Images courtesy of Null Signal Games
Card Gamer is excited to share with you the art for our upcoming preview cards for Netrunner’s latest expansion, Elevation.
First, we have what seems to be a spy snooping or playing lookout in an unauthorized break-in. And there’s a cat!
The next image is more of a larger-scope look at a landscape. This doesn’t look like anything we’ve seen from the environs of Borneo nor Kota Kalimantan. What could this be?
What Do We Know So Far About Elevation?
From the Welcome to Elevation article, Null Signal Games (NSG) has dropped some hints on what cards are included in the set. These are:
- A cycle of Runner cards that host cards
- An ice inspired by a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Six new run events
- A way to install agendas faceup
- A Runner ID who puts the “organized crime” back into Criminal
- A new region upgrade and a new upgrade that moves between servers
- A neutral card that can purge virus counters during a run
- A card with bees on it
- Three cards that take credits from your opponent
- A way for the Runner to trash a rezzed Corp card without accessing it
- GAMEDRAGON™ Pro!
Working with these clues, we know about the preview cards Mahkota Langit Grid, Flyswatter, and GAMEDRAGON™ Pro. Shred and Maintenance Access are two of six new Run events. Perhaps we’re getting two Run events per faction? Finally, Syailendra is the UNESCO World Heritage Site ICE, referring to the Borobudur Temple Compounds in Indonesia.
From these clues and the art previewed, we can also clearly rule out the bees hints.
This leaves a couple of remaining clues that could be hinting at our preview cards for Elevation season.
Elevation Preview Schedule
NSG announced Wednesday the upcoming timeline for Community Previews. Each day, either NSG or members from the community will reveal a few cards, beginning April 9th, all the way through April 22nd.
Card Gamer is scheduled to reveal the final scoops!
Community Engagement
If anyone’s interested in joining in on a per-day review basis of revealed cards, make sure to tune in to Ysengrin’s Daily Casts channel. He’s also looking for guests to feature on the cast, so be sure to hit him up on Green Level Clearance (GLC) if you’d like to contribute.
Jai is also running an 82 on 82 project, where he reviews each preview card in under 82 words or less.
profwacko has a spreadsheet of the currently revealed cards, with some calculations and assumptions on card slots, for those who want a more structured look at the set. Meanwhile, Netrunnerdb updates its database everyday with the newly-revealed cards.
Do you have any guesses on what cards these previewed images could be? What faction or side are these going to be from? Maybe this can be a fun afternoon activity for GLC or testing groups to figure out! Be sure to join in on the conversation by tagging posts on social media with #ElevationNR.
There are only 15 days before Elevation‘s release. Till then, Always be Running!
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