Blue n0ise

Hi everyone. With this deck I managed to win first place today -A:NR 2014 Season 1 Championship mat and box (and promos) on the tournament organized for #tabletopday in Sofia.

I've done extensive testing against one of our strongest players and I have to say that the deck can be devastating.

So here is how it works:

1) You have to go in the game, knowing that Milling cards ain't your focus. The milling is there as general annoyance, to slow them down by trashing either Economy or ICE, maybe sometimes an Agenda or Two. This isn't a Noise mill deck and shouldn't be played as such. Currently in the game, EVERY slot is valuable (especially on the corp side) and whatever you mill, will be good. Excluding game state dependent exceptions like milling a Hedge fund after they have 20 credits or so :)

2) Pressure - this deck has lots of it! If someone doesn't know that you are running Account Siphones, they will most likely leave HQ lightly protected which allows for HUGE mid-game (and even early game) money swings. The 2x Knight(s) are there exactly of that reason and also as substitute for Inside Jobs ( in the first incarnation of the decks I tried running Inside Job instead of 3rd Account Siphone just to realize that Knight can do the same thing for a bit more money AND a lot more). Because you are playing Noise after all and you will be Milling, they will have to protect archives as well. That's where Medium comes in. I can't describe the amount of games, where my opponents got either shocked or panicked by the pressure on HQ from the AS that they are left with 1 or ma 2 ICE on R&D , because I've been focus killing them with parasites. In roughly 70% of the games I've went into R&D for 3+ cards with my Medium.

If the enemy corp has to secure a remote on top of all this pressure on the centrals - even worse for them. They can't possibly upkeep EVERYTHING between you Parasiting , Siphoning , Milling and Imp trashing - which gives you holes for you to sneak into.

3) Economy , roughly "12 " economy cards. 9 pure , 3 AS and 3x SoT. If you land 1 or 2 Siphones you will be fine, if you land more - u will more really rich. Always try to combo Dirty Laundry either with fictive archives mill check, or Imp Trash run, OR Medium run. ON it's own is as decent as Easy Mark, but always try to get the extra value of it.

4) Drawing. With 3 Quality times I can say that the drawing shouldn't be a problem. There was this game I chained Economy into QT into Djin and Viruses ... at mid game I think I was left with 10-15 cards in my deck :) Djinn for the times when you need that Parasite or Data sucker pronto

5) Djinn and Grimoire - only 2 of each. As I said the focus of this deck isn't to mill you. Jinn will be hosting most of the time only Data suckers and Imps and a medium. Grimoire is decent for that pressure the extra counter it gives u, but it's not a must. Won all of my games today without installing 1. However you will want it for the Memory since late game u will be running 3 breakers.

6) Certain Card choices :

• There are about 4-5 cards that you can switch out and replace depending on your meta.
• Obviously Stimhack is one. I generally don't use it, but I like the end-game power it gives me when it comes to 1 run finishers.
• Deja Vu is a must, since you don't have other program recursion. Use it generally for Parasites, but when the need calls for a Knight or a Corroder to be recurred, don't hesitate to use it!
• 3rd AS. I'm currently thinking about replacing the 3rd AS with a 2x Gorman Drips + Emergency shutdown, because - 1 archer is scary for this deck ( read bellow) and 2 letting them spend 1-2 turns clicking for money after Siphone while feeding your Drip as well + MILL A CARD = THAT VALUE !!

However this will mean to take out a Knight as well, because you want 2x Knight if u play 3x AS, to maximize early ASs.

7) WORST case scenario !! ( Last, I swear !! )

Destroyers are a big issue for this deck and Archer, as the best Destroyer in game, causes a lot of pain. Usually trashing a DJinn with Data suckers on it ( and there will be smt else on it as well most likely) will set you back A LOT. So if you suspect your opponent might be playing Archer, try to play around it. Either have Knight with 8 money ready where you expect it, or Infiltrate to be 100% sure. Mimic price for 4 money + 3 data sucker tokens ... You are most likely winning hard if u have 3 DS tokens :) Rototurret is a pain too, but only early game when you are face checking.

If you have reached this point, I salute u! Your dedication to Noise is admirable! If you are an aggressive runner and have been switching between Criminals and Anarchs, like me, look no further - this is the deck for u ! :)

Feel free to leave a comment or questions!