Long Holiday in Beirut (15W/0L)

13W/0L games with this. I've not had a single game where the opponent didn't rage in frustration.

Breaker Bay + The Root = Beirut.

Have you been on one of those really frustrating holidays? Like Tokaido the boardgame? This deck plays like that.

• Relax. Go slow.
• Make money on your holiday.
• Upgrade your party pad. It's not a party in Breaker Bay without 4 cards in it.
• It is Mandatory to take Time. (An extra click)

Getting the most out of Breaker Bay.

I first tried it in IG + Hostile Infrastructure and the likes, but that didn't really work.

Then I tried it with San San City Grid, and that of course doesn't work because they're both Regions. Duh :)

So I imported two The Roots from my ol buddie Jack, and by the gods, it's irritating as all hell. You can use it to build the remote that protects it, and if the runner doesn't come to get it, it's MASSIVE ECONOMY. Dropping an ICE on top of a 3-deep remote for free is HUGE. And everything else can be rezzed with it - Your sexbots, ICE, advancing stuff, whatever. You'll be hard-pressed not to find a use for the 3 recurring credits.

Never Advance

And of course, all of this works with the usual Never Advance strategy - drop something into a remote, tempt the runner. If they don't run it, either score it or get rich. Or advance Mandatory 3 times and watch them sweat bullets. Of course, it'll be protected by an Ash.

I really didn't realise how effective this would be. I built this without knowing about that Waldemar deck, and someone pointed it out to me, and I changed swapped 2 Beta Tests for 2 more NAPDs... And it makes good sense. I hardly ever fire ABT without Jackson down, and there's really no need for that jankery when there are other Jankery about.

I played this a few times and I don't really want to anymore. The econ is hideous, late game it kept pace with a fully operational first-turn The Supplier Iain with all the recurring, Tri-Mafs, Rachael Beckman, the works. He had to bankrupt me 8 times with Siphons, Vamps and Same Old whatevers, before I scored out when I eventually had 4 bucks.

This deck is massively irritating to play against, I won't wish this upon any runner.

General Strategy

• Take it slow. Beirut is not a rush deck. Install and 2c is a great option most of the time. Having money without pulling more agendas into the game is a good way to pace yourself.
• Be patient. Rezzing Adonis ahead of Breaker Bay is fine if you're sure it's safe, but don't rush it out recklessly.
• Find places to spend your Root creds. Again, If you can Breaker Bay it all the better. But don't let it restrict you too much.
• HQ protection is usually lighter as you really should be churning through your cards/agendas. Don't let them build up.
• The usual strategy for scoring Mandatory applies here too. Drop it as NA first, or fake an NAPD with 1 advance. Then go from 3 to 6. But try to make sure it's really quite safe before sticking your neck out.

Enjoy. Or not.

Wishlist:

One more Tollbooth. Enhanced Login Protocol. Toybox. Maybe. Probably not. Ashigaru, because Ashigaru, but probably never gonna fit it in.