Title:
Purity Control

Format:
Revised

Author:
whodack

Date:
Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:20 pm    

Deck list:
1 Microtech AI Interface
1 Emergency Self-Construct
1 Wizard's Book
1 Matador
1 Jackhammer
1 Highlighter
1 Bodyweight {TM} Data Creche
18 Top Runners' Conference
1 MIT West Tier
3 Mantis, Fixer-at-Large
14 Bodyweight {TM} Synthetic Blood
2 misc.for-sale

Description:
NOTE: this is not the deck I played against my first round opponent, 
Bier, which resulted in a loss. I wish I had played this deck in round 1 
Sad 

I went 2-0 against my round 3 and 4 opponents. I never got to play a 
second round opponent. 

The idea is simple: Setup the 3 efficient ice breakers, Highlighter, and 
Microtech AI Interface. Once in place, you run against R&D until you 
win. 

I used Wizard's Book because I figured everyone would be metagaming 
against Skeleton Passkeys. I thought I'd see a lot of Quandaries. Well, 
I didn't and Skeleton Passkeys would have been better in retrospect. 

Playing the deck is fairly easy. Action 1 play BSB. Next 3 actions play 
TRC first if you have them and then the rest. If you can, try to hold 
Highlighter and Microtech AI in hand until the last possible moment - to 
prevent the Corp from laying down a bunch of ice on R&D. Once everything 
is in place, play misc-for-Sale (not always necessary) and you should 
have 50-100 bits and can easily finish the game. 

The deck can setup in 6-8 turns. Sometimes 5 on a really good draw. 
Remote Detonator is not necessary because you have enough bits to run 
multiple times because the ice breakers are so efficient. 

This isn't one of those Krash decks where you brute-force your way 
through spending massive bits, then Remote, then continue. I've found 
those strategies vulnerable to Setup and TRAP! in R&D. 

No tag protection is needed since the deck doesn't run until it's ready 
to win. Blood Cat is rare. Underworld Mole doesn't hurt too bad either. 
It's possible to get tagged via those cards and then get roasted with 
Scorched Earth X2, but that's unlikely. You usually have 5 cards in hand 
on Corp's turn so they need to do 6 meat damage to flatline. 

The best way to beat this deck as Corp, that I've found, is to draw 
cards and go crazy trying to openly play and advance agendas. Don't 
worry about ice. Play directly against the weakness of TRC. 

The ESC is tricky to use. It's only against odd Corp decks that use lots 
of Setup cards. If you see one of those cards, you need to stop running 
and get your ESC in play. You'll need to either lose the Microtech AI 
(because of MU restrictions) or lose whichever breaker you don't need at 
the moment.