[Jesminder Sareen] No, Masanori Doesn't Work

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We had a Jesminder mirrormode her way up to 2nd place in a 34-player SC here in MI yesterday. Maya and Artist Colony did a ton of work. I think it was on MOpus / Vamp.

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Were they also playing fan site with it? I keep going back and forth on that card.

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Congrats to the winner!

MOpus/vamp huh? Not a single Siphon? Very interesting!

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I really want to see that list.

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Working on getting it :slight_smile:

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In case you didn’t see it, Ryan posted it here: 2016 Store Championships in Michigan, U.S.A - #30 by greyfield along with some thoughts about how it performed and what he expects from it down the road.

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[quote=“gumOnShoe, post:161, topic:6628”]
Maybe… maya is good enough to want to run Sareen. [/quote]
My experience so far is that Maya is the real deal. Anyone wanting more than 5 memory in shaper should be looking hard at this card, because it can make it very hard to get out of rnd lock or find your combo prices as the corp. That said, it’s hard to say if Jessminder is really the best ID for it. I think you’re right that to justify her you have to be expecting some tags to come your way from the corp matchups as well, otherwise Hayley or Kate simply do more work.

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I hate being that guy, but yeah, shaper needs more “tag me while I’m running” I think…

Noisy breakers? :o

(fake)

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A similar ONR card:

The ONR Noisy / Stealth dichotomy was undercooked, IMO—if you wanted to go noisy it was pretty easy to avoid putting stealth cards in your deck, so losing credits from them wasn’t a huge deal.

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So, here is my list.

Jesminder Sareen: Girl Behind the Curtain (Kala Ghoda)

Event (21)
2x Stimhack (Core Set) ••
2x Account Siphon (Core Set) ••••• •••
3x Diesel (Core Set)
3x Modded (Core Set)
3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
2x Quality Time (Humanity’s Shadow)
2x Scavenge (Creation and Control)
1x Levy AR Lab Access (Creation and Control)
3x Code Siphon (The Source)

Hardware (5)
2x Maya (Kala Ghoda)
3x R&D Interface (Future Proof)

Resource (8)
1x Scrubber (A Study in Static) •
3x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
2x Same Old Thing (Creation and Control)
2x Symmetrical Visage (The Valley)

Icebreaker (6)
1x Corroder (Core Set) ••
1x Mimic (Core Set) •
2x Atman (Creation and Control)
2x Cyber-Cypher (Creation and Control)

Program (5)
1x Datasucker (Core Set) •
1x Paricia (Creation and Control)
3x Self-modifying Code (Creation and Control)

15 influence spent (maximum 15)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Kala Ghoda

Really simple plan, try to speed up the set up as much as possible with a combination of moddedd, code siphon, stimhack plus smc. Account Siphon and Maya are pretty self-explanatory and paricia works as a second pseudo-scrubber. Not sure if I should cut the corroder for something else, perhaps clot, but I decided to forego the clone chips.
Any tips? So far the deck seems ok, Maya is really incredibile

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So, I tried to find self-tagging that Jes dodges, because you can’t rely on the Corp to tag you to get benefit from your ID. Account Siphon, Code Siphon, Maya, Security Nexus, and Vamp are the best options

I dismissed Account Siphon for being too much inf and only half-efficiency with Sareen. I can only choose between Maya or Nexus, can’t do both.

Code Siphon has an odd problem in that it only gives you benefit if you either made it so they can’t rez their ICE, or else you can already Break your way in. And if you can already Break in, what are you getting with Code Siphon? My answer? Keyhole.

Punk Rock Poser

(Because she’s already got the colorful hair, so let’s pretend to be MaxX!)
Jesminder Sareen: Girl Behind the Curtain (Kala Ghoda)

Event (20)

Hardware (5)

Resource (9)

Icebreaker (4)

Program (7)

15 influence spent (max 15)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Kala Ghoda

Deck built on NetrunnerDB.
(Those could be Maya, not Astrolabe. Maya doesn’t work with Keyhole is why I started with Astro.)

The other problem that Sareen has is the same thing as being Criminal: Corp automatically ICEs up HQ against you, assuming there’s Vamp or worse coming.

The game plan is to get an Eater/Keyhole lock going quickly, and by the time they realize that’s my plan and ICE up R&D, the plan is to shift to HQ and Vamp/Escher them into making it nice and easy again. This is why I’ve slotted the really bad Run-duration strength breakers; Escher is my plan to open R&D up again. Code Siphons remain useful after I have Eater/Keyhole, slowly letting me pick up the long-term parts of the deck.

And I have a reset button named Apocalypse. Which seems to work since no one expects a turn that starts with Dirty Laundry Archives, Vamp HQ, run R&D, to end with Apocalypse.

