Valencia into The Valley Pt.1

Dydra 2805

Similar to my Clotzal deck, after some further think, I decided that rather than Noise or Reina, Valencia might be the right ID for the deck that I want to make... The Valley is being late at my local place, so I have a hard time testing this. However, on paper, I believe would be a strong deck and here is why:

1) R&D + HQ + Remote Pressure

Thanks to Account Siphon, Wanton Destruction and in a way Lamprey, the HQ is under heavy fire.

R&D would be devastated from a Incubator - To a Medium - To a Blackmail turn.

Remote is constantly threatened by Blackmail.

2) Synergies

Valencia is a slow (?) deck because of the larger deck size. Therefore the Corp is at advantage at the start. Clot nicely addresses that issue, giving a hand against FA decks.

Biggest weapon that I like is the following. Fester + Incubator ... That will just force the corp to Purge Viruses, wetter they like it or not. If they leave it alone, install Medium + Blackmail for 6-8+ cards.

So just that combo will make them waste turns and money. Leave alone the entire arsenal of Ixodidae, Lamprey and Clot.

Also Mem Strips + Overmind obviously

3) Economy

The deck might seem light on the econ side, bit it has a lot of hidden econ in it. First the supplier will take off a lot of your Hardware Burden. I honestly find that after the FAQ clearance ( that you can't use At the start of your turn abilities) the best target for Supplier decks, are exactly Hardware focused decks. Here it will allow you to install your MemStrips for One and your Cyberfeeder for 0 money, from which you will install your viruses.

Wyldside and Adjusted Chronotype will get off the supplier most likely as well. It will give you a solid Draw Engine to go through your deck.

Kato Jones for long term and Liberated Account for Account Siphon rushes.

4) Possible problems.

Elizabeth Mills in Blue Sun? I could imagine that this will shut down the deck. Other than that, I'm not sure how the deck handles against Scorch/Net Trap Damge, but might be a good idea to include I've Had Worse when you thin-out the deck after some testing.

Well that being said, this is all on paper, but from what draw Sim I've done with it, it seems to have a good opening hand almost always- which often means it's a good deck.

4 comments
15 Apr 2015 CrusNB

In my meta - because of Eater - Swordsman is a solid choice. How do your deck deal with that?

15 Apr 2015 Dydra

Obviously with this decklist no way :) Feel free to throw in a Mimic instead of Overmind or get 1x Femme Fatale for the 1 INFL.

Swordsman is currently non-existent in my meta.

17 Apr 2015 FarCryFromHuman

Do you think it would be wise to slot in a Frame Job? Medium digs should give you plenty of fodder, and Investigative Journalism feels too click-intensive for this deck. Having the ability to tack a little more bad pub on the corp might give you the fighting chance you need against decks that can shake it. I'm not sure this will do much against the Blue Sun/Elizabeth Mills combo but really... what can?

I'd also consider a Darwin; with a single Cyberfeeder you get to advance it for free, it's another nice Incubator target, and it forces the corp to purge more often.

One other question: when the corp purges, do you get to choose the order your cards resolve in or does the corp? If you get to choose, you can cause your Festers to go off first, getting your s from Ixodidae before they are trashed by the purge. This seems... highly amusing.

19 Apr 2015 Dydra

@FarCryFromHuman yes, that is how it goes. You chose the order in which the cards resolve (since they are your cards and the corp has nothing to do with them).

I played two games today. The deck is above average level of strenght. Played it against a rather strange Shoot the Moon Making news glaceir deck ( with Janus, Curtainwall and whatnot) ...

I noticed a few things. First of all, I never got the chance to pull-off Account Siphons ( since they never came in early). Second I really think the deck needs a Mass Install, hit R&D for 6+ cards 2 times and would love to re-install after I pick all purged viruses. :) I'm making Part 2 based on those adjustments ... will make more testing on Tuesday