Maglectric (💣) is the “new Emergency Shutdown”!
But:
- It's pre-installed (not “post-played”): so it won't tax your hand-size if you draw it a turn early (before there's something impactful enough to unrez, or before you have prepped for the successful-run, or when you have a click to spare, or so on). CF. Maxwell James.
- It's immediate: so you can derez an ice (on-success), then bounce that ice with Hermes (on-breach), if you steal an agenda from HQ.
- It can
derez
assets/upgrades too. (Though ice are still the most expensive card-type in rez-cost, as well as the most constrained in (re-)rez-timing. Besides badpubbing-assets or, esp., forfeiting-assets like Plutus.) - It's unique: so you can't spam two after a single HQ-success, let alone double-derezzing during the same click. (But you can still install a second in between HQ-runs.)
- It's Hardware: for Az (creditlessly installed) and, esp., Baz (clicklessly installed). Baz can even
derez
the ice that “installed” Maglectric with Maglectric (afterwards). - It's a
Weapon
: for Asmund Pudlat jank. (This is the most important difference.)
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.
— Force9