Embracing Power. Competitive Pilot Guide

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Overview

Expert referencePre-release · demo pairing, August 2026Guide v1List by WeirdCo ↗Champion · Goro Takemura — Hands Unclean

Embracing Power

Competitive pilot guide

Deck thesisGigs stolen is a step function of power with its first step at ten. Four from Goro, five for three face-up Legends, one from Saburo, and a Mantis Blades so a Floor It cannot take it back.

Difficulty to pilot

Beginner

The deck has one threshold and crossing it is most of the skill. Ten power steals two Gigs and nine steals one, and nothing between one and nine differs at all.
The setup is three turns of calling Legends before the payoff card is at full power, which is a discipline rather than a decision.
Two of the three conditions the deck reads are parity and inequality rather than size: even Street Cred, and Street Cred above twenty. Both are easy to stop tracking.
It is a teaching deck against one known opponent, so there is no deckbuilding and no boarding to get wrong.

Where it gets hardNoticing that ten is the fragile number and eleven is not, and paying one eddie for the difference before it costs a Gig.

Strategic identity

One ThresholdTen power, where the steal formula stepsThree CallsEvery Legend face-up before the payoff is fullParity, Not SizeEven Street Cred draws; high Street Cred does notThe Only RemovalFive cards that answer a body, against a deck with none

Resource hierarchy

1Power on the attacker, up to ten

2Legends called face-up

3Eddies, including spent Legends

4Street Cred, as a switch

Power on the attacker, up to ten is the limiting resource, not value generation. §4 →

Quick reference

Deck3 Legends and 27 cards

RAM limitsGreen 4, Red 2

Win7 Gig dice

Steal formulafloor(power / 10) + 1

The number10 power, which steals 2

Arasaka units4 of 12, so Saburo lifts a third of the board

Continue reading§1 Archetype IdentityA deck that wants exactly ten power on one attacker, because ten is where the steal formula changes.Recommended next§1 Archetype IdentityA deck that wants exactly ten power on one attacker, because ten is where the steal formula changes.

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