Wesley's STCCG card of the day #184

Hi, folks,

I was asked for more commons by those players (beginners :-) ) who do not have all the rare (good :-) ) cards to build their decks with. In order to fulfill everyone's desires (avoid being flamed :-) ) I'll try my best (once make the impression of :-) ) to introduce more common (crappy :-) ) cards into COTD. And I'll also try (promise but never keep :-) ) to use less Smileys (:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) ).
[It is so hard to come up with a witty introduction every day]

FERENGI ATTACK

Dilemma, Planet, common AU.
Kills one Away Team member (opponent's choice) unless total CUNNING + STRENGTH >68 OR Greed present. Discard dilemma.
"Ferengi attacked a Federation Away Team on a planet in the Delphi Ardu system using 'whips' which fire discharges of high-energy plasma."
The good thing about it: It is an "opponent's choice" kill. Always useful for strategic away team surgery. Maybe eliminating that Bev Crusher before hitting with a Hyper-Aging and a Matriarchal Society? Or killing the only Security right in front of a Barclay's?

These always tend to be the best Dilemmas as they improve the chances of striking with the really big stuff. If they catch. And there is the problem again. Not that Greed would be that common (at least not among Feds and Klingons), but there are on the other hand a handful of decent non-aligneds with Greed. And do not forget the other requirement. Overcoming STRENGTH+CUNNING >68 should be no big problem for a decent team of 7. And none at all for any team of nine. Oh, did I say big away teams ? And The Higher... The Fewer?

By ORing both requirements you get a Dilemma that is quite easy to pass. Like many Dilemmas :-(. And worse, it can be redshirted without any danger and as it is a preparatory Dilemma, not a big hitter usually placed last, you won't find much stuff to put in front of it and still have enough Dilemmas left for the other locations.

One minor point on against whom to play: It's better against Feds than against anyone else.

Not much more to say. Let's stop here.
What was this ? You say you paid for more than 15 lines ? Grumble... Okay, here's something for you all to discuss, inspired by the flavor text of above card:

FERENGI ENERGY WHIP

Equipment, uncommon, unfortunately not yet printed.
Assign to any non-aligned personnel card. That card's STRENGTH is doubled OR if it is a Ferengi, STRENGTH is tripled. If personnel is killed, destroy the whip.
"Energy weapon used by Ferengi until around 2365. Very powerful, but very hard to master. Used for the Delphi Ardu ambush."
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Ratings for : FERENGI ATTACK 

Wesley's rating:                4.0
Cole's rating:                  7.0
Conner's rating:                5.0
Hal's rating:                   7.5
Heather's rating:               6.5
Jack's rating:                  7.8
John's rating:                  5.0
Lore's rating:                  8.0
Movar's rating:                 7.5
Ray's rating:                   3.5
Serge's rating:                 7.0
Tony's rating:                  4.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.1
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