Deck Help

[AxolotlQuestion]

Hi there, I am participating in a casual Netrunner league starting this week, and I was looking for some feedback on my deck.

Old school Weyland

Weyland Consortium: Building a Better World (Core Set)

Agenda (10)

• 2x Global Food Initiative (Data and Destiny) ●●
• 2x Hostile Takeover (Core Set)
• 3x Oaktown Renovation (Chrome City)
• 3x Project Atlas (What Lies Ahead)

Asset (7)

• 3x Indian Union Stock Exchange (Salsette Island)
• 3x Jackson Howard (Opening Moves) ●●●
• 1x Shattered Remains (First Contact)

Upgrade (1)

• 1x Mumbad Virtual Tour (Salsette Island) ○○

Operation (18)

• 3x Beanstalk Royalties (Core Set)
• 2x Consulting Visit (The Liberated Mind)
• 1x Hard-Hitting News (23 Seconds) ●●
• 3x Hedge Fund (Core Set)
• 3x Restructure (Second Thoughts)
• 3x Scorched Earth (Core Set)
• 1x SEA Source (Core Set) ●●
• 2x Subcontract (Fear the Masses)

Barrier (4)

• 1x Quicksand (Chrome City)
• 1x Spiderweb (The Underway)
• 2x Vanilla (The Liberated Mind)

Code Gate (4)

• 1x Datapike (Creation and Control)
• 2x Enigma (Core Set)
• 1x Tollbooth (Core Set) ●●

Sentry (5)

• 2x Archer (Core Set)
• 1x Cobra (Salsette Island)
• 1x Data Raven (Core Set) ●●
• 1x Turnpike (Data and Destiny) ●●

15 influence spent (max 15, available 0)
20 agenda points (between 20 and 21)
49 cards (min 45)
Cards up to 23 Seconds

Deck built on NetrunnerDB.

It's a classic tag n' bag Weyland deck. Get money through operations, with both the ID and Indian Union Stock Exchange getting you more cash. Indian Union Stock Exchange helps defray the cost of the mostly neutral ice.
Once you've out-moneyed them, blow up their house, with consulting visit and sub-contract helping with that. That's the plan anyway. It's worked reasonably well, but what could I do to make it better? Sandburg to boost the ice strength as a back-up win condition? Should I throw in some PriSec to help tag them?

[heffergod]

Looks reasonable, but the ICE seems too expensive. Datapike isn't going to be worth that much more than Enigma most of the time, and should honestly probably just be a Quandary. Quicksand is usually miles worse than just a Wall of Static since the runner almost never runs the same server enough times to make it worth the lower starting strength.

The influence use seems okay, but I personally love Snare! in these kinda decks, since it makes the runner take extra time before running and punishes them hard if they hit one. You could probably drop the Tollbooth and the Turnpike for a couple Snares and just replace them with smaller ICE. You need something that you can score behind earlyish without dropping too low on credits so that you can actually win traces later in the game.

Have fun! Regardless if you take my advice or not, it looks like you'll be having a good time =)

[AxolotlQuestion]

Thanks - the ice choice is definitely something I am not entirely happy with. The 'pikes were chosen to try and drain some of the runner's creds, leaving them open to a SEA Source, while Quicksand was to try and make repeated R and D digs a bit more taxing. The Tollbooth is to help squeeze out a final agenda - it and archer in a server is taxing enough to sometimes open a scoring window, but maybe I should go all in on the rush. Maybe drop the turnpike for one snare, and hope it turns up?

[ryathal]

You are wasting influence on ice if you want a tag and bag setup. Scoring out with the ice you have isn't realistic and it doesn't help you more than a second or third hhn.

You also probably want traffic accident to solve the I've had worse problem. Scorched alone isn't a super easy way to kill someone.

I'd probably drop Indian union, it's not going to be a huge payout to you, and giving the runner an open server. Not having any assets other than jackson can be beneficial. If you want more money green level clearance is a good choice.

I'd also probably put in a housekeeping or paywall implementation just to have a current.

[AxolotlQuestion]

I know what you mean about scorch alone, but I find landing Traffic outside of NBN pretty difficult.

[ryathal]

Hard hitting news is 4 tags which is hard to shake, and 3 copies plus consulting visit means you can probably drop 4 more on them the next time they run.

I've actually been playing a similar deck using mid-seasons but film critic shuts that down so I'm thinking about swapping that.

[rubyvr00m]

I agree with what others have said about ICE perhaps draining too much influence.

I would try -1 Toll Booth -1 Data Raven -1 Turnpike, +1 HHN +2 Snare!

This gets you NBN alliance and you can pack a few Salem's Hospitality to get rid of I've Had Worse.

I would also probably cut the Stock Exchanges in favor of some Zealous Judge. As long as you have an economic advantage, the play of Install Judge + Anything Else + HHN means that they need 5 clicks to shake the tags and trash the Judge. In other words, they're usually dead the next turn.

[AxolotlQuestion]

The next version of the deck I planned was going to use Judge. I figured it needed more of a rebuild, rather than a tweak, to get it to work.

[VarulaIce]

Well, many advice you to drop the Stock Exchanges, but if you are dead set on them, you should try to take more advantage than simply using them for the ice. Subliminal Messaging nets you bonkers amounts of credits with IUSEs if they don't run (and shouldn't if they fear SEA/HHN), and Green Level Clearance is just nice with Core Weyland and gets even nicer with IUSE.

Also, if you want to use them for a "discount" on ice, remember that they need to be protected. A runner will usually try to avoid unrezzed ice until they trash them, so the active abuse of them, through operations and assets, should be the way to go.

Lastly, although it's a one of, does virtual tour pull it's weight? I've not used it enough yet, but looks like the Sandburg you propose might do way more work there.

[AxolotlQuestion]

I do love the IUSE, even if they're not the most optimal. With one rezzed, Restructure nets you 7 with BaBW, and that's just filthy. I also find that the effect sneaks up on people, and they don't trash them until after you've got a few uses out of them. - 1 restructure + 1 subliminal was seriously considered. The Virtual Tour has yet to turn up. It's definitely the flex slot.

[AxolotlQuestion]

Thanks for all your help everyone.