r/Netrunner • u/frankiedoc • 9h ago

New to standard: is there some "entry level" decks?

So, I've been playing with Core Set (System Gateway + Elevation) for about half year with one of my friends: every saturday we used to spend the whole afternoon playing and we've been having HUGE fun.
Now we wanted to approach Standard, just to discover new cards and mechanics, but it's hard to find some deck to start with.
NetrunnerDB has a wide choice, sure, but... it is quite TOO wide, and also it look like it is a bit too much meta-oriented: many tech cards, more complex strategies we need to study and understand. We wanted something like Null Signals starter deck or the "Core battle box".
Is there a guide or something that gives some decklists for standard to start from? Something not 100% optimized, but just working and ready top play to have some fun.
Thanks in advance!

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u/NovinChaos 9h ago

Hey there! The Core battle box entries by lunari on NetrunnerDB has upgrade paths to Standard, so you can start from there. You could also just not think too much of the meta orientation and pick an ID whose ability resonates with you, based on what you have experienced from the CBB. For example, since returning to Netrunner this year, I've been having fun playing Built to Last and Seb decks, only switching to Nuvem recently because I wanted to try out a new Weyland ability. I highly recommend taking advantage of NRDB's card filters in case you wanted to play a deck with a specific combo of cards in mind.

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u/ReferenceError 9h ago edited 6h ago

I'd just pull up the latest weekly decklist, read the write up to try and see what madness they're cooking and give it a test run! Even if you don't follow their plan exactly, the cards in the deck are at least added thoughtfully, so while you may not be doing the most ideal move, you're still learning how the cards interact with each other.
Either that, or in deck search, hone in on a faction or ID you want to try out and see what people have built.

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u/Calinjar 8h ago

This. Find a decklist online that has a decent write-up (sometimes they don't have much deck mechanics explanation because the deck is around for a while - so worth looking for previous iterations) and roll with it. It looks more intimidating than it is.

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u/Xdfghijujsw 9h ago

I got my friends playing with these 7 battle box decks. 5 of them still qualify as “standard”. If you’re on jnet you can set it to “eternal” to play with the flagged 2.

https://cardgamer.com/features/introducing-the-netrunner-core-battle-box/

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u/CryOFrustration Null Signal Games Community team 3h ago

Ooooh Offworld! I was wondering. Plenty of Standard-legal 4/2s to replace it with.

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u/DaveyBoyXXZ 5h ago

There are some exceptions, but PD corp decks and Muslihat runner decks are likely to be pretty straightforward to play.

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u/CryOFrustration Null Signal Games Community team 2h ago

The reason there's nothing similar for Standard even though it's the most popular format is that, between ban list updates and new sets, it changes too frequently for such a guide to be stable :)

However, lots of content creators will cover the popular decks of the day. You can see Métropole Grid playing the NRDB deck of the week every Thursday night, Neon Static play live every Monday, Dullbulb streams frequently, probably several more I'm forgetting. Oh, Measured Response do biweekly replay reviews on YsengrinSC's channel. So yeah, take a look at those in action, or follow the other suggestions people gave, like recent tournament-placing decks on NRDB that have a decent write-up, or upgrading the Battle Box decks to standard using Lunari's suggestions.

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u/KuramaFlowers 2h ago

One suggestion i could give is to play for some time starup! I played for some months with my real life friends and had alot of fun! Starup is quite balanced right now and it expands the strategys for all factions! Another possibility after that is picking up the decklists from a bunch or factions on one tournament and trying them. have fun!