Hey! Still learning this system and I'm attempting to build a deck for this identity based on a few others I've seen to start practicing for the tournaments starting in a few months. The idea is to keep the corporation spend to rez ice then to either trash them with parasites or with forged activation orders. However I'm 4 cards over and I really don't know what to cut or even if this deck is a good idea. Any help would be appreciated.

Overall it looks reasonable, though I wonder with the amount of Viruses if Noise would be better for this deck - Reina is going to tax the Corp maybe an extra cred a turn, Noise is going to trash a card with every Virus install. On top of that Reina has a link.

My main worry for the deck as-written, is lack of draw-power or tutors. It might be worth splashing some influence for Diesel or Special Order (losing maybe the Crescentus and one of your Forged Activations).

I would try:

-3 Crescentus

-1 FAO

+2 Special Order

-1 Yog.0

-1 Corroder

Cool thanks. I like the Crescentus since I think they work fairly well with what the deck is trying to do (make the corp pay a lot for rezing stuff). I added in some tutors in the form of Special Order.

Keyhole is a pretty awesome card, although you might run into memory issues unless you can host it on a Djinn. bear in mind that with Grimoire you have 6 MU available, so with all your breakers + 2 Djinn (which you probably want if you're running Viruses and Keyhole) then that only leaves room for a single Parasite at a time (which may be fine depending on your playstyle).

I actually only just realised that you're nowhere near your influence limit (which was the only real reason I suggested removing Crescentus) - I'd definitely consider squeezing in a few more points of influence (perhaps Aesop's and either Diesel or ProCon depending on your preference of burst or sustained draw).

I like Daily Casts if you're playing a click-heavy deck (like Caissa or Wyldside decks). If you're not too worried about saving clicks then ProCon might be the better option - test both!

I like diesel. What would you suggest dropping for it? There's so much stuff I want so staying at 45 is really hard!

I like diesel. What would you suggest dropping for it? There's so much stuff I want so staying at 45 is really hard!

Surge

Thanks for the all the help! Is surge one of those trap cards that sounds good but in practice never really works out and isn't worth the card slot?

Surge is a really good card in the right deck. I've found it's great for helping Darwin recover from Virus purge, or to finish off a Parasited ICE when I'm low on 'sucker tokens. It doesn't fit every situation though.

OK I'll give this deck a shot with them and without them and see how it functions.