Wesley's STCCG card of the day #336


Hi, folks,

sorry for the gap, but I had to take a trip to London for a few days (business), and my telekinetic powers are not accurate enough to work the keys of my computer over more than about 12 meters ;-)

Author: Luke H.
5th place / 21 points

IT'S NOT THAT EASY, CAPTAIN

Interrupt, Uncommon
Plays to add 20 points to total score needed to win OR stops any mission attempt OR If Q's Planet on spaceline, transport all ships and personnel of one affiliation of one player there. (May only be nullified by Q2)
"Often, Q wouldn't let his victims escape until he was fully entertained."
A funny and powerful stalling card. Regardless of which of the three functions you want to apply, the basic idea is to make the game slower for your opponent and thus this card is a great counter for speed decks that quickly run out of breath.

First function: Increase the target score to win for both players. This is much like a Q's planet, only a little weaker, but easier to play as you can just stick it into your deck. Especially if used in multiples, this is a good addition to decks that build momentum rather slowly, like Colony decks.

The second, very basic use is to stop any away team during a mission attempt. While basically fulfilling one of the purposes usually covered by using a lone Rogue Borg in space, this interrupt also provides this ability on a planet. But this is not the only use, as you can also use this card as a (desperately needed) OOPS card when you have just hit a love interest or killer dilemma that got rid of your key personnel and you now fear something like a Barclay's Disease. (ETA function).

Lastly, in the case you are already playing with Q's planet (thus rendering the first function less useful), you can use this beauty as a Mass Wormhole with a predefined exit. Again, you can use it on an opponent's ships for stalling or on your own to get yourself into a better position.

Overall, correctly employed, this card does provide a high amount of versatility and duplicates the key function of four other cards which because of their limited scope see little play - Q's planet, ETA, Rogue Borg and Wormhole. In all 4 cases, the function is however limited in some way so the card is not overpowered. A flexible and cool addition to many stall decks or just slower decks. Good work, Luke!


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Ratings for : IT'S NOT THAT EASY, CAPTAIN!

Wesley's rating:                8.5
Allen's rating:                 7.8
Cpt. Stasis' rating:            9.0
Cole's rating:                  9.0
Dave's rating:                  7.0
Drew's rating:                  4.2
Greg's rating:                  3.0
Hal's rating:                   4.0
Jack's rating:                  8.9
Jonathan's rating:              9.5
Locutus' rating:                7.0
Mot's rating:                   7.0
Nouwa's rating:                 7.0
Picarde's rating:               8.5
Ranger's rating:                7.4
Tania's rating:                 7.5
Tebok's rating:                 6.0
Tony's rating:                  9.9
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AVERAGE RATING:                 7.3

***BONUS CARDS***

Author: Cole Bozman
13th place / 13.81 points

BARZAN WORMHOLE

Event - rare.
Plays on any space location. Ships with SCIENCE + Astrophyiscs more than 2 locations away may move to this location (for no RANGE).
"The Barzan Wormhole is very unstable. Two Ferengi entered it and exited in the Delta Quadrant, living as masters of a planet for 7 years."

Nice teleporter and not too strong as it is usable for both sides.

Author: Tom Kressin
21st place / 3rd round card

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Interrupt, Rare.
Plays on any away team at a planet mission. If away team has one or more VIP, randomly select 1 VIP to die. Immune to Amanda Rogers
"V.I.P.'s are likely targets for enemies. Capt. Janeway hosted a meeting with delegates from different Kazon factions when there was an assassination attempt on them."

If VIPs were used more often, this could easily have been a card in the real IE3, but although I loved the idea very much, the all too limited application field of this card prevented it from snatching a higher rank.
(Tom, maybe you'll want to resubmit this for IE4 with a little more punch - but don't make it too strong either)


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