Chimera (Final Fantasy VIII card)

Chimera is a Triple Triad card in Final Fantasy VIII used to play the minigame and for turning into items with Quezacotl's Card Mod. Chimera is the forty-seventh card in the inventory and the third Level 5 card.
Being a Level 5 card, the card values on the Chimera are middling, but its value placements may be useful for games that use Same and/or Plus. It is a water-elemental card, which comes into effect when the Elemental rule is in play. Elemental is encountered halfway through the game at Fishermans Horizon, though it is also a rule in Dollet and the Queen of Cards can be paid money to introduce new rules to a region. Placing Chimera on a tile with a matching droplet symbol boosts its stats by +1. The increased values do not count towards Same/Plus triggering, but do count toward Combo mechanics.
==Obtain==
The Chimera monster has a 3.5% chance to drop the card. Using the Card command on a Chimera has a 93.7% chance to procure a Chimera card when it succeeds.
Any AI Triple Triad player who uses Level 5 cards has a chance of using Chimera in a play, from where the player can win it in a card match. Examples of players who use Level 5 cards are the man manning the entrance barriers, Trepies in the 2F classroom, and CC King in Balamb Garden, and the familiar face by the lift and Martine in Fishermans Horizon.
==Card Mod==
Ten Chimera cards refine into a Regen Ring with Quezacotl's Card Mod ability. Regen Ring can be used to speed up Guardian Force development by teaching them HP+20%. It also further turns into recovery items, but also more valuably, into 20 Full-lifes with Siren's L Mag-RF, one of the best spells for junctioning. However, collecting 10 Chimera cards from just playing the minigame is a time-consuming task, and the player would need to collect 50 cards for a full stock of Full-life on one party member. Thus the player may wish to prioritize other cards and leave getting Full-life for later in the game where it can be drawn from select opponents.
==Physical version==
In 1999, following the release of Final Fantasy VIII in Japan, Bandai produced a full set of collectible Triple Triad cards in Final Fantasy VIII Carddass Masters Perfect Visuals. The set was made up of the 110 cards as seen in the game along with 72 artwork cards and a collector's edition playing mat. The cards have a blue side and a red side. The cards have become a rare collector's item.
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