A Link to the Past

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Vherdant 13

So it struck me that Sunny was perfect for using Data Folding and Underworld Contact due to having two base and her icebreakers not taking up MU. You can essentially use both from the get-go; no fuss, no muss. As I'd been fiddling with a similar idea already and Adam's and Apex's cards haven't been spoiled enough to build yet, I had to make a Sunny deck.

So I did. And another thing about Sunny is that with Security Nexus allowing you to force the corp to trace you, that makes Power Tap incredible as well. With a few Dyson Mem Chips installed (the original idea was Rabbit Holes for consistency, but when I incorporated Au Revoirs I needed the MU) and your console, your is 6. With the trace strength being 5, you're basically netting more than the corp guaranteed even with just one Power Tap. And you're the one who decides when to use it. And you get to bypass ice.

So the idea was to have a strong, passive, less economy. This allows you to do other things. Namely: run on servers, or maybe Kati Jones for more money, if needed.

Then I thought, hey, I really like the deck Goodbye to You and its Au Revoir and Snitch combo, and my problem is, what do I do with all the clicks I'm not spending getting money? Clearly I should be using them to get ALL the money.

The Au Revoir combo works really well with the Power Tap combo. You don't even need Snitch as Sunny - it's just nice to have, but almost not worth the influence, even. Run on a server, trigger Power Tap for 3, jack out for 3. And with Jak Sinclair you get to do it an extra time. With Rachel Beckman you get to do it an extra extra time.

So we're looking at maybe 6 passively per turn, plus 6 more up to six more times per turn. So your icebreakers may not be shit hot, but with the amount of money you have and with Overmind to deal with Grails, you should be fine, to say the least.

Now, 50 cards is a lot to have to draw through to get your combo, hence why there's a bit of tutor and as much draw as I could cram in. I'm even debating cutting Snitch for more, like a Clone Chip or a Replicator. Your gameplan should involve drawing and tutoring a whole lot to grab a full rig and at least three of basically any combination of your Data Folding, Power Tap, Au Revoir and Underworld Contact.

Once you've got your full rig (and probably a tidy pile of credits already), you want to run on anything you can, and get paid to do it with whatever combination of Power Taps and Au Revoirs you have up. These runs might be throwaway jack out runs for the , or legit runs depending on the matchup.

The main flaw may be that my meta isn't that competitive. So in more competitive environments it may not have the answers especially for flatline decks, though the inherent advantage of having a nearly unbeatable strength is pretty damn good and means you don't have to worry as much about defense as you otherwise would.

All that said, despite playing Magic competitively I'm pretty new to Netrunner, so I appreciate any constructive feedback or debate. Damn, I'm excited to get to play this in real life - and to see the rest of what Apex and Adam have to work with.

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6 Oct 2015 DarkTsunder

I see what you are going for, however Security nexus isn't viable in most games, even against glacier. It just costs to darn much. The dyson's are fine for an extra source of memory that doesn't waste influence. However, power tap is overkill on the idea. You would be far better server with Career Fair IMO. Drop Overmind and replace it with multiple copies of Demon Baby and you might consider Daily Casts for replacing Data Folding. While it has it's place in most Sunny decks because of the cloud breakers, here you just don't have the spare memory so it becomes a dead card unless your main economy plan is completely gutted.

Just some things you might look into.

6 Oct 2015 FarCryFromHuman

Both Adam's and Apex's cards are spoiled on the site. Endless Hunger, Always Be Running, etc.

You say you can't take Rabbit Hole because you need the ... do you mean you need the deck slots for boosting cards? RH seems like an auto-include in any -building Sunny deck; at only 3 influence and 6 for 3 I wouldn't want to live without it.

Your absurd econ makes this deck the perfect home for Vamp + Medium. If you can find the influence, that's the major change I would make.

Does Au Revoir work on a Jak Sinclair run?

7 Oct 2015 Vherdant

@FarCryFromHuman Is that all their cards? Hm. Seems like they'd have more than those few.

I feel like both Rabbit Hole and Dyson is actually overkill. All you really need in terms of is 2 to make money, and more is great for Security Nexus but not worth the slots, I think.

I agree, Vamp and Medium would be nasty in this. I'm tempted to find space for them, and go for more R&D damaging cards, though in my experience the gameplan of running more on remotes works damn well.

Au Revoir does indeed work on the Jak Sinclair run. No reason it wouldn't. It's a run, you can jack out as normal (or with Snitch), you're just "wasting" it to get a bunch of money and info.

@DarkTsunder In my experience on OCTGN, getting Security Nexus out isn't really a problem. You've been getting paid to exist already. It's the implication that it is a bit slow to ramp up, so really fast advance decks are a difficult matchup, and the deck could maybe use some tweaking there.

Daily Casts is in large part Data Folding with a deadline. No way would I replace Data Folding with it, though it certainly wouldn't hurt to get off the ground and get Security Nexus out.

As for not having the memory for Data Folding, you need 2 spare. Your icebreakers take up 1 with a full rig. Other programs take up 5 (as you're not gonna be keeping Self-modifying Code around, though the fact it takes up that spare two makes it easy to play and trash). You get 4 from hardware. That leaves a spare 2. Just what you need.

I'll certainly agree it sucks to be limited to not installing everything in your grip because you don't have the Dysons yet, and that's why I'm missing the hardware tutor I had before the modifications for Au Revoir, but it's workable. You just may have to wait to install all your Au Revoirs for a little bit. This is why I'm tempted to get rid of the Multithreader though, or add a Personal Workshop to be able to keep your rig down to having two spare MU.

Though you are right, in such a situation, Overmind can be superfluous and the thing you hold back. It's helpful, but only in certain matchups, and the slot may be better used by something else. That's the one suggestion I really agree with.

Power Tap, though, is bonkers with Au Revoir, effectively giving you six credits per click.