Biawak

Biawak

Biawak (🦎) is the “new Archer”!

The facecheck is similar (though not identical): 4[$], 6 strength → Trash 1 installed program. Trash 1 installed resource. End the run.. Thus, the Corp can still destroy two installations, even including two “icemelters” in general (like Bankhar and a Botulus), but not two icebreakers in particular (like the Fracter and Decoder that were breaking ↳ End the run.’s elsewhere).

Its rez-cost is either 4[$], forfeit 1 agenda (like Archer (with a Data Dealer-ish exchange-rate), or 14[$] (post–Government Subsidy?). As with Valentão, you (almost always) want to forfeit the agenda or take the badpub; but you can (sometimes) just pay the extra credits or remove the tag. I like including “secondary” costs alongside “primary” alt-costs.

Its first two subroutines (↳ Trash 1 installed _ or end the run.) are choices (like Ballista), but encountering Biawak can both EtR and trash programs/resources (like Tithonium). Thus, even if the Runner had no (relevant) non-hardware installed, the Corp can still tax with three “must-break” EtR-subs: un-Boomerang-able/un-Botulus-able (if they want to “just pass through”).

Flavor-wise, the art is a Komodo dragon (the largest lizard), and "biawak" means "monitor lizard" in Malay/Indonesian.

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Like ppl ever facecheck anything in this game anymore. Nobody runs without either full rig or some stupid broken PRO RUNNER cards. So sure even a Rototurret facechecked can hurt you. But if we all still pretend that the magical fantasy land called Netrunner still exists in this game then your absolutely right. But we arent living in this wonderful place anymore brother David. So pls stop comments like this like this ICE is good or dangerous when in the real world at the table your situation never happens.

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I think it might be time to politely go ask your mommy for some chicken tendies, you seem a bit hangry. It's ok hun, bad takes can happen before actually playing a card.

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Biawak

Biawak

Yeah nice card... except it isnt. That fact that you lose 1 agenda and then your ICE against this bullshit Devil Charm combo makes it even more clear that NSG has zero knowledge about Netrunner. You "design" and "playetest" cards like this and think they are good, yet in the background your ANTI CORP Agenda proofes us otherwise. I am done with your hidden political message bullshit. Players are not allowed to like Megacorps and Corp Cards in this game are not allowed to be strong or playable. The outlaws of society aka Runners are the good guys in the world not just Netrunner.

This card is trash. I really hope someone stops you from ruin this game any further

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clown take. get off this site and back onto your joke of a custom format

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also you should think about the fact that I've had an NRDB account for 11 years and this is the first take I've felt compelled to leave a comment on because of how assblastingly bad it was

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There is no shot this person got 2nd at a Districts and never saw an Archer rez in 20q5

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*2025

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HAHDHAHSGGAHAH HOLY SHIT DUDE

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@Meathir saw plenty of archers rezzed in my life and rezzed plenty of them myself. But only since NSG trash cards are poisening this game its underwhelming and bad.

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@Jai yeah seems like you`ve become a NSG trash player then. My format removes all this NSG BS from the game so that skill matters more then stupid OP Runner cards. Its not for everyone to handle i get it. So pls stay with your NSG cards that trivialize the game for you seems like you need it

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Have you thought about going outside. Taking up a hobby like hiking or swimming perhaps? I can recommend skateboarding wholeheartedly, it's done wonders for my mental health and fitness.

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WOKERunner??? (Best copypasta since #TaoGate.)

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Gotdang woke komodo dragons

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'You "design" and "playetest" cards like this and think they are good, yet in the background your ANTI CORP Agenda proofes us otherwise' has got to go down as one of the all-time greats, right? what an incredible sentence

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See you at LAN

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Well sounds like a threat. Normaly something like you should get removed from events for that but since this site is maintained by NSG i guess rules are bent for some people. Just another proof why this joke of a "company" doesnt deserve to ruin this game any further

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imagine being so poisoned by weirdo ideologies that you think game balance is a political statement 😂

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FFG would neeeeeeever print a two-card combo that let you trash Archers (especially not with a single card that could be used repeatedly). Because FFG was a Cum-Pah-Nee, unlike NSG which is a "company".

