Mill Till You Kill

lostinglasgow 1

Despite the name, I haven't actually killed by milling with this deck (though I came within one turn of managing it). Rather it has been a fun deck to play, which puts the corp onto the back foot and stretches them thin.

With Nerve Agent and Medium available and plenty of viruses, one server left unprotected can be fatal for the corp. Any gap to HQ will allow plentiful Account Siphoning (often repeated with Deja Vu). Meanwhile, I am awaiting the chance to start a Joshua B and Data Leak Reversal combo which can put up to 15 cards into Archives on top of the viruses. It didn't take too much luck to pull 7 points from that.

This is a "tag me" deck, so Plascrete is always important to have on the board, and there's an element of risk every time. It also isn't the richest of decks - with no scope for resources, Gorman and Account Siphon are the only economy, but I didn't find I struggled, and Darwin at strength 3 combined with Datasuckers was enough to overcome all the ice I encountered. Crypsis, Parasite and Wyrm were there for the big stuff, but it wasn't needed in the end.

Djinn was underused, and I may reconsider its quantity, though it does give the ability to pull an icebreaker when needed and avoids any server being unbreakable.

2 comments
14 Jul 2014 x3r0h0ur

-3 djinn +3 same old thing. Djinn seems unnecessary with grimoire. Also you'll need either knight or corroder for wraparound. -2 darwin +2 knight at least.

14 Jul 2014 lostinglasgow

Interesting - the only problem with losing Djinn is losing the ability to tutor a breaker and other virus cards, Djinn gives that additional flexibility to exploit weaknesses early on, as well as the memory boost.

I haven't run up against Wraparound yet, but Knight is a good call. I would actually be tempted to lose a Crypsis and a Wyrm for Knight - Darwin has proved cheaper and more useable for smaller ice. Thanks for the suggestions!