This ICE captures the spirit of pop-up windows perfectly: draining for the recipient and generates some wealth for you! This will almost never stop the runner, but it has the ability to get the Corp a lot of money over the course of the game.

It's very effective against runners who rely on Desperado, Security Testing or other economy from running. It's much more useful early game, the install costs of placing this ICE deep would greatly affect its cash flows. Hope for one early and watch the ad money flow! They'll be praying for Adblocker.

A dangerous, cheap card with a very useful ability. For the price of 1 the runner can use 5 clicks a turn! The tags you accrue, though, dictate what decks this card can be used against. Don't even consider it against Weyland unless you've got Plascrete Carapace and plenty of card drawing power. NBN loves a tagged runner so they can Psychographics or boost an Information Overload to board-clearing strength. Jinteki and HB should be okay overall.

This card works well with Wanton Destruction, Data Leak Reversal, and Activist Support. However, being tagged means that all resources are susceptible to being trashed, so if you use this, have multiples. It lacks in synergy right now, but the power of this card should not be overlooked.

A solid breaker against medium-power sentries. On the positive side, it is a whopping 5 power for 3, which is more efficient for 4 or higher strength sentries than Femme Fatale or Mimic. It also works on its own, unlike Dagger or Switchblade. So, with Ninja you are more safe from sentries like Ichi 1.0, Taurus, or Uroboros. However, against stronger ice like Archer, get ready to spend 6 on power.

Overall, like all Criminal breakers, it is very powerful but inflexible. You spend a lot of credits for lots of power, in many cases more than you need. It will be more efficient than a Femme Fatale in pure power but lacking in her useful ability. However, there are few stable sentry breakers, so this can fit into many more decks than Aurora or maybe even Peacock.

Compared to other fracters, this has a higher install cost than Breach or Corroder, lower power, and only becomes stronger in very specific instances. +1 per ice broken is unwieldy unless a server has a huge reliance on barriers. For example, you would need to run into all three of a deck's Eli 1.0 in one run to equal a Corroder in credits. It would be more reliable if it kept strength like Gordian Blade or Pipeline, but as it is, it is difficult to recommend.

Oh, Wyrm. Easily one of the worst AI breakers around. While very cheap to install, actually using it will drain your credits quickly. 3 to break 1 subroutine, and that is if the ice is at zero strength! Only with Datasucker, Ice Carver, and a prayer is this card even remotely useful.

To beat something as basic as an Eli 1.0, this will cost you 6 for subroutines, not to mention reducing its power by 4. 10 later, you beat it. e3 Feedback Implants are an absolute must with this.

Don't let the cool dragon fool you, this is weaker than almost any alternative out there. Just use Crypsis, Overmind, or a Parasite.