This is the card draw that nobody really wants to use, but may just have to make do with. Problematically, it can draw you more cards than you can play in a turn if you're not careful (forcing a difficult discard decision), and costs you the not insignificant sum of 3 on top of just making you durdle around for a few clicks. There's a reason Shapers all use Diesel, but only some use Quality Time. But digging through 5 cards for a single is a good rate, and as other factions tend to be weaker on draw the single Influence point it costs makes a world of difference to them. Even Shapers often like to have a couple as Diesel 4-6, and unlike Game Day it works when you have a full grip. It also works well in decks that are already using cards like Public Sympathy and Box-E to increase hand size, but most particularly those using Prepaid VoicePAD to reduce the loss.

More recently it has become less relevant for Anarchs, with the release of I've Had Worse, Vigil and Inject giving them good draw in-faction, as well as Adjusted Chronotype mitigating Wyldside's drawback. Criminal still struggles with card draw however, so they are probably the most ready to use this card, but the credit cost and slow-down makes it a little anti-synergistic for their usual aggression, whilst their slower The Supplier decks prefer Earthrise Hotel and Mr. Li.

Sometimes though, you just need to draw a whole lot of cards, and there are few cards that do it better than Quality Time.

In addition to drawing attention to the amazing art and flavor of this card, I'd like to provide a slightly more comprehensive look at how to treat your QT right. The problem with Quality Time is that after paying its relatively high credit cost, you are left with a gigantic hand of cards that you have neither the s nor the s to play/install.

She wants your time:

• Play Hayley Kaplan: Universal Scholar so you can install multiple cards in a single
• Install Comet so you can play multiple events (including Quality Time itself) in a single
• Play Modded and/or Career Fair to remove two cards in your hand for a single
• Play Mass Install to play up to 4 cards from your grip in a single
• Play Freelance Coding Contract to free up some grip space for s!

She wants your money:

• Play Kate "Mac" McCaffrey: Digital Tinker for an extra to install what you draw
• Include low-cost cards in your deck (hard to complain about drawing a Self-modifying Code, Sacrificial Construct, or Same Old Thing)
• Play burst-econ events that immediately pay for the other cards you drew (Sure Gamble, Easy Mark, Dirty Laundry, Modded, Career Fair, Calling in Favors, etc)
• Install Prepaid VoicePAD's to potentially play Quality Time for 0s

Without the proper support, your Quality Time will rot in your hand while you click for the credits to actually use it effectively (or worse, you'll use it too soon and then be forced to trash the shiny stuff you drew). Even having strong econ isn't always enough, as 4xclicking a Magnum Opus, followed by Quality Time and its subsequent installs, means 2-3 whole turns before you actually do anything. Not sexy at all.