First impression was meh, but thinking about it, it's actually not that bad in the right deck. Cheat in Prepaid Voicepads for nothing, smooth a Calling In Favors deck's economy...free Kati J...and so on.

EDIT: I put two of these in an Iain Sterling Connections deck (also runs Logos and x3 HQ interface) and played a couple of games earlier tonight. And, wow, this card rocks. In one of the games it was in my opening hand and I started using it on turn 1; it saved me 13 credits net (i.e., subtracting its 3 install cost) over the course of the game, and counted as a connection for Calling In Favors for an extra $1 each time that hit.

Very impressed with The Supplier, highly recommend it for any deck with a fair amount of resources and hardware, particularly in the $2-4 install range.

Consider how well it pairs with Daily Casts, you install it next turn, and get 2 creds off it that same turn, netting 1.  I have a Resource deck that will OWN the corp with this.

Consider how well it pairs with Daily Casts, you install it next turn, and get 2 creds off it that same turn, netting 1.  I have a Resource deck that will OWN the corp with this.

It does pair ok with Casts, but per my current understanding of "when your turn begins" effects, a card needs to already be in play to be included in the set of cards that proc.

So, Casts hosted on Supplier in turn 1, comes off in turn 2 _after_ the check for start of turn effects and thus does not proc, and procs for the first time in turn 3.

I could be wrong about this, but I don't think so.

It does pair ok with Casts, but per my current understanding of "when your turn begins" effects, a card needs to already be in play to be included in the set of cards that proc.

 

So, Casts hosted on Supplier in turn 1, comes off in turn 2 _after_ the check for start of turn effects and thus does not proc, and procs for the first time in turn 3.

 

I could be wrong about this, but I don't think so.

I assume because you resolve "at the start of your turn" abilities in the order you choose, before any clicks are spent.  So in this example you would have Daily Casts on The Supplier, install it at the start of your turn and then it would be available to take money from, before the "start of your turn" step has finished and you move on to spending clicks.

The argument does seem a little flimsy but I can see the reasoning behind it.

You do not get use any start of turn abilities on a card you just installed with the Supplier. The card was not active when the trigger occurred.  Think of 'start of turn' as one instant in time followed by a seperate resolving window, not a constant state until all effects are resolved.

Here is the math:

- You won't spare a click to install the card since you paid a click to host it anyway.

- When played it gets you at -4 (3 credits + a click).

   - 1 card installed gets you to -2

   - 2 cards installed get you to 0      ... so The Supplier is useless thus far

   - 3 cards installed get you to +2    ... Infiltration and Easy Mark are better

- When The Supplier is trashed, you lose X clicks, X being the number of cards hosted when trashed. So make sure you won't get tagged.

So it is only viable - but very efficient - in a big connection deck. I agree that Iain Stirling is the identity that can use it best.

It's hardware, too. So all those Cyberfeeder, Personal Touch, MacroDrive, Lockpick etc can benefit.

Along with Datafolding, Earthrise Hotel, Daily Casts etc.

Does the installing part for a card hosted on the supplier needs a click? Since it says "...you may install..." i assume it does. It is not a paid ability in the form of "X:Y", like the Personal workshop. Any thoughts?

The installing part does not need a click; the timing window is at 1.2 of the turn. It's not a paid ability, but a "when your turn begins" trigger.

You "prepay" the click when you host the card on The Supplier.

Because it's not a paid ability, it's not as flexible as something like Personal Workshop, which can install cards off of itself mid-run, but it's native to Criminal and it provides a nice discount . . . at least for the right deck.

Phew, you got me there for a second. I thought i have to delete one of my favorite Decks, since it relies on the Supplier.

Would be a real bummer :<