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Sacrificial Construct

Submitted Darksbane , Aug 03 2012 09:43 PM | Last updated Aug 03 2012 09:43 PM

	Sacrificial Construct Type: Resource: Remote Cost: 0 Faction: Runner Shaper Faction Cost: 1 [Trash]: Prevent an installed program or an installed piece of hardware from being trashed. Set: Core Number: 048 Quantity: 2 Illustrator: Matthew Zeilinger
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18 Comments

Zephyr

Oct 30 2012 02:54 PM

Can crop choose to trash a single program 2 times (with cards like Aggressive Secretary (core)) and if so can this card protect it or not?

NuFenix

Nov 02 2012 11:54 PM

Yes. It is even stated in the FAQ that if Agressive Secretary targets the same program more than once, a single Sacrifical Construct protects against it.

Drago13

Jan 22 2013 02:44 PM

But in the case of Ichi 1.0 it only protects from 1 subroutine, right?

EmeraldGuardian

Jan 22 2013 09:07 PM

It prevents trashing from the source. So even if two subroutines from ichi 1.0 (core) targeted the same program sacrificial construct would save it from both subroutines. If there were two different programs chosen Sacrificial Construct could only save 1 of them.

Zephyr

Jan 23 2013 09:53 PM

You're sure? To me 2 subroutines seem like 2 different effects each needing its own prevent. But its only my guess and how i played it, cant cite any ruling on this one.

If it said trash 2 programms then i would totally agree. But its Trash 1, Thrash 1.

EmeraldGuardian

Jan 24 2013 06:31 PM

When resolving the ability on an with 2 advancement tokens,
can the Corporation trash the same program twice? Does the Corporation decide
to trash a program, resolve it, and then trash another? What if the Runner has a
installed?
Aggressive Secretary trashes the programs at the same time. The Corporation
chooses both programs to trash, and then the programs are trashed. The
Corporation can choose the same program more than once. However, trash
prevention effects (such as Sacrificial Construct) can prevent a chosen program from
being trashed, regardless of how many times it was chosen.

That led me to believe that the subroutines would work the same way. The question becomes, are the subroutines simultaneous or resolved individually. If they are simultaneous i would say the above would apply. If they are resolved separately then I misunderstood.

Zephyr

Jan 25 2013 10:14 PM

Im pretty sure theyre applied one by one, if one of the subroutines ends run for example others will not even fire.

Drago13

Jan 31 2013 09:41 AM

Yes, subroutines are applied one by one - the order matters. For example if runner triggers Shadow the corp gets 3 credits from the first subroutine, and then can use them to boost a trace from second subroutine. And it is why new Sensei ICE specifically sais that it adds an "end the run" subroutine after any other one to the ICE it boosts. So I think that as soubroutines are separate effects which resolve 1 by 1, sacrifical construct can only save a program from one of them.

JeremyLarner

Feb 01 2013 09:54 AM

Just to confirm that this will only protect from a single subroutine (from Ichi or Archer), as they trigger one at a time, not simultaneously (like Aggressive Sec)

voodoochile78

May 09 2013 10:14 PM

I really like this card because it lets me play Shaper aggressively early on. For example, if I have a Magnum Opus out (or a corroder or yog), I can still do blind runs to keep the corp poor and not have to worry about Rototurret, Ichi, Archer, or Aggressive Secretary.

Verhexung

May 12 2013 09:42 PM

Can this be used to prevent Crypsis from being trashed if Crypsis has no virus counters and ice on which Crypsis was used ends the run?

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Clearbeard

May 13 2013 01:40 AM

Yes, Crypsis can be saved.

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Zilvake

Feb 10 2014 06:19 AM

Question, could you Aesop's something off but trash Sacrificial Construct to prevent the program from being trashed. Yet at the same time still gain the 3 credits from Aesop's Pawnshop?

Herbman

Mar 28 2014 05:38 PM

And Knight, for example, can't be saved by Sacrificial construct right?

4wallz

Apr 23 2014 11:40 AM

And Knight, for example, can't be saved by Sacrificial construct right?

Yeah Knight can't be saved if it's on a piece of ice and the corp trashes it. That's because it's not being trashed technically. The ice is.

Herbman

Apr 27 2014 01:34 AM

I thought as much. And where would it go?

Arepo

Mar 02 2016 09:34 PM

4wallz - does that mean Knight being trashed won't trigger the destruction of Q-coherence chip?

Meadbeard

Mar 04 2016 12:02 AM

4wallz - does that mean Knight being trashed won't trigger the destruction of Q-coherence chip?

It's trashed. Sacrificial Construct cannot prevent the Knight being trashed; FAQ 3.01 page 12:

"If a host is trashed or uninstalled, all cards, counters, and tokens hosted on it are also trashed. This cannot be prevented."

You could, of course, use Sacrificial Construct to prevent the Q-Coherence Chip from being trashed. Hope that helps (the above comments are not in line with the current FAQ, which may be why you are confused).

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