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joker here thinks "see you at an event" sounds like a threat but in their very first comment does some stochastic "I hope someone stops you" bullshit. absolutely transparent projection. get outta here.

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If you delete the last few words of "I will beat you at this game LOL", it sounds like "I will beat you", which is a physical threat. And for saying I'm "bad at game"? My lawyers will be contacting you all for libel and slander.

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Came here to laugh at @Force9. Seriously, did you even play this game in FFG days? Or read any of the cards? Seems like u mad about the pronouns on the new frames, babe.

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>skill matters more then stupid OP Runner cards.

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Sorry for the spam. I'm apparently bad at NDB comments.

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skillgapped lol

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anyways, i think its fine to have an issue with charm crew (considering the standard balance team seems to have an eye on it already) but like c'mon man, it's not like that because of le wokisme or whatever you're on about

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sir this is a <strike>wendys</strike> archer

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don't care + didn't ask + cry about it + stay mad + get real + L + mald seethe cope harder + hoes mad + basic + skill issue + ratio + you fell off + the audacity + triggered + any askers + redpilled + get a life + ok and? + cringe + touch grass + not based + not funny didn't laugh + you're* + grammar issue + go outside + get good + reported + GG! + ask deez + ez clap + straight cash + ratio again + final ratio + stay mad + stay pressed + cancelled + done for + mad free + freer than air + rip bozo + slight_smile + cringe again + mad cuz bad + lol + irrelevant + cope + jealous + go ahead whine about it + your problem + don't care even more + not okay + glhf + problematic + you fell off + ratio + who asked + no u + deez nuts + radio + don't care + didn't ask+ caught in 4K + cope + seethe + GG + in 1947, the world's first general purpose computer, the 30-ton ENIAC was created + grow the fuck up + L + L (part 2) + retweet + ligma + Taco Bell Gordida Crunch + think outside the bun + ur benched + silver elite + tryhard + L (part 3) just dropped + yb better + ur sus + quote tweet + you're cringe + u bought monkey NFT + you're a clown + my dad is the CEO of netrunner + they didn't think it could possibly happen, but they're releasing L (part 5) in HD this summer and it's in 3D

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You had me at "Crewcharm is bullshit", you lost me with every single other word in this "review"

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If players aren't allowed to like corp cards then how come every entrant in a tournament for the past 7 years has registered with a corp deck? checkmate, athiests.

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netrunner player who thinks the corp are supposed to be good guys

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@oormatevlad IKR. in my review (or some comment on Reddit) I had even said "I think it could have had a untrashability or unshrinkability clause". But I guess NSG nearprinting a beloved FFG card was too much a piece of "anti corporate, pro outlaw" propaganda. somehow

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like c'mon. https://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/comments/1k27vh3/comment/mnsmnyh/

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Honestly, "pro-outlaw" does sound really fucking cool. Maybe Officer HotTakes has a point, and this game IS secretly about people ripping off corporations.

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@FArce9: Check Agendas that can be forfeited for this. Note that the new Greenmail Agenda is only 2 clicks to adv to score, is only one point removed from the game (NOT stolen by the runner...) on forfeit and on forfeit actually gives you 2cr on score +4cr on forfeit = 6cr. Obviously made to synergize with this. Next time, "do your own research" before spouting BS. https://netrunnerdb.com/find/?q=t%3AAgenda+f%3Aweyland-consortium%7Cneutral-corp+b%3Astandard-ban-list-25-04+z%3Arotation-2025

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Archer recouped 2cr to the Corp (so final cost was still 4cr), could actually trash TWO critical Breakers instead of one and one resource (and now we have cards that allow reinstalling Resources from the bin like washing shirts). So yeah, I do understand how this is worse than Archer, but Archer was perhaps TOO powerful, as seen in the Facet OB decks.

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@FArce9: Also, you DO realize that, if and when the Corp wishes, this is turned from a rigshooter into a 3xETR 6str sentry, right?

