byronczimmer wrote:
Modded is great!
It reduces the cost of my breakers (most of which cost 3 or more), so it's an Easy Mark with a free install!
Late in the game, if they were clumped at the bottom of the deck, I can use Modded to install something at 3 or below, and then pawn it off to Aesop the next turn.
I've even pawned off a current inexpensive icebreaker or hardware for credits in order to REINSTALL the same breaker. Again, it's like an Easy Mark for cards I was going to throw away anyway.
The point is if you're flush with cards, but not actions, you want cards that give you free actions, and Modded does that.
It reduces the cost of my breakers (most of which cost 3 or more), so it's an Easy Mark with a free install!
Late in the game, if they were clumped at the bottom of the deck, I can use Modded to install something at 3 or below, and then pawn it off to Aesop the next turn.
I've even pawned off a current inexpensive icebreaker or hardware for credits in order to REINSTALL the same breaker. Again, it's like an Easy Mark for cards I was going to throw away anyway.
The point is if you're flush with cards, but not actions, you want cards that give you free actions, and Modded does that.
I've posted once in a different thread extolling the virtues of Modded, but now I'm going to come back and argue against it. On paper, yes, Modded is exactly the sort of card you want. In practice, though, I've found two problems with it.
First, it's another card that doesn't do anything by itself in a deck that already feels very combo-heavy. My deck has enough draws where I'm staring at my hand thinking, "Man, if only any of these cards actually did anything." Sometimes things don't come together and you have to be prepared to make "fair" runs, and for that you need credits.
Second, while I agree that it's great when you have Wyldside active, it's usually worse than Easy Mark when you don't, and that's when the deck needs more help. Besides, with the influence you save going from Modded to Easy Mark, you can bring in other cards instead.
Don't get me wrong, Modded's a fine card--I'm just not convinced it worth the extra influence over Easy Mark, even in this kind of deck.