Caprice Nisei. I've found that my weakest time is my early game at which point Caprice is not protective enough and too easy to trash in R&D and HQ.

v7 adds some Lunar Cycle cards, particularly Excalibur, Architect and Hostile Infrastructure.The new ICE is on testing as I'm not yet convinced that they are that impressive. Architect in particular is Mimic bait which is everywhere these days. Excalibur has the potential to be useful both in remotes and in centrals, but I haven't been particularly happy to see it in the early game.

Hostile Infrastructure is an interesting card. I don't want too many of them due to cost, but it's great to have against parasite recursion decks, or simple against runners with decent economies. The slowdown it inflicts can give you the time for your sundews to work.

Ronins are in as bait. When I want to force the runner to waste resources hitting my remote. If they get in they have to waste a ton of money, which will allow me a scoring window. If they do not get in, then I pop the ronin, put a Nisei v2 and advance once. This takes away a lot of their tricks and even puts them low enough on cards that they cannot run at all. On occasion I even pull of a double ronin flatline against central only runners.

This deck came 3rd in a local store tournament, going almost undefeated except one unlucky game and losing a game I was going to win due to time limit.