Brahman Prophecy

But why Caldera when Feedback Filter exists?

@GameOfDroids Because I had a point of spare inf I didn't want to use on another May or Turning Wheel, needed anti-Jinteki measures, and they're equivalent -- with Caldera having the slight edge in not having to trash to prevent brain damage. That slight edge gives it the nod.

I'm a huge Brahman fan so always glad to see it get the love it deserves. This looks great but I'm curious about how it deals with Fast Advance and to a lesser extent Batty?

@obscurica As someone playing Jinteki at the moment I would rather see the runner playing Caldera than Feedback Filter as I can trash it with Voter Intimidation. Also I am tagging which is another route to trashing Caldera. Feedback filter is infinitely harder for me to deal with.

This is a bit of a clueless beginner-y question, but which program do you want to put back on the stack with Brahman? I was thinking it should be something cheap, right? Or D4v1d after it's run out?

Personally I'd want to fit a Legwork or something in here for some HQ multi-access, and probably swap out Mongoose for either Mimic or Na'Not'K, as boosting to strength really isn't a priority for your killer here.

And as said above, how does this handle fast advance, such as Trick of Titan?

Why Dinosaurous over another console (astrolabe for controlling spam?) or Omni-drive?

There are two directions you can take a Brahman deck in: Rush or Lock. Rush relies on cheap, efficient, temporary breakers that get in and win fast, with Brahman to reset you when you need it. Lock builds a board state that efficiently breaks any server for the rest of the game. You seem to be leaning toward Lock, which is what I did back before rotation simply because that's my style of play.

It wasn't possible to make it tier 1, but it always felt like it was one breakthrough away from being good. Some cards that are crucial to making the Lock deck work IMO are Paricia, Cyber-Cypher, and Sahasrara. I would also recommend changing Deep Data Mining/Data Folding out for The Maker's Eye and putting Maven in. Maven gives you a solid end-game if they go glacier, conserving D4v1d counters.

It's unfortunate that you now have to choose between Clone Chip and Magnum Opus, because they were both important, Opus vs glacier and CC with Clot versus fast advance (unfortunately, I think fast advance is a huge part of the meta right now.) Going Lock, Opus is critical, so the best way to keep a Clot lock is Sacrificial Construct, along with the full suite of 3 Self-modifying Code. This also protects you from Marcus Batty + trash a program. (Helpfully, SMC has an install cost of 0 for more Brahman fuel.)

Nowadays I think one copy of Aumakua is fantastic in any deck that can afford the memory, and I'd probably prefer either Astrolabe or Daredevil for a console, but testing Dinosaurus is fine if you think it gives you lots of value. It's just really expensive. If you stick with Dinosaurus, consider Chameleon, as it's a flexible breaker that technically isn't AI. If you find 4-strength annoying, Datasucker is an option. (Sad that LLDS Processor is gone.) Also, since you have Scavenge in here already, MKUltra is an option as a dual-purpose sentry breaker: it can make Scavenge effectively permanent. Or, Na'Not'K, which quickly turns into a super-Mimic as they layer ice.

If you want to experiment, Hayley Kaplan: Universal Scholar may be a better ID for this (and was my original ID until I switched to Kate "Mac" McCaffrey: Digital Tinker since money seemed more important.) She helps offset the click inefficiency of the deck (every use of Brahman theoretically sets you back 2 clicks.) The most brutal part of playing this deck is the reload time after making a run, and Hayley speeds that up.

As others have mentioned, Feedback Filter is better than Caldera because it saves an influence and is harder to kill. Unless you are taking tons of brain damage (bravo to the corp), it's not worth it. I think Caldera is just for criminals to make up for the loss of Account Siphon in shell game matchups. One less thing they have to import.

This is a deck that is ravenous for card slots, unfortunately. Thankfully, a lot of it can be 1-ofs with a strong enough draw engine and lots of SMC + Test Run + Scavenge.

Sorry for the wall of text, but hopefully that's constructive.

This is an awesome deck idea, I'll definitely try this out :)

@Gswp D4v1d and Cerberus "Lady" H1 are both ideal candidates. Remember once Oracle May is out you just call program and get 2 back when you draw them and then get another 1 discount when you install them on Dhegdheer