After playing it a couple times, I think I need to just sit and mash the Opus button more and wait for the opportune time to Vamp…

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Just came in to say that her hair is amazing, and I love the title of this thread.

You should all just play Kate instead :stuck_out_tongue: You know it in your heart to be true.

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Right now, this has not been my experience at all. Pretty much everyone ICEs up R&D first, which makes sense considering a turn-1 vamp is not as bad as turn-1 Siphon, which few people seem to run (for good reason).

You should all just play Kate instead You know it in your heart to be true.

What is this, 2015? Get your ability that is useful every turn outta here!

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here my build ! burn me

Jesminder Sareen Girl Behind the Curtain

13 influence spent (max 15-2☆=13) •••••••••••••
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Kala Ghoda
Event Event (26)

2x Account Siphon ••••• •••
3x Code Siphon
3x Diesel
1x Legwork ••
1x Levy AR Lab Access
2x Modded
2x Quality Time
3x Scavenge
3x Sure Gamble
3x Test Run
2x The Maker’s Eye
1x Vamp ••
Hardware Hardware (6)

3x Maya
1x Plascrete Carapace
2x R&D Interface
Resource Resource (2)

2x Same Old Thing
Icebreaker Icebreaker (6)

1x Atman
2x Cerberus “Lady” H1 ☆☆
2x Cyber-Cypher
1x Femme Fatale •
Program Program (5)

3x Magnum Opus
2x Self-modifying Code

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The great shaper debate. It’s been the heart of the discussion for every Shaper since Kate.

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Been running this on Jnet, having a lot of fun but I’m still having trouble using Vamp properly, as in “oh he’s broke but I can’t get through the damn Wraparound on R&D he rezzed earlier anyway”. Never fired Code Siphon once, not sure if that thing is good against anything other than Popup, since Gutenberg/DR will give you a tag anyway.

Jessies Stimshop

Jesminder Sareen: Girl Behind the Curtain (Kala Ghoda)

Event (19)
1x Code Siphon (The Source)
3x Diesel (Core Set)
1x Levy AR Lab Access (Creation and Control)
2x Quality Time (Humanity’s Shadow)
2x Scavenge (Creation and Control)
3x Stimhack (Core Set) [color=#FF4500]•••[/color]
3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
2x Test Run (Cyber Exodus)
2x Vamp (Trace Amount) [color=#FF4500]••••[/color]

Hardware (7)
1x HQ Interface (Humanity’s Shadow) [color=#4169E1]••[/color]
2x Maya (Kala Ghoda)
1x Plascrete Carapace (What Lies Ahead)
3x R&D Interface (Future Proof)

Resource (6)
3x Personal Workshop (Cyber Exodus)
1x Sacrificial Construct (Core Set)
2x Same Old Thing (Creation and Control)

Icebreaker (6)
1x Atman (Creation and Control)
2x Cerberus “Lady” H1 (All That Remains) [color=#32CD32]☆☆[/color]
1x Femme Fatale (Core Set) [color=#4169E1]•[/color]
1x Gordian Blade (Core Set)
1x Mimic (Core Set) [color=#FF4500]•[/color]

Program (7)
1x Clot (The Valley) [color=#FF4500]••[/color]
3x Magnum Opus (Core Set)
3x Self-modifying Code (Creation and Control)
13 influence spent (max 15-2☆=13)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Kala Ghoda

Deck built on NetrunnerDB.

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I played Jes in a tournament this weekend. In my meta, every single corp ICE’d HQ before R&D. Even with ICE on R&D, most corps were not rezzing it to make sure they could rez ICE on HQ to prevent a Vamp/Siphon run.

In short, they played against Jes exactly the same as if she were a criminal, with Shaper-tutoring on the board. This is probably the correct call.

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This is the deck that I piloted last night at a local GNK (6:30 start time, 17 people, no cut because nobody wanted to stay that late), going 3-1 loosing to a Blue Sun power shutdown combo in the final match.

Stealth Jes

Jesminder Sareen: Girl Behind the Curtain (Kala Ghoda)

Event (11)

Hardware (12)

Resource (11)

Icebreaker (5)

Program (6)

15 influence spent (max 15)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Kala Ghoda

Deck built on NetrunnerDB.

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I like your list. I really like the idea of stealth in Jes, she is good at pressuring early, and taking advantage of whichever server has the lightest ICE.

I find a main weakness of stealth is servers stacked to drain the stealth credits for one of your breakers, have you considered an Escher to rearrange ICE to more favorable terms? Or do you find ICE spread enough that you don’t need to worry about this?

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Agreed. I think Escher is too important not to play with both Maya and Stealth breakers.

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