After having played Skorpios: Toybreaker, I couldn’t help but think back to my old favorite archetype, and see if I could make a tag & bag deck work with Skorpios Defense Systems. The remove from game ability can affect the Runner’s grip as well as anything else, so why not? This brings me to Skorpios: Kneebreaker – a deck all about tagging the runner, then flatlining them. Continue reading Skorpios: Kneebreaker
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Skorpios: Toybreaker
As I set out to play Terminal Directive, I knew I would need to run a new kind of deck. My old advanceable ICE deck was doing ok, but it relied heavily on its identity to make it work, so with a new identity comes a new kind of deck. This one I call Skorpios: Toybreaker, as it really wants to break apart the Runner’s rig… …And then remove it from the game. Continue reading Skorpios: Toybreaker
Lord of the Rings LCG: For Rohan!
Each Sunday for the last few months, my cousin and I have been playing the Lord or the Rings LCG. We are playing in campaign mode where we have been following the events of the Lord of the Rings plot with a different Fellowship of the Ring, and (slightly) different events.
Until just recently, my deck was a purple and blue deck featuring Aragorn, Theoden, and Eowyn; after the splitting of the Fellowship, however, Aragorn became a primary character, so I was forced to choose a new Hero to take his place. At that point, I decided to double-down on Rohan, and chose Erkenbrand to replace Aragorn for the purple slot. At this point, my deck looks like this:
Netrunner: Stealth Shaper
Once I had gotten comfortable enough with playing Netrunner, I got it into my head that I should build a Stealth Icebreaker deck. Where my Weyland deck is very focused on its win condition, this deck is focused on its shtick – the goal is to have fun and try to make Stealth Icebreakers work.
In choosing a faction for this deck, Shaper was the obvious choice. They have the most Stealth capability, and have (from what I can tell) the best tutoring capabilities. I also tend to favor Shaper in general – from an in-universe perspective, they are faction that is easiest for me to connect with. It may be an odd reason to choose a faction, but it’s one that I use quite often.
At any rate, this is what I came up with:
Netrunner: Weyland Meat-grinder
I’ve been playing Android: Netrunner a bit lately, so I wanted to post a couple of deck lists that I’ve evolved a bit. When I’m playing casually, I typically play the corp side, as it appeals to my lawful side. I also really like the hidden information aspect of the corp game – it’s always more fun for me to hide information than to be the one revealing it.
In choosing a corp, I initially gravitated toward the Weyland Consortium, and that is my primary faction. I’m most excited when they get a new identity or particularly cool piece of ICE. As my deckbuilding evolved, I eventually found myself with a deck that was very much in the Tag-and-Bag camp. Unlike other Tag-and-Bag decks though, this deck is less about one specific combo, and more about lots and lots of tagging with lots and lots of meat damage.