SynCrush SE*

Rush or Crush them

Current score of the deck in OCTGN: 32-2 (including the previous version of the deck. I lost to an ice-destruction & medium Reina that went 'tag-me' and to a VERY capable and fast Nasir.

Try to figure out your opponent by ID archetype. You can play this deck rushing agendas, like any TWIY* deck or you can kill the runner.

Plenty of economy events here: 3x Green Level Clearance 3x Hedge Fund 3x Restructure 3x Sweeps Week

...and enough cheap ICE. Tollbooth is the only expensive ice and even though Data Raven looks expensive, it's cheap for the level of taxation it puts to the runner.

This deck is all about early to mid game, BEFORE the runner can get rich. A problem that Blue Sun usually faces. Leave centrals unprotected and score your agendas in a single remote. Given the economy of the deck, they'll get midseasoned hard if they steal agenda from centrals. Better cover HQ for crims or other Siphon oriented decks though.

Now then...you need the runner tagged! Either to Scorch him/her, or to tax him 3cr to remove it, or in rare occasions Psycho a Beale for >3 points. Given the current meta and the splash of Film Critic in almost every deck, midseasons can sometimes be rendered useless, hence 2x in the deck + 2x SEA Source.

You also need to be faster than the runner and Green Level Clearance works wonders along with Anonymous Tip. Yes...Jackson too. Rush everything before Plascretes or runner economical advantage.

I was torn between Global Food Initiative, NAPD Contract and Explode-a-palooza. The earliest version of the deck runs GFI but only 2 SE + Archived Memories which made some matchups a bit hard (early game runners like Reina, Maxx etc). This one runs Explode-a-palooza which I sometimes give to the runner for free as an economic boost to midseason and kill. 4 influence spared for a 3rd Scorched Earth.

Cyberdex Virus Suite is there for careful runners with clot and for heavy sucker decks / Noise.

*SE stands for Second Editon & Scorched Earch