CT: I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me

Does 1 Magnum Opus as the only economy work? Just curious, because Econ always seems to be a problem in my Decks.

Hi haywire,

Yes, I run all of my CT decks with just 1 opus. The idea is to get an opening hand with an SMC, test run, or the Opus. The best is to get a test run and a scavenge. Either way, the first thing to do is to bring out the Opus using shaper BS with the cards referred to above. Then 1 click for 2 credits is a solid economy in anyone's books.

CT decks need to be lean, and as a result, need to make some brutal cuts (in this case, no sure gambles and no daily casts. The only supplementary income is from data folding, which is pretty efficient of itself.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Thank you for the Explanation. I never used Magnum Opus, since i disliked it for no reason and I always had Problems with my econ, relying heavily on Resources. Maybe i gotta rethink my way of playing. Thanks for giving me a kick in the right Direction. :)

Trade Public Sympathy for Personal Workshop for the typical stimshop and keep your hand using Box-E. You know you can shop during a run with SH cash right?

You also have spare influence! Run a Mimic, Femme Fatale is nice but costs a lot for the basic sentries. I'd also trade the Escher for a couple of Legworks.

This deck relies on tutoring to bring out its programs, so personal workshop has very limited usefulness. The public sympathy is there to absorb brain damage from all the stimhacking.

Legwoek is an interesting suggestion, however escher is worth its weight in gold and I'd say the surprise violation of a corps' carefully laid ice is responsible for about 40% of my wins with this deck. Mimic is a great addition to any deck especially in combo with parasite and they do have a place here if you can find the room.

You will tutor 3 programs AT BEST for free with TR+Scavenge. The only programs worth the Test Run are Femme and MO, the others are cheap enough to use SMC for. Personal workshop is by far more efficient than public sympathy. It works for all programs and hardware, hence RDIs will come free, or stimhacked during a run in R&D. You also run 2x Akamatsu Mem Chip, quite useless for this deck since you have #Box-E. Box basically negates the need for 2x Akamatsu and 3x Public Sympathy. Yes I noticed the Data Foldings which is why you run Akamatsus, but personal workshop is cheaper to install and does almost the same job, saving you a credit each turn.