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Description The Gaping Maw or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wasteland =================================================== If you love maximizing Shaper BS then this is the deck for you. Economy ------- The key to using [Wasteland](/en/card/09036) to its full effect is to realize that it doesn't just improve [Aesop's Pawnshop](/en/card/01047). Shaper has a lot of good <span class="icon icon-trash"></span> effect cards ([Clone Chip](/en/card/03038), [Self-modifying Code](/en/card/03046), [DaVinci](/en/card/08107), [Bookmark](/en/card/08106)) which allows you to get the 1-3<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> from your [Wasteland](/en/card/09036) triggers on the Corp's turn. In addition, the self-trash trigger on [Armitage Codebusting](/en/card/01053) and [Daily Casts](/en/card/03053) will also give you extra money from [Wasteland](/en/card/09036) if you haven't been able to find your [Aesop's Pawnshop](/en/card/01047) yet. Of course [Aesop's Pawnshop](/en/card/01047) is no slouch when you can sell anything for up to 6<span class="icon icon-credit"></span>. You can get a surprising amount of burst money by using a <span class="icon icon-trash"></span> ability at the end of the Corp's turn (i.e. [Clone Chip](/en/card/03038) a [Harbinger](/en/card/09034)) gaining 3<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> and then sell something for 6<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> at the start of your turn. [Harbinger](/en/card/09034) has excellent synergy with both [Wasteland](/en/card/09036) and [Aesop's Pawnshop](/en/card/01047) as it can provide up to 12<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> over two turns for 1<span class="icon icon-click"></span> or less. The 0<span class="icon icon-mu"></span> and 0<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> cost makes it an excellent target for Hayley's ability trigger as you don't have to worry about clogging up your <span class="icon icon-mu"></span>. It can even sit out as [Power Shutdown](/en/card/04058) protection for your loaded [Bookmark](/en/card/08106). Also, with all the money you can make, I've not missed [Sure Gamble](/en/card/01050) at all. Draw ---- I opted for a sizeable amount of draw effects to try to counter the somewhat combo-y nature of the deck. 3 [Diesel](/en/card/01034), 1 [Quality Time](/en/card/02087), 3 [Drug Dealer](/en/card/08083), and the occasional draw from [Astrolabe](/en/card/06079) allows you to power through the deck quite quickly. [Drug Dealer](/en/card/08083) has been well worth the influence as you have quite a few ways to dodge the start of turn credit loss. In addition, casting a [Drug Dealer](/en/card/08083) into the ever-hungry maw of [Apex](/en/card/09036) when he gets inconvient is always satisfying. The 6<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> gain makes them into a much more efficient (albeit slower) version of [Earthrise Hotel](/en/card/). Drawing at the start of the Corp's turn combined with a loaded [Bookmark](/en/card/08106) makes you pretty resilient to [Scorched Earth](/en/card/01099) or [Ronin](/en/card/02112) plays as well. Breakers -------- I originally had 2 [Cerberus "Lady" H1](/en/card/06099) which worked rather well, but with clever Corp counterplay you can find that the power counters can disappear quite quickly. The rarely seen [Snowball](/en/card/02027) provides an influence free way to have a permanent barrier breaker that deals with low strenth or stacked barriers. The amount of money this deck makes means the one less strenth compared to [Corroder](/en/card/01007) is much less of an issue and you still have the one [Cerberus "Lady" H1](/en/card/06099) if needed. [Atman](/en/card/03040) is just awesome and I see no reason to not include at least one in any Shaper deck. [Datasucker](/en/card/01008) makes everything better and is necessary for supporting the single [Mimic](/en/card/01011). I need to playtest more to see if the extra strength benefits of [Gordian Blade](/en/card/01043) outperforms the smaller install cost of [ZU.13 Key Master](/en/card/02007), but it hasn't been a huge hinderance so far. Notable Cards ------------- ### [DaVinci](/en/card/08107) This card is just plain awesome. It gives Shapers a [Desperado](/en/card/01024) style effect in faction that allows you to install *ANY* type of card at instant speed, not just programs. Plus, the <span class="icon icon-trash"></span> effect triggers [Wasteland](/en/card/09036)! Being able to install a [R&D Interface](/en/card/02107) for nothing and then gain 3<span class="icon icon-credit"></span> is a pretty amazing feeling. ### [Bookmark](/en/card/08106) This card is a little slower than being able to just slam down a [Plascrete Carapace](/en/card/02009) against Weyland or NBN Butchershop. The upside is that it allows you to deal with net damage as well as meat damage. You can also sell it [Aesop's Pawnshop](/en/card/01047) for a tidy profit when you don't expect any damage. The other key feature of [Bookmark](/en/card/08106) is to protect the single [Levy AR Lab Access](/en/card/03035) from being pinged out of your hand as this deck runs way too few events to warrant the inclusion of [Same Old Thing](/en/card/03054). Other thoughts -------------- I worry about the fast advance matchup with no HQ multiaccess and no [Clot](/en/card/08001). Being able to find the influence for either one of these could be very helpful. Finding room for one or two [Film Critic](/en/card/08086) would improve certain matchups as well. [Film Critic](/en/card/08086) also would spread thin any connection hate cards (i.e. [Snatch and Grab](/en/card/06090) or [Contract Killer](/en/card/08078)). [Technical Writer](/en/card/09055) could be an interesting swap for either [Daily Casts](/en/card/03053) or [Armitage Codebusting](/en/card/01053), but I am wary of making the economy even more reliant on multiple cards.

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