I’ve finally built my first NSG Netrunner deck.
It’s a standard deck. Which means I have been able to choose cards from the following sets:
- System Gateway
- Elevation
- Ashes Cycle
- Downfall
- Uprising
- Borealis Cycle
- Midnight Sun
- Parhelion
- Liberation Cycle
- The Automata Initiative
- Rebellion Without Rehearsal
- Vantage Point
It’s also been built taking into account the Standard Ban List 26.03
Naturally my first deck was going to be an Anarch deck.
I went with Esâ Afontov because he causes the corp to sabotage cards when he takes core damage (the new name for brain damage).
This deck is all about that sabotage mechanic and trying to mill the corp.
In general corp decks are going to be around the 45 card plus mark. Taking into account the opening hand and first card draw from their first turn. The corp will have at least 39 cards in their R&D.
3 copies of Chastushka if successful sabotage 12 cards.
2 copies of Finality allow me to use my runners ability. Plus if successful I get to access 4 cards in R&D.
So just those five cards that put fourteen cards into archives. But they aren’t the only cards in my deck that have the sabotage keyword. There are another fourteen cards that have the sabotage keyword.
To help increase the amount I’m sabotaging the corp I have some cards like Harmony AR Therapy that allow me to get cards out of my heap back into my stack or even better to hand (Katorga Breakout).
I also have cards that increase my hand size. Which I need to do if I’m taking core damage.
Here is the complete deck list.
Esâ Afontov: Eco-Insurrectionist (Midnight Sun)
Event (16)
2x Harmony AR Therapy (Uprising) ••••• •
2x Sure Gamble (System Gateway)
3x Chastushka (Midnight Sun)
2x Finality (Parhelion)
3x Katorga Breakout (Parhelion)
2x Strike Fund (The Automata Initiative)
2x Scrounge (Elevation)
Hardware (9)
1x Demolisher (Downfall)
1x Buffer Drive (Uprising) •
2x T400 Memory Diamond (System Gateway)
2x Marrow (Midnight Sun)
3x Time Bomb (Parhelion)
Resource (10)
2x Cookbook (System Gateway)
3x Avgustina Ivanovskaya (Midnight Sun)
2x Light the Fire! (Midnight Sun)
3x Cacophony (Elevation)
Icebreaker (6)
2x Buzzsaw (System Gateway)
2x Num (Parhelion)
2x Rising Tide (Elevation)
Program (14)
2x Chisel (Downfall)
2x Botulus (System Gateway)
2x Fermenter (System Gateway)
2x Leech (System Gateway)
1x Hush (Parhelion)
3x Nga (Parhelion)
2x Monkeywrench (The Automata Initiative)
7 influence spent (max 15, available 8)
55 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Elevation
Ideally I’d like to be hitting 45 cards in total. But at the moment I don’t know what I can cut. Play testing will help with that. So at the moment I’m trying to find someone to play the corp starter decks for me to test against.
I’m curious if mill is a thing in Netrunner.