Wesley's STCCG card of the day #366

Hi, folks,

here's something I'd sometimes like to do with some people (like Carta Mundi guys who don't give STCCG the top priority ;-) )

BRAINWASH

Event, rare QC.
Plays on one personnel you've captured. Captive returns to outpost, is under your control and may mix with your personnel regardless of affiliation.
"Geordi La Forge was mentally reprogrammed to do the Romulans' bidding by a machine that accessed his mind through his VISOR's direct neural implants."

STCCG's Control Magic card. As easy to disenchant (read: Ux) as the Magic counterpart and about the same effect: You get one character from your opponent to use as yours.

However this one comes with a stiff "Casting cost". First you need to make a captive. Best bet here: Cardie Trap. Those Empaths are not that common and you will get a unique personnel, thus something at least marginally useful (unless your opponent redshirted with Mot ;-) ) But let's assume you manage to get a personnel. Then you can play Brainwash and use the card as if it had been your own character. Hmmm, I just used a Dilemma to rid my opponent of a personnel card and then took a card from my hand to get a personnel into play. And to execute this combo, I need to wait for the Dilemma to take effect. Why not just include a personnel card instead ? It can be affected by Red Alert!, cannot be Uxbridged and will always suit your deck design, something which you cannot say about your opponent's Jenna D'Sora in your Klingon all-planet deck...

Well, there isn't much reason for it, but in the Mot spirit(TM), I'll try to find a use for the card. Now what single advantage does your opponent's personnel have against yours ? Right, it has the correct affiliation to do your opponent's missions. So play heavy non-aligned and try to make a few captives. Once you have one or two, drop Brainwash and start using them as portable Espionages. Just don't use the High Sheriff of Nottingham unless you have a really high ratio of SECURITY in your deck...

Works reasonably well in a Romulan Rakal/DeSeve espionage deck. Oh, BTW an acceptable choice for a tent card. If you get a useful personnel with a Cardie Trap, just dig it out. Otherwise leave it where it is...

Favorite combo(s):

Just for the pictures: Seize Wesley and Brainwash. The blind eyes, the scream, the device... All there ;-)

Ratings for : BRAINWASH

Wesley's rating:                4.0
Allen's rating:                 6.9
Cole's rating:                  6.5
Cpt. Stasis' rating:            7.0
Cpt. Targ's rating:             7.0
Data's rating:                  7.601 
Drew's rating:                  8.7
EHCCGPP's rating:               6.5
Hal's rating:                   8.4
Jack's rating:                  7.1
Locutus' rating:                6.5
Mot's rating:                   4.0
Nanite's rating:                9.0
Nog's rating:                   6.0
Picarde's rating:               6.5
Ranger's rating:                6.8
Rothspar's rating:              6.9
Tebok's rating:                 6.5
Tony's rating:                  8.5
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.9

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