Huston! We Have A Problem! 2.0

Updated version.

Surveyor replaced one Fractal and one Hortum. the other two Fractals replaced with Reduced Service which most likely will be exclusive to HQ so that both Remote and HQ are super expensive to run against.

As usual keep Winchesters and Surveyors on HQ, You want one Archer on Archive and one on R&D. They are extremely expensive to break, resist Boomernags and go great against Bankhar. Score Standoffs and Hostile as soon as you can to enable Archers.

One Pharos goes great with Border Control over remote if you can spare time to advance it, the remote server will be almost impregnable. Ideal HQ protection is Surveyor, Winchester, Archer, Mestnichestvo with Reduced Service.

The other two Pharos if possible on R&D, same for Hortums. Just make it as costly as possible and go slow, Money is more important than speed here. Late game if no ice got trashed and you have all Archers or Pharos out if they are advanced Runner won't have enough credit sources to go through all str 10 and 8 ice more than once in two rounds. Of course that is a dream scenario.

In the meantime flip ID to remote, put in Rashida or Reglith even on open server and let runner decide how much they want to slow down their game to check the server. Scoring SDS should not be extremely difficult and can put runner behind few clicks same for Above the Law. Project Atlas is here only for Public Trail and EOL so I would not invest too much time in setting this up. When the opportunity arises clear hand even if there is no way to flatline them. Public + Retribution might be more effective as it affects the board and is 2 creds cheaper. Obviously with 8 creds you can go for both. Using Public is also a good way to keep runners credit under control slowing them down again. You will bounce back harder so just don't hurry. For late game Standoff if the runner is willing stare you down get rid of your upgrades and Hortums as those are the weakest on board, thanks to Doctor you can recure cards much more reliably than runner so you can get those ice cards back if needed.

Giving runner 3 points Send the Message is def initely worth it if you can rez Pharos on your central servers. For Archers it's best to keep them as surprise and even sacrificing 2/3 points at the right time when you can guarantee program destruction is better than rezzing it early and telegraphing your murderous intent.

You will encounter runners that just hoard money and wait for you to drop down agenda in the remote therefore it's imperative to not use Border anywhere but remote and recure it if possible. Reduced Service might help with taxing even more but it's unique so won't be able to protect both HQ and remote choose wisely.

All in all, I think the deck is pretty frustrating to play against and with 54 cards it is a slow grind that will make your opponent reflect on their life choices.