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Magnum Opus
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Darksbane
, Jun 28 2012 09:59 PM | Last updated Aug 15 2012 07:04 PM
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Magnum OpusType: Program Cost: 5 Memory Units: 2 Faction: Runner Shaper Faction Cost: 2 [Click]: Gain 2 [Credits]. Strength: Set: Core Number: 044 Quantity: 2 Illustrator: Outland Entertainment LLC |
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Recent Decks Using This Card: [Core 2.0] Shaper Peacemaker Hayley Runner Training PanTheory Code Gateing |
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10 Comments
5 credits install cost = 5 clicks
1 click to install = 1 credit
So we're behind six so far (-6). With one click for two credits we get;
1 click = 2 credits (-5)
1 click = 2 credits (-4)
1 click = 2 credits (-3)
1 click = 2 credits (-2)
1 click = 2 credits (-1)
1 click = 2 credits (0)
1 click = 2 credits (+1)
That's twelve clicks just to break even, and thirteen clicks just for a profit of one credit. That's three full turns of, "I use 'Magnum Opus' four times, you go", and on your fourth turn you _finally_ start making money. All that AND it takes up two Memory Units? I think I'll stick with 'Armitage Codebusting', thanks.
Unless I'm missing something huge here, I don't know why this card has a five star rating.
And the fact that it stays forever, and after 3 turns of clicking becomes the most efficient late game econ card.
With Kati and Underworld contracts this one is not that obvious choice, but for long time it was the only real late game econ.
And you're right, playing it early puts you behind really far, so you need to time it well. But in mid/late game turns of "i take 4 click cash as i can you're not scoring anything this turn and RnD/HQ would cost me too much" are quite common.
Installing two Armitage and using all of her clicks for money nets you exactly one credit over what you would have if you had used MO. The benefit of MO is that 1) it can't be removed by the corp if tagged, 2) it's permanent, barring program trashing, and 3) it can be fished for via Test Run.
Then let's not install anything and go straight to your endgame part about three full turns of clicking.
After three full turns (12 clicks) of clicking for one credit, you have: 12 credits, though the "net gain" with the whole "assign 1 click as equivalent to 1 credit" is 0.
After three full turns of clicking Magnum Opus, you have: 24 credits. And the "net gain" is still 0.
Yet somehow you're trying to convince us that having 12 credits after 12 clicks is just as good as having 24 credits after 12 clicks just because of click equivalency economics? Yeah, there's something very wrong with your math. Click equivalency economics, as I've just demonstrated, is a poor way to evaluate card efficiency anyway.
Sorry.
No. You use cards ability and Magnum Opus gives you two credits for a click. With two MO installed you have to decide which one to use for a click. You can't use both at the same time.