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Pawn

Submitted Darksbane , Aug 19 2013 02:56 AM | Last updated Jan 26 2016 06:18 PM

	Pawn Type: Program: CaÃ¯ssa Cost: 0 Memory Units: 0 Faction: Runner Anarch Faction Cost: 1 [Click]: Host Pawn on an outermost piece of ice protecting a central server. Whenever you make a successful run, move Pawn to the piece of ice directly after the current ice hosting Pawn, if able; otherwise, trash Pawn instead and install a CaÃ¯ssa program from your grip or heap, ignoring all costs. Strength: - Set: Opening Moves Number: 002 Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Liiga Smilshkalne
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6 Comments

lemec78

Aug 19 2013 10:29 PM

will start getting good in a few months, but for now, boring!

FreeRunner

Aug 22 2013 05:39 AM

will start getting good in a few months, but for now, boring!

I agree. I don't really get why you would print this Caissa with only one other Caissa. I understand it will be good when they print more Caissa, but they should have waited then, and printed Pawn later.

bourgman

Oct 14 2013 07:04 PM

Technically, how this card is worded, if you just install Pawn and don't host it, the trash and replace ability should trigger immediately after a successful run. "Whenever you make a successful run, move Pawn to the piece of ice directly after the current ice hosting Pawn, if able; otherwise, trash Pawn instead and install a CaÃ¯ssa program from your grip or heap, ignoring all costs. " If you never spend a click to host pawn, you can never move pawn ... "if able; otherwise" ... then moves to the "otherwise" clause. I wonder if a FAQ document would correct this. Obviously, ignoring the hosting mechanic is not in the spirit of Caissa.

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CaptBohr

Oct 18 2013 06:58 PM

There is an updated FAQ just released today by FFG.

http://www.fantasyfl...trunner FAQ.pdf

Here is the info on Pawn:

Pawn (Opening Moves, 2), with its original wording, allowed players to play against its intended ability by not hosting it on a piece of ice. This was not the intent on the card, and the ability to search for another CaÃ¯ssa program now requires Pawn to be hosted on a piece of ice. We will correct the text on all future printings of the card.

Here is the correction:
Pawn ( 2)
Should read: â€œWhenever you make a successful run while
Pawn is hosted on a piece of ice, move Pawn to the piece of ice
directly after the current ice hosting Pawn, if able...â€

Clearbeard

Oct 25 2013 12:43 AM

Wow, the first official, honest to god card errata? That's actually a pretty good track record.

Bronze

Mar 01 2014 12:33 PM

I have trouble choosing this one over Deja-Vu within a deck. Afterall, the option to grab multiple virus or any single card that I want back from the heap is quite a bit more powerful. The cost of Caissa is often nothing or 2 credits. I guess however, that if you have Deep Red in play that the Pawn instead of the Deja-Vu could potentially save you 5 credits or so, since there would have been 2 to play Deja-Vu, 1 to install after Deja-Vu, and 2 to play that Knight or Rook once more. I think I have convince myself that I should be using these more in a Caissa deck.

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