Building Netrunner Decks At Home
Null Signal Games has kept Netrunner alive long after the death of Android: Netrunner at FFG. While they sell professionally printed cards for you to play with, they also actively encourage you to print your own cards for use, even at official tournaments. This is great news, since it’s about 55 bucks for each set.
So let’s go through the process I use to print my own cards and build my decks.
1. Build your deck
On NetrunnerDB, you can look over every single card ever released for Netrunner, and build your own decks. There’s even a Decklist of the Week where they highlight particular players’ decks. The best ones are ones with extensive notes on how their deck works, so you can see the strategy behind them. If you like the look of someone else’s deck, you can just copy it over to your own decklists, and tweak it to add in any cards you like.
Once you’re looking at your list, under actions, you can click the Print and Play option. That will allow you to download a PDF containing all the cards in your deck.
2. Print your Deck
Now you’ll take that PDF over to the Staples website. You can use any other printers, or print yourself, but I use Staples and have never been let down, so I’ll explain here.
Firstly, go into Print & Marketing, Same Day Print, Documents. Then choose Get Started, and Full Customization. Upload your deck, make sure to print single sided, full color, and I like the Executive White paper for high quality. From there, get it ordered, and pick up once its available.
3. Cut your Deck
You’re gonna NEED a paper cutter here. You can get them pretty cheap online, but you can cut out your cards easily with this. It takes me about 10 minutes to get the whole deck cut.
4. Sleeve your Deck
The paper is too thin, and also only one-sided, so you need to sleeve the cards. Grab old MTG or Lorcana cards, and sleeve the number of cards needed for your deck, then slip the new cards into the sleeves in front of them.
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You now have your own Netrunner decks to play with in-person! Super easy and simple. I’d say it’s about 30-45 minutes, start to finish (not including waiting for Staples to have your order ready), and you’ve got a whole deck for a very low cost.
Also, remember you can always test out your decks at Jinteki.net, a great site for playing Netrunner online. If you’re looking for someone to play with, reach out and let me know.
