chaos lean

mangustheix 1

After listening to some podcasts I heard that the new 6 of cards could be used for thinning out decks. I am at the stage where I still have trouble sticking to the 40/45 minimum, let alone thinning a deck, so I thought I would try and get a sleek deck built with Chaos Theory: Wünderkind. 40 cards and 15 influence is good, and I started out with her ages ago (it was an Overmind/Sage memory deck).

The idea behind the deck is to fast draw and set up a rig very quickly. Diesel and Exclusive Party provide draw, though I do get the feeling that it might do with some more. Econ is Magnum Opus plus some burst from Sure Gamble.

Since the rig goes up quite quickly you can put massive pressure on different fronts with Indexing, The Maker's Eye and Legwork, plus a couple of Same Old Thing to reoccur them. Levy AR Lab Access is saved for after the rig is up and running so that the events can be reoccured, which should be quick with the draw in the deck.

Maya was my choice for console since it allows the 7 memory which is needed to have Opus, Corroder, Refractor, Dagger and 2 x Cloak in place. I am not sure but I might be tempted to go with something else to get the memory and play without a console since nothing tempts me (though Dinosaurus might be good for buffing a particular breaker in certain areas, such as a dagger against archers). The hope is that it goes so quickly that the corp can't put up loads of big ice, though potentially Escher gives an out to this if needed.

Clot is a problem since there is no memory available once the rig is up, and there is tutoring from the stack. I could drop one of each of the breakers and put in some Self-modifying Code, but i don't know if this is a good idea or not (probably is a good one, just not sure).

I have no idea what it is bad or good against since it is only 4 games in (4-0 so far). As i get more practice I will add comments and modify.

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