Where is the MWL? - As of August 20th, 2018 - MWL 2.2 is here (effective 2018.09.06)

Eli needed to come off the list. Barriers are underwhelming with the prevalence of paperclip, most barriers that decks run are just vanilla and the occasional Wraparound or resistor.

I don’t think Faust is as big a problem as Sensie or Sifr/DDoS . -3 inf? Harsh.

Aaron still off the list, Pol-op becoming viable with the huge influence cost for Rumor mill, Desperado off the list?

Blue is the new orange?

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While the Faust inclusion seems harsh, I rather like the idea that I won’t have to worry about my opponent being at 10 credits and 10 tags with Counter Surveillance, knowing that their installed Faust and Obelus allows them to just access 10 cards off R&D whenever they so choose. With Mars for Martians coming, isn’t Counter Surveillance way too good in a Faust deck with a DLR shell?

I think this is going to be everyone’s biggest concern, but I’m not sure that Aaron is a problem for dedicated tag decks anymore with MCA Informant out. Not that I think it doesn’t deserve to go on the list (I’d probably put it at the normal tier 1), but I think I’d rather see Friends on there than Aaron right now.

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Hmm. Not bad, but I’m not sure I like Power Shutdown errata. That IS a functional errata. And I love CI decks, even if I can’t pilot them well and/or beat them consistently.

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CI isn’t going away, just the Power Shutdown CI7 version is. Hasty and Fashion are still a thing.

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I want to confirm that MCA Informant feels really good and I think will mitigate Aaron somewhat with good play.

What obvious thing am I missing with this card? Isn’t it terminal?

Edit; oh shit. That’s rad design.

Yeah, but you can just install it on Aaron to probably get rid of him for good. The runner is considered tagged, so you can simply trash Aaron if the Runner does not get rid of the MCA Informant. And the only way to get rid of him is to trash the host connection. Either way: Aaron is gone.

Say what you will about Damon, but his designs are among the best and worst in Netrunner. All are interesting.

I’m sure he secretly loves the controversy they cause :slight_smile:

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So early Slack chat response is saying these MWL changes will just push Yellow decks toward Temples and Museum.

Also talk of a DumbleForks using 2xTrope instead of Levy + SoT.

Get your predictions in now.

Also, can we just put the whole Mumbad cycle on the MWL? Seems like we are going to end up there eventually. (This is a joke.)

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I know, right? Thank the Boggs!

But, is it? :wink:

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Fixed that for you.

(Because tone is hard on the internet: this is a joke)

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Nah. Flashpoint is the one we ban.

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I played with MCA Informant vs Aaron the other day… I actually just let him keep his Aaron as long as he wanted to stay tagged. All I actually care about is that you’re tagged. If you want to keep that state true, that’s perfectly ok with me. I don’t care about him drawing cards, I care about him being able to shut down BN plays to trash Temujin/Exchange/Closed Accounts. So if you keep your tagged state, you can have him. It means I don’t have to make the BN play.

MCA Informant definitely counters Aaron.

Aaron feels fair again. He’s actually just Card Draw now, which is Fine for Criminal. He’ll also save you against certain kill combos, but not all of them. (Boom/Traffic Accident can’t get you, but you’re very very Scorchable.)

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While it definitely counters Aaron, I’m going to note that there is some counterplay so to speak. The normal trashing is fine, but if you’re running 2-3 Aarons, you can just trash Aaron to play Aaron and you’re back to square one. I can’t imagine more than 2 MCA Informants in a deck, so you could, in theory, get screwed by that line of play for a time, which allows the runner a period of safety against BN.

But hey, they also have to draw and not discard Aaron #2, so that sort of counter play isn’t really reliable :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yeah; for my part I held onto MCA Informant until I had stuck an HHN and trashed the first Aaron. When the second came down, immediately put an Informant on it.

Have you tested out one copy of MCA? How reliable have it feeled? I wonder, how you could slot two copies in. Seems too many situational operations then. (it was CTM i suppose)