[Based on a true story]

[(Monk) Hoshiko Shiro: Mahou Shoujo | Grip: 2 | Stack: 1 | Credits: 12 | Score: 5] “Face it, Ko. I have you on lock. Your R&D is wide open and we’re both on match point. With The Turning Wheel on my board, I earn an extra access from R&D or HQ every other successful run.”

[Turn begin: (Ko) Jinteki: Replicating Perfection | R&D 22 | HQ: 0 | Credits: 22 | Score: 6] “I still have an out! If I can recur just one card from Archives, I can turn this around!”

“Impossible, I’ve seen what your deck has to offer. I know what your next draw is and I’ve seen all your influence! Three MCA Austerity Policies (33), three Team Sponsorships (31), 1 Marilyn Campaign (1), and 1 Drudge Work (2). That’s all fifteen influence accounted for! You don’t have Archived Memories!”

“Who said anything about Archived Memories? You’d be shocked at what Jinteki hides behind its curtains! Using Mumba Temple’s recurring credits, I spend 1 recurring credits instead of a credit in my credit pool to rez a familiar face from the streets of Mumbad! Replicating Perfection welcomes the Jinteki Executive, Raman Rai, into its ranks!”

“Raman...Rai? No!”

“Yes! Using Raman Rai’s ability, I can spend a click to swap out a card I just drew for a card of the same Type currently in Archives! And the card I just drew is - Hostile Infrastructure!”

“Damnit! Not that card again! It’s so annoying since they brought it back!”

“Yes! Now, Hostile Infrastructure won’t help me against your strategy right now but I can use Raman Rai’s ability to instead swap it for an Asset in Archives, like my Bio-Ethics Association! With this Asset, I can deal you one net damage every start of my turn, putting a hard timer on your strategy and preventing you from simply powering up your Turning Wheel for one big multiaccess! And thanks to the Hostile Infrastructure you left alone, you'll take one net damage if you try to trash it! I now install a facedown card in a new server and then use my MCA Austerity Policy to add a power counter to reduce your actions next turn by one! You now only have three clicks to spend next turn, and if MCA Austerity Policy has three or more power counters on it, I can instead spend a click to trash it and get four clicks for a comeback combo! It looks like both the clock and the turning wheel... are finally turning my way. [Turn end.]”

“Is that what you think?”

“What! How? My Engram Flush ice has revealed your grip to me! Your Hunting Grounds may prevent me from using its encounter effect to declare a card type to trash when your grip is revealed but its two subroutines have shown me your grip and both of your cards are useless right now. Face it, you've lost this one!”

“[Turn begin] Not yet! My turn! I spend my first click to...!”

Will Monk’s Hoshiko find a way to defeat Ko’s Replicating Perfection deck? Or will the next match...be his last chance? Tune in for next week’s episode of Netrunner ANR: ‘Turntable Turning Tables?! - The Outfit vs MaxX!’ Always be running!