Lots of Risk, Little Reward... Unless you play it right
Functionally similar to the Runner resource Theophilius Bagbiter, this ID will bestow serious bragging rights to any player who is able to use it successfully. See Scorched Imaging decklist by PeekaySK as a masterful example of recursion & Scorch that was used to successfully overcome the obstacles that Cerebral Imaging: Infinite Frontiers puts up.
Combos
IQ is a nice for for this ID, get it installed early when HQ hand size is small/empty then they can become very touch to get through later in the game.
Ashigaru another ice that could be quite wicket with this ID since it's based on hand size.
Panic Button could provide the corp with lots of options for getting more cards or keeping the runner out of a server if perhaps used in combo with Ashigaru & IQ
A good economy. - You are going to need ways of constantly generating income efficiently Astounding financial discipline - A player that Dave Ramsey would be proud of. Research Station & Cybernetics Court could go a long way towards mitigating the negative aspects of this ID Blue Level Clearance both provides economy & card which addresses both the strength & weaknesses of Cerebral Imaging: Infinite Frontiers Jackson Howard or Archived Memories could be used not so much an offensive but a defensive backup plan in case the corp runs out of money and ends up trashing cards that need to get out of archives Hide at bottom strategy: With Cerebral Imaging: Infinite Frontiers ID & Daily Business Show installed and a slow draw strategy along with a protected R&D it may be possible to reserve a number of agendas keeping them out of HQ. With fewer or possibly no agendas in HQ, this ID is isn't as risky and HQ size could be allowed to grow a bit more allowing more options. Finally Shannon Claire could be used to undo the madness when the corp is ready to score. Scorched Earth & SEA Source etc could combo with this ID to tag & bag the runner since the corp will inevitably always have a lot of in reserve that could be used in one big push to flat-line the runner.Pros
You'll always tend to have a pile of money, which can be used for 1 big game-ending push It may be possible that you could have like 35+ cards in your HQ, making it bigger than your R&D. Think of the power! Start practicing your evil villain laugh If you have an agenda or two in your 35 card HQ, they are probably pretty safe, you may even be begging the runner to run on HQ, anything to draw attention away from the dwindling cards in your R&D. If through some miracle you are able to pull off a win in a competitive tourney with this ID people will high-five you in the comments below this review! As you spend turn after turn collecting income and not playing cards from your HQ, your opponent will rue the day he/she sat down to play with you.Cons
As you spend turn after turn collecting income and not playing cards from your HQ, your opponent will rue the day he/she sat down to play with you. Any slip up and agendas or other important cards will be picked up out of Archives by the runner Judicious use of financial attack cards such as Account Siphon or Vamp etc could be devastating if the runner is able to time things well. With your economy constantly being locked up, You risk being paralyzed from executing your strategy by facing sub-optimal choices in relation to the other cards in your HQ.Summary
There is good reason why this ID hasn't been reviewed on this site up to this point. Most popular player ID's provide a unique bonus to the player, with little to no side effects. This ID is the antithesis of most in that it provides a severe negative with little to no benefit. This ID really cannot stand on it's own, it really needs combo cards that work with hand size etc, otherwise corp players rarely benefit from larger hand sizes in the way that the runners do so bottom line: Play with critical combos otherwise this ID shines best when viewed as a handicap, where an experience corp player can use this ID to help even the playing-field when playing against a novice player.
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