Social Silhouette

Escher would be more than willing to slip its way into your life...all you have to do is let your Gordian Blade rest and sub in a ZU.13 Key Master. :)

And of course, drop the Lucky Finds...I hear Dirty Laundry isn't terrible...

I'd be nervous about only running one of each breaker. Sure, you can safely face-check with Snitch, but you could lose one to a Personal Evolution net damage or a Snare! and then you're in trouble.

@esutter479 The purpose of the Lucky Finds is to help me build toward big installs like Blackguard early or Femme Fatale later on. Dirty Laundry only nets me 3 credits and relies on a successful run, which is harder to do before getting the rig out. So I think I'll keep them for now. However, dropping Gordian Blade and Corroder (adding crappier in-faction breakers) frees up the 5 influence for Escher. Might try that as an extra silly alternate build.

@caesar That's a fair point! I guess I'm willing to take the risk, but a more competitive verision of this might include multiples.

@esutter479 On second thought I really like your Key Master substitition. I may drop Gordian Blade for ZU.13 Key Master, then use the 2 free influence for a third Lucky Find. I could drop 1 Compromised Employee to get back to 40 cards.

Crap, I thought ZU.13 Key Master was only 1 influence but it's 2... Scrap that then.

Parasite instead of Lucky Find :D You've got -heaps- of economy already, and you need something to get around ice that has been exposed. Also Satellite Uplink would essentially be free to play with one Compromised Employee out - perhaps worth a look instead of Infiltration.

I would be tempted to take out one Snitch and the Faerie to put in two Inside Jobs too, but that's just me :D

@Whrrrrr I like this deck. But find that I can't control it well. Can you tell me some knack ? I have to find the Blackguard first or without Blackguard is OK ? the corp is too rich And I don't know which is the first thing I have to do .... yes I seldom use the blue ^_^

@mtblocks Good ideas! I need to do some playtesting and find out what's more important. I definitely like Parasite, though I'm not sure about the Satellite Uplinks.

@iceim The deck works best with Blackguard but it should still work ok without it. Depending on how much you rely on it, you could consider a mulligan if you don't see it in your opening hand. Without Blackguard, you should get out a Snitch or Faerie before running against any ice. Run with Sneakdoor Beta until they put ice on Archives, then you can trash it to get your MU back for breakers. Special Order your breakers, clear piles of money off Kati Jones, and run with a full rig and lots of cash on hand. Use the other tricks like Account Siphon, Forged Activation Orders, Crescentus and Emergency Shutdown.

Feel free to change around any cards from other's suggestions or your own ideas. Everyone has a different play style after all. I'd say the basic knack is just exploiting runs on servers wherever the Corp is weakest, and trying your best to make them pay for ice again and again, especially if you can predict a spot where Social Engineering will work. (Btw, Social Engineering before Forged Activation Orders will usually work, it's just more fun to force the rez with Blackguard+expose.)

I'm running a very similar deck that I'm going to publish soon. I find that you could probably take out the 2 infiltrations. I used to run them, but the more I played the more I found that I don't need them if I have Blackgaurd and Snitch. I would put in a second HQ interface. I also used to run Queen's Gambit instead of Lucky Find just for the laughs.

Also get hyped for Bribery, which will make this deck 10x as good. In-faction Vamp that you don't even need to have a successful run to activate!

@Whrrrrr thank you for your suggestion, I have tried the deck the day before yesterday and find it really interesting. I think I will use the deck again and again and try to do some modify when I know it well. expect your other new deck. Thank you.

Wow @PackBenPack Bribery would be amazing! Unfortunately I don't think it works with Blackguard. :( Based on the ruling for Archer, the corp can decline to rez despite Blackguard if there is an additional cost involved. So they can also decline to rez when the runner plays cards like Running Interference and Cortez Chip. By the way, have you ever played Queen's Gambit followed by Exploratory Romp? Laughs for days. :D

@iceim Thanks for checking it out! Hope you enjoy playing it. I aim to post a corp deck pretty soon.

I found the deck was a little too slow for me, so I changed some cards around to be able to amp up the early game and keep the corp on their toes. Current version of the deck: -2 Lucky Find, -2 Infiltration, -3 Compromised Employee. +1 Kati Jones, +1 Special Order, +2 Parasite, +2 Inside Job, +1 Satellite Uplink. I may drop the Satellite Uplink for a third Inside Job, but it is nice to have at least one card for exposing what's installed in a server, without having to run HQ first.

@mtblocks I took your advice for a few tweaks. Details are in my previous comment.

@Whrrrrr Lucky Find give you enough money to install Blackguard and do other things. Infiltration can do some combo with Social Engineering , Compromised Employee is slow but useful. when change them, I am afraid the money is not enough

@iceim Playing the new build is the only way to find out. Most of the changes are there to prevent the corp from going unchallenged in the early game. My hope is that finding Kati Jones earlier will be enough extra money for installs - that's why the third copy was added. Social Engineering can still be successful with Forged Activation, and I could Snitch/expose to give me the hint on whether the targeted ice will get rezzed. Once it's rezzed I can put a Parasite on there. Meanwhile I add money to Kati each turn until I can clear enough for Blackguard. You are right, though. It still may not be enough, but we'll see.

OK , I will try it ,thank you

@Whrrrrr Yesterday I test the deck again and found a problem. This deck has only one icebreak each type. So how to deal with the Power Shutdown

I don't know if you'd have space, but what about a Legwork? Seems to synergize nicely with Silh's ability while giving you some multi-access

you need tag avoidance (new angeles city hall maybe?) and/or plascrete. And Jackson Howard help you if they have any damage or program trashing. But I've been thinking about a silhouette/blackguard combo, and it's cool (but not worth getting fear and loathing)