Fixed Engineering

Playing a LOT of Nasir there are a few things I've come to understand about his needs:

1) he usually can't steal NAPD and sometimes not even an Evil Baby, so he needs Imp or Demo Run. 2) he needs a cheap and easy way to beat Pop-up Window. 3) he needs a way to zap ICE strength, and ICE destruction is desirable. 4) he needs late-game money after he's got most ICE rezzed so he can make economical runs. He also needs that money to be ready anytime and fast. 5) he usually can't beat a trace, so resources are sketchy in general. Relying on Kati Jones for late game resources is like pushing your luck imo. But Kati is a good option for Nasir.

This deck aims to satisfy most of these. The only problem I have ignored in this is ICE destruction, which I find to be inessential if you're going Anarch suite + Atman at 4 + Opus. I've opted for Modded which can help install some of the 15 cards available, some of which you might need in a pinch. Easy Mark solves one of his other problems: starting a turn with no cred. I don't like taking brain damage via Stimhack, and Easy Mark is the substitution. It also brings you up to 3 cred from 0, which is what nearly every breaker in the deck costs.

I've been using Armitage Codebusting in every Nasir build, and it's been excellent. Armitage is a pre-Opus Opus so you can get the necessary stuff out. I've never NOT wanted it. I am not a fan of Kati with Nasir because she's far too slow, and you can Test Run/SMC Opus.

Some card choices:

Akamatsu over Solutions. It's cheaper, and you'll build your rig slowly, not all at once (because no Stimhack).

Quality Time over Diesel. Generally, if I'm drawing, I'm digging for a solution or I am trying to avoid taking a lot of net damage.

Corroder over Inti. Inti is the 46th card. I like Inti, but couldn't justify keeping it in when I have the best barrier breaker in the game already. And most of the barrier ICE you'll facecheck can be broken with Corroder anyway.

No Scavenge. This was my last cut from the deck to free room for Clone Chip. Clone Chip just does so much more for this deck. Recurring Imps is huge, and it allows me to do so during a run. I won't have a way to Scavenge Femme, but I can always trash it and then Test Run it, if it comes down to that.

Just 1 Atman. Atman is usually going to go at 4 unless you know what you're playing against.

No Parasite. I find that I need my SMCs and Test Runs for breakers more than Parasites, though I wouldn't fault anyone for running 1 Parasite just in case. The argument For Parasite is that it keeps the ICE layers lower, meaning you're less likely to get blown out by something tiny. I think that once you get Mimic and Yog.0 out, you need Parasite less.

Comments are very welcome!