NEXT Sleepers

heike 6

So you've all seen the All 5/3 Harmony Medtech deck, right? Why not play it in HB.

I see most people using Domestic Sleepers to top off to their HB-FA decks, but I think it can be used to easily finish out the game when you've got your two 5/3s while not giving the runner any advantage. It's also great Archer fodder, which is a great, cheap late game ICE for this rush deck.

I chose HB-NEXT as I found they're the easiest of the HB IDs to rush out the first Agenda. Ideally, you're at 3 points by turn 4 or 5 (though sometimes as early as turn 3). At that point, you're pretty much at game point with the Sleepers to pull you to victory.

Easy enough to pilot. Get taxing ICE (Caduceus, Eli, Viper) on centrals, hope for cheap ETR ICE for early remote(s) and then upgrade the scoring remote with Archer, Wotan and/or Janus 1.0. Early game burst economy is key, to pull into late game, get down a Melange and pump for money.

Things to considering changing:

Adding Fast Track or Aggressive Negotiations to bring out Sleepers or a 5/3 when you need it.

Getting rid of NAPD Contracts for another 5/3

Bring Domestic Sleepers to 3 copies.

Playing with ICE balance.

Switching out some influence to bring in Jackson

2 comments
19 Jul 2014 wswan

This is such a good call. I'd feel much better playing this deck than a 6 5/3 Harmoney Medtech guy, which is just super scary if you ask me.

19 Jul 2014 esutter479

I can see this working. I guess I'd drop the Wraparound and Ice Walls in favor of the 3 Jacksons for wiggle room. Perhaps replace Grim with Fenris...maybe go down to 1 Aggressive Secretary if you wanna add 1 Sleepers...and that's all I can think of for the moment. :)