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From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Aztechnology: an idea and a second look
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 08:34:40 -0700
---"Paul D. Ossman" <guggenheimer@**********.COM> wrote:
>
> I have been hearing quite a bit of discussion on whether or not the Bounty
> Hunter is too powerful, or too inexpensive, or how much it would cost to
> kill Swraaak, etc. I say forget about the Bounty Hunter if you are playing
> against one of those ever popular Stomper/Katana Decks and take a look at
> the location card Aztechnology. I recently played a friend of mine using a
> suicide deck that used this card and it proved to be quite destructive to
> both of our teams since any player may use it and we were both playing very
> cheap decks with very cheap runners.
>
> Since then, I have been thinking of many ways to incorporate this location
> into an anti-big guy deck. These decks using the big guys are very
> dependent on their supporting runners who are both as cheap as they are
> useful. The point is that if you are playing against one such deck, either
> killing a cheap runner or sacrificing an expensive one would be a large
> price to pay for a one in three chance of an effect; however, if you are
> using a deck that rewards creative combinations of cheap runners and
> corresponding gear, locations, hq, challenges, etc. this would be quite
> useful.

A great combo in this tactic is Genetics Lab and Aztechnology. Crank out of
few clones and then sacrifice them on the pyramid to kill off Stompers and
Skwaaaaaarks. ;o)

-== Loki ==-
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