Welcome to Reviewing the Little Boot Icon, a series of reviews for Reboot-modified cards. Today's review: Akitaro Watanabe, the best Jinteki sysop after the Marcus Batty nerf.
Changes: Rez cost 1>0.
Pros: In Reboot Netrunner, Jinteki ice is way cheaper, and Akitaro Watanabe, Braintrust and Dedicated Server help you deploy a bunch of previously overcosted ice across your server for pennies, because that's all Jinteki has, at first.
Cons: You have to rez multiple ice with him, or he's not worth it. Doesn't actually make money, just is a coupon.
7/10 Now a good idea in Jinteki decks, especially with Braintrust.
(Mind and Mayhem era)
That's hilarious! I will try to do that some time, since my friend loves Noise: Hacker Extraordinaire.
— Fluffy1
Thanks for doing these reviews! We need more of this stuff. Another fun interaction for akitaro, when you get to a (much) later pool of cards: Reboot has added another ice destruction card, p4inappl3. Akitaro is able to stuff the iteraction by rezzing a 2 cost architect. Niche but viable!
— Gaslight