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spiralshadow 45

First attempt at building a corp deck. Right now I only have access to cards from Core and most of the Genesis Cycle, but I'll be picking up Opening Moves for Jackson Howard very soon.

Things to note: I love Biotic Labor because you can score 3/2 agendas out of hand. I also have some "click tax" cards like Enigma, Viper, and Ruhr Valley to make it harder for the Runner to spend clicks breaking Bioroid ice. Usually having high-cost ice would be a problem, but stable drip economy from PAD Campaign and Adonis Campaign mean that I can occasionally hard-rez Tollbooth or Heimdall 1.0 (but never Janus 1.0, lol) even in the absence of Accelerated Beta Test and Priority Requisition.

I'm new to the game so I imagine this is a very suboptimal build, any advice would be much appreciated.

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30 May 2014 Wakks

I don't think 3x Biotic is going to help a whole lot here. You've only got Jackson to help you get copies of Biotic Labor back in case you seek to use a fourth one. It'll be hard for you to utilize 4 of them with this build, and scoring 3 of your 3/2 agendas only leaves you with finding one more out of three to end the game. 3/1 agendas and things like Archived Memories can warrant utilizing 3x Biotic Labor. I say you focus on scoring Beta Tests and over-advanced Projects in a tough-as-nails remote. 1x Biotic as a way to win with 5 points is good IMO.

You might want to try Eve Campaign over PAD Campaign. It's a better money sink against Account Siphon if you're hovering around 7 credits, and simply icing it might deter the runner from trashing it later if you have money available. It's also harder to trash and injects more money into your coffers per turn.

30 May 2014 spiralshadow

Thanks so much for your advice. Does running Project Vitruvius not make 3x Biotic Labor good as well, if Archived Memories does? And I really like the idea of using the extra click to draw more off Jackson Howard if needed. If I drop down to 1 Biotic what would you suggest I replace them with?

I think you might be right about Eve Campaign though, Account Siphon is always a concern and helps me bounce back better than PAD Campaign.

31 May 2014 Wakks

This is going off of the assumption that some of your agendas are going to get stolen over the course of the game in centrals. Only 3 copies of Biotic means you might not have it right as you happen to draw a 3-difficulty agenda. Your agenda is going to sit in HQ for a while, and if you can't punch it out, the runner is going to steal it if your HQ is soft enough for them. With Archived Memories, once you see and use a single Biotic, Archived Memories becomes 3 more copies. Playing more 3-difficulty agendas groks with this plan because now you have more ways to get your seventh point.

For the 9 agenda build you have right now, I'd suggest getting Archived Memories anyway so you can get your Ash back.

Using Biotic to draw cards with Jesus Howard seems like a waste of resources to me. You can just draw cards next turn.

1 Jun 2014 spiralshadow

You make a very good point. So you would just suggest a straight swap of 2 Biotic Labor for 2 Archived Memories?