She Sells Seashells v. 4

So, this was the first deck I built that acually functions on some level! As you can see, this is v. 4. After a VERY helpful player on Jinteki.net gave me some advice on how to make the deck better, I made his changes to make v. 2. Then I disregarded some of his changes and made v. 3. Then, after playing a while, I took to heart some of the deck's strengths and weaknesses to make v. 4. So here we go.

This is standard Jinteki Shell Game (from what I understand). Is it a trap? Is it an agenda? Want to take a guess? You might die. Or at least it will hurt.

How do you play? Simple! Get some ice on your central servers (maybe some nice Vanillas, or at minimum some annoying Pups or Yaguras. You don't really want your opponent going in there THAT much. Well, maybe sometimes...). You might need to ice some of your remote servers, but leave that for your Sentries to MAXIMIZE DEATH!!!! or at least the fabled thousand cuts. But you see, who needs ICE when you can just put a card on the table, look the runner in the eye (option not available on Jinteki.net), and say, "Are you sure that's an agenda?" And maybe it will be, and they'll score some points and take some death. Or maybe it's a Fetal AI, and they'll take some points and LOTS of death. Or maybe it's a Cerebral Overwriter. Why hello.

You have 2 types of agendas you'll need to score. 3/1 (or Philo) and 5/3. For 3/1s, you have 3 choices: 1. Mushin it out and do the aforementioned eye-looking 2. Put out the agena and a Snare in 2 different remote servers (or for bonus giggles, 2 agendas). Are you feeling lucky, punk? 3. Install, Trick of light from a trap, advance, score, laugh. For 5/3s, you might use a Mushin (just to speed things up and save you some valuable credits), or you might just IAA and hope they think it's a trap.

Significant choices: Fetal AI, House of Knives, Philo, Cerebral Overwriter, Snare, Mushin No Shin, Trick of Light: This is a PE deck.

GFI: Wait, no Future Perfect? Well, no. Psi games cost money, and this deck likes to keep things cheap. Also, Future Perfect is worth 3 points. GFI is only worth 2 for the opponent. My opponent has to steal at least 4 agendas to win the game, and the more agendas I make him steal, the more risks I make him take and the better chance I can Philo kill him.

Project Junebug?? NO RONIN???????: Honetsly, this might be a bad call. But I just don't like using Ronin. Why waste time and money setting up a Ronin when I could always just score an agenda? To me, there are two types of cards: the advanced cards I don't want my opponent running, and the advanced cards I DO want my opponent running. I'd like to keep those as even as possible. I already have to have 10 agendas; I could either run Junebug and go 10/5, or I could go Ronin and make it 12/3. Plus, Junebug, can potentially be a kill card. And besides, my opponent probably thinks I have Ronin, right? Right?????

Celebrity Gift: Yeah, show my opponent a couple of Snares in my hand, and they'll be afraid to go anywhere near HQ. In fact, even after you ditch the Snares, the fear may still remain.

Chrysalis: Free to fire 2 net damage trap that fires from R&D? Yes please! (Of course, it can be blocked with icebreakers, but that part doesn't matter.)

Cobra...?: It's between that and Cortex Lock. I'm still choosing. It could very well end up being Cortex Lock. Maybe. Idk.

Strengths: Of the 49 cards, 27 let me hurt the opponent. If the opponent plays careful, he won't get flatlined. However, there's also a good chance that I can win if he's being too overcautious.

The economy in this deck is actually pretty solid. Everything you're playing is really cheap. Like, really cheap. And Mushin/Trick of Light help you avoid spending money on advancing agendas. And you have enough burst economy to keep you fueled. I'm often in double digits for credits with this deck.

Weaknesses: Film Critic :(

There's something about Jinteki ice being "porous." This deck is relying on bluffs to keep the opponent off my back, not ICE. The ice that I have is very susceptible to Mimc and/or Parasite. When you do actually need to protect a server... well...

Bluffs: Bluffing can turn this into a guessing game. If your opponent guesses wrong at the wrong time, they'll die. If your opponent guesses right, they can waltz right through everything. Aww.........

Well, that's my She Sells Seashells! It's fun to play, even if it may not be the best deck ever. Very interactive, very tense, very enjoyable.

Let me know your thoughts!