Phoenix (Final Fantasy VIII card)

Phoenix is a one-of-a-kind Triple Triad card in Final Fantasy VIII used to play the minigame and for turning into items with Quezacotl's Card Mod. Phoenix is the ninety-sixth card in the inventory and the eighth Level 9 card. It depicts the Phoenix pseudo-Guardian Force summoned with the Phoenix Pinion item.
As a Level 9 GF card, Phoenix has good values with an A, which represents the value 10 for the minigame and is unbeatable without special rules. Its value placements may also be useful for games that use Same and/or Plus. Phoenix is a fire-elemental card that comes into effect with the Elemental rule in play; placing Phoenix on a tile with the matching flame symbol boosts its values by +1. The increased values are disregarded for Same/Plus calculations, but do count toward Combo mechanics. 
==Obtain==
Phoenix is the final card in the Queen of Cards quest. It becomes available in the Estharian Presidential Aide's hand after losing Doomtrain to the Queen of Cards and sending her to Dollet where she gives the card to her son and her father creates the Phoenix card. The aide plays with Esthar region rules. Doomtrain, meanwhile, is obtained from an earlier step of the Queen of Cards quest; the player needs to lose Alexander to the queen to make Doomtrain available in the Timber pub.
After the events at the Lunatic Pandora, the game progresses to the endgame and the player can't play much Triple Triad anymore. The Queen of Cards is now found on the escape pod crash site, which is not marked on the world map, but is found by walking around the peninsula south from Tears' Point. (Video of correct spot) The queen will have all the cards from her sidequest.
If the player completed the Card Club quest before the point of no return (fighting the boss atop the Lunatic Pandora), the club members will appear aboard the Ragnarok in the endgame, from whom the player can win all Level 8–10 cards they do not currently hold in their deck, even the cards they had modified before. Though the Queen of Cards will have Phoenix if the player didn't get it, the left girl of CC Diamond will play any Level 8–10 card in order that the player does not currently have. This also allows the player to modify the Phoenix card and then win it back.
==Card Mod==
The Phoenix card refines into 3 Phoenix Spirits, which teach a GF the Revive command. These are very good items both for learning Revive, and for making into full stocks of Full-life, which is a great spell for junctions. However, the player has one Revive command natively from Alexander, and there are other ways to stock up on Full-life. Also, reviving with Phoenix Downs could be seen as superior to Revive to follow up with Limit Breaks.
==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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