LIMITED PRODUCTION

[tribal frost]

"Gottverdammt... What am I supposed to do with this?"
One can only imagine the headache of German generals in WW2 trying to keep they're Panzer battalions at full strength.
With LIMITED PRODUCTION you will develop vehicles from a set of tokens that are fairly powerful in their own right, but it's all up to luck whether you get what you need.
Will the next vehicle you develop be just what it takes to turn the tide of war? Probably not, but it can't hurt to try!

[weak lagoon]

German command in the last months of the war be like:

But anyways, does that mean searchlight can't even deal damage if you buff it?

[tribal frost]

Yes, Originally it had fury but someone said it was way too OP. I can imagine it would still be powerful in the right circumstance.

[weak lagoon]

I see

[late thorn]

Silly ideas

I think I’ll provide an in depth thought of the orders and provide additional ideas

And then I’ll point out some problematic units

‘Desperate Innovation’ is kinda poor. You basically have to hold it in your hand to get the cost bonus, and 4k ‘develop a unit’ is just really bad with such a wide pool of cards

So you can easily get bad luck, and get units that have no use case for your current situation. Maybe this thing can get either a kredit reduction, or get more units.
Perhaps ‘develop a Limited Production unit. Develop an additional unit for each unit destroyed this turn’

‘Cobbled together’ can easily be 2k, as developing a unit w/ a downside is 1k, and removing the top 3 cards of ur deck is probably a downside

As for additions orders I think ‘Repurpose’ (1k) remove a unit from your hand, develop a Limited Production unit. Develop an additional one if you have destroyed an enemy unit this turn.

And of course there needs to be a counter-measure and elite order to support these

The countermeasure could be called ‘Pressed into Service’ which would be a 1k countermeasure ‘when the enemy deploys a unit, give it “ destruction: the enemy adds a random Limited Production to hand. Draw a card”

And the elite one would give your hq ‘ If you have no units in your hand, at the start on your turn put a random Limited Production unit on the top of your deck and remove a random card from your deck’

[tribal frost]

I like it, both would be good cards. And kind of a german version of Front Formation

!front formation

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Cards found: 1

[late thorn]

It would ofc be cheaper

As it’s conditional

And it kinda mills your own deck

Prob 4-5k

Maybe even 3

[tribal frost]

If it requires your hand to be empty then I cant see it being too OP at 4K. It would also work well with Yamagata and Sakura. Maybe not enough to be used regularly but im sure someone would find a use

!yamagata

[copper plover]

Cards found: 1

[tribal frost]

!sakura

[copper plover]

Cards found: 1

[late thorn]

It also would pair well with order-based decks, and may actually make Bismarck-based decks appear again

[vast coral]

A very interesting idea that opens up the possibility of a whole strict card pack focused on generating these tanks, rather flawless ;d

[raw chasm]

Does ‘removing’ count as discarding? I think it could work well in a Japanese deck in some cases

[tribal frost]

Unfortunately discard and removal from deck are separate and always have been. Cards like M36 Jackson and 35th Mountain Rifles can only be triggered by Alpenfestung, Prototype Jet, or Sneak Attack.

[abstract monolith]

I can't help but mention that the Flak 18 is not a "Trumpeter Flak 18." Trumpeter is a model brand, presumably where the art comes from.

You could simply rename the unit to 'Flakbus'

[steep heart]

Just my opinion but I think panzerjager 1 is a tad bit OP especially in the early game. A 0 cost 2/2 tank with shock, along with having a copy upon deployment is super OP in the early game

[vast coral]

Remember that in order to get this card, you must first play one of the commands that create it, because it's a token, so you probably won't get this unit before turn 3.