I understand that you only want to score one, in which case it’s as good as a 3/2, but what about the times when you draw a second? Do you score it wastefully, or keep hold of it and hope the runner doesn’t access?
For me, personally, if I’m going to commit to having agendas in my deck that I can’t score straight from hand and will need to leave in play for a turn during a scoring window, I’d rather they were rich in value to buy me space for other things. Every 3/1 I run is an economy card I’m not running, If the 3/1 did the same job as the card I could be running in its place then that would be ideal - but it’s not really the case.
In every faction I can think of 20 agenda points I’d rather have in my deck ahead of any of the currently available 3/1s for most archetypes. There are only two grounds on which I would currently be selecting a 3/1:
- Its ability is useful to my strategy.
- I have 19 APs already (because I’m running 3 x 5/3s) and would prefer to make the numbers up to a flat 20 - but even then a 3/2 or 4/2 with the right ability still gets in ahead of a 3/1.
Deck space is just too much of a premium and that situation is only going to get worse as we get more and more cards.
Bifrost is an interesting card and it might make the cut under either or both criteria above for the right deck. But it will heavily depend on what agendas the deck is already packing. I agree that NEXT probably likes it as a one-of to complement Pri Req, ABT and presumably either Efficiency Committee or Vitruvius.
Sleepers in a Midseasons deck? Hmm, maybe. Presumably we’re talking Custom Biotics now?
Perhaps this deck runs only 5/3s plus Sleepers (looking for 2 scores vs. Runner’s 3) and packs Midseasons, Psychographics, and Punitive Counterstrike? I’m still skeptical, but I will definitely give it a fair try.