Shadowfolding

This is just a concept at the moment, but one I'm looking to bring to a GNK if Breaker Bay is out in time.

Obviously, this is a bit of a slow burner, so if NEH is still a thing in your local meta, you'll need to find room for a Clot, either replacing the Box-E's or Stimhacks and maybe shifting around some of the longer game options. Once it's up, it's a tough ole ask to lock it out (as with most stealth decks).

Replicator does incredible work in spitting out stealth credits for you (with Replicator down, you install a lockpick, bring 1 more into hand and then immediately install a second via Hayley's ability, bringing another into hand again). It also makes personal workshop that much more incredible as you can do the above on your opponents turn and on your own. Once you have all your stealth credits out, you can brutalise any server.

Data foldings are steady economy, and hopefully you see enough memory early doors to keep them on (again, Replicating mem chips out is pretty awesome, 3 mem for 3 credits in theory and you only need to see one with a replicator out). Box-E acts as secondary memory, helpful also to offset the early Stimhacks. Usually they get shoved on PW and just tick over until I need it. You could possibly replace the Box-E's with Astrolabes and use the influence for a Clot if everything is moving sideways in your meta. Kati does her long game thing, and there are enough resources here to get mileage out of Hayley's ability early doors (love opening hands with a Data Folding or Symmetrical Visage and a Kati).

With Replicator out, you have some potent end game weapons and bottom saving tactics. For instance, you can install an RDI, bring out another one, install it with Hayley, fetch the other one and then install that (2 clicks). You need a bit of cash, but with all the stealth credits, there's no reason why you shouldn't then have enough to run R&D and see 4 cards. Equally, once you score an unexpected agenda, you can install a Plascrete, fetch another and install it all for one click, can really save your behind.

Things that are on my list to mess around with currently:

-Replacing Akamatsu with Q-Coherence chips. Bit risky but so long as the SMC's have already been used, potentially better (installing 0 cost stuff is pretty tasty). -Finding room for a Deus X to improve the PE matchup (net damage is brutal against this deck, you need all the pieces). -Switching out the Stimhacks to Moddeds and spending the influence elsewhere (probably a Clot) -Finding room for a Tyson Observatory - hardware tutor is incredibly good value here.

It's very good fun, still a rough concept, but in my online games, it's done well against most matchups. Looking forward to playing with it on Wednesday!