Crossing the Rubicon

JANK ALERT

I repeat, pure jank alert.

As it turns out, making it hurt to turn on ice is a very pleasant experience for the runner! Nasir Meidan: Cyber Explorer crossed with Rubicon Switch is an anti-ice barrage for days as even a 12-pt Chiyashi turns into a crippling sunk cost.

Initially, there were issues with face-check ice, as Algo Trading -- while useful to give you the burst econ necessary to shrug off HHN or install a lot of stuff at once -- isn't too useful when you need to actually break ice and keep subroutines from frying you. However, all that is neatly solved by going Stealth -- Ghost Runner, Net Mercur, and Cloak just barely gives you enough to Dai V your way through the most stubborn obstacles...

...then jack out and use Nasir's cash pool to turn off their stuff.

With Hernando Cortez, you even do extra credit damage for especially sub-rich ice!

Note: it was tempting to use Mirror instead of Daredevil, but because you're more likely to use Rubicon than actual ice breakers, the lack of card draw to help set up ended up making Mirror the poorer choice.

Also note: you're going to lose big-time to Hard-Hitting News and Bryan Stinson. It's REALLY hard to shake off tags, and you are all but guaranteed to start a lot of your turns with 0 credits. I wouldn't recommend using this deck in a CI meta.

It's a LOT of fun outside of it, though!