Wesley's STCCG card of the day #263

Hi, folks,

even at the current going rates for STCCG cards (whine), there are still people who claim not to be able to buy a Black Border Picard. They're wrong:

LT.(J.G.) PICARD

Personnel, Federation, uncommon AU.
Integrity 8
Cunning 6
Strength 6
SCIENCE, Astrophysics, Navigation, Staff Star (+). AU Icon.
"Jean-Luc Picard regretted his reckless youth until Q's alternate timeline antics revealed that he would have been a mere assistant astrophysics officer."

Okay, not the Picard. But at least Picard and black border. And at least a decent SCIENCE for some deck designs that don't rely on Vekor for MEDICAL protection. Like a space mission deck.

After all, SCIENCE, besides being absolutely vital against some rather nasty Dilemmas doesn't help you much, but somehow you seem to need it in any deck. At least any deck that does not rely on redshirting Barclay's Protomorphosis Disease. SCIENCE for mission-solving? Well, not in this color. Warped Space has the only SCIENCE requirement in all missions and that one's red, so unless you play a treaty or espionage deck, your SCIENCE officer is merely a life insurance.

So why not give him at least a few usable skills? And that's where many of them also severely lack. Most of them only sport a few unimportant skills. (That's why Vekor is so often used: She's MEDICAL and you need at least three of that classification, so you get the SCIENCE for free.)

Now our alternate Picard has at least something going for him that breaks this pattern: Astrophysics and Navigation. Both good skills, and unlike the combinations on many other cards, these both fit one mission type: Space missions.

So for a planet deck, forget this guy, but in space, he might be worth considering. Especially if you're playing two or more of these: Pegasus Search, Investigate Disappearance, Study Nebula, Explore Dyson Sphere, Investigate Rogue Comet, Study Plasma Streamer, Fissure Research. Seven choices. Better than nothing.

And so is the card. Not the greatest ever seen, but better than nothing.

Favorite combo(s):

- Hmm. Anything strikingly obvious ? Guess not.

Ratings for : LT. (J.G.) PICARD

Wesley's rating:                5.5
Cole's rating:                  6.0
Conner's rating:                ---
Data's rating:                  6.5
Hal's rating:                   7.6
Jack's rating:                  6.8
Nanite's rating:                6.0
Nouwa's rating:                 6.0
Q's rating:                     6.0
Ranger's rating:                6.5
Ray's rating:                   5.0
Rothspar's rating:              4.5
Tania's rating:                 4.5
Tony's rating:                  5.0
Wa'Qah's rating:                8.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.0

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