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Four store champs, four top 4 finishes with three victories. You can try to argue the results, but I think Weyland is here to stay. I wrote up most of my thoughts on the deck in the last one, so I'll just write about the changes.
Mausolus: Card is nuts. Ending the run isn't important, taxing them as much as possible is what's relevant and wins you games. This card does that extremely well, and they can't run through it repeatedly without losing themselves the game. I never advanced it, but if your opponent goes full YOLO on the server it could be worth doing to EtR. I'm testing 3x of this and only 2x Hive, as Hive loses usefulness as the game goes on.
Sapper: I never had it fire off central access, but the threat is big enough to stop early runs. It's good and possibly more deserving than a 1x but once they can break it it's not taxing, so I'm happy with it where it is.
Paywall Implementation: If you haven't watched Beyoken's newest video on currents I recommend you do so. I play my current purely reactively to EStrike, and this is a 0 cost one that can give some marginal benefit.
Elizabeth Mills: She's here to deal with Val and mitigate Bulwark's downside. I was the only Val at my past two SC's and never used her for removing the BP from Bulwark, so I'm dropping her. If Blackmail is super common in your meta than keep her.
Now, I want to go over some mistakes I think I see in other Blue Sun decks and offer some alternatives in case people are considering other cards.
Spiderweb: In the hayday of Faust this was good. Now it's strictly worse than Fire Wall. Paperclip breaks it for cheap, and it's very vulnerable to Parasite. D4v1d is even less common than Faust now, so at least do Fire Wall please.
Housekeeping: I love this card and played it all of last year when runner currents were bad. But now EStrike is so popular that playing your current proactively gets you punished. I run Paywall Implementation over this and Scarcity of Resources simply because having a 0 cost turn off EStike is worth the spot.
Caduceus: Link is too common right now for this to be good, and it's not that great of a facecheck penalty. Snek and Sapper are better uses of your slots right now. I might even consider Guard to deal with Nexus if it's popular by you.
Quandary and other small ice: You know what your ID does, right? You aren't a gear check deck, you're a Glacier deck. Get some real ice in your deck, put more money cards in, advance an Oaktown to 7 and get enough money to rez real ice that punishes them for checking it. I run 9 ice that end the run and it's more than enough.
Any questions comments or feedback just let me know!
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20 Dec 2016
mohaymen
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20 Dec 2016
WhackedMaki
If your meta is competely devoid of Faust then Fire Wall is probably better. I just like Hive, but it's not set in stone as needing to be there. Kill is the main game plan, with scoring being the backup. Often scoring puts the pressure on that allows the kill, forcing them to run before they're ready and getting hit by Midseasons. I will always rush on scoring, although I will often over advance Oaktown for a bit to gain money advantage. |
21 Dec 2016
Prestige
Did you find Best Defense useful for anything outside of giving you a plan to get rid of Plascrete Carapace? |
21 Dec 2016
WhackedMaki
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21 Dec 2016
Conduit23
It seems you loathe Employee Strike as much as I do! Why not 2 Hostile Takeover over 1 Corporate Sales Team to help deal with Current recursion? Good call on Paywall Implementation over Scarcity of Resources. I often found myself saving Scarcity to play reactively, which absolutely defeats the point of slotting it. |
21 Dec 2016
WhackedMaki
Perhaps testing with -1 Paywall -1 CST and +2 Hostile would be good, but it might put too much pressure on the 1x Elizabeth Mills to deal with the BP. There's also inherent risk in holding agendas in HQ, and they're not tutorable like the currents are. |
21 Dec 2016
saracenus
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22 Dec 2016
Meristem
How do you feel about -1 Restructre +1 Preemptive Action? Card seems really good in this deck, additional Jackson? Also, thoughts on Contract Killer over Snatch? |
22 Dec 2016
WhackedMaki
Snatch and Grab is able to be tutored for when you need it which is big. Contract Killer is also vulnerable when your only plan is to feed them an agenda but need Film Critic gone first |
25 Dec 2016
Longi
What has been your experience with 2 pieces of Bulwark so far? And what about the inclusion of Mother Goddess? A lot of other Blue Sun decks seem to run it. |
26 Dec 2016
WhackedMaki
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3 Jan 2017
hi_impact
Ur going to laugh but I play 1x Witness Tampering in my Blue Sun decks with Bulwark or Hostile Takeover. The remove 2 BP helps with Val and its tutorable with Consulting Visit. I understand the constant desire to cut BP removal but my meta is rife with Val when tournaments are on the table. |
8 Jan 2017
bubbathegoat
What are your thoughts about Chiyashi in this deck? It looks good, but I don't want to take out Janus for it. I haven't been crazy about Wormhole, since there is often very little ICE rezzed. I swapped that for a Mother Goddess, which is sometimes all the ICE I need. I wanted a little extra recursion, so I added a Preemptive Action. It's been great with the consulting visits to keep all the operation options alive. |
9 Jan 2017
WhackedMaki
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10 Jan 2017
Echo_Chaser
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10 Jan 2017
WhackedMaki
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14 Jan 2017
Dzerards
You can chalk up another win for this deck. Just took down the Bangor SC with it. All my opponents had Film Critic. Didn't help any of them. Your deck is pretty tight. Only changes were -1 Hive -1 Wormhole +1 Sapper +1 Maurolus |
15 Jan 2017
WhackedMaki
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15 Jan 2017
bubbathegoat
I really like 3x Mausolus, but I'm too fond of the Hives to cut one. Hive is the ICE that I like to use to rush my first agenda, or block early Temu econ off of Archives. There are some matchups where I really want to score an agenda quickly (especially an Oaktown), and I feel like Hive has been the best ICE for that. (so I cut thw Wormhole) |
Wouldnt you prefer scarcity of resources instead, its only 1 credit more, and its very useful early game game against sunny or andy, because i dont think the runner makes runs that often. And would you prefer -1 hive +1 fire wall? And lastly, is flatlining your main focus here, or does it depend on the runner whether he's good late game or not.