I went 3-0 with this at our local GNK on Monday. I basically abandoned my Tag Drizzle/ChiLo aspirations because I couldn’t really figure out a way to threaten a fast runner. ChiLo is too expensive to rez in the early game comparable to its punishment, and late game the runner can just break the traces or decide to go tagme. There are only a few ICE in the game that do good cheap traces (Viper, Caduceus, Gutenberg, Hunter were my favs) and only Viper packs any kind of strong stopping power. I’d often find that I’d either not get ChiLo running and play a normal NBN game with worse synergy, or I’d get ChiLo up and a good runner would pick the right time to go tagme and blow through an otherwise lightweight server.
So, I’m back to Midseason for my taggy NBN decks. I decided to build from scratch again after trying my old standby and finding it lacking in the new meta. I think the issue is that runners are richer and more multi-access heavy, which makes Midseason a tougher play. As such, I figured I should go more heavily in on money, packing 2 restructures and a celeb gift over sweeps and hedge. Add in Pop-up Window and the economy seems pretty fair. I went with TWIY for the smaller decksize as well as the extra card, which is nice for holding the pieces of the win combos (Midseason + Psycho or Midseason + Scorch/Archived Memories to recur scorch).
I originally thought that Gutenberg wouldn’t be great without something like ChiLo to really turn on its strong trace but after playing it in the tournament I’m REALLY happy with it. Half the cost of Data Raven for much the same effect plus the added benefit that it actually punishes face checking. Someone put a parasite on it to try and bring it into refractor range on their stealth kit. After putting a pop-up window in front of it, I really enjoyed its 6 strength giving me loads of time between purges to keep it alive.
I think I may go back to Making News with the aim of fitting an Ash or two in there to help with Plan C, which is defending a remote. Tollbooth does wonders for this and I only fast advanced a few agendas all tournament (my last game was Astro, then NAPD, NAPD, NAPD against a noise who milled 2 astros and a beale but left me all the NAPDS ). That said, I do like the speed of TWIY and the extra focus on the deck. Any thoughts? This or the Making News is probably what I’m going to bringing to regionals at the end of the month.
Terms and Conditions
NBN: The World is Yours* (Future Proof)
Agenda (9)
3x AstroScript Pilot Program (Core Set)
3x NAPD Contract (Double Time)
3x Project Beale (Future Proof)
Asset (3)
3x Jackson Howard (Opening Moves)
Upgrade (2)
2x SanSan City Grid (Core Set)
Operation (15)
1x Archived Memories (Core Set) [color=#8A2BE2]••[/color]
1x Celebrity Gift (Opening Moves) [color=#DC143C]•••[/color]
3x Hedge Fund (Core Set)
2x Midseason Replacements (Future Proof)
2x Psychographics (Core Set)
2x Restructure (Second Thoughts)
1x Scorched Earth (Core Set) [color=#006400]••••[/color]
3x Sweeps Week (True Colors)
Barrier (5)
2x Eli 1.0 (Future Proof) [color=#8A2BE2]••[/color]
3x Wraparound (Fear and Loathing)
Code Gate (7)
1x Lotus Field i[/i] [color=#DC143C]•[/color]
3x Pop-up Window (Cyber Exodus)
1x Quandary (Double Time)
2x Tollbooth (Core Set)
Sentry (3)
2x Gutenberg (Breaker Bay)
1x Information Overload (The Spaces Between)
12 influence spent (max 12)
18 agenda points (between 18 and 19)
44 cards (min 40)
Cards up to Breaker Bay
Deck built on NetrunnerDB.
EDIT: The post is a bit long already, but I figured I’d put the Making News version I’m working on here.
Making You the News
NBN: Making News (Core Set)
Agenda (11)
3x AstroScript Pilot Program (Core Set)
2x Breaking News (Core Set)
3x NAPD Contract (Double Time)
3x Project Beale (Future Proof)
Asset (3)
3x Jackson Howard (Opening Moves)
Upgrade (6)
2x Ash 2X3ZB9CY (What Lies Ahead) [color=#8A2BE2]••••[/color]
2x Red Herrings (Core Set)
2x SanSan City Grid (Core Set)
Operation (14)
1x Archived Memories (Core Set) [color=#8A2BE2]••[/color]
3x Hedge Fund (Core Set)
2x Midseason Replacements (Future Proof)
2x Psychographics (Core Set)
2x Restructure (Second Thoughts)
1x Scorched Earth (Core Set) [color=#006400]••••[/color]
3x Sweeps Week (True Colors)
Barrier (5)
2x Eli 1.0 (Future Proof) [color=#8A2BE2]••[/color]
3x Wraparound (Fear and Loathing)
Code Gate (7)
3x Pop-up Window (Cyber Exodus)
1x Tollbooth (Core Set)
3x Viper (Cyber Exodus) [color=#8A2BE2]•••[/color]
Sentry (3)
2x Gutenberg (Breaker Bay)
1x Information Overload (The Spaces Between)
15 influence spent (max 15)
20 agenda points (between 20 and 21)
49 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Breaker Bay
Deck built on NetrunnerDB.