--- id: disposition-matchup/disruption--mirror kind: matchup-analysis lang: en title: "Disruption mirror — Outmanoeuvre" subjects: - gdm:disposition/disruption - gdm:primary/disruption/outmanoeuvre sides: side0: disposition: disruption card: gdm:primary/disruption/outmanoeuvre scoringCheckpoint: mixed holdWindow: 0 side1: disposition: disruption card: gdm:primary/disruption/outmanoeuvre scoringCheckpoint: mixed holdWindow: 0 ratings: - metric: edge value: 10 confidence: high basis: theory rationale: "Mirror: identical cards." - metric: ceiling side: 0 value: 20 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "An escalating per-objective engine (4 then 5 then 6 VP) on top of a recurring 10 VP for the enemy home is the highest ceiling in the matrix." - metric: ceiling side: 1 value: 20 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Mirror: both players hold this card, so the profile is identical on each side." - metric: floor side: 0 value: 9 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Home is excluded from every line, so a player pinned in their own deployment zone scores almost nothing." - metric: floor side: 1 value: 9 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Mirror: both players hold this card, so the profile is identical on each side." - metric: tempo side: 0 value: 12 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Averaged across a card that flips mid-game: rounds 2-3 score at your Command phase (durability), rounds 4-5 at the end of your turn (burst) — see the body and the engine-note claim." - metric: tempo side: 1 value: 12 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Mirror: both players hold this card, so the same mid-game tempo flip applies to each side." - metric: complexity side: 0 value: 16 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "The mid-game timing flip is the single easiest thing to misplay in the whole matrix." - metric: complexity side: 1 value: 16 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Mirror: both players hold this card, so the profile is identical on each side." - metric: exposure side: 0 value: 18 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Your home objective is worth nothing and the enemy home objective is worth 10 VP a turn: every incentive on the card pushes your whole army onto ground the opponent controls. The most expensive card in the matrix to run." - metric: activationCost side: 0 value: 12 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Wide holds tie up bodies, but nothing asks a unit to stop shooting." - metric: exposure side: 1 value: 18 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Your home objective is worth nothing and the enemy home objective is worth 10 VP a turn: every incentive on the card pushes your whole army onto ground the opponent controls. The most expensive card in the matrix to run." - metric: activationCost side: 1 value: 12 confidence: medium basis: theory rationale: "Wide holds tie up bodies, but nothing asks a unit to stop shooting." claims: - type: engine-note phase: whole-game text: "The hold engine escalates: 4 VP per objective in round 1, 5 VP in rounds 2-3, 6 VP from round 4 — and every line excludes your home objective, so a body sitting at home earns nothing all game." - type: engine-note phase: whole-game text: "The scoring checkpoint MOVES: rounds 2-3 score at your Command phase, rounds 4-5 at the end of your turn. Early holds must survive the enemy turn; late grabs pay immediately." - type: engine-note phase: whole-game text: "Controlling the opponent home objective pays 10 VP at the end of any turn — repeatable, and larger than 2 objectives at the peak rate." - type: threat phase: whole-game text: "Their home raid is worth 10 VP a turn to them, and your own home is worth 0 VP to you — you cannot justify a garrison on scoring grounds alone, only on denial grounds." - type: cost side: 0 phase: whole-game text: "This card moves its checkpoint during the game, so the same grab costs a full enemy turn early and nothing late — price the grab accordingly before committing a unit to it." - type: cost side: 1 phase: whole-game text: "This card moves its checkpoint during the game, so the same grab costs a full enemy turn early and nothing late — price the grab accordingly before committing a unit to it." - type: terrain phase: deployment text: "Measured across all 45 transcribed layouts: a central objective can be held from a spot only 4.6% of the enemy deployment zone can see (best board 0%), while taking an enemy home objective means standing where a median of 47.7% of their deployment zone has line of sight, rising to 91.7% on the most exposed board. Cards that pay for enemy home objectives are charging you that difference, and the board decides the price." refs: - rule:13.08 - rule:14.02 - type: disruption side: 0 phase: whole-game text: "Their home line is worth 10 VP a turn to them and their own home is worth zero, so they will not defend it and neither can you afford to ignore yours. Screen your back line from round 2 — it is the single highest-value defensive investment in the matrix. Then, in rounds 2-3 only, remember their holds have to survive your turn: everything you shoot off a marker before their Command phase is 5 VP denied. From round 4 that window closes, so front-load your denial." - type: list-building side: 0 phase: list-building text: "Disruption needs: Speed above all. Nothing on this card rewards sitting still, and your home objective pays zero. A reserve or deep-strike package held back for the round 4-5 burst grabs. One cheap screen for your own home — purely defensive, purely worth it against a 10 VP line. Durable mid-board units for rounds 2-3, when holds must survive an enemy turn." - type: layout phase: deployment text: "All three boards for this pairing are transcribed and measured. Layout 1 (bands on the short edges) reads 9/20 for openness, Layout 2 (diagonal across the long axis) reads 6/20 for openness, Layout 3 (diagonal across the short axis) reads 4/20 for openness. Taking a home marker off the opponent costs 40.2% deployment-zone exposure on Layout 2 and 91.7% on Layout 1 — the same play, priced very differently. Central markers stay the safest ground on all three, bottoming out at 0.9% on Layout 3." listRequirements: - side: 0 role: "Speed above all" trait: - speed phase: list-building why: "Speed above all." - side: 0 role: "A reserve or deep-strike package held back for the round 4-5 burst grabs" count: 4 trait: - deep-strike phase: list-building matchupSpecific: true why: "A reserve or deep-strike package held back for the round 4-5 burst grabs." - side: 0 role: "One cheap screen for your own home" count: 1 trait: - screening - expendable-bodies phase: list-building why: "One cheap screen for your own home — purely defensive, purely worth it against a 10 VP line." - side: 0 role: "Durable mid-board units for rounds 2-3" count: 2 trait: - durability phase: list-building why: "Durable mid-board units for rounds 2-3, when holds must survive an enemy turn." dependsOn: corpus: "2026-05-09 23:42:21" gdmPack: "GDM" status: draft sources: [] --- ## The matchup in a nutshell The most explosive card in the game and the easiest to misplay. Your own home objective is worth **nothing**, the enemy's is worth **10 VP a turn**, and the hold engine escalates from 4 to 5 to 6 VP per objective as the game goes on. The trap is in the timing: the checkpoint moves from your Command phase to the end of your turn in round 4, and players who do not notice leave a fortune on the table. | | Disruption (side 0) | Disruption (side 1) | |---|---|---| | Card | Outmanoeuvre | Outmanoeuvre | | Scores at | mixed | mixed | | Hold window | 0 enemy turns | 0 enemy turns | | Exposure | 18/20 | 18/20 | | Activation cost | 12/20 | 12/20 | A hold window of zero changes where the fight is. Nobody has to survive anything: you walk on, the turn ends, you get paid. Which means **there is no window to shoot them off the marker afterwards** — by the time it matters, they have already banked it. Denial on this card happens before the grab, not after. You are not buying reactions. You are buying space. ## Playing Disruption *Your card: Outmanoeuvre. Scoring checkpoint: mixed. Hold window: 0 enemy turns.* ### How you score Round 1, grab wide — 4 VP per objective. Rounds 2 and 3, hold at 5 VP per objective, checked at your Command phase. From round 4, 6 VP per objective checked at the **end of your turn**, which means a late grab pays instantly and never has to survive a reply. And all game long, 10 VP at the end of any turn you hold their home objective. ### What it costs you Rounds 2-3 demand durability — those holds must survive a full enemy turn. Rounds 4-5 demand the opposite: hold your movement back and take everything on your own turn, because nothing has to live afterwards. Playing rounds 4-5 the way you played rounds 2-3 costs 12 to 18 VP. Exposure 18/20, activation cost 12/20. ### How you break them Their home line is worth 10 VP a turn to them and their own home is worth zero, so **they will not defend it and neither can you afford to ignore yours**. Screen your back line from round 2 — it is the single highest-value defensive investment in the matrix. Then, in rounds 2-3 only, remember their holds have to survive your turn: everything you shoot off a marker before their Command phase is 5 VP denied. From round 4 that window closes, so front-load your denial. ### What your list needs - Speed above all. Nothing on this card rewards sitting still, and your home objective pays zero. - A reserve or deep-strike package held back for the round 4-5 burst grabs. - One cheap screen for your own home — purely defensive, purely worth it against a 10 VP line. - Durable mid-board units for rounds 2-3, when holds must survive an enemy turn. ## Playing Disruption *Your card: Outmanoeuvre. Scoring checkpoint: mixed. Hold window: 0 enemy turns.