Caterpillar

ICE: Mythic • Rez: 2 • Strength: 1 • Influence: 3

Front face (Caterpillar - STR 1 - Mythic): When you rez Caterpillar, place 3 power counters on it. When your turn begins, remove 1 power counter from Caterpillar, then flip Caterpillar if there are no power counters left.

subroutine The runner loses 1credit.

Back face (Monarch - STR 3 - Barrier - AP): The strength of this ice cannot be lowered.

subroutine Do 1 net damage.

subroutine End the run.

subroutine Do 1 net damage.

Jinteki • DALL-E • Mind and Mayhem 9
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Caterpillar
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Rulings

  • A card with two faces always enters play as the front face. Whenever it is not in play, it is considered to be the front face. When a game effect instructs you to flip it, it is transformed into the card on its other face, and loses all abilities and attributes on its other face.

  • Whether a card is rezzed/derezzed is independent from whether it is flipped/unflipped. So if Caterpillar is first rezzed, then flipped to Monarch, then derezzed, if it is later rezzed again it would be as Monarch, not as Caterpillar. This is because derezzing a card does not cause it to leave play.

  • For paper play, flip cards can be handled by using opaque sleeves, and when flipping them, removing them from their sleeve, turning them over and reinserting them. (Alternatively, substitute cards can be used.) If a player ever finds a flipped card in their hand, deck or discard pile (indicated by a black title box), they know that a mistake has taken place, and can correct it by flipping the card over.

Reviews
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Welcome to Reviewing the Little Boot Icon, an unfortunately named series of reviews for Reboot-modified cards. Today's review: Caterpillar/Monarch.

  • Changes: Caterpillar strength: 1<2. Parasite no longer jumps on this instantly.

  • Pros: Cheap ice that after 3 turns becomes very worth it, costing 3 for Walrus to break, 4 for Eli 1.0 to break, and Cerberus "Lady" H1 has to give up 2 power counters. Has a nice bite for a barrier.

  • Cons: Dies to Parasite, takes a while to be good, the net damage isn't a face check because the Runner just pays 1 for the first 3 turns.

7/10 Nice on RP's Archives.

(Fate and Freedom era)
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