Spark City Surveillance - King of Servers 2015
Decklist
Identity
Assets
Agendas
ICE
Upgrades
Operations
Deck Notes
This is the deck I designed and piloted for the 2015 King of Servers team tournament. We ended up second seed, splitting perfectly with the first seed in the last round. So we just shared the victory instead of playing again in a finals. This list went 4/1.
Two games were on stream. One was a great game versus @bblum piloting Kate that I ultimately lost. The other was versus @vinegarymink piloting Noise.
Due to popular demand, here is a more detailed description of the deck:
This deck is going for maximum troll factor. You want to frustrate your opponent completely! This deck has all the ads! Well, almost all of them!
A good first turn is install PAD Campaign, install Adonis Campaign, gain a credit. Before the end of their turn, rez your PAD. Now suddenly Andromeda is staring at the two Sure Gambles in her hand and only four credits. Well, she can afford to trash one of these cards, so she'll take a credit. STOP! Rez that Adonis! Now she has to take another credit! Ahahaha!!!
Noise getting you down? Did he just spend all his money installing Wyldside and Pancakes? Well, rez that City Surveillance! Uh oh, now he has to take some credits manually and clear the tag, or he'll lose his precious resources. He took an extra credit to pay for the City Surveillance next turn. He's so smart. NOPE! Rez another ad! Oh, he finally got a Cache and has a little pile of credits. Time to use that Reversed Accounts. Another tag for you! Alright, he finally fought his way to the City Surveillance and trashed it. Good for him. Unfortunately, you recently installed a Breaking News he didn't have time to check. Score it an play All Seeing I to trash all his precious resources. He'll fold faster than a British Nationals winner! (<3 Alex!)
The stuff:
Agendas - AstroScript because if they don't check every remote you can just slip this out. Failing that, you'll score your bigger agendas behind a Tollbooth with an Ash mid to late game.
Campaigns - Lots of them. They are all your money, and they suck the runner's money whether they trash them or not. Adonis is your best one. Launch and PAD are great too. Eve is probably overkill. PADs you can leave undefended, but the others you should protect. The best protection for them is Product Placement! They run and trash and you still profit. Be sure to rez that Product Placement on their approach to cost another credit. If they don't trash the asset, you can reuse the server.
Ice - Most of your ice is dirt cheap. Resistor for free, Turnpike for 2, Popup for profit. So even if they fight you on all of your campaigns, you can still rez your ice. Special Offer kinda sucks. I usually just use it to defend my campaigns. Tollbooth is your game winner, for when your campaigns have brought you endless cash.
Tag punishment - I expected a lot of DLR at the King of Servers tournament, so I used two All Seeing I. Feel free to put whatever you'd like. Resistor is also amazing tag punishment that costs you nothing. That strength four trace is a lot when they have constant credit drain. And of course Information Overload can be game ending. Closed Accounts is probably unnecessary, since you are already beating on their credit pool.
So there you have it. How to frustrate your opponent. Feel free to make changes that you think will be even more irritating! Perhaps another Ash could be useful. Ad Blitz might be pretty awesome. Breaker Bay was also suggested to me. Adonis, Product Placement, and Breaker Bay sounds like the most amazing server ever.
Have fun!