From:	Donald Arganbright <jayden63@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Rocker/Virus Deck
Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:07:14 PST

Hoi,

>I made a mistake earlier. The deck has a weakness to Infighting,
>Unstable Ally, Shady Manager, and Poor Craftsmanship.
>
>I know that it has the standard look of a Bully deck, but while
>finesse did not work this deck did. My opponent has a habit of using
>Wanted, Bar Fight, and pumpable challenges in his deck. None of >these
worked against this deck.

So that still doesn't mean you must go down to his level... rather then
using trolls to get away from this use LOTIs, lucky wabbits foots and
loaded dices. These will stop wanteds, riots... etc.

> The second game he pumped up a Lone Star Patrol challenge to 18/18,
>only to have me use a Tactics: Converge to make all the damage go to
>one runner. The virus tokens from Bio Lab Raid and Genetic >Monstrosity
kept his runners weak a good part of the game with the >help of
Spreading The Disease.
>
>As stated below, the deck strongly resembles a bully deck (and I >guess
that it could very well be), but 12 of the 32 runners are >rockers, and
I tried to put in a good number of skills. The major >hinderance to my
opponents deck was the virus tokens added to the >damage taken from the
challenges. The big runners helped me to be >able to deal with my own
objectives if need be (Bio-Lab Raid & Hell >House)

>Runners (32)
>Jackyl x2
>Cannonball x2
>Glitz x4
>Skwaaaaaark! x2
>Thrash x4
>Stomper x2
>Macabre x2
>Reaper x2
>Razorback x2
>Hatchetman x2
>Knuckles x2
>Domino x2
>Kromagnus x4

I would suggest dropping the Kromagnus, skwaaaaarks, jackyl, and
stompers, all together. This takes out some of the threat for
infighting. I would then replace with a few Lokis, tanaka, and ajaxs or
two. Lokis for troll damage and cement shoes, tanaka for poisons or
shurikins (really effective in a virus style deck) and ajaxs for drive
bys (also deadly with viruses and shurikins)

>Gear (16)
>Muscle Replacement x4
>Cyberarm x4
>HandRazors x4
>Dermal Plating x4

I would drop the cyberarms and muscle replacements and add 3 bulldog
vans, 3 shurikin, and two posions (the last if you go the yakuza route)

>Locations (5)
>Chop Shop x3
>Club Vortex x2

No suggestions

>Stingers (5)
>Tactics: Converge x2
>Innocent Bystander x1
>Bad Reputation x1
>Cowards x1
>Spreading The Disease x4

I would loose innocent bystander, cowards, and bad reputation in favor
for cement shoes or drivebys (only if you use riggers or mafia dudes to
handle the trolls.)

>Challenges (12)
>Double Jeaopardy x2
>Security Consultant x2
>Genetic Monstrosity x4
>Chomps 2000 x2
>Widow's Trap x2

More challenges... thats all I can say. I have found that with less
than twenty in a deck, you cant rely on having them out. Also with the
ammount of Nuyen your going ot generate I would stongly suggest pumpable
challenges... most dominantly Mage strike force. 6¥ and you have a very
nice 12/12 (A4)

>Objectives (12)
>Hell House x4
>Bio-Lab Raid x4
>Sucker Run x2
>Nosferatu Den x2

I would loose the hell house and nosferatu den. I would replace them
with milk runs, cake walk, or ragnarocks... I know that milk runs and
cake walks have little rep, this will probably be sufficiant to keep
your opponent from running against them, but combine them with a media
chick and you have a 1 run victory.

>Yep, That is 74+12 cards. A little too big for my taste normally
>(I prefer 60+8). I figure I might cut it down a little after playing
>it once or twice. I look forward to reading the responses to this >deck
idea.

I would at the very least, take out some runners and add more
challenges. I am in agreement about your deck size... I tend to prefere
smaller decks.

*** Knife Sharpens on Stone... Man Sharpens on Man ***
*** - Tao ***

Jayden Stormwalker
Donald Arganbright


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