Reina Knight v2.0 (pro con)

grogboxer 428

I've had so-so success with this deck, but it is a little toolboxy. Reina or Whizzard doesn't matter, that's more a meta call on if NBN or Weyland is more prominent. I chose Reina because her ability is good except against those random iceless decks.

Goal is to get Knights on Targeted servers as needed. It's effectively an inside job in most cases. Knights can move to R&D if they have a Sansan I can't trash.

Card choices: I want Knight and not Crypsis or Darwin because it is insanely efficient. With e3 Knight is deadly. Problem is tutoring for it. ProCon: v1 is Wyldside+Aesop, but that is finicky and fragile. And I need the click for other things. v2 with ProCon has been great. Parasite to get rid of annoying things like Popup or Enigma. Mimic is there for Roto/Tsuragi/Katana. Corroder is there because Ice Wall/Paper Wall/Hadrian's/Curtain. Yog is not there because the 5 credits can be rough on tempo. Deep Red is there because it's a Caissa deck.

2 comments
29 Jan 2014 x3r0h0ur

I'd wildcard your resources and go with 1-2 proco and stick in a hostage. That way you have a chance to get which ever you feel better about having. It doesn't really save you influence, but it opens up earlier katis. Interesting blend, but the 1 of AS seems light for 4 influence, I'd say femme is a hard sell, sitting in your hand until you get kati to crazy heights. The program suite looks good but I'm iffy about the economy.

29 Jan 2014 grogboxer

Thanks for the comments. You make an interesting point about hostage. Economy is a big problem against tag-heavy decks...I had a rough time against a Midseasons+Psycho deck recently. But unless I go full-on Account Siphon and ditch the E3's I'm not sure how to circumvent that.

I was thinking of switching out AS for shutdowns (to synergize with Reina's ability) but I'm not sure what I'd cut to keep at 45. Probably -1 Keyhole.