CriminArchy Goes to 11

BTrain 2971

Negative synergy? I prefer controlled chaos.

Let's get the obvious out of the way first: Ekomind and Levy do not play nice. Once you clear your hand with the LARLA, your MU drops to zero, but the recent ruling from Lukas states that Ekomind only sets your base MU. With 3 Akamatsus on the table, that leaves 3 MU for Origami. Say, that gives me an idea...

Here's a deck that's meant to be played Chaos Theory style. It wants to make two passes; the first is meant to take only a few turns, and it should be pure econ and establishment, while poking around to force the corp to rez ice, and we're playing our girl Quetzal who loves to run early and run often. Dig deep with Duggar's, install your e3, set up your Prepaids, work at your Day Job. Get your Same Old Things ready to fire. Ditch everything else that isn't draw or money. Don't be afraid to keep up some pressure with Overmind on the first run-through, and then overwrite, because you'll just be getting them back on round 2. Once you've Duggar'ed your way into most of the good stuff, drop the hammer; it's time to Levy.

On the second, pure pressure.

Break through barriers with your ability and e3, Overmind for the code gates, and Mimic for that Swordsman that will wreck your day (corps will start running a lot more Swordsmen. I promise). Then dig out the utensils to melt away whatever it is you don't want on the board anymore.

The CriminArch concept has always been my favorite for Quetzal and I think the new card support will really make the idea shine. This is of course pure theory, so I'm curious. What would you change? Is this deck better without Levy, maybe replace it instead with an Inside Job or Indexing and scrap the Duggar's and multiple passes? Let me know what you think!

3 comments
17 Dec 2014 MasterAir

Decks with Origami should have Stimhack. I'd like an extra click occasionally for Duggar's -> Overmind nonsense. Maybe Josh B - you aren't that likely to be scorched to death. Maybe Amped Up.

It's personal preference but I think you're likely no worse off with Déjà Vu in place of/in addition to Same Old Thing. I don't actually think a giant Overmind is all that strong, but it's a thing so I'll likely try it sooner or later to see.

17 Dec 2014 MasterAir

Also, there's no Overmind in the deck. That seems like an oversight.

17 Dec 2014 BTrain

@MasterAirHuh yeah for some reason it didn't save the Overmind include. That's bizarre...