by jopejope
Test Run is almost certainly a reprint of Sneak Preview though they made the program go to top of stack rather than hand to make it weaker. I'd be surprised if they changed the cost from 3. What a great card for Shaper to have. I look forward to using this with Sneakdoor Beta, especially since I won't need to spend influence on Special Order anymore.Joshua B. looks to be a reprint of Preying Mantis with an increased cost. Fantastic card. Just what Anarch needs to get in that extra Medium run on R&D when the corp can't defend it.
Chimera is a good ICE to use for rushing out Agendas early game (particularly Nesei or Astroscript). Countermeasure: Run before playing your icebreaker and hope the corp picks the type of the icebreaker you have in your hand. Then play that icebreaker and run again.
Another 3/2 agenda is just what HB needs to make Biotic Labor awesome. This also looks like it combos nicely with ABT if you can get the extra advancement going. Note that you can burn the counter at any time so you could use it to pull agendas out of archives just before the runner accesses them. No more leaving agendas vulnerable the turn after you score ABT! In a pinch you can also use it to dilute HQ if you're holding an agenda that you really can't lose.
The new Shaper identity is cool. Obviously the first thing you cut from your deck is whatever card you were using for MU (Toolbox, memchip). This can greatly speed up your setup time. The fact that you can now put 15 influence points into a 40 card deck is going to give you a lot of options.