This is a card that could possibly be making a large comeback. Originally, the cost did not seem worth the effect. Corporations didn’t have a lot of free cash to be throwing at strength of an ICE, and only working once didn’t seem very much worth the card slot either.

Yet recursion is quickly becoming more and more prevalent for the corp. Add to that the one true power creep of Netrunner that is economy, and Corporations having tons of credits to sink into this kind of card become possible. With the final piece that ICE that hurts more or is more dangerous to the runner if they can’t break it, Corporate Troubleshooter could quickly see a resurgence in possibilities.

Because this card is used during the paid ability window after the runner has already decided to encounter the ICE, with enough money there is no way for the runner to avoid the subroutines firing. Given that most of the time ICE subroutines are only effective on the corps terms the turn you rez the card, this can make the primary tool of interaction the corp has with the runner (ICE) hit more than once or twice.

At only one influence, it certainly is going to see far more play as a card to make ICE effective mid to late game, and should see more of an impact.

(Written during the meta of The Valley, part of the SanSan Cycle. For more reviews like it, visit wyldside.blogspot.com)

You can install this on runner card Off-Campus Apartment. So cool!

That aside, Corporate Troubleshooter isn't too useful since D4v1d is a thing. Sure is great when you can invalidate one-time strength boosts with one-time icebreaking!

MCA Informant can (at the time of writing) be installed on Corporate Troubleshooter. This is very, very bad. The runner has a permanent tag until they run and trash the combo... So, as usual, a HB card means NBN wins again.

"Problem solved" is a clever flavor text for a card which needed a reprinting to remove the Connection subtype. (Every other Connection is a runner card, and Corporate Troubleshooter's connection status led to bizarre situations where a Corp card became a freakishly hard-to-trash MCA Informant).

The problem they haven't solved yet is that this card is so hard to use outside of MCA Informant. Spending $X and an install to give X strength once is usually a losing proposition for the corp. For this to be anything more than an expensive end-the-run, you need to be able to afford a nasty ice AND a card slot for Troubleshooter which usually won't contribute much AND have enough money to shoot the troublemaker.

Replacing this card with a cheap ice is almost always more long-term value.

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Props to artist for an eccentric corporate character design which looks good and fits the setting.