In thinking of this I started to auto include a lot of Anarch cards, only to realize how many viruses there are. I decided to use Whizzard because Reina is already good for many other reasons (and I still want to 'Challenge the Meta') and because obviously Noise is useless without viruses.
So that turns us into a sort of pseudo demo build. But we can't be using Imp, so what do we do?
Economic warfare.
Anarch No Virus
Whizzard: Master Gamer (What Lies Ahead)
Event (16)
1x Account Siphon (Core Set) ••••
3x Demolition Run (Core Set)
3x Dirty Laundry (Creation and Control)
3x Infiltration (Core Set)
3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
3x Vamp (Trace Amount)
Hardware (5)
2x Dyson Mem Chip (Trace Amount)
3x Spinal Modem (What Lies Ahead)
Resource (10)
3x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
2x Kati Jones (Humanity's Shadow)
2x Liberated Account (Trace Amount)
3x Same Old Thing (Creation and Control)
Icebreaker (11)
3x Corroder (Core Set)
3x Femme Fatale (Core Set) •••
2x Knight (Mala Tempora)
3x ZU.13 Key Master (What Lies Ahead) ••••• •
Program (3)
3x Keyhole (True Colors)
Deck built on NetrunnerDB.
We need a strong economy. All though Whizzard is an economy identity (getting free credits is an economy action) we are still Anarch, and have to pay for a lot of things. With not a lot of influence to throw around, we'll go for some efficient pump-able breakers - Yog may be amazing of course, but without Datasucker tokens... And sure we could Mod or Dinosaurus it, but why spend all that resources for just code gates?
So we pick 1 for 1 breakers, and have to have 3 of each. Now the meat of the deck
Account Siphon, Demo Run, Vamp, and Keyhole. Get in, and mess things up. Use Whizzard's ability if you can, otherwise just trash the crap out of things. Blow things the hell up. It's your main strategy. Get things out of play and R&D in order to slow down the corp. Back that up with Account Siphon and Vamp to keep them even lower. Don't give them scoring windows.
What else can be done?
More punishment. Event based running, if the influence can be found for it. Build him like Criminal and surprise the heck out of Corp players who aren't expecting Account Siphons, Inside Jobs, and the like.
Will this work? Probably not. Will it make you think? I hope so.
Seems like you'd want to import multi-access somehow if you're going to use Demo Run to good effect. RDI has decent synergy with Keyhole, why not go with them instead of Siphon? Also, given the influence cost of Zu, why not use Special Order to replace an extra copy or two, reducing your dead draw odds and helping you find the tool you want faster?
ReplyDeleteAll good suggestions. Certainly could make this deck run a little better!
DeleteTo push the meta of course.
ReplyDeleteThis blog aims to challenge the Meta.
...and I still want to 'Challenge the Meta'
Plus we're pushing the Meta...
...stretching even the idea of stretching the Meta...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Then you are the worst kind of pedant: a mistaken one.
DeleteYou are of course entitled to your opinion :) But what is the Meta? the meta is an currently established play style of the game of a whole. The thought process that Archer is only good with 1 point agendas, that Demo Run is only good with Multi Access - these are all Meta consideration. Andromeda with event based running - Metagame. However these things are Metagame because they work. They work /well/. They win games. They win tournaments.
DeleteSo if better players than me have already discovered these great whats left? Well to make pretty bad and horrible decks. However, while the deck itself may not work, the hope is that something in that deck, one card interaction, one combination will make someone out there think more. People telling me theyve actually considering now using Archer without having any 1 point agenda's in their deck because of the complete surprise. Others saying that the NBN Trace deck I built made them start thinking about Traces in a different manner, not with the end result of winning the trace but with the concept of draining the runner. The Custom Biotics Slow Advance deck is seeing play in my local groups with some success. Is it Tier 1 quality? Course not - if it was people would already be playing it in tournaments and we'd be seeing them winning. But can it cause new decks to emerge? I certainly hope so.