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Onamazu

## Ability

### Ability

**Water Pulse****(Play)** If your deck has 16 or more Oceans and Seas cards, your Oceans and Seas cards, wherever they are, gain +20 Power for 2 turns. Give them an additional +10 Power if your deck contains Earthquakes.

## Did You Know?

What if earthquakes weren’t caused by tectonic plates shifting, but a giant catfish trapped under the mud, struggling to escape? It’s a little far out, but this is Japanese mythology we’re talking about.

Apparently, fishermen in the Edo period noticed that catfish were more active right before an earthquake. Over the years, this fact evolved into a myth that said it was the catfish causing the earthquake - and not just any catfish, but a giant one by the name of **Onamazu**.

As well as becoming the official mascot of Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning System, Onamazu served as the inspiration for Whiscash, the water/ground type Pokemon that has the power to set off quake-like tremors with a radius of over three miles.
Neutron

## Ability

### Ability

**Neutral Charge****(Draw)** If you are tied in the round, both players gain +3:energy/turn: this round. **(Return)** If you are tied in the round, both players gain +5:energy/turn: this round.

## Did You Know?

When a **Neutron** walks into a bar and asks the price of a drink, the bartender replies “for you? No charge.” You don’t have to be a science nerd to get the punchline or recognise that this is an awful joke.

As you probably guessed by its name, a neutron is a neutral subatomic particle. It has a similar mass as a proton, but without the electric charge. First discovered by scientist James Chadwick in 1932, neutrons are found within the nucleus of all atoms except hydrogen. And they are very, very small indeed. Even if we were to expand one atom of oxygen to the size of Wembley Stadium, the nucleus would only be the size of a pea, meaning the neutrons within the nucleus would be absolutely miniscule.
Munchkin

## Ability

### Ability

**Over the Rainbow****(Draw)** If 6 cards in your deck are from different Albums, gain +40 Power/Turn for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

There are lions and tigers and bears (oh my) – and then there are **Munchkin** cats. They don’t sing songs in unison or wear funny costumes – but they are short, sweet and seen as the Dachshund of the feline world.

Sadly, their short leggedness is a deformity linked to bone and spinal problems. Although it can occur naturally, the cute appearance of Munchkin cats and their popularity in recent years has led to this feature being intentionally bred into cats. CUE does not condone the methods used to breed these cats.

Due to their lack of agility, they aren’t likely to leap onto countertops - yet, despite their short legs, Munchkin cats can run impressively fast. They can also be trained to play fetch and obey voice commands.
Internet Protocol

## Ability

### Ability

**Network Effect****(Play)** Your The Internet card, wherever it is, gains +80 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

There have been various versions of **Internet Protocol** (you are likely either using IPv4 or IPv6 at the moment) - so this card should *really* read “A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication”.

That snappy moniker belongs to a paper published in 1974 by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn - in many ways the founding fathers of the Internet. The paper proposed a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) at the transport layer, and an Internet Protocol (IP) at the Internet layer.

So what? Well, TCP/IP is how all information travels via the internet. IP tells bits of information where they are going and how to get there. TCP checks that they’ve all arrived in one piece.

You would never have downloaded CUE if it weren’t for Internet Protocol - and *for that reason alone*, the importance of that paper to the world as it stands is almost impossible to overstate. :)
Nazca Lines

## Ability

### Ability

**Scratch the Surface****(Return)** Your Common cards, wherever they are, gain +20 Power until played, your Rare cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power until played and your Epic cards, wherever they are, gain +5 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Don’t know about you, but without a ruler I can draw a straight line for maybe 8-10 centimetres max. It would certainly get wobbly well before the 30 mile mark.

But a 30 mile straight line is just one of over 800 that form the **Nazca lines**, along with another 300 geometric figures, and 70 or so ‘biomorphs’ (animal and plant shapes). The term for these massive land etchings - some of which were only discovered after the invention of flight, they’re that big - is ‘geoglyphs’.

The Nazca lines are *so* obviously the bored doodlings of an alien who’s been put on hold, that it’s hard to understand why people still consider them a mystery - but we like to be thorough, so here are some of the other theories out there:

  1. Maria Reiche (a German, aka the ‘Lady of the Lines’) studied them for 40 years. She believes they serve an astronomical purpose.

