Everything about this card suggests to me that it was printed as an inside joke among the designers at Fantasy Flight; this card is anything but tyrannical. For 7 credits, you’ll receive a generous 0 subroutines. Spending 7 credits on any ice is already a huge tempo hit, but at least the big hitters like Heimdall 1.0 or Tollbooth are taxing enough to be worth their cost. Barring any supporting cards, you’ll have to invest 1 click and a credit (we’re at 9 or more credits now for those keeping track) to be at parity with Bastion; at this point though, you could just stack two Bastions for the same price.

Let’s run these cards through the acid (Corroder) test: Tyrant (with one advancement) = 3 credits to break vs. Bastion x 2 = 6 credits to break.

This is just unforgivable inefficiency. At least with Woodcutter (another awkward ‘rez THEN advance’ ice) and Corporate Troubleshooter you could theoretically win the game.

Back to the joke thing. It’s been a long time since I read the Bible, but didn’t the Hebrews escape Egypt?