Bigger Picture

Bigger Picture 0[credit]

Operation: Gray Ops

Influence: 2

Play only if the Runner is tagged.

Resolve 1 of the following:

  • Give the Runner 1 tag.
  • Remove any number of tags. The Runner loses 5[credit] for each tag removed this way. Gain credits equal to the number of credits the Runner lost.

Illustrated by Mia Siergiejew
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Elevation (elev)

#65 • English
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Reviews

First things first, this is probably worse than Market Forces. That said, this card is largely meant as its replacement, so let's talk about its unique advantages and disadvantages. Removing a tag costs approximately 3 credits to the runner (click and 2c), so Bigger Picture is a 7c swing per tag removed compared to the 6c swing of Market Forces. Economically, this means Bigger Picture's siphon effect is overall a marginally bigger swing than Market Forces. Also, Bigger Picture's tag removal triggers Synapse, if you care about that for...some reason.

If the runner is floating a single tag, the other mode on Bigger Picture can activate 2 tag punishment, notably Shipment from Vladisibirsk.

However, there are some significant problems. A tag is worth significantly more than 3 credits, so the economic calculation isn't actually favourable for Bigger Picture. If anything, the runner's clicks are very valuable for drawing and playing econ cards, so Bigger Picture is quite a bit worse. This also assumes that the runner is on a multiple of 5c. If the runner has some awkward amount like 8c, then you can either leave the runner with 3c of change or inefficiently remove 2 tags.

Yikes.

It also bears, possibly the worst issue, that removing the runner's tags typically turns off your own wincons. IP Enforcement and Shipment require a heavily tagged runner, and helping the runner remove these tags is a suspect proposition. If the runner is tag-me, then Market Forces is simply better than Bigger Picture. A big Market Forces will leave the runner on 0c and a flood of tags, while Bigger Picture frequently gives the runner a way out. All of this said, I would consider running 1x Bigger Picture in NBN Elevation tag decks, because it's still very good against a tag-me runner.

(Elevation era)

I actually disagree, I largely think this is better than Market Forces. If the Runner is floating tags - they're floating tags, they ain't clearing them anyways. Getting way more money out of their pockets is more important imo.