I am in agreement with the other review on here about Asteroid Belt and I see why many people pick Fire Wall over this. I won't go over the synergies mentioned below again, but there is one big one that needs to be highlighted here...

Asteroid Belt + Priority Construction +Trick of Light. Playing an Asteroid belt using Priority Construction during the first turn or two of the game gives you a free-to-rez Strength 6 'End The Run' wall which is a show stopper for pretty much all runners aside Apex in the early game. Once rezzed, Trick Of Light them onto your other advance-able ice or agenda and worry not. Of course, it's a pain if you get de-rezzed, but the decks doing this are in a minority right now. I'm finding Asteroid Belt to be a real strong opener for fast advance and if you feel attached to Fire Wall, include both and Trick Of Light the tokens over once rezzed.

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Mr. Li is an old fav who has survived rotation! Yay. All in all I find him to be a strong addition to most Criminal Decks to enhance draw - effectively draw 2 cards and pick the one you like best, then pop the other to the bottom. This syncs incredibly well with Window for one of my favourite draw set-ups - If the 2nd card was a good one, use your next click to grab that from the bottom of the deck where you just put it. If it's no use, use Li again for another draw and so on. The pair in tandem allow much more consistent draw. Yes, it's still 1-card, 1-click, with it removes a fair amount of uncertainty from that 2nd click. I've spliced the Li/Window combo into a number of Anarch decks as well with great success, though a tad expensive on the influence front.

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Old news now I'm sure, but hasn't been mentioned here so for the benefit of people who are not already veterans of the game (like me), Eater is a killer way to line up Apocalypse. Get into servers easy, don't access anything, sure, but bang! Post rotation, and given the loss of e3 Feedback Implants, it feels like a safe way to control the board with Apex: Invasive Predator (who has taken a hit form rotating cards), but also a viable strategy in an Anarch deck that looks to dispose of ICE is you can set up an early Eater, hold back on other rig assets and then Apocalypse after the corp has iced his servers, before setting up a more traditional Knifed, Forked, Spooned combo for mopping up his later ice drops.

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