Wesley's STCCG card of the day #241

Hi, folks,

can't leave you alone, so I'll overcome my being tired and give you:

THE GATHERERS

Dilemma, planet, common AU.
Unless Marouk OR Integrity >36 present, discard all Equipment and Artifacts in Away Team, plus one card (random selection) from your hand. Discard Dilemma.
"Nomadic marauders and thieves from Acamar III. 'We Gatherers value our freedom. We do what we want and we answer to no creature.'"

After quite a long time, again an external request. Seems I've pretty much covered anything that's interesting :-(

Into it: The effect is a glorified Disruptor Overload, plus the loss of a card from the hand. Against most strong decks, only the discard will do anything, as high-level play does not involve a lot of Equipment, if any, and only the Varon-T Disruptor and Data's Head can be carried by an away team and thus be affected. But in low- to mid- level playing environments, Med kits, Engineering whatevers and other equipment are common sights, and there you can really do something, if you combine the Gatherers with some other Dilemmas that require multiples of a classification (Hyper Aging, anyone?). But this Dilemma has a feature that turns out to be a disadvantage here, though it usually is an advantage: It stops the away team if it hits and your opponent can wimp out and find greener pastures elsewhere instead of losing the away team from the other strategically placed Dilemmas. Leaves us with the discard. In some other games, a single card can be an invaluable resource (Think Magic). In STCCG, there are quite a few means of drawing extra cards (Kivas Fajo, Traveler), so cards are not quite that important on your hand as in Magic, and restoration possibilities are also much better as Palor Toff, etc. are not restricted to 1 per deck as Magic's Regrowth is.

So, in the end, you get a mediocre effect and the Dilemma is not that hard to overcome. Granted, it might have a few uses, but it is not usually worthwhile in a deck designed for power.

Favorite combo(s):

- The Gatherers + Hyper Aging or Alien Labyrinth

Ratings for : THE GATHERERS

Wesley's rating:                3.5
Cole's rating:                  5.5
Conner's rating:                --- (doesn't have much AU)
Data's rating:                  6.0
Q's rating:                     5.5
Ranger's rating:                6.0
Tania's rating:                 "???" (whatever this means)
Tony's rating:                  7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 5.6

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