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System Gateway
“How are you feeling now?” asks Jericho.

“What am I feeling right now?” I’m stalling, not sure how to answer.
There’s sweat beading on my neck, and my mouth feels dry no matter
how much I try to wet it. The old cushion under me is lumpy and tattered.
The cable between my fingers radiates heat.

“Like I’m about to jump out a damn hopper a thousand feet up with no
chute,” I smirk nervously towards the holo hovering before me. Jericho’s
face smiles up at the console on my desk like a proud parent. “You sure
this is safe?”

“Running? Hell no,” he cackles back. “But there’s a whole ‘nother world
on the other side of that cable. Full of magic, and wonder, and myster—”

“And money,” I cut in, raising the jack to my neck.

“And money,” he assures me.

I jack in.

System Gateway is NISEI’s foundational set. It is designed as an out-of-the-box

learning experience and provides everything you need to start playing
Netrunner. The cards in the set are straightforward, yet powerful, and will form
the cornerstone of any player’s collection.

One copy of the System Gateway Starter Pack, plus the NISEI learn-to-play
guide, is all two people need to learn Netrunner.

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Fast Facts

Release date: March 28, 2021

Size: Full playsets of 77 new cards
(73 original Standard-legal cards,
2 reprints of Standard-legal cards,
2 tutorial-only identity cards), plus
player aids
Total cards: 205 playable cards,
plus player aids
Set symbol: Portal
NetrunnerDB set abbreviation: sg

Get System Gateway

System Gateway has two component parts: the Starter Pack and the
Deckbuilding Pack. You can buy each separately or get them together as a
bundle. Together, they make up the full set.

You only need to purchase one copy each of the Starter Pack and the
Deckbuilding Pack to have a full playset of every card in System Gateway.

Translated products are currently in layout, and will be set for publish as soon as
we can.

Not sure which storefront to pick? Check out NISEI’s handy Purchase Guide for a
rundown of the options.

System Gateway: Starter Pack

System Gateway: Starter Pack is a fully playable

box containing one Runner deck and one Corp
deck. The Starter Pack offers an out-of-the-box
experience with duel decks designed to teach
two players how to play Netrunner. Each System
Gateway: Starter Pack box comes with an
additional 10 cards per deck to enhance play
after learning the ropes.

Buy from DriveThruCards

Buying from DriveThruCards is the best

option for NISEI in terms of revenue.
Shipping outside of the United States can
be expensive. For more details, see our
Purchase Guide.

Purchase Here

Buy from MakePlayingCards

(Standard)

Buy from MakePlayingCards

(Premium)

Print and Play

System Gateway: Deckbuilding Pack

System Gateway: Deckbuilding Pack is a

companion product containing extra copies of
the cards featured in the Starter Pack, plus a
smattering of additional new cards to open up
deck building to a new player looking for more
—including a new identity card for each main
faction.

Buy from DriveThruCards

Buying from DriveThruCards is the best

option for NISEI in terms of revenue.
Shipping outside of the United States can
be expensive. For more details, see our
Purchase Guide.

Purchase Here

Buy from MakePlayingCards

(Standard)

Buy from MakePlayingCards

(Premium)

Print and Play

System Gateway: Complete Bundle

System Gateway: Complete Bundle contains

both halves of the System Gateway set: the
Starter Pack and the Deckbuilding Pack. Learn
to play with the Starter Pack, then expand your
horizons with the cards contained in the
Deckbuilding Pack!

Just want the basics? You can buy the Starter

Pack and Deckbuilding Pack separately (see
above). You only need the Starter Pack to learn
the game.

Buy from DriveThruCards

Buying from DriveThruCards is the best

option for NISEI in terms of revenue.
Shipping outside of the United States can
be expensive. For more details, see our
Purchase Guide.

Purchase Here

Buy from MakePlayingCards

(Standard)

Buy from MakePlayingCards

(Premium)

Print and Play

Rotation
System Gateway is immediately be legal in the Standard and Eternal formats, as
well as NISEI’s new Startup format, with a two-week grace period before
becoming legal at Competitive-level events. System Gateway’s release also
triggers a rotation for the Standard format: Honor and Profit, the SanSan Cycle,
System Core 2019, and Salvaged Memories will no longer be legal in Standard.

System Gateway Frequently Asked

Questions
What’s the minimum I need to start playing Netrunner?

All you need to buy to start playing Netrunner is System Gateway: Starter
Pack. It includes two ready-to-play teaching decks, player aids, and links
to the NISEI learn-to-play guide.

You will need to supply some small pocket change or other objects to use
as trackers.

I know how to play Netrunner already. Do I need the Starter

Decks?

What should I buy if I want a full playset of every card in System

Gateway?

Does System Gateway come with a new rulebook?

What do the dots and plus signs at the bottom of the cards
mean?

How do I assemble the System Gateway Starter Decks?

How many decks can I make at the same time with System
Gateway?

What are the teaching identities in the System Gateway Starter

Pack?

How many copies of identity cards does System Gateway

contain?

Do all the System Gateway identities have a 40-card minimum

deck size and 15 influence?

I’m a returning player. Why do these cards phrase things

differently than I remember?

What should I get after System Gateway?

Card-Specific Questions

More questions about specific System Gateway cards will be answered in the
set’s Release Notes. Check them out when System Gateway is released!

Why is Haas-Bioroid: Precision Design’s ability worded as “You

get +1 maximum hand size”?

Why does Zahya Sadeghi: Versatile Smuggler count “each time

you accessed a card”?

If I use Mutual Favor, do I have to pay the install cost for the
icebreaker I find?

Starter Decklists
System Gateway Runner Starter Deck

Starter Cards Booster Pack

Identity: The Catalyst 2× Wildcat Strike

2× Mutual Favor
2× Tread Lightly 2× DZMZ Optimizer
2× Creative Commission 2× Leech
2× VRcation 2× Conduit
2× Overclock
These cards are marked with
3× Jailbreak
crosses on their bottom
3× Sure Gamble
edges:
1× Docklands Pass
1× Pennyshaver
2× Cleaver
2× Carmen
2× Unity
2× Mayfly
1× Red Team
2× Telework Contract
2× Smartware Distributor
1× Verbal Plasticity

These cards are marked with

circles on their bottom edges:

System Gateway Corp Starter Deck

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