Noise is Here, Fear the Masses

You know what would be really good, immolation script. If you milled a rezzed ice off virus or bhagat, or FTM, you can trash it using eater (eater has an access of 0 to replace with immo script).

I like that @x3r0h0urThe Sure Gamble slot is actually the closest thing I have to a flex spot, so maybe that could be the change.

If it were face down in archives though, would Immolation Script allow us to look at it (if it were face down), since we are breaking with eater?

FAQ Attack

" Can the Runner use Immolation Script during a run in which Eater was used to break a subroutine? No. Eater stops the Runner from accessing any individual cards, and so there is no access to replace with Immolation Script. "

FAQ Attack approved. Thanks, @MrAaronSA

Might you want a Hades Shard in case they put an etr on archives?

That faq ruling makes no sense.

The FAQ makes sense. When you run archives and access cards, you flip over all facedown cards, then access each card one at a time.

With eater, you flip over cards, but only access 0 of them.

With immolation script, instead of accessing one of the pieces of ICE, you replace that single access with trashing an ICE.

With eater and immolation script, you are not accessing any specific card, so you can't replace that access with immolation script's effect.

A single Nerve Agent sounds super fun too.

Of course you would need to be able to make a successful run without using Eater which may prove difficult, but Parasite recursion and Datasucker, it can be done. Most ice these days is trace ice or bioroids anyways.

Nerve Agent makes a lot of sense, what with hammering the FtM button so much. As I've played this, I've learned that having 3 in hand is a good "launch" time.

I'd start the game typical with noise, throwing down programs, gaining money--but every now and then bumping into ice for parasite targets, once things look pretty open, the game kind of goes silly.

Scheherazade? Public Sympathy?

Public Sympathy isn't a bad idea to help load the hand--as this is an experimental deck right now (and maybe nothing more than a Tier 2/Tier 2.5 deck, I think it's worth trying all sorts of different ideas for it.

I've been trying out a deck very similar to this, and I have to say Fear the Masses feels amazing to play. I highly suggest everyone play around with the card.

My issue with your deck is that it looks like you're dead-set on trying to win by mill, and while that is certainly possible, I think the more competitive argument would be to mill what you can and go for agendas in archives. Your deck gets shut out of archives with a single piece of ice, unless you can parasite it away. The easiest suggestion is to swap eater with Faust, which you'd think is a bad idea since you need to keep Fears in hand. I've found it's not a problem at all, as there's plenty of other cards you can feed to the devil to get your access.

However, there's two other options: Hades Shard Would allow access for seven credits and avoid the ice issue. My favorite idea though is burning everything to the ground with Apocalypse, which also works well with Eater.

No damage protection? I've Had Worse is usually the go-to, and I think it's great for pulling Fears if you're not worried about flat-lining.

Finally, I know the deck space is tight, but have you considered Making an Entrance and/or Inject? I think both of these cards could help with gathering Fears quickly. Thoughts?

Great suggestions @pyrocide! The whole Eater rationale definitley came from not wanting to toss FtM's into the heap. I think Hades Shard might be my initial go to over Faust, the money for the deck is actually pretty okay for splashing for a seven cost resource..