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Draco

Submitted Darksbane , Sep 15 2012 02:30 AM | Last updated Dec 13 2012 02:05 PM

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	Draco Type: ICE: Sentry - Tracer Cost: 1 Faction: Corp Neutral Faction Cost: 0 When you rez Draco, you may pay X [Credits] to place X power counters on it. Draco has +1 strength for each power counter on it. [Subroutine] Trace² - If successful, give the Runner 1 tag and end the run. Strength: 0 Set: What Lies Ahead Number: 020 Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Sandara Tang
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20 Comments

CWaltz

Sep 15 2012 03:07 AM

I can see this going into almost any Corp deck...

Asmoridin

Sep 15 2012 03:46 PM

Yeah, this is going to see a lot of play, I think.

Surreal

Sep 20 2012 08:57 AM

I think this will go almost every deck in beginning also but it is not so amazing. Corp needs early game stopping power and Draco, Ice Wall, Wall of Static and Enigma is a good package. Draco just will lose a lot of power in mid game especially against Sharpers if they get link 2 (and I am sure link will become more important in future). We will see this card in NBN decks for a long time, maybe Weyland depending their other tagging options and how important tags will be for them. Jinteki and Haas will find some better early game ICE later me thinks.

Grodzilla

Sep 29 2012 02:40 AM

NBN has found its new best friend, matrix and this badboy are outrageous.

Zeromus

Oct 13 2012 02:02 PM

This ice does not say it can be advanced, so Matrix Analyzer cannot increase its strength.

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Zetan

Nov 28 2012 04:15 PM

I'm really not impressed by an ice that can be overcome by money alone, even without icebreakers. Make it as strong as you like, it's still only Trace 2, and you have to pay for it every time they run if you want it to trace them for more. I guess it's pretty good for NBN, with their two free trace credits, but otherwise, meh.

Keggy

Nov 28 2012 11:33 PM

I'm really not impressed by an ice that can be overcome by money alone, even without icebreakers. Make it as strong as you like, it's still only Trace 2, and you have to pay for it every time they run if you want it to trace them for more. I guess it's pretty good for NBN, with their two free trace credits, but otherwise, meh.

This is how I feel about most of the corp cards I've seen from the cycle. And to make matters worse, I recently realize Rabbit Hole is a 1 influence card.

EmeraldGuardian

Nov 29 2012 09:04 PM

@Zetan not everytime they run. Just when you don't want them to access the server. I gives you another way to bluff, and hand out tags. Not so bad if you ask me.

Let the runners fill their decks with rabbit holes. I don't mind them sacrificing their card slots for the possibility that it might save them a few credits on their way to my ghost branch.

db0

Dec 07 2012 06:21 PM

Rabbit holes are not important so much for the link, but about thinning your deck.

Also they can help save your butt from everything but ghost branch and snare.

wolfone88

Dec 07 2012 07:15 PM

Having more ice that can be run trough naked is quite good for corporations in my opionion they allow for a much greater degree of bluffing and deception and also allow to grind the runner's economy, the most important part of the corporation game

- Meadbeard likes this

wolfone88

Dec 07 2012 07:18 PM

Though Draco is truly an ice with situational uses, good in either a "normal" corp deck against anarch or a rich corp deck against criminal... Shapers eat the dragon and spit out the bones.

Paddosan

Dec 13 2012 10:50 AM

I wouldn't disregard the trace immediately... sure, Shapers can raise their Link efficently, but a Corp can still empower the trace.
It might cost them some more credits to pass safely, and I'm always up for defensive options. Most ICE don't allow for any Corp choice once they are rezzed, meaning you just stand and watch, praying they fall short on the run.

palpster

Dec 13 2012 09:51 PM

I'm really not impressed by an ice that can be overcome by money alone, even without icebreakers. Make it as strong as you like, it's still only Trace 2, and you have to pay for it every time they run if you want it to trace them for more. I guess it's pretty good for NBN, with their two free trace credits, but otherwise, meh.

My thoughts exactly

mnemonicuz

May 20 2013 11:43 AM

If the corp paid an additional 5 when rezzing Draco, and Draco is later derezzed, are those 5 extra power tokens still kept? Would the corp be able to add additional power tokens when rezzing Draco the second time?

Clearbeard

May 22 2013 05:36 AM

They are kept, and additional counters could be added when rezzed a second time.

paradoX

May 22 2013 11:42 AM

They are kept, and additional counters could be added when rezzed a second time.

Are you sure? Draco uses power counters, not advancement tokens. I don't think they are kept.

Clearbeard

May 22 2013 05:48 PM

They're hosted counters, there's nothing that says they can only be present on a rezzed card, just that the only time they can be ADDED is upon rezzing.

- Meadbeard likes this

Zephyr

May 22 2013 11:19 PM

Oversight AI also uses wording "as a counter". I see no rule that makes counters disappear during deREZ, so it stays until proven otherwise.

ringworm

May 14 2014 01:33 PM

In case anyone is still reading, this is in the FAQ:

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

- Demi likes this

AdorablePython

Aug 24 2015 06:28 PM

What I like most about this card is its flexibility. Sure, the subroutine itself isn't that much of a threat, because it's a trace. However, you can adapt this ICE's rez cost and power to your economy, which shouldn't be underestimated. Especially in the early to mid game.

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