Bion Guardian: Card Description

Defenders, gotta luv them. Sure Attackers win the game, taking out the Headquarters, still without Defenders to slow down the other player, it is just a who finds who first and Speed Deck it to Victory.

So without someone to slow down the Charles Dormans and the UN Troopers, the game would be over within 3 or 4 turns almost every single time.

Enter a great defender, with a nice special effect and great staying power. Not good against the Rauls or Jacquelines, but we already talked about that (Antiterrorism).

The Bion Guardian is a Monastery Asset, Mechanical, and cool looking art wise. Very inexpensive to deploy, only 2 Cyber, it can come out on the second turn with little difficulty at all.

The Guardian has a decent HP, able to take one or two hits, with a very low Firepower, but at least regardless of the Armor it will do a point of damage.

So not able to search very well, very expensive to attack with, all the Asset is good at is defending.

Which is where the special ability comes into play.

For a cost of 2 Cyberops, just like the Deploy Cost, the owner is able to regenerate (restore completly) The Bion Guardian.

So as long as a player has Cyberops they can keep bringing this asset back to life. Making it a good recurring defender.

If a player has mostly Military or Covert attackers, that leaves the Cyberops available for defense which the Guardian excels in.

Just always make sure you have enough Cyberops sitting around to regenerate all of the Guardians that are in play, and your game will last a while longer.

Bleeding Plage: Enhancement

Enhancements. One way to improve your assets or bases. Some times either one depending on the card. Some enhancements work against a player, such as contracting the Bleeding Plague.

Bleeding Plague Card Art

So the Text on the back of the card reads:
Monastery - Virus
Play only on wounded non-Monastery assets. At teh end of User's turn, User takes 2 damage.

The blood loss caused by the Plague usually is fatal.

This is an uncommon card from an early set (Overture).
I suspect it never saw a ton of use. The card art is awesome. Creepy, conveys the idea of the card and enhances the overall feel of the world and the flavor text of the ChronX Setting.
Think about it, a hemophage plague that only targets certain portions of the population. How devious is that right.

Taking 2 damage at the end of the turn and effective against Assets not immune to Virus for 4 of the 5 Domains means it should see more play. But the real kicker is that the asset has to be damaged already. If you have a direct damage dealer to wound a defender (most likely) then apply some Bleeding Plague then it could be useful.
I have added it to a deck I am making with a Toxic Theme. All the assets and gear are plague like, or have First Strike.
The deck is having limited success against the AI. Not enough AT in my deck to deal with the stock speed deck the AI has. Still it is a cool theme, which many of my decks over the years are, theme decks.

So for a little fun, to annoy other players, throw in some Bleeding Plague (Or if you have Viral Scythes use that as they cause Bleeding Plague after a hit) and slowly whittle down your opponents.