* ### How you score Round 1, grab wide — 4 VP per objective. Rounds 2 and 3, hold at 5 VP per objective, checked at your Command phase. From round 4, 6 VP per objective checked at the **end of your turn**, which means a late grab pays instantly and never has to survive a reply. And all game long, 10 VP at the end of any turn you hold their home objective. ### What it costs you Rounds 2-3 demand durability — those holds must survive a full enemy turn. Rounds 4-5 demand the opposite: hold your movement back and take everything on your own turn, because nothing has to live afterwards. Playing rounds 4-5 the way you played rounds 2-3 costs 12 to 18 VP. Exposure 18/20, activation cost 12/20. ### How you break them Their home line is worth 10 VP a turn to them and their own home is worth zero, so **they will not defend it and neither can you afford to ignore yours**. Screen your back line from round 2 — it is the single highest-value defensive investment in the matrix. Then, in rounds 2-3 only, remember their holds have to survive your turn: everything you shoot off a marker before their Command phase is 5 VP denied. From round 4 that window closes, so front-load your denial. ### What your list needs - Speed above all. Nothing on this card rewards sitting still, and your home objective pays zero. - A reserve or deep-strike package held back for the round 4-5 burst grabs. - One cheap screen for your own home — purely defensive, purely worth it against a 10 VP line. - Durable mid-board units for rounds 2-3, when holds must survive an enemy turn. ## The three layouts Disruption mirror is played on one of three boards, and they are not the same game. All three are transcribed and measured below. | Board | Deployment | Openness | Centre exposure | Cost to raid a home marker | No-man's-land | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Layout 1 | bands on the short edges | 9/20 | 4.6% | 91.7% | 20.4% | | Layout 2 | diagonal across the long axis | 6/20 | 4% | 40.2% | — | | Layout 3 | diagonal across the short axis | 4/20 | 0.9% | 54.6% | 2.7% | - **Layout 1** — bands on the short edges, openness **9/20**. The middle is free real estate: there is a legal spot within range of a central marker that only **4.6%** of the enemy deployment zone can see. Home markers are a fortress: taking one means standing in front of **91.7%** of their deployment zone. No-man's-land markers sit at **20.4%**. 46% of the legal holding spots can go fully out of sight — pick the spot, not the marker. - **Layout 2** — diagonal across the long axis, openness **6/20**. The middle is free real estate: there is a legal spot within range of a central marker that only **4%** of the enemy deployment zone can see. Raiding a home marker costs **40.2%** exposure — real, but payable with one screened unit. Almost anywhere you stand near a marker (90% of legal spots) can be put fully out of sight. - **Layout 3** — diagonal across the short axis, openness **4/20**. The middle is free real estate: there is a legal spot within range of a central marker that only **0.9%** of the enemy deployment zone can see. Home markers are a fortress: taking one means standing in front of **54.6%** of their deployment zone. No-man's-land markers sit at **2.7%**. Almost anywhere you stand near a marker (92% of legal spots) can be put fully out of sight. If your plan needs enemy ground, **Layout 2** is where it is cheapest (40.2% exposure against 91.7% on Layout 1) — the same raid can be a bargain or a suicide depending on which board you drew. Numbers are measured on the transcribed sheets: every legal spot within control range of each marker is tested, and the best one is reported — the way a real player looks for the safest place to stand, not the middle of the marker. ## Decision points - End of round 3 — your last Command-phase checkpoint. Everything after this is timed to your own end of turn. - Any turn from 2 — is their home reachable? 10 VP is worth almost any unit you own. - Round 5 — grab everything reachable on your own turn. Nothing has to survive.