To push the meta of course. The local League for Netrunner here in town is an Achievement based league. If you hit certain circumstances you get bonus points. Several of them are Hard Mode decks, decks in a faction not using its main component. So... No Event Criminal...
Of course, you have to remember: These decks are not meant to be competitive. Leaving out in-faction cards like Easy Mark, and Account Siphon is a quick way to loose as Criminal. I heard once that the best Criminals never play an Ice breaker; because their event's handle it for them.
Well after thinking about this, I had to go with Gabe. Andromeda simply needs that aggro early from events she is practically guaranteed to draw. Gabe's ability will still be useful without events, and Andy's is highly curtailed without getting a major advantage out of it early.
Criminal No Event
Gabriel Santiago: Consummate Professional (Core Set)
Hardware (16)
2x Clone Chip (Creation and Control) ••••
3x Desperado (Core Set)
2x Dyson Mem Chip (Trace Amount)
3x e3 Feedback Implants (Trace Amount)
2x HQ Interface (Humanity's Shadow)
2x Lemuria Codecracker (Core Set)
2x R&D Interface (Future Proof) ••••
Resource (4)
2x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
2x Kati Jones (Humanity's Shadow)
Icebreaker (13)
3x Corroder (Core Set) ••••• •
2x Crypsis (Core Set)
3x Faerie (Future Proof)
2x Femme Fatale (Core Set)
3x Peacock (What Lies Ahead)
Program (12)
2x Copycat (Second Thoughts)
2x Crescentus (A Study in Static)
2x Gorman Drip v1 (Opening Moves)
2x Pheromones (Humanity's Shadow)
2x Sneakdoor Beta (Core Set)
2x Snitch (Cyber Exodus)
Deck built on NetrunnerDB.
So of course, we have no Special Order, and fitting in room for SMC we may not have the influence. So that means we have to go old school for breakers, to guarantee we see them. Desperado of course - why not? It's not restricted. Now we have some of the interesting things.
HQ and RD Interface - why both? Because without events to put pressure for this deck, we have to find other ways to do it. Both Interfaces gives the advantage of being low in Inf, and able to put multiple points of pressure upon the Corp.
Codecracker and E3 - well, without the big money of AS or the easy money of Dirty Laundry, Sure Gamble, Easy Mark, ect - E3 could possibly save some money. In the end, probably not. It would probably be the first to go.
Then we'll throw in some utility with the programs. Gorman Drip and Pheromones can save money, Sneakdoor allows us to hit the third central adding pressure from all three. Snitch is there because we don't have Inside Job or Infiltrate, and Cresentus is a poor man's Emergency Shutdown.
And I just want to see Copycat used.
What else can be done?
Well, economy is going to be an issue, and speed as well. Making room for SMC might be one of the better choices, just to lower the amount of breakers and get some tutoring in there. e3 can probably go because we're only running the most efficient breakers, meaning we can make room for another HD interface and probably a Snitch or something
Will this work? Doubt it. Will it make you think? I hope so!
