Get Exposed, Son

PackBenPack 96

"Oh sorry, let me read that? I don't normally play against blackgaurd decks."

This deck is all about making the corp super poor by consistently toying around with their ice.

The goal of the deck is get Blackgaurd, Snitch and 14 credits. Silhouette with Blackgaurd is good, but Andromeda said it best when she said "Snitch is a girl's best friend." Ideally you want to get Snitch out on click one, then run 3 times and make them spend anywhere from 5 to 20 creds. Be weary with any new ice they out out, as it will probably be cheap ice to stop you from hitting the more expensive ice. You then emergency shutdown the big pieces of ice, and either make them lose more money or kill them with FAO. At this point the game basically turns into a Deep Red scenario, except you're never going to run out of pieces and have a lot more tricks for your runs.

Escher is a game changer. The 5 influence is big, but you can put all the cheap and easy-to-run-through ice on one server and make cheap runs, and the huge ice on another and they can never rez it.

I used to run Crypsis but didn't have enough money for it. With Inside Job and Femme, the only way they can truly lock you out of an outer server is if they have 3 code gates in a row. At that point you probably can just win by hitting other servers. I've only been blown up with this deck once because I usually have way more money than the corp, and I just don't run last click.

SoTs should be primarily used for Shutdown or FAO, but can be used for Lucky Finds if need be.

The only thing it doesn't do great is card draw, so you will spend some turns searching. It loses pretty hard to cheap NBN decks and is maybe NEXT Ice's only GOOD matchup, seeing how they want all their ice rezzed and it's cheap enough that it doesn't mess with them.

2 comments
8 Aug 2014 Zetan

Why only two Account Siphons? If your goal is to make the corp poor, it seems like an obvious choice, especially since you're in criminal. Maybe drop an Armitage or Compromised Employee for it?

9 Aug 2014 PackBenPack

@Zetan Account Siphon is a great way to make the corp poor early. But by the time the mid game hits I found myself having way better ways to make the corp lose 5 than paying to get through HQ, then spend 2 clicks to remove tags. I used to have 3, but I found it too much. I'd be willing to drop 1 Compromised Employee, but I'd rather replace that with another legwork since I'm light on multi-access and you still need to access cards to win Netrunner.