From:	"Abadia, Teos" <Teos.Abadia@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: My Card Idea(Delusions of Granduer)
Date:	Thu, 14 May 1998 13:38:42 -0400

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> From: hansen[SMTP:hansen@********.COM.SG]
> >>Delusions of Granduer
> >>Special
> >>7Y
> >>Play on Target Runner (TR).
> >>Trash all other copies of TR in play.
> >>TR now is a Prime Runner with an upkeep of 1Y.
> >>Flavor Text : There can only be ONE!!!!!
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You ask for more comments...

FASA shows a trend in their thinking around cards that trash runners.
Most specials that trash a card require the player to pay a cost equal
to the deployment of the target runner. This makes sense, as it sets
you back about the same amount as your opponent, who got some prior use
out of the runner but looses gear.

Along those lines of thinking, the above card is over-powered,
particularly if you think of real scenarios. The most likely candidate
of the above card is Stomper types and Thrash/Glitz. For a cost fo 7,
you would eliminate up to four of your opponent's runners, PER OPPONENT!
So, if one player has three Thrash, and the other four, you would trash
7 cards!!! Another example: a Bruiser deck has 3 Stompers, each with
Dermal Plating and Katana. For a cost of 7 you could absolutely
decimate this opponent, taking away almost 40 Nuyen in cards!

Suggestions:
- Change text to be : "There may be only one copy of target runner per
player. Trash all other copies of TR in play. TR now is a Prime Runner
with an upkeep of 1Y." Keep cost the same.

-If you really want to keep it down to one player, simply add the
following: "Can only take effect if no player has more than two copies
of TR in play." to what you had originally. For further limitation,
make the card Unique.

I do really like your original idea, and please keep the ideas coming.
IMHO, as written the card can have too great an effect, even though most
of the time it is well balanced. The tough part to writing cards is
finding what situations will unbalance the card.