Trickster (Tactics A2)

The Trickster is a job for the bangaa in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. They use cards as weapons, allowing them to attack from a range, and their skills primarily revolve around inflicting statuses. Unusual for bangaa, the Trickster job features an excellent Speed and Magick growth, but with the downfall of very low MP. A popular secondary A-Ability is the Gladiator's Sparring moveset, which grants elemental damage and the bangaa's Ultima attack.
Since Ultima's damage is based on the user's Magick stat, Tricksters can do higher damage than most of the bangaa's other classes, and with a better range and Half MP as support, the Trickster can deal massive damage at long range every two turns. This class is at a disadvantage against units immune to debuffs (via Cachusha, Barette, Ribbon, or the Impervious passive ability). The Trickster is the only job that wields cards.
One of the four bosses of Duelhorn, the Night Dancer, is an androgynous bangaa Trickster.
Pygmalion is a clan of Tricksters that not only bestows this unique job class after the player defeats them, but also appears in auctions and a Bonga Bugle quest, time and again proving a nuisance.
==Requirements==
To unlock the Trickster, the player must complete the "Sleight of Hand" mission. To use the job, a character must master two Master Monk A-Abilities.
==Stats==
Weapons	Head	Body 	Equip Shields?
Cards 	Hats	Light Armor	No
Move	Jump	Evasion	UnarmedAttack Raise	Resilience	HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mgk	Res	Spd
4 	3 	10 	10 	60 	E 	H 	E 	E 	B 	E 	88%
==Abilities==
===Sleight of Hand===
The TRICKSTER deceives his foes with these crafty abilities.
Skill	Equipment 	Range 	AP 	MP
 	Eight of Hearts 	4 	150 	8
 	Laugh snidely at the target, driving them into a BERSERK rage. 	Laugh snidely at the target, driving them into a BERSERK rage. 	Laugh snidely at the target, driving them into a BERSERK rage. 	Laugh snidely at the target, driving them into a BERSERK rage.
 	Six of Diamonds 	4 	450 	32
 	Inflicts Frog. 	Inflicts Frog. 	Inflicts Frog. 	Inflicts Frog.
 	Four of Spades 	4 	150 	12
 	Magickal chant that convinces the target they've come into contact with a deadly POISON. 	Magickal chant that convinces the target they've come into contact with a deadly POISON. 	Magickal chant that convinces the target they've come into contact with a deadly POISON. 	Magickal chant that convinces the target they've come into contact with a deadly POISON.
 	Jack of Diamonds 	4 	250 	12
 	Whisper rumors in the target's ear, undermining their confidence. IMMOBILIZES target. 	Whisper rumors in the target's ear, undermining their confidence. IMMOBILIZES target. 	Whisper rumors in the target's ear, undermining their confidence. IMMOBILIZES target. 	Whisper rumors in the target's ear, undermining their confidence. IMMOBILIZES target.
 	Two of Clubs 	4 	400 	24
 	Inflicts Charm. 	Inflicts Charm. 	Inflicts Charm. 	Inflicts Charm.
 	King of Hearts 	4 	300 	8
 	Add injury to insult, damaging debuffed targets. Deals greater damage to targets with more debuffs.	Add injury to insult, damaging debuffed targets. Deals greater damage to targets with more debuffs.	Add injury to insult, damaging debuffed targets. Deals greater damage to targets with more debuffs.	Add injury to insult, damaging debuffed targets. Deals greater damage to targets with more debuffs.
 	Queen of Clubs 	4 	400 	8
 	Deal damage equal to the user's lost HP. Damages unit in a small area. 	Deal damage equal to the user's lost HP. Damages unit in a small area. 	Deal damage equal to the user's lost HP. Damages unit in a small area. 	Deal damage equal to the user's lost HP. Damages unit in a small area.
 	Ace of Spades 	1 	250 	—
 	Attack the target an steal loot from it in the ensuing commotion. 	Attack the target an steal loot from it in the ensuing commotion. 	Attack the target an steal loot from it in the ensuing commotion. 	Attack the target an steal loot from it in the ensuing commotion.
===Reaction===
Skill	Equipment 	Effect 	AP
 	Thief's Cap	Gain HP equal to 10% of damage taken.	250
===Support===
Skill	Equipment 	Effect 	AP
 	Orb of Minwu	Enables the user to equip a ribbon, regardless of their current job.	300
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Trickster appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Forward cards.
Trickster TCG.png|Trickster [12-032C] Chapter series card.
Trickster 5-042C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Trickster [5-042C] Opus series card.
==Behind the scenes==
The class is reminiscent of from the Kingdom Hearts series. Both use cards as weapons, and the emblem on the Tricksters' trousers somewhat resembles part of the Nobody emblem. They have a similar white-and-purple color scheme.
The Trickster's abilities make use of the nocebo effect, the opposite to the placebo effect.
Pygmalion means a concept of psychology describing the behavior of individuals as people expect them to behave.
==Gallery==
FFTA2 Hypochondria.png|Hypochondria.
FFTA2 Shadow of Doubt.png|Shadow of Doubt.
FFTA2 Charisma.png|Charisma.
FFTA2 Agitate.png|Agitate.
==Etymology==
Category:Jobs in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift