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From: Jon Palmer <jmp225@***.EDU>
Subject: Jon's Occasionally Posted and Usually Strange Deck Ideas
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 15:46:08 -0400
Hey peeps, here's another wild and wacky deck, it might be the last one
(even tho it's only the second) just because I don't know what my net
connection is gonna be like while I'm home for the summer. Anyway, here we
go with the:

Tom Cruise Memorial Impossible Mission Deck

Granted, Tom Cruise isn't dead. But if he doesn't get "Eyes Wide Shut"
finished soon, his career might be. As you can probably guess, this deck
is based around taking the "Impossible Mission" objective, which gives you
50 rep, the most of any objective I've seen (w/o that damnable Media
Chick). Of course, Impossible Mission balances this by having some KILLER
requirements -- it's a Closed System (only Dodger can do Matrix stuff on
it), it provides +1 to all skill sleaze requirements of indoor and
electrical challenges, and in order to make it worth 50 (instead of 30) you
have to have Athletics-2, Technical-2 and Stealth-2 when you finish it.
Ouch. Now, for the cards:

Objectives:
4 Impossible Mission
2 Cake Walk (get it out of the way w/ minimal harm, get back to the
Impossible Missions)

Challenges (this is just the basic 18 challenges I use for my "#1" deck -
feel free to change):
2 Maglocks
1 Guardian Dracoform
2 Minefields
1 Hunting Gargoyle
2 Motion Detectors
2 Mage Strike Force
2 Steppin' Wulf Ambush
2 Halloweener Hell
1 Yakuza Hit Squad
1 Yakuza Assassin
1 Chomps-2000 Guard Dog
1 Highway Showdown

Contacts:
2 Shady Manager (nuyen)

Gear:
3 Browse (for Dodger, who doesn't have Recon)
2 Crash (makes getting objectives a whole lot easier)

Runners:
4 Glitz
4 Thrash
3 Dodger (I.M. is a closed system -- Dodger doesn't care -- also, he meets
the Stealth req. for I.M.)
1 Fastjack (has the Tech skill req. for I.M.)
2 Highbrow (card drawing)
3 Tin Man (Tech req., also provides the deck's muscle)
1 Da Profezzur (has to Tech req. and provides muscle)
1 Ravage (more muscle, plus has the Athletics requirement)
4 Stiletto (has 1 Stealth, can give it to everyone else)
4 Macabre (provides the 2 Athletics necessary)

Stingers:
1 False Mentor (unfortunately necessary, esp. for a slow deck like this)
3 Luck of the Irish (mainly for preventing Wanteds, Riots, GAQs and Wild
Goose Chases)
4 Moonlighting (more nuyen)

So, this isn't a deck that wins all that often, but it is a fun deck, and
if you're playing to 100 you do only need 2 Objectives to win, provided
they're yours :-) Enjoy.

Jon Palmer

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