NBN 'Red Rain' (Worlds Top 8)

This is the deck that took me to the top 8 in Worlds.

The idea is for the deck to appear like Astro Biotics until the kill is set up, because Astro Biotics was everywhere, and is so fast runners don't have time to see where your influence is, otherwise you will chain Astro. Often the runner will see part of the kill combo on random accesses and immediately slow down, however this is also a problem for them, as it allows you to score out.

During swiss all of the wins were via agenda points, and then in the top 16 both wins were by flatline.

The reason the deck is so strong is that it kills runners who are too aggressive or if they see the kill coming, it switches to scoring while they get economy or dig for Plascete. IMO the times this deck is strongest is when you score out an Astro, this forces the runner to be over aggressive and it is during these times that they run into Snare and are unable to recover. A scored Astro also allows you to score a Breaking News into a Scorch which is perfect after a Snare.

There are definite changes I would make to this deck following Worlds, but this deck is partly so strong because of the amount of Astro Biotics around.