Service with a smile
Ah yes, and here are The Cleaners, these are the units that take care of the funny smells, hard to clean body fluids stains and the occasional nosy busy body so that we can focus on getting things done... The Cleaners while cleaning Weyland's dirty laundry, like many other 5/3 agendas it provides a significant benefit to the corp player. Let's take a look at the details:
Combos
The following cards all cause meat damage any of which can combo with The Cleaners to cause even more damage:
Agendas: a second copy of The Cleaners adds yet another damage to whatever the original meat damage cause is, a total of 3 damage each time Vulcan Coverup is scored, and my personal favorite: each on Private Security Force becomes 2 for a total of 6 possible meat damage per turn! (not too many runner decks are built to withstand losing 6 cards a turn for very long!)
Assets: a total of 3 damage with Contract Killer or Dedicated Response Team.
Ice: a total of 3 damage with Flare and a total 4 damage with Checkpoint.
Operations: a net 5 meat damage with Scorched Earth, 3 with Traffic Accident and with Punitive Counterstrike 2+ damage (likely 4 damage, possibly 7 damage if runner was unlucky enough to not win after stealing Government Takeover) depending on the agenda that was stolen.
(Did I miss something obvious, I'd appreciate suggestions in the comments below, I may add it to this review)
Pros
Can really boost flat-line deck increasing likelihood of flat-lining runner
Compounds tempo hit on the runner whenever meat damage is dealt
5/3 agenda helps with agenda compression when constructing a deck and minimizes the likelihood the runner can access an agenda on a random access.
Helps quickly chew through Plascrete Carapace or side-line other meat damage mitigating cards
Cons
5 advancement cost makes it difficult to score
3 agenda points provides significant boost to runner if stolen
Many meat-damage causing combos require tags or other conditions that can sometimes be difficult to line up.
Summary
The Cleaners can certainly be a fun part of an overall flat-line deck strategy as 1-2 scored copies of can be nearly impossible for a runner to overcome. Thankfully since Weyland has a number of meat-damage inducing options making The Cleaners certainly worth considering in such cases.
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