Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 01:41:38 -0700 Reply-To: Netrunner Discussion List Sender: Netrunner Discussion List From: Christopher Fitzgerald Subject: A look at a strange deck .... On 25 May 1996, Micheal Keane wrote: > There's guy at the HUB here at the UW who has an EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL > runner deck. He kicked my ass handedly with it. I don't know the exact > composition of the deck, but get this: no programs and no hardware. Of > course, someone's going to say: You need icebreakers to get past ice > though! Well, he just destroys it and then runs. Ice only slows him down a > little. The only weakness from what I could tell was against traces: no > base link. At least he never played one. Plenty of tag avoiders though so > that might not be a problem. It's a fantastic deck. About halfway trhough > the game I didn't bother putting out ice because he slapped about three > net zoning restrictions on my HQ early on and had a card to destroy > unrezzed ice. For the sake of intrigue, I have decided to post this deck to the net and perhaps get people to start playing stranger runner decks. This deck screams abuse but it take a lot of skill and luck to play. This was the rough form of the deck and I have since modified it. The Ice Destruction Deck 2 Mantis, Fixer at Large 3 Jack 'n' Joe 5 Livewire Contacts 3 Social Engineering 4 Security Code WORM Chip 2 Forged Activation Orders 3 Junkyard BBS 4 Restrictive Net Zoning 2 Short-Term Contract 2 Core Command: Jettison Ice 5 Score! 4 Fall Guy 3 Inside Job 1 Shredder Uplink Protocal 1 Wilson, Weefle Runner Total cards: 44 This deck is NOT for the faint of heart and I would suggest tinkering around with it a little. With no base link and absolutely no icebreakers, this deck is fairly vulnerable. It also takes a little time to get everything in order, though the Inside Jobs do allow the runner to make some quick runs. I do Hope this spurs some curiousity. I have been playing this since the second day Netrunner came out (in various forms) and it has been quite successfull, especially against opponents that know little of the deck (like the opponent above). This goes out to Bill and others that scoffed at the idea of an icebreakerless deck :) Yours, Chris