Oh look, another NBN agenda that will never see play.
Public Support's a card that seems on paper like it should work out SUPER well. So why is it so mediocre in practice?
The idea of "agenda points that the Runner can't score" is amazing. And in fact, when you get a card that actually DOES that (oh hello, 15 Minutes), it's as amazing as you hoped this would be. But Public Support isn't an agenda the runner can't score, it's just a trashable asset. It doesn't earn you money, it doesn't advance your position in the game, it just scores you points if the runner ignores it. For that benefit, you have to protect it the same way you would a 5/3 agenda.
Now, this isn't to say that it's completely worthless; it's absolutely not. You're wasting a Runner click and 4 bucks, nothing to sneeze at. But you're also spending a click and 2c to do so. For most decks, asset slots can be filled with a card that has a much better opportunity cost.
Public Support is one of those cards that makes the new ANR player flip out when you first see it, then come back down to earth when you realize that it isn't quite as generally useful as it seemed. It still has its niche; put it into a Gagarin deck on an Expo Grid and it will create expensive must-run situations that you can leverage for huge position advancement. But the specialized requirements make it a "gimmick" card rather than an auto-include, even for Weyland.
A lot of the worst Netrunner cards have the best art. I think Gingerbread is my (least?) favorite example. I LOVE the picture of this little guy run-run-running as fast as he can. I want it to be on my default sentry breaker! But no, they plastered this wonderful little scene on a coaster. Boooo, FFG! Boooooo!
Goodness, we seem to have so much trouble with creating lists of targets for this card!
Here is a single list of all legal targets, which should continue to remain accurate even as further valid target cards are released. It checks for all bioroids, clones, executives, and sysops that are either upgrades, assets, or even agendas (such a card doesn't exist, but I guess according to the rules, it could!)
Maybe add z:current to the search query, though it probably doesn´t matter anymore since our beloved S&W rotated and our new gun can´t shoot people in face :/
— m.pThis will always be my favorite bad card, because we knew it was bad back in the Core Set days, and all through the years - no matter how much the game changes - it just keeps being bad.
God bless you, Cortez Chip!
