Will of the Cerebral Imaging, Actually using a remote | Beta

Vaos 68

This is a test deck going a different way than the usual CI decks.

The aim is to exaust the runner gradually with taxing ICE (NEXT, Bioroids...) and reccuring Will-o'-the-Wisp.

Fast Advance is completely forgone for more economy and more ICE, as we will actually need to build a remote this time around.

Celebrity Gift and Beanstalk make for a very solid economy, and I did not include any Siphon Counters (Sealed Vault, Targeted Marketing) as we should have so much money the runner won't be able to drain it all.

NEXT ICE and Hive let you defend and prevent repeated assault on your central servers, while Ash 2X3ZB9CY will let you score on that one big remote you'll be creating. Ash, Will + one NAPD will make for a very painful remote run. One Corporate is in as a filler for a try, you'll be often sitting on way more than 7 credits as CI usually. You could also go for an always advance agenda set and include even more "funny cards", such as GRNDL Refinery or Cerebral Overwriter.

Also, I was thinking about including more program trashing, such as Power Shutdown. Used for 0 (Faerie, SMC...) or 1 (Datasucker...) it can prove to be very effective. A version using Power Shutdown however would need a few Jackson Howard to help reccur even more. However, this would make it hard on the deck for economy and ICE, which are crucial.

16 ICE and 11 early game Econ (=/ Restructure) also make for a much smoother early game which was a weakness of other CI decks.

Parasite is always an issue with NEXT ICE, especially NEXT Silver, but the recursion is very strong and should help plenty.

4 comments
27 Aug 2014 Exo

I think that this type of deck, CI ICE taxing, will get more power when all the Grail ICE will be released.

27 Aug 2014 Exo

I think that this type of deck, CI ICE taxing, will get more power when all the Grail ICE will be released.

27 Aug 2014 Exo

I think that this type of deck, CI ICE taxing, will get more power when all the Grail ICE will be released.

27 Aug 2014 Vaos

Grail ICE seems a fit for CI, but also for The Foundry: Refining the Process. We'll see when all the good grail ICE are out.