2. Paul Kosok (US Professor) believed they related to the Solstice and alignment of the Sun.

3. Most scientists believe the lines were made by the Nazca people (well, the clue’s in the name I guess), around 1500 years ago.

4. Johan Reinhard believed they were paths to sites of fertility rituals. (No, not *that* sort of fertility ritual. We’re talking crop fertility.)

5. Phyllis Pitluga believed one of the figures was modelled on the Orion constellation.

6. And finally, Jim Woodmann used technology that would have been available at the time to rustle up a hot air balloon, which he felt would have been necessary to draw the lines. (While his theory was roundly rejected due to the lack of any evidence at all - we admire his chutzpah.)

Regardless of the truth, we recommend you take a moment to look up some images of the Nazca lines, marvel at their sheer scale and composition, and take comfort in the fact there are still wonders in this world beyond our current comprehension.

'The Spider' by Diego Delso (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Mrs Chippy the Cat

## Ability

### Ability

**Ship's Cat****(Draw)** For every Cute Cats card in your deck, up to a maximum of 5, your Riding the Waves! cards, wherever they are, gain +3 Power until played. Repeat if you have played Endurance this game.

## Did You Know?

During its life, **Mrs Chippy the Cat boldly went where no feline had been before: on a voyage to the Antarctic. Aboard the ship called Endurance, Mrs Chippy joined Ernest Shackleton and his crew on their Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.**

**The ship’s cat got its name because, once aboard, it followed carpenter Harry McNish (nicknamed ‘Chippy’) around like an overly attentive wife. However, one month into their journey, it was discovered that Mrs Chippy was actually a male. By that time, the name had stuck.**

**An important member of the crew, Mrs Chippy climbed the rigging like a pro and walked along the ship’s inch-wide rails in the roughest seas. In 2004, the New Zealand Antarctic Society added a life-size bronze statue of the cat to Harry McNish’s resting place.**
Moon Rabbit

## Ability

### Ability

**Elixir****(Play)** If you are losing the round, your cards in hand gain +16 Power for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

In the pantheon of famous bunnies, **Moon Rabbit** may not be an obvious contender. However, if you’re au fait with Chinese folklore, you’ll know the significance of this moon-dwelling bunny and its connection with the Mid-Autumn Festival. The concept comes from the markings on Earth’s moon which, according to the legend, look like a rabbit standing over a mortar.

Also known as the Jade Rabbit, this extra-terrestrial bunny is busy preparing the elixir of life for the immortals. He is a noble and benevolent creature who lives on the moon with Chang’e, a woman who accidentally took too much of the Pill of Immortality and floated to the moon. Want to get in Moon Rabbit’s good books? Bake a mooncake and offer it up at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Hoth

## Ability

### Ability

**Echoes****(Play)** Your Ice Age cards in hand gain +22 Power this turn and if you are losing the round, they gain an extra +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Also known by its less catchy name, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, **Hoth** is a super-Earth exoplanet with a surface temperature of just 50 degrees above absolute zero. NASA call this ice giant ‘Hoth’ in reference to the snowy tundra planet in the Star Wars franchise. Unlike its fictional counterpart, however, Hoth won’t be able to sustain much of an atmosphere or life at all – be it human or wampa.

Located more than 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, close to the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, Hoth is one of the most distant planets known to us. It takes 9 years for the Neptune-like planet to complete one orbit of its star and has a mass of around 5.5 times that of Earth.

'OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb' by ESO (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Mut

## Ability

### Ability

**Culture Vulture****(Play)** All Arts & Culture cards in both player's hands lose -17 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

As far as titles go, Mother of the Cosmos is up there among the most prestigious.

An Egyptian goddess of the sky, **Mut** was considered to be the mother of the gods and the Queen of the Goddesses. Also known to the ancient Egyptians as “She Who Gives Birth, But Was Herself Not Born of Any”, Mut was pictured as a woman with the wings of a vulture and the double crown of Egypt, representing her power over the whole of the land. Occasionally, she was depicted as male.

During the New Kingdom, Mut had her very own festival named after her in Thebes. As part of the festivities, her statue was placed on a Barque and is sailed around a crescent moon shaped lake called Isheru.
Olive Python

## Ability

### Ability

**Tip the Scales****(Play)** Your Reptiles and Ocean Reptiles cards, wherever they are, gain +14 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

One of Australia’s largest snakes, the **Olive Python** is a force to be reckoned with. As well as birds and reptiles, this snake consumes mammals as large as rock wallabies. The Olive Python isn’t venomous, but it kills its prey by constriction.

