Amanuensis

♦ Amanuensis 2[credit]

Hardware: Console
Influence: 3

+1[memory unit]

When your turn ends, place 1 power counter on this hardware if you are tagged.

Whenever you remove 1 or more tags, you may remove 1 hosted power counter to draw 2 cards.

Limit 1 console per player.

He allowed himself five minutes. He wished for more.
Illustrated by Anna Butova
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Rebellion Without Rehearsal (rwr)

#69 • English
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  • Updated 2024-05-25

    If the Corp removes a tag, can the Runner use Amanuensis to draw cards?

    No. The Runner is not the player that removed the tag, so the ability to draw 2 cards on Amanuensis does not meet its trigger condition.

Reviews

this is a pretty weird card even for Sebastião Souza Pessoa: Activist Organizer, but 2 clickless card draws is nothing to scoff at, and synergies pretty ok with Solidarity Badge. generally you Do Not want to be floating tags as a runner when you can avoid it ! though in current startup it isnt too much of a risk (rest in hell End of the Line and Hypoxia) and especially with seb's ability, corps are less incentivised to trash your connection

outside of startup, No Free Lunch can serve to end your turn tagged, gain a power counter on amanuensis, and immediately trash NFL to prevent killing, and perchance draw 2 cards, further giving kill resistance ^_^

in startup it can also be good if you dont have resources down for the corp to trash :3

so basically, good mostly for early game, only 2 to place down is quite good, 1 mem is laughable but still something at least.

(Rebellion Without Rehearsal era)

The console made for Sebastião Souza Pessoa: Activist Organizer. There are weird build that could use this, but Sebastião Souza Pessoa: Activist Organizer has the ability to make the corp NOT want to trash a ressource.

Floating a tag is not that bad, as long as your hand is full.

Of course, this console pairs with Solidarity Badge, but also with Valencia Estevez: The Angel of Cayambe and Networking.

The interaction with No Free Lunch is excellent, as it allow the runner to exchange a potential 3 for drawing 2 cards and possibly gain a credit from Valentina Ferreira Carvalho, which is the same value as the 3 of No Free Lunch, with the added draw on top.

At 2 to install, it is cheap and the effect of fairly good with Sebastião Souza Pessoa: Activist Organizer. Really great synergy there.

Here is what the name means according to Wikipedia :

"An amanuensis (/əˌmænjuˈɛnsɪs/) or scribe[1][2] is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

We can see "minhas queridas", which means "my dears", showing Sebastião Souza Pessoa speaking for 5 minutes to his beloved. Such a good set, quote and name. Fantastic.

(Rebellion Without Rehearsal era)
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