This card is basically fixed Consulting Visit. Still a Double, still can be used to tutor and play an important Operation like a second Punitive Counterstrike or Oppo Research, but now requires Threat 3 to compress that second click into a Play (because really, what are you going to install with this?), conveniently just the right number for a double Punitive play. The big balancing measure on this is the trash cost, making this a risky card to hold in HQ for a combo tutor. Notably the card has some additional flexibility as a regular tutor, so you can get your combo piece before-hand but will telegraph that you have it in advance. Could be nice in a Red Planet Beale deck to get 1xs of Red Planet Couriers or Biotic Labor or even Project Beale since that combo needs a full turn anyway, but the deck I run is pretty tight on influence so I mostly just use NBN's native draws and draw filters.
Pivot 1[credit]
As an additional cost to play this operation, spend [click].
Search R&D for 1 operation or agenda and reveal it. (Shuffle R&D after searching it.) Add that card to HQ.
Threat 3 → You may play or install 1 card from HQ. (This ability is active if any player has 3 or more agenda points.)
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Updated 2023-10-04
Does playing Pivot and then playing an operation as part of resolving Pivot count as 2 operations for the purpose of Wage Workers granting an extra click?
No. Playing an operation with Pivot’s threat ability is not the “: Play an operation.” action.
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Updated 2023-10-08
Can the Corp use an expendable ability like Slash and Burn Agriculture with the second half of Pivot’s effect?
No.
This operation allow any combo corp to just be better.
In faction, you can just import that one important operation (like Oppo Research) and have 2 or 3 Pivot to reliably play it. This getting a discount on your influence budget.
Also in faction, it act like a 4th card of an important operation, like Punitive Counterstrike, or as a 2nd of two different cards, like End of the Line, Trojan Horse and Wake Up Call.
At 2 influences, it act as the 4th card for an operation that is vital. For important operations like Oppo Research and Self-Growth Program.
I like the balancing effect that having a trash cost does to this operation.
A fairly underused effect is to get an agenda out and play it to finish the game. Contrary to Digital Rights Management, you can score the agenda right away. With tools like Big Deal and Audacity, it is a good way to score out.
Art is superb, but I struggle to infer the name or ability of the card with it. Love the art, but I prefers when it relate to the name and ability. The name, however, is perfect for the card ability. Good overall.