It’s been 2 months since the original 45 card banned list format was proposed, which means it’s time for an update!

Some of these changes may seem quite reactionary, but I’d prefer the format to make big, exciting changes that force people to build new decks. Here is the first set of changes:

Criminal

Gang Sign is Banned

Faerie is Unbanned

With no Jackson Howard, a Criminal deck with Gang Sign, HQ interface, and Fisk Investment Seminar was extrememly oppressive to even the fastest Corp decks. Gang Sign is being banned due to both power and NPE.

Faerie is a powerful tempo card, but with many people going to Crypsis anyway, it may encourage the use of traditional breaker suites a bit.

HB

Accelerated Beta Test is Banned

Adonis Campaign in Unbanned

Having 6 3/2s made rushing with HB a bit strong and so obvious that it was the first deck that almost everyone tried. I’d rather people explore other agenda suites and Project Vitruvius has more decision points than ABT.

Adonis Campaign’s massive economy boost is much more of a liability when you cannot control your hand with Jackson while you wait to run it down. This is intended to be a buff to Glacier decks and 2-remote decks. With no Breaker Bay Grid around, this should be a safe unbanning.

Weyland

Blue Sun: Powering the Future is Banned

Hostile Takeover is Unbanned

Blue Sun Glacier proved to be VERY strong against all but the most solitaire/lategame runner decks. The ID discourages running and aggression so much that I don’t feel it adds much health to the format.

Hostile Takeover, on the other hand, promotes a more aggressive scoring Weyland deck. With no ability to search all 3 of these up with Atlas counters, Hostile Takeover should be fine. With Hostile Takeover legal, both it and Archer are on the watch-list for the next update. This is part of why Faerie has been unbanned.

The New Banned list is as follows:

https://netrunnerdb.com/en/deck/view/633756 <----- Runner

https://netrunnerdb.com/en/deck/view/633752 <----- Corp

Criminal

Desperado

Account Siphon

Legwork

Inside Job

Gang Sign

Shaper

Clone Chip

Self-Modifying Code

R&D Interface

Levy AR Lab Access

Magnum Opus

Anarch

Parasite

Datasucker

Faust

Medium

Wyldside

Vamp

Runner Neutral/Mini

Same Old Thing

Kati Jones

Blackmail

Apocalypse

Prepaid VoicePAD

HB

Eli 1.0

Ash 2X3ZB9CY

Biotic Labor

Architect

Accelerated Beta Test

Jinteki

Caprice Nisei

The Future Perfect

Mushin No Shin

Nisei Mk 2

Snare!

Weyland

Scorched Earth

Project Atlas

Mumbad City Hall

NBN

Jackson Howard

Astroscript Pilot Program

Sansan City Grid

Breaking News

Tollbooth

Corp Neutral

NAPD Contract

Global Food Initiative

Enigma

Breaker Bay Grid

Museum of History

Identities

Noise: Hacker Extraordinaire

Haas Bioroid: Engineering the Future

Blue Sun: Powering the Future

With Regionals wrapping up in many areas, Hopefully you find time to give this format a try if you haven’t already. I will have time this summer to hopefully organize an online tournament for it if there is interest.