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Public Access Plaza

Public Access Plaza

Hello again PAD Campaign! It's nice to see that you've been taking lessons from NBN: Controlling the Message.

This new design is actually pretty clever; with it's lower rez cost, it pays out more quickly than PAD Campaign, but it has a "lower" trash cost to compensate, simultaneously making it less annoying for the Runner to deal with. But once Threat 2 is reached, the tag actually increases the trash cost (while rezzed, so you can't just rely on it to protect your agendas while in R+D) from 2 credits to 4 credits and a click! Obviously, this is especially painful in Synapse Global: Faster than Thought, letting them clicklessly install yet another annoying card for the Runner to deal with (possibly even another Public Access Plaza). At 1 influence, this aspect could also make it more appealing to enable cards like Mindscaping to be a serious threat if this is trashed thoguhtlessly. Or you know, just wave a gun in the Runner's face if it looks like they're not treating your assets with the respect they deserve.

This also neatly compensates for the fact that infinite drip-econ like this becomes worse as the game progresses; sure, installing this later means your profit is lower overall, but it's also a lot safer to just install naked, reducing the amount of effort you need to invest in the server.

That being said, it's still not an amazing card. It's not as fast as the Nico or Otto Campaigns (and doesn't have Otto's dazzling/terrifying click efficiency), so I don't think this will be seen much in H-B. Its 1 credit rez cost also doesn't pair as nicely with the Mahkota Langit Grid.

P.S. I really do wish they named it something like Public Access Dome/Dormitory/Devices, just to further underline the connection between the two cards.

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LEO Construction: Labor Solutions

LEO Construction: Labor Solutions

When this card becomes legal in Standard, these will be the available Bioroid Cards:

Ice

Ansel 1.0 (Cost 6)

Bran 1.0 Cost 6)

Hakarl 1.0 (Cost 5)

Tyr (Cost 10)

Bumi 1.0 (Cost 3)

Other than Bumi, these all probably cost a bit too much to be trashed to end the run unless it is extremely important to do so. Especially as they are probably the main protection for the server. Bumi is an interesting one as it isn’t too expensive and has a good rez effect so could definitely see use with some recycling from archives. It also pairs decently with Hakarl which is probably the only other current ice you might want to trash for the effect.

Assets

Bass CH1R180G4 (Cost 3)

Calvin B4L3Y (Cost 0)

Trieste Model Bioroids (Cost 2)

Wage Workers (Cost 2)

B-1001 (Cost 0)

Just including these for completeness really as you’re not likely to trash the thing your server is protecting to end a run on it. Calvin especially might be useful to protect an Upgrade you really don’t want trashed - shame he was made first or he could have been triggered by being trashed during a run on a server!

Upgrades

Isaac Liberdade (Cost 3)

Mercia B4LL4RD (Cost 2)

Mercia is currently the only HB Bioroid upgrade and has a decently low cost along with a fine ability. Definitely worth playing when she can be trashed for a hard ETR. Isaac is a little too expensive for a card that doesn’t do much outside of Weyland - not to mention the influence cost - but again a hard ETR is something that might be worth paying for, and his effect can be of use if some advanceable Ice are brought in too.

That is all right now. There isn’t much going for this ID at the moment outside of Mercia and Bumi, but a few more cheap Bioroids (especially upgrades) could turn it around - so one to watch in future!

Edited because I mistakenly thought B-1001 was an upgrade! Also adding in Bumi 1.0.

Second Edit to add in Mercia who is definitely good for this ID.

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B-1001 is actually an asset, making it a less ideal target.

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Also, I wonder if this ID could thrive in Eternal format, where cards like Najja 1.0, Ravana 1.0, Eli 1.0, or Fairchild 2.0 exist.

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@Krams in-faction Bioroid upgrades like Warroid (or Ash), even cheaper to rez than Eli, would've been good in Standard too.

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@Ksym777 Isaac does have the implicit [trash]: End the run. Use this ability only during a run on this server. ability (even if the other abilities were blank).

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@Krams looks like I misread B-1001! That makes it even worse then as there’s no super-cheap upgrade to trash!

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We did get Mercia B4LL4RD

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Principia

Principia