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Garrote
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Darksbane
, Jan 17 2014 03:41 AM | Last updated Jan 17 2014 03:41 AM
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GarroteType: Program: Icebreaker - Killer Cost: 7 Memory Units: 2 Faction: Runner Criminal Faction Cost: 3 1 [Credits]: Break sentry subroutine. 1 [Credits]: +1 strength. Strength: 2 Set: True Colors Number: 065 Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Zefanya Maega |
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Recent Decks Using This Card: Silhouette Exposed V2! Criminal Milling Librarian Oracle Andromeda Informant A |
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14 Comments
CLOAK AND DAGGER!!!!
I'm having some success with the Professor, using this strategy to build up to Garrote, Torch, and Morningstar while still being able to run with little 'breakers. I'm willing to bet Kate or Chaos could make this work even better.
Back when this released, I was very "meh" on it. 2MU was a very big deal at the time, and the highish install cost was the nail in the coffin.
Criminal has a lot of good ways to beat sentries, though not all of them are consistent and some of them require multiple cards to pull off. Out of faction, the influence cost is too high to casually include this. So, it lived in the binder.
But, what's been happening is that with each new set published more good cards hit the scene, and at least for me card slots has become the most precious resource available. Additionally the game has sped up, and the variety of ice encountered has gotten much larger. The economy has also opened up a bit.
So, now, a single tutorable card that only takes up two card slots in my deck and can brawl with any sentry in the game with reasonable efficiency and doesn't trash or run out of counters or otherwise require some juggling to make use of is a lot more attractive.
Subsequently, I found myself swapping out more fiddly sentry solvers in favor of Garrote in a couple of Criminal decks, freeing up card slots in the process.
I hate the tempo hit to get it on the board, but I've never been sad about it once it's installed. If a more tempo friendly alternative* debuts I'll gladly relegate Garrote to the binder again, but in the meantime the stock of this card has risen for me.
*For instance, a Study Guide equivalent.
I don't think the install cost is that unreasonably high. It pays off really quickly and you always have the option to put it into play with Modded, costing only 4 credits. Which is an auto-include in Andromeda decks, for me at least, anyway. It's an efficient way to reduce your large starting hand, so you don't have to discard anything. The 2 memory is no big deal in criminal decks, I think. Memory is far more valuable in Anarch and Shaper.