Smoke and Mirrors (Stealth Heavy)

Breadlast 7

This deck works well (in my limited experience) when running R&D just about every turn. Indexing can be used to set up agenda steals, and by running on R&D with Houdini along with Mirror and Net Mercur + the 3 Cyberdelia cards and Magnum Opus or Beth-Kilrain Chang, you can keep up some serious sustain, using Misdirection to get rid of tags, and Sacrificial Construct and Trope to keep these cards in play. If you have to chose a card to trash and don't have a Sacrificial Construct, you can trash Paperclip, as it can be brought back from your heap. Dagger and Switchblade serve the same purpose as each other, only Switchblade is only more cost efficient when playing against a 6 or 7 strength Ice. Dai V is probably best used as a Plan B when nothing else will work, as it has a high install cost and is expensive to use. Dhegdheer is mainly for Self-Modifying Code, but can be dropped from the deck if need be. Test Run can be used efficiently for Cloak, as it installs it, the credit can be used, and then it is put at the top of your stack at the end of your turn, essentially recharging the credit from Cloak.

I am a fairly new player, so if you have any advice on how to improve the deck or notice any mistakes/weaknesses, please tell me, or just tell me what you think about the deck, as I find it both easy and fun to play. :)

2 comments
27 Mar 2018 mrgoldendeal

I feel like Magnum Opus is not the best choice of restricted card - it incentivizes sitting back and not running while Cyberdelia and Net Mercur want you to run. I would most likely cut it and the Dheghdeer in exchange for some more run-based economy like Dirty Laundry. I feel like multiple copies of your breakers aren't as necessary when you have 3x Sac Con, Trope, and 3x SMC. Perhaps you could use some of the influence for Security Testing to help you run for profit even more.

28 Mar 2018 Breadlast

While that presents some fair points, it is true that Security Testing could definitely be swapped in to some benefit, however, I later found a benefit from running Magnum Opus and Dhegdheer, Since this deck relies on a lot of programs being active, it can take up a lot of memory, meaning Self-modifying Code can, at times, be a problem, say when you're trying to get your last program installed but only have 1 memory. As for Opus, the constant runs on R&D + the regaining Stealth credits means the deck has a lot of sustain, and since Houdini only needs one of the credits to be a stealth credit, Magnum Opus, at the cost of clicks, can essentially provide as many credits as needed for Houdini and Paperclip as needed without making a run, Where as Security Testing and Dirty Laundry both require you to make a successful run, Dirty Laundry being trashed right after it's use.