Powerhouse Nasir

I've been fiddling with this deck off and on since Nasir was released and this is the most efficient set-up I was able to create. I've taken this deck to two tournaments (12-16 players) over the last few months, winning one (4-0 with this deck) and coming in third at the other (3-1 with this deck).

Recurring credits are very helpful to painful ICE that you may not be able to break with only the credits gained from the rez cost.

Parasite is critical to this deck as it is the primary way you deal with Nasir's biggest weakness - low cost, STR0 ICE such as Pup, Quandary, and Pop-Up Window. You have a payment window to use Clone Chip/SMC/Personal Workshop to retrieve or play a Parasite in order to destroy this ICE without encountering it and losing your credits. (Note: this does not work with ICE you have to Datasucker, as those counters can only be used after you've already encountered the ICE - the ICE must be STR0 to begin with.

Toolbox and Femme should be dropped on Personal Workshop asap. Mulligan for Personal Workshop and Magnum Opus. Opus is critical for recovering your economy after hitting a low cost ICE, so find it ASAP with all your Shaper tricks. Your ideal opening turn is most likely Workshop, MO on Workshop, Run. If you find an ICE dump your 4 remaining credits into the MO so it'll come in on next turn. Just don't do this against Jinteki!

Tag 'n' Bag is a pretty bad match-up for this deck because you're often poor, but the meta was very low on it for a while and I found success. With Blue Sun pushing more Weyland players I would consider dropping something (maybe Net Celeb, not sure yet) for Plastcrete.