I’ve been testing all 3 new anarchs, and in my opinion, Kim is the best of the bunch. I think Valencia is next, and then Maxx, which is probably blasphemy around these parts. Kim’s ability is so disruptive to the corp and that is why I think he’s the best. Worst case, you’re taking out economy operations, but you’re also likely to be taking out Scorched Earth, Biotic Labor, etc. It changes the nature of the game entirely.
Here’s 1 of 2 decklists I’ve been playing, and I’ll talk about it more afterwards. I’ve teched it out to go up against both glacier decks and astrobiotics. So far it wrecks NEH.
Edward Kim: Humanity's Hammer (Order and Chaos)
Event (13)
3x Dirty Laundry (Creation and Control)
1x Forked (Order and Chaos)
3x I've Had Worse (Order and Chaos)
1x Knifed (Order and Chaos)
1x Spooned (Order and Chaos)
3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
1x Wanton Destruction (Order and Chaos)
Hardware (3)
3x Desperado (Core Set) ••••• ••••
Resource (9)
3x Armitage Codebusting (Core Set)
2x John Masanori (Opening Moves)
2x Same Old Thing (Creation and Control)
2x Security Testing (Honor and Profit) ••••• •
Icebreaker (8)
2x Corroder (Core Set)
2x Knight (Mala Tempora)
2x Mimic (Core Set)
2x Yog.0 (Core Set)
Program (12)
2x D4v1d (The Spaces Between)
2x Datasucker (Core Set)
3x Djinn (Core Set)
1x Imp (What Lies Ahead)
1x Medium (Core Set)
1x Nerve Agent (Cyber Exodus)
2x Parasite (Core Set)
Notes:
I play this deck like an aggressive Criminal as much as I can. Hence, I want the cards that reward repeated runs on central servers: Security Testing, Desperado, and Data Sucker.
Armitage Codebusting helps out with econ, but I’d consider replacing them with Day Job. DJ is awesome, but I like to run every turn if I can. I think AC is better against fast decks like NEH, and DJ is better against glaciers.
John Masanori + Security Testing is great against NEH but terrible against glaciers. One of the things I am still experimenting with is 2 of Masanori vs 2 of Earthrise Hotel. EH costs more, but you never have to worry about tags when your breakers don’t show up. Inject is a great card but it doesn’t work in this deck because I have no Deja Vus or Clone Chips. Likewise, I’d consider dumping Security Testing for another form of econ like Magnum Opus (host it on Djinn) or Kati Jones.
The breakers suite is an either/or proposition. Against glaciers I’m probably running Knights and D4v1d instead of Yog and Mimic. Against fast decks I’m running Yog and Mimic and tossing Knights and D4v1ds.
Memory can be tight if I don’t get my Djinns out first and I’m looking for a reasonable solution. I’m often stuck not being able to Parasite something because I’m maxxed out on memory.
Parasite vs Cutlery is a very interesting decision! I love them both and wish I had the decks pace to max out on both. I like parasite because it can kill stuff before you have the right ice breakers. I like the cutlery because you can absolutely wreck big ice using D4v1d and is a central part of the strategy against glacier decks. And I love knifing Eli for 2 clicks and 2 bucks. 2x Same Old Thing is for use on Cutlery and can be played before you have the right ice breakers instead of having to discard them because you are over your hand limit.
Using the tutoring ability of Djinn is an absolute must! I’ll tutor out Medium or Nerve Agent depending on which I think is easier to get into. I’ll tutor out imp to trash assets or on a big multi access run. I’ll tutor for anything really and Djinn is a work horse in the deck. I could go on at length how anarch players don’t use Djinn’s tutoring ability enough!
1x Wanton Destruction because that card is awesome and takes people by surprise. I could also swap it for another imp and achieve pretty much the same effect (I can trash 3 cards with WD and up to 2 cards with Imp). But I can tutor for the imp. Imp probably wins here, but it stays like this for now because it is shiny and new.
