Wesley's STCCG card of the day #180

Hi, folks,

here comes the fastest "ship" in the Universe:

ICONIAN GATEWAY

Artifact, rare AU.
Place in hand until played on a planet location as an Event card. While in play, anyone's personnel and equipment can move instantly from Iconian Gateway to any other planet(s).
"The now-extinct Iconians were "Demons of Air and Darkness" due to their advanced technology such as this instant transport portal to farflung planets."
Too bad it is one-way. But then, what did they print these Enterprise-C cards for ? So there is a way to come back.

Best use: Place on your outpost, distribute your personnel all over the spaceline wherever you need the new crewmembers. Like putting them in play at any planet location. Which means any of your locations if you play six planets, right? So who needs those ship cards? Okay, let's put in an Enterprise-C or two to get your folks back home.

Second best use: Retrieve a stranded crew at any location where you once had a ship. Like the victims of a bunch of Love Interests. But in this case your opponent can also use it. At your outpost, he'll think twice about it, especially if you play Klingons and have that Echo Papa Drone lying in your backyard.

Third use: Set up a pair of these and use them as instant teleporters.

Further ideas:
- Send out some Engineers to build extra outposts. (This one actually works well with a Devidian Door, too.)
- Get a crew past that pesky Q-Net.
- Send a team to battle an overconfident opponent's away crew.

Oh, and the fact my opponent can also use it? Well, you are not going to leave it unguarded, right?

The strength of this card lies in its versatility, speed and surprise factor. Hmm... aren't these the three major components of a GREAT card ?

Favorite combo(s):
Ratings for : ICONIAN GATEWAY 

Wesley's rating:                9.0
Cole's rating:                  7.0
Conner's rating:                7.5
Hal's rating:                   8.5
Heather's rating:               8.0
Jack's rating:                  7.1
John's rating:                  7.5
Lore's rating:                  8.5
Movar's rating:                 7.5
Ray's rating:                   6.5
Serge's rating:                 7.0
Tony's rating:                  7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 7.6
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