Welcome to Reviewing the Little Boot Icon: Identity Crisis! an unfortunately named spin-off to an unfortunately named series of reviews for Reboot-modified cards. Today's review: Valencia Estevez: The Angel of Cayambe, the 2nd best Anarch ID after MaxX: Maximum Punk Rock, some would say 1st.
Changes: Influence limit 15>12. Blackmail is essentially useless, making Val much worse than before. She did win Worlds 2015 and 2018 though, and has never been bad since release.
Pros: Bad publicity is an amazing source of run econ, making Datasucker tokens easier to acquire, and also making NAPD Contract much worse.
Cons: Horrible statline, the only Runner ID to have 50 minimum decksize besides The Horde: Defiant Disenfrancistos, who have 15 influence. Sizzler: Igniting the Discourse makes you very sad, as does Elizabeth Mills.
Playstyle: This is the precon Val, which uses Medium with Mimic, Corroder and Yog.0 to make super-efficient R&D runs for a zillion accesses. This is a "combo" deck with Paige Piper and Frantic Coding to pseudo-tutor expensive programs for cheap. Who needs Self-modifying Code?
9/10 You don't need Blackmail to be good. Best Reg Anarch ID.