Measuring between 2-5 metres in length and possessing a high-scale count, the appearance of the Olive Python is long and glassy. Their earthy tones are ideal for camouflaging in the northern Australian environment. During the day, they seek refuge from the heat and potential predators (usually big cats) in rock crevasses and hollows. When darkness falls, the Olive Python goes to work as a stealthy, ambush attack predator. Wallabies, you’ve been warned.
Neil Armstrong

## Ability

### Ability

**One Giant Leap****(Draw)** Your Apollo 11 card in hand gains +50 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

July 21st, 1969 was the day that man first set foot on a celestial body other than the planet Earth. **Neil Armstrong** was the first man to venture out on the Moon, and he uttered the famous words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

But you don't need us to tell you that; if you know anything about space exploration, that's day 1 stuff. Here are some lesser known facts about the first man to walk on the Moon.

All those Apollo 11 pictures you see of men in spacesuits walking on the Moon, for example? They're all Buzz Aldrin. **Neil Armstrong** was holding the camera, and neither of them thought that maybe they should take a picture of **Neil** too.

Rumours abound as to why **Armstrong** was the first out and not **Aldrin**, but the most likely explanation is that's just the way they were sitting in the Eagle lander. Because the door opened inwards, Buzz would have had to climb over **Neil** to get out first.

Nevertheless, they (and Michael Collins) would receive a hero's welcome when they returned to Earth - they were quickly placed in a quarantine chamber aboard the USS Hornet, and spent 3 weeks in there in case they had brought back any weird space viruses. This copy is being written during the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020, so this writer knows exactly how they must have felt (except I have videogames to keep me occupied).

'Neil Armstrong photographed by Buzz Aldrin after the completion of the Lunar EVA on the Apollo 11 flight.' by NASA / Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Napoleon Bonaparte

## Ability

### Ability

**Le Petit Caporal****(Play)** Your cards in hand with 4 or less Base Energy gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Hm. Not sure the back of one card is going to cut it for the Corsican. I mean, where do you start…?

The Napoleonic Code, which revolutionised law (while also stripping women of all individual rights)?

His military genius and rise to Emperor of France?

The mystery surrounding his death in exile? (Was it murder, or arsenic in the wallpaper?)

Or do we do the British thing and gloat about Waterloo?

The one thing we definitely won’t do is talk about him being short. Because he really *wasn’t*.

**Napoleon Bonaparte** stood at the modern-day equivalent of around 5 ft 6 inches - an average height at the time. It was largely British propaganda that portrayed him as a ‘small man’.

Nonetheless, this non-fact is what he is now most famous for. The term ‘Napoleon Complex’ even describes aggressive behaviour arising from feelings of inferiority about one’s stature.

Let’s end on a nice Napoleonic quote, especially suited to the denizens of CUE:

“I am never angry when contradicted; I seek to be enlightened.”
Norwegian Spruce

## Did You Know?

The **Norwegian Spruce** is a fast-growing evergreen, which means this tree stays green all year round! Not only does this spruce make a great Christmas tree by adding lights, tinsel and any other oddities we can find, they also have a wonderful aroma. They are also grown for their wood and the squirrels love its fruits.

These trees were made popular by Prince Albert in 1841 who introduced the German custom of decorating a **Norwegian Spruce** with the lights, Queen Victoria showed off her wonderful tree and the craze soon spread across Europe.

Every festive season since 1947 the city of Oslo has given a **Norwegian Spruce** to London, Washington D.C and Edinburgh as a token of Norwegian gratitude for their assistance during World War II.
Neanderthal

## Ability

### Ability

**Natural Growth****(Draw)** For every Human Evolution card you have played this game, up to a maximum of 4, your Brilliant Human Body cards, wherever they are, gain +7 Power until played. **(Return)** Your Brilliant Human Body cards, wherever they are, cost +1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

It’s not exactly known what caused the extinction of the **Neanderthal** 40,000 years ago, but what we do know about their time on earth shows many surprising qualities that they shared with humans.

Their technology was sophisticated, with their ability to craft clothes, weave and use plants for medicinal purposes. They were almost certainly apex predators, and their diet was varied, making use of fire to roast, boil and smoke a wide variety of animals, plants and fish.

