Wesley's STCCG card of the day #348

Hi, folks,

where did I leave off? Artifact? Oh well, can as well continue there...

CANAR

Artifact, rare QC.
Immediately play on any female personnel. Specify one male personnel at a different location. If these two personnel are ever present together, discard both.
"A glowing device used by the Haliians to focus thoughts in a limited empathic form. Especially used to strengthen an emotional link in love."
This Artifact again has a specific flaw. And that is its first word. The effect in itself is not that bad, there are many games in which your opponent will try to get an urgent crew replacement to a team and you'd more than just want to stop this tactical reinforcement. So as and of itself, the effect is nearly as good as targeting two of your opponent's key personnel and saying "Okay, choose which of the two becomes unusable." A few good couples include Vash and Picard (against Hunt for DNA), Roga Danar and any of the Tashas [1/2 -ldp] (be sure to find a Dilemma that requires 2 or more SECURITY) and of course the ever-famous male SECURITY / female MEDICAL pairs that make passing those Barclay's Diseases too esay for your opponent.

The effect is also geared towards mid-game or the later game, so making it an Artifact won't hurt too much. That is, if you could just pick it up and hold it in your hand until you see the right constellation and then effectively take two good personnel (or at least one of them) owned by your opponent out of the game.

But there's that nasty word "immediately". So you just can't time it that precisely. R*ts...

Okay, but maybe we can find a use that is not as timing-dependent. Let's for fun start targeting our own crew. Leave an expendable female at your opponent's Investigate Time Continuum - his Data will sure be delighted about it. Or against Evaluate Terraforming, target that Bev Crusher and leave a Mot to greet her...

But even in these cases of "mission-blocking", you'll have to time it. Your opponent might need a very short time between bringing that key person into play and attempting the mission. Which again makes the acquisition of this Artifact a nasty (and often resource-binding) task. Sorry, no. Had it been "place on hand until played as an Event"..., it would have been a good strategic tool in the hands of the experienced player. This way, it's too hard to get it at the right moment.

Favorite combo(s):
Ratings for : 

Wesley's rating:                4.5
Allen's rating:                 3.0
Cole's rating:                  4.5
Cpt. Stasis' rating:            6.5
Data's rating:                  7.0
Drew's rating:                  3.4
Gowron's rating:                3.9
Hal's rating:                   8.5
Jack's rating:                  7.5
Locutus' rating:                5.7
Mot's rating:                   2.5
Nanite's rating:                8.0
Nog's rating:                   5.0
Nouwa's rating:                 6.0
Picarde's rating:               5.0
Q's rating:                     5.0
Rothspar's rating:              6.0
Tania's rating:                 5.5
Tebok's rating:                 6.0
Tony's rating:                  7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 5.5
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