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Protikon

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Adam:
0c 1 MU Program
Unique: Algernon
When your turn begins you may pay 2c to gain CLICK.
Gets trashed if you don't make a succesful run after gaining the click though.

Apex:
1c Event: Run
Reboot
Make a run on Archives. If succesful, instead of accessing cards, install up to 5 cards from your heap facedown.
Remove from the game instead of trashing it.
I LIVE AGAIN

Sunny:
4c Event
Office Supplies
Costs 1 less to play per link you have.
Gain 4c or draw 4 cards.

5infl across the board.

Posted Jun 18, 2018, 10:56 AM UTC

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CorruptDropbear•

Sunny gets draw. That's... actually really needed - it's like having Quality Time back in the pool and removes the reliance on spending 6 influence on weird draw cards.

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WizardRandomKeeping up with the clone•

Algernon... that's great.

In the story "Flowers for Algernon", Algernon was a rat that was being experimented on to see if it could be made smarter.

... They tested his intelligence by having him run mazes.

It's obviously a card that is designed to make [[Always Be Running]] playable as a directive again. Whether it succeeds remains to be seen.

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arthurbarnhouse•

That Apex card is really neat. The Adam is very easy to play around the requirement, so I suspect a lot of weirdo shit will be done with that. Sunny being given an in-faction economic card is pretty big, considering there's so little free money in the game, and it doubling as a draw is pretty huge.

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ProtikonOP•

I'm not a fan of the Sunny card, as it doesn't help her biggest weakness, but at least it's about as good as a Quality Time.

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arthurbarnhouse•

I disagree because one of her weaknesses is a 50 card deck. A card that is a quality time early and a sure gamble late seems very good for her faction to me.

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EnigmaticCombat•

At it's worst it's a crappy 2 credits, but at it's best it's a super Diesel.

The fact that it's great early game and nice late game is really appealing. Definitely an auto include for Sunny.

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Mo0manJinteki•

I mean, 0 cost gamble seems good late game, when you need it.

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CryOFrustration•

yeah even early game 2cr for 4 cards is GOOD!

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BerrrGo on, run the server, you know you want to ;)•

I'm curious, what do you consider her biggest weakness?

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ProtikonOP•

Setup.

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BerrrGo on, run the server, you know you want to ;)•

Hmm, yeah that's what I would have picked too. Surely a 2 (or less) credit cost event to draw 4 cards is actually pretty great for accelerating setup though?

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just_douginternet_potato•

Well I'm playing [[comet]] sunny

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RepoRogueDo Crimes Good•

Is a click really worth two credits enough of the time to justify playing Algernon? Office Supplies looks great, and might even be enough to make Sunny actually viable at a higher level. Reboot is super cool! Aesop's Apex is already okay, this could help give it late game staying power.

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wynalazcaClicks... everywhere.•

Apex card as a 1 of in Aesop's haley seems pretty good. Turn your early econ cards into mid-late game drips. Reminds me a bit of Bloo Moose. Seems pretty solid.

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PityUpvote•

Does Algernon not trash if you don't use it? Seems excellent. Too bad about the 5 influence, since Adam doesn't really need a boost IMO, but I'm sure Shapers will love a single copy of this too.

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