Physically they stood slightly shorter and more robust than the human, to aid with sprinting and dealing with the colder environments. Unfortunately despite their knowledge with food, clothes and shelter, their lifestyles were understandably high-stress, and 80% of Neanderthals were not thought to make it to the age of 40.

However, while alive, the Neanderthal clearly lived social and thoughtful lives. They were probably the first artists, creating cave art in Spain 20,000 years before humans arrived in Europe. They were also known to bury their dead and lay flowers on the grave - a much more treacherous task when doing so meant traversing the freezing and dangerous mountain sides of the Ice Age.

'Mr N.' by Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Oriental Flying Gurnard

## Did You Know?

The Oriental Flying Gurnard inhabits the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths up to 330 ft. Their name is derived from the French word "gurnard" meaning "to grunt". Because it grunts when it does just about anything.

The "Flying" bit of the name comes from its' giant pectoral fins which look like wings. It deploys these when threatened and while it can't fly it has been known to glide through the air a little bit when it jumps out of the water.
Nebra Sky Disk

## Ability

### Ability

**Harvest Time****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, your opponent's cards in hand lose -7 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The **Nebra Sky Disk** is believed to be one of the oldest known realistic representations of the cosmos. Dated to 1600 BCE, this fascinating artefact was likely an ancient form of astronomical calculation device used by people of the Bronze Age to determine harvest and planting times and calculate the phases of the moon.

If its age is correct, then this is the oldest known astronomical tool in the world. For the find of this artefact, we have two law-breaking metal detectorists to thank, who stumbled upon this buried treasure in the forest near the German town Nebra – good going, criminals!

Although, they did damage the disc with a spade, and tried to sell it on the black market. Good going, criminals.

'Himmelsscheibe von Nebra' by Dbachmann (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Nursery Web Spider

## Ability

### Ability

**Spindly Supervisor****(Start)** Your "Spider" cards in hand gain +3 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

If you think your love life is tragic, just be grateful you’re not a male **Nursery Web Spider**. A common grassland spider, this species is famous for its elaborate mating ritual. While humans might light candles and play atmospheric music, the male nursery web spider spins a small web, deposits his semen on it and transfers the semen to his mouth appendages (pedipalps.)

Next, he approaches a female and waves his pedipalps at her. If she’s interested, she’ll allow him to insert them into her reproductive organs… only to eat him in a cruel and cannibalistic twist. It’s worth noting that some nursery web spiders have developed methods to avoid post-coital cannibalism, such as fleeing the scene or showing its potential by defending his girl from other males (“mate-guarding”).
Optical Lenses

## Ability

### Ability

**Clarity of Vision****(Return)** Your Galileo Galilei card in hand gains +30 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

LENS a hand and check out these facts...

Here comes the sciencey bit - an Optical Lens is a transparent optical component used to converge or diverge light emitted from a peripheral object. The transmitted light rays then form a real or virtual image of the object. Lenses are a good example of transmissive optical components, meaning that they pass or transmit light.

Right, glad we got that over with but now for the good stuff... Did you know that the word "lens" comes from the Latin word for "lentil," because the earliest convex lenses in common use were shaped like the bean?!

And while we're on a roll, the oldest written record of lenses is in the ancient Greek play by Aristophanes called "Clouds", where lenses were used with sunlight to make fire.

Learn these facts pronto so you don't make a spectacle of yourself.
REM Sleep

## Ability

### Ability

**If You Believed...****(Draw)** If you have played The Moon this game, your cards in hand gain +22 Power and cost +1 Energy permanently.

## Did You Know?

**REM Sleep**, or Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, is a phase of sleep found in mammals and birds, in which the eyes dart about behind closed eyelids as dreams become vivid and muscles relax.

While it may sound like it could just be another fun quirk of the human brain, REM Sleep is hypothesized to be beneficial to important functions such as the ability to learn and memorize, and the regulation of mood. A lack of REM Sleep can lead to a loss of appetite, anxiety, mild psychological disturbances or hallucinations, with several reports even indicating an increase of aggression and sexual behavior in laboratory test animals. So, take this as your friendly reminder to treat yourself right and get the necessary required amount of sleep each night.

If you find yourself lacking in REM, perhaps try blasting *What's The Frequency, Kenneth?* until you can fall asleep. It won't help, I just felt like I had to fit an R.E.M joke in somewhere. Poor effort, I know.
Miniature Schnauzer

## Ability

### Ability

**Spunky but Aloof!****(Start)** This card gains +10 Power until played. **(Play)** If played next to two Dogs, your cards in hand gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Originating in 19th century Germany, the **Miniature Schnauzer** was bred to be a formidable guard dog and rat catcher, assertive enough to stand up to another dog and quick enough to catch a fast-moving rodent between its jaws.

There aren't any records on how the Miniature Schnauzer was developed, but the earliest record of this breed was a female named Findel, born in 1888. In any case, It seems the breed got smarter as it got smaller.

According to Stanley Coren's book 'The Intelligence of Dogs', the Miniature Schnauzer ranks 12th in intelligent dog breeds, while the giant schnauzer sits at a lowly 28th. Under testing, this clever pooch understood new commands after five to 15 repetitions, and obeyed commands 85 percent of the time.
Oyster Nebula

## Ability

### Ability

**Pearls of Wisdom****(Play)** Your Oyster and Pearl cards in hand gain +28 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The world is your oyster! Unfortunately in this case, the oyster is some 5,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Camelopardalis. Still, if you happen to be in the area, it’s worth checking out.

Glance out of your spaceship at the giant blue gas cloud and the yellow-orange star at the centre and you’ll quickly see why it’s called the **Oyster Nebula**. The star in question is a pulsating star, meaning that its brightness varies regularly and periodically. In the case of NGC 1501’s star, the pulsating is happening at rapid speeds, with the star’s brightness fluctuating wildly in the space of half an hour. So, if you want that precious pearl, you’re going to have to adjust your oyster farming techniques.

'NGC 1501' by ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Marc Canale (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Mulan

## Ability

### Ability

**Make a Man Out Of You****(Return)** This card gains +24 Power until played and a random card in your hand gains +24 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The earliest printed version of the Chinese legend of **Mulan** still in existence today was first featured in an anthology from the 12th century, known as the Ballad of Mulan. It may not have featured Eddie murphy as a dragon, but even in the OG tale, Hua Mulan is a badass, taking her aged father’s place in the army by disguising herself as a man.

The story has had so many variations in the 1500 years since, that nobody knows for sure whether Hua Mulan was a real person or a fictional character. What we do know is that Mulan, as a character, has the biggest body count in Disney history. That impressive avalanche manoeuvre wipes out approximately 3,994 people and animals.
Mortsafe

## Ability

### Ability

**Heavy Protection****(Start)** Your Skeleton card in hand gains +8 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Don’t you hate it when you’re dead and somebody digs you up to sell your body to medical science? Oh boy, it’s the worst. While this may not be as common a scenario today (thankfully), graverobbing was such an issue in the 1800s, that the **Mortsafe** was devised as a solution.

If you’re not familiar with the story of famous bodysnatchers, Burke and Hare, or even with the novel *Frankenstein* (written during the height of the graverobbing craze), you’re in for a rather horrible surprise. In the 1800s medical science was advancing quickly and doctors were rapidly running out of cadavers to examine. So they used to pay any enterprising person who would bring them a fresh corpse. Which sometimes meant digging up some random dead person to earn a few bob.

Enter the Mortsafe. These cages were placed atop graves (or sometimes buried a little above the coffin). They were made of iron or stone and were intended to keep the graverobbers out. You can still see some of these morbid contraptions in Edinburgh’s old graveyards, where the medical schools flourished and Burke and Hare plied their trade.

Now, some clever ghost tour guide might try to convince you otherwise but, rest assured, these were not there to keep vampires or zombies buried. They were just to stop people swiping your corpse. That’s slightly better, we suppose.

Dr Richard Murray
Nurse Shark

## Ability

### Ability

**R & R****(Return)** Your Sharks! cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

No-one knows how the **Nurse Shark** got its name. It behaves more like a patient than a nurse, lying on the seabed all day.

While other sharks need to keep swimming in order to breathe (exhausting to even think about), the Nurse Shark can stay perfectly still, breathing by a process called *buccal pumping* - sucking water in through the mouth - to extract the required oxygen.

## Trivia

* R & R is a military abbreviation for "rest and recuperation" or "rest and relaxation".
Nirvana

## Ability

### Ability

**Come As You Are****(Play)** When played alone, your cards in hand gain +12 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

The ultimate goal of the Buddhist path, **Nirvana** is a state of liberation from greed, hatred and delusion. It