Here’s my 2 builds thus far. I’m trying to build them to have good matchups vs the whole field, which is hard since one of them is a Shaper deck =P
Sifr Kate
Kate “Mac” McCaffrey: Digital Tinker (Core Set)
Event (15)
- 3x Diesel (Core Set)
- 3x Dirty Laundry (Creation and Control)
- 1x Levy AR Lab Access (Creation and Control)
- 3x Modded (Core Set)
- 1x Quality Time (Humanity’s Shadow)
- 1x Scavenge (Creation and Control)
- 3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
Hardware (10)
- 3x Clone Chip (Creation and Control) ★★★
- 2x Sifr (Quorum) ●●
- 1x Plascrete Carapace (What Lies Ahead)
- 3x R&D Interface (Future Proof)
Resource (8)
- 1x Beth Kilrain-Chang (Blood Money)
- 3x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
- 1x Kati Jones (Humanity’s Shadow)
- 1x Same Old Thing (Creation and Control)
- 3x Temüjin Contract (Blood Money) ●●●●● ●
Icebreaker (6)
- 1x Atman (Creation and Control)
- 1x Cerberus “Lady” H1 (All That Remains) ★
- 1x Chameleon (The Underway)
- 2x Cyber-Cypher (Creation and Control)
- 1x Inti (Creation and Control)
Program (6)
- 1x Parasite (Core Set) ★●●
- 2x Paricia (Creation and Control)
- 3x Self-modifying Code (Creation and Control)
10 influence spent (max 15-5★=10, available 0)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Quorum
This started out as a strait Atman deck, and then after chatting with some people, I basically made it a regular Kate deck that also has an Atman. Sifr has 2 MU, so throwing in a coupe Paricia for the IG and Gagarin matchups seems to make sense, although I haven’t done any real testing vs them with it yet. Beyond that, it plays the remote lock game and digs deep in R&D late – basically just a Shaper deck. I usually prefer to go 2x SMC over 3, but I want 3 SMC in this setup because I want as many of my CCs to be used on Parasite as possible, so using a CC to bring back an SMC for setup feels pretty bad.
This second deck is basically just the World’s Whizzard deck with some shit shuffled around to make it slightly more Parasite focused. So far in testing it feels ludicrously powerful.
Papa Sifr
Whizzard: Master Gamer (What Lies Ahead)
Event (15)
- 2x Déjà Vu (Core Set)
- 2x Dirty Laundry (Creation and Control)
- 2x Employee Strike (Data and Destiny) ●●
- 3x I’ve Had Worse (Order and Chaos)
- 2x Inject (Up and Over)
- 1x Retrieval Run (Future Proof)
- 3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
Hardware (4)
- 1x Clone Chip (Creation and Control) ★●●
- 2x Sifr (Quorum)
- 1x Plascrete Carapace (What Lies Ahead)
Resource (13)
- 3x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
- 1x Earthrise Hotel (The Source)
- 2x Liberated Account (Trace Amount)
- 1x Salsette Slums (Salsette Island)
- 3x Street Peddler (The Underway)
- 3x Temüjin Contract (Blood Money) ●●●●● ●
Icebreaker (6)
- 1x Black Orchestra (Escalation)
- 2x Mimic (Core Set)
- 2x Paperclip (Blood Money)
- 1x Yog.0 (Core Set) ★
Program (7)
- 2x Datasucker (Core Set)
- 2x Medium (Core Set)
- 3x Parasite (Core Set) ★★★
10 influence spent (max 15-5★=10, available 0)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Quorum
I figured the Ice Carver and Net-Ready Eyes weren’t as needed if I could reduce the strength of all ICE to 0. Black Orchestra has, so far, been enough of a Lotus Field answer. The extra influence from the Yog.0 I also removed became a Clone Chip for more Parasite-y goodness (also good to get back a Yog or a Mimic from Inject snafus). I also yanked the Projenitor in favor of another Liberated Account. Sifr costs and arm and a leg to install, so I wanted more cash in the deck in general. It might not be needed but has been nice to far.
Basically, even if you see Sifr late, you’re still playing a great deck. As soon as you do find it, shit goes into overdrive. Meet a huge ICE in the wild? Use Sifr on it this turn to break for super cheap. Next turn, toss a Parasite on it and run it again to toss it in the dump. It pairs amazingly with Temujin, since almost any server is suddenly cheaper. Code Gates are hilarious with Yog out. Everything is just better. It’s been a hell of a deck so far.