Compare: Archives Interface × Fester
You can eat an operation from Archives (like Audacity) before it's recurred, an ambush that's “poisoning” Archives (like Mavirus) before it's accessed, and so on.
Flavor: heliamphora are carnivorous pitcher-plants in the Amazon rainforest (thus, this catches the Corp's flies). See wikipedia/Heliamphora.
Compare: Hostage × Calling in Favors
Criminal can (in the “blue slice of color pie”) tutor for different, specific subtypes of some cardtype; like how Special Order (Mutual Favor) got icebreaker programs, or Planned Assault got run events, and Hostage got connection resources.
Interestingly, in the limit:
-$3 (=-$4, +$1).-$0, given three other connections already in grip).Note that MOST resources are either a connection or a virtual. For example, The Twinning (one of the most powerful resources in standard) is a virtual, as are Crowdfunding and DreamNet (two cards banned from standard).
Also note that the companions (which are like “non-human connections”) are all virtuals (see below for some examples of MoM-tutorables). Also note that if you already have two (or three) other “on-type” resources in hand, its credit cost is mostly (or fully) reimbursed.
Related:
Synergies:
Connection/Virtual Resources (duh): Especially “one-of's” like hate-cards (e.g. Miss Bones, against asset-spam) or restricted-cards (e.g. DJ Fenris, which reads Limit 1 per deck.).
Card-Draw/Extra-Max-Hand-Size/Discard-Step-Skips/etc: the more cards you have—and can hold—in hand, the more cash you will get back. e.g. The Class Act.
some in-faction connections:
some in-faction virtuals:
some out-of-faction:
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Adam (always be runnin') 🤝 Merc (always be killin')
(I really love that Adam is their supportive big brother, and Merc is his self-actualizing little sibling.)
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Use this program only if you trashed any of your installed cards this turn.
Interface → [$1]: Break up to 2 sentry subroutines.
[$2]: +3 strength.
This card doesn't need you to sacrifice something every single turn to be used (if necessary), but it does want you to Always-Be-Sac'ing (for efficiency).
Feeding the Fire Snake: Boi-tatá’s “Sacrifice-matters” mechanic (e.g. If you trashed any of your installed cards this turn, …) obviously synergizes with the self-sacrifice ‘trashcan’ (e.g. Gachapon’s [TRASH]: …), as well as with sacrificial additional/alternative costs (e.g. Isolation’s As an additional cost to play this event, trash 1 installed resource.).
For example, by pre-installing Gachapon or Arruaceiras Crew, if you facecheck an strong/tall sentry, you can crack them to halve Boi-tatá’s boost/break costs.
For another example, Aesop's Pawnshop can both cheapen the abilities each turn (with its clickless sacrifice) and fund either cheapened ability being used once (with the three extra credits).
Cards (self-sacrificing):
Cards (sacrificers):
Rules:
any of your installed cards, it will work off resources as well as off programs/hardware.you trashed, it won't work off the Corp’s destroyers (e.g. their Hagen’s ↳ Trash 1 installed program that is not a decoder, fracter, or killer.), nor off “self-exiling” hardware (e.g. Devil Charm’s and Hippo’s …, you may remove this hardware from the game. If you do, …).Related (other “sacrifice-matters” cards):
… Ignore this cost if an installed program has already been trashed this turn.Boi-tatá is a fantastic creature belonging to the Guaraní mythology, it is a myth from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, this creature is a huge fire serpent that appears and attacks against those who harm the forests and animals of the Amazon. He is the Brazilian equivalent of the will-o'-the-wisp.
Its name comes from the union of two Guaraní words mbói (snake) and tatá (fire), the result being Mbói tatá in the original language (Guaraní) which means "Serpent of Fire".
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The “Green Cache”.
Without synergies, it's worse than Easy Mark (you break even: gaining four credits while losing two credits, a click, and a card in hand; and you can't play it when bankrupt); but with synergies, it can be ‘blinked’, recurred, charged, ‘sacked’, ad infinitum. (Note that it's power counter–based (not virus counter–based like Cache); it can be used only during your turn (not whenever); and, obviously, it's in Shaper (not Criminal).)
In general, Programs that are “limited-usage” (and which are proactively useable and generically useful) act like Events that (by sticking around) synergize with:
When it is empty, trash it., as does AirbladeX (JSRF Ed.).)a program, a program or piece of hardware, etc) explicitly, or implicitly (like You may install 1 card from your grip., Spend hosted credits to install cards., etc; because Events are played not installed).charge’d (although, for less value than many other Hosted power counter: … or … for each hosted power counter.; and, unfortunately, there's no “mass-charging”, like Cookbook’s “mass-infesting” for viruses).Coalescence + Sacrificers:
[C][C],[$2]→[$7]+2 cards.2 ice–Bravado).Coalescence + Recursion:
Coalescence + “Power-Counters-matter” (Charging):
[$0]→[$6] (because “rigging it out” both decreases its cost (by all two credits) and increases its effect (by another two credits)). It's also chargeable by Into the Depths, etc.Coalescence + “Programs-matter”:
[+$4] (but Events aren't “Gachapon-able”).Other interactions/observation:
+1 strength indefinitely, as well as funding one Break 1 subroutine. activation (because Maven counts each installed program, unlike Echelon, which counts each installed icebreaker only).[$2]-drop “flush”).P.S. You can also read the old Cache reviews, or @YsengrinSC’s Arissana – Coalescence deck.
This card provides a huge amount of draw for big rig shaper lists, on top of a much-needed 2 MU for their lategame. If your deck has 15+ programs in it or has a way to repeatedly install the same program every turn, this is often worth considering. It is, however, a larger than normal tempo hit to install with its 4 credit upfront cost.
LilyPAD works very well with Arissana Rocha Nahu: Street Artist and Urban Art Vernissage to create an engine, as Ari can install a Trojan clicklessly while making cheap value runs (e.g. Dirty Laundry an open server) to draw a card, then pick it up next turn for 2 credits on UAV. This has the solid advantage of always having a program available to install, provided the Corp does not trash the ice hosting this Trojan on their turn. Ika is commonly included in these decks to have a program that Ari can install every turn without risking an ice trash, though a second killer is often played to avoid having to rely on the vulnerable and clunky Ika as a primary breaker.
Another strong aspect of LilyPAD is that it can be triggered on the Corp's turn. The best ways to do this are through Shaper staples Simulchip and Self-modifying Code, as well as out-of-faction options Gachapon and Prognostic Q-Loop. This can also allow you to have an extra card in hand before the corp can act on their turn, as a small measure of flatline protection.
LilyPAD has clear synergy with DZMZ Optimizer, as both provide benefits for one program install per turn, including the Corp's turn. However, be cautious of designing your deck in such a way that its costs are too front-loaded to keep pace with a Corp who does not intend to let you play a long game. Going past 6 MU may also be unnecessary, though there are certainly many good ways to use MU in a doom rig, and having some free for transient installs like Muse for recursion and Coalescence for additional econ, even after getting your main rig online, is useful for long games.
Speaking of Coalescence, LilyPAD also incentives you to include tempo-generating, cheap, transient programs. Similar cards include Fermenter and Pelangi. You could also consider using multiple copies of Propeller or Revolver, as these are easy to install when drawn and cheap to use, allowing you to interact on low credit totals, which can help offset LilyPAD's upfront cost.
If you are interested in a faster, leaner option, Pantograph will generate click savings less frequently, but with less up-front investment and fewer demands during deckbuilding. Aniccam is another great console option in Shaper, suitable for decks with 15+ events, and also helps protect you against flatlining or tempo loss from stray net damage. I do not currently see any use for this console out of faction, as the only decks that install enough programs to even consider a card like this are virus-heavy Anarchs, who as of this point in time still have the very strong Knobkierie and Maw in faction.
