Kidney Stones: NEH

tl;dr - prison deck built on Bladderwort

Since Midnight Sun's release I have been trying to make Bladderwort function like a Bio-Ethics Assosiation that you can ice. This obviously seems very strong but it has a huge limitation in that you have to have <=4 creds for it to proc net dmg. I've tried to make Bladderwort work in every faction and think NBN has the best forking game plan since you can do some serious work on little credits w/ Amani & CryptoCrash.

I've also been messing with an Asa list that is using Kuwinda as a credit sink and it's pretty damn oppressive since you can force huge credit swings and recover w/ your CamPAINS and fully operational. Basically, you can make Bladderwort work in every faction, it's a dope card.

The ice in this list are just the best cheapest ice you can find but it's actually pretty effective since you just care about making it harder to trash Bladderwort. This can certainly be tuned but a rez cost of 2 is pretty important since you're generally sitting around 0-4 credits the whole game.

The card that makes this deck actually work is NASX. If you're sitting on 5 credits before start of turn you can dump your PAD Campaign and Bladderwort credits into NASX getting you under the threshold to ping on net dmg. If you've got some power counters on it then you can pop it, HHN, then get back down to threshold level. It makes this deck actually function. As a runner, get smart and trash NASX. Also Peace in our Time is a tech card lol.

The game plan is simple -- Install things, look for scoring windows w/ Seamless Launch, play HHN, and ultimately score out or kill the runner depending upon the tempo and what runner you're playing against.

This deck very likely folds to Apoc and Crim w/ Bones. You can gain the advantage over these decks with Malia + an Ice and some exceptional draw, but a skilled player will know how to cripple your econ and control the board until you flood up. If you need a real miracle to pull off a win, stick an Orbital Superiority on the board and wait until the runner can only clear 3 tags and kill with meat & net dmg. Yes, I am unironically playing Orbital. Post HHN, Psycographics + Orbital can be a wincon.

If I was going to keep iterating on the list, I would maybe tune up the ice, add more Preemptive Action for more prison fun, and try out different agendas. Overall it's quite good, although my testing has been on JNet Casual so it's probably trash in a competitive tournament and folds hard to a well teched runner.

Here's the Asa and Ob list I've published.