Clown Hopper

Aesop's Pawnshop doesn't make much sense to me here. You don't really have anything to sell to it besides spare Off-Campus Apartments, or the odd Councilman you don't need. Calling in Favors seems like it would be a lot better. In general though I think you are going to struggle to get set up early without a lucky Supplier near the top of your deck.

Once you get rolling though, well I've seen how that works out. You could probably cut one copy each of your breakers to slot a few econ events.

Aesop prevents subsequent copies of unique resources from being dead draws. Put John Masanori on the Supplier, sell the first one, put the second one into play, draw from OCA. Being able to consistently play out the resources you draw into is key to the deck's momentum. Do the same with a spare Kati, Film Critic, or even the Source. You get the cash injection and another draw.

Aesop has been in and out of the deck, as has Calling In Favors. I took out the Events because they have anti-synergy with the Street Peddlers.

You're right, though--you can get kind of a slow start, but Calling In Favors doesn't get good until late game anyway.

Calling in Favors is an Easy Mark with only 3 connections on the table, and Sure Gamble for free with 4. Past 4 its bonkers. At the rate at which you put out cards I'd think it would become useful right quick, and keep you from losing that momentum.

Using Aesop's Pawnshop to sell off uniques just to reinstall them for a net gain of a draw (and maybe a or two off The Supplier) seems kind of wasteful. You could be using those clicks to apply pressure. In a situation where you've got nothing to install but uniques it makes sense, but I can't imagine that happens too often.

It's marginal, but it adds up. Street Peddler is still going to be an issue if I replace Aesop with Events.

When I draw into a redundant Connection, I usually still need cards that are in the deck. I can click to overdraw and pitch them, but I'm still using clicks. I can use that click-to-draw as a click to install that'll get me a draw later, plus 2-3. It feels good.

But, in the final analysis, you're probably right. Earlier builds had a lot more redundancy, so I got more mileage out of him. I'll give it a shot.

Next iteration:

-1 each icebreaker

-1 Aesop

-1 Sports Hopper

+3 Earthrise Hotel

+2 Calling in Favors

I'm also surprised at the absence of Jak Sinclair. Between Masanori and the Security Nexus, the free run each turn seems like it could be good value.

What, no Oracle May?

@Qualistarian he has been in the list but slots are tight. I found that I might get a couple of runs off but even a modest amount of ice shut him off. I'm not overly invested in extra Link so Nexus isn't plan A.

@umchoyka not worth an Influence for a card that might wind up costing me a breaker at a bad time.

1 Rachel Beckman would be nice too