Damn. That WAS good. [or not!] 1.0

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EDIT: @Beorn points out something I'd forgotten: A Very Good Tale forces you to shuffle first! Thus, this precise deck doesn't quite do what I'd put on the tin. Fear not, for here is mark II... http://ringsdb.com/decklist/view/2143/okay-that-was-good-2.0. I leave the rest of the description as it was originally for posterity:

In the Netrunner world, there's a guy bewnt who puts out a lot of great content. But my favorite thing he does is his Hidden Objective series, where he picks some ridiculous challenge that may have nothing to do with actually winning, then aims to complete it in a real game before his unwitting opponent can close it out. The nice part about the videos is that he doesn't reveal the Objective to the viewers either, so you can watch and try to figure it out before the end. (Check him out at https://www.youtube.com/user/bewnt).

This deck is a homage to that concept. It is designed to do one stupid thing before the encounter deck steamrolls it. Can you guess what it is?

ROT13'ed spoiler (copy and paste into http://www.rot13.com/ if you don't have another way of decoding, but don't bother if you're offended by joke decks):

Gur qrpx vf qrfvtarq gb yvir gur N Irel Tbbq Gnyr qernz: chg bhg SVIR nyyvrf jvgu n fvatyr NITG vaibpngvba. Guvf vf abj cbffvoyr ivn gur hfr bs Rerq Yhva Zvare: vs lbh pna fgnpx gur gbc svir pneqf bs lbhe qrpx gb vapyhqr 3 bs gur Zvaref naq 2 bgure nyyvrf, gura nyy bs gur nyyvrf pna ragre cynl gbtrgure! Ohg, wrrm, ubj pna lbh thnenagrr fhpu na neenatrzrag? Vzynqevf Fgnetnmre naq Tnynqevry bayl erneenatr gur gbc svir pneqf bs lbhe qrpx... Vs bayl gurer jnf fbzr jnl bs ybbxvat ng n jubyr puhax bs vg ng bapr...

Ragre Tnaqnys'f Frnepu.

Bapr gung orpbzrf cneg bs gur fbyhgvba, gur erfg bs gur qrpx cerggl zhpu ohvyqf vgfrys. Vg'f n ubeevoyl pbfg-varssvpvrag pneq, fb lbh arrq n jnl bs ohvyqvat hc Yber erfbheprf. Fgrjneq vf, nf nyjnlf, gur boivbhf pubvpr, naq Ovshe pna tb nurnq naq uneirfg erfbheprf sebz gur bgure urebrf jvgu uvf bja novyvgl.

Jul Tnaqnys? Uvf Jvmneq Cvcr pna yrg lbh xrrc n pbcl bs gur Rerq Yhva Zvare va lbhe unaq hagvy gur ynfg cbffvoyr frpbaq, vzzrqvngryl orsber Cvcvat uvz bagb gur gbc bs lbhe qrpx naq qrcyblvat gur NITG obzo. Tnaqnys'f novyvgl nyfb yrgf lbhe qevyy qbja guebhtu lbhe qrpx zber dhvpxyl -- hfrshy sbe erqhpvat gur ahzore bs erfbheprf lbh'er tbvat gb unir gb cnl sbe uvf Frnepu gb pbire jung erznvaf bs lbhe qrpx.

Jung vs lbh qenj nqqvgvbany pbcvrf bs gur Zvare, gubhtu? Gung'f jung Rerq Avzenvf Cebfcrpgbe vf sbe: trg rkgen pbcvrf bs gur Zvare vagb lbhe qvfpneq cvyr (fgenvtugsbejneq puhzc oybpxvat, be Ryira Wrjryre be Qnreba'f Eharf), gura cynl gur Cebfcrpgbe gb ohel gur Zvare onpx va lbhe qrpx, jurer ur orybatf hagvy gur njrfbzr.

Zbfg bs gur erfg bs gur pneqf ner gur 1-pbfg nyyvrf va Yrnqrefuvc naq Yber, nf jryy nf gur rire hfrshy Raibl. Bar ernfba lbh qba'g jnag nal zber rkcrafvir nyyvrf vf gung NITG pna snvy vs gur pbfg bs gur nyyvrf lbh rkunhfgrq nf cneg bs gur rssrpg pna'g zngpu gung bs gur nyyvrf lbh'er gelvat gb chg vagb cynl. (Bs pbhefr, cerfhznoyl lbh'ir Tnaqnys'f Frnepu'rq lbhe jnl vagb pregnva "ivpgbel", ohg V svtherq, jul gnxr gur punapr?) Nsgre ehaavat bhg bs gur 1-pbfgref, V guerj va gur Jneqraf bs Urnyvat gb uryc qrny jvgu nal crfxl qnzntr lbh zvtug gnxr juvyr lbh'er gelvat gb frg hc nyy guvf evqvphybhfarff. Nf sbe nyyl Tnynqevry, jryy, jul abg. V thrff V whfg yvxr ure.

V chyyrq bss gur pbzob va gehr fbyb va zl svefg gel ntnvafg Cnffntr guebhtu Zvexjbbq (qrfcvgr gur snpg gung zl svefg Fgrjneq jnf favcrq ol n funqbj rssrpg, naq V qvqa'g trg nabgure bar hagvy eryngviryl yngr). Sbe tbbq zrnfher, V gura orng gur fpranevb, vapyhqvat trggvat evq bs obgu Puvrsgnva Hsgunx naq gur Uhzzreubeaf. (EVC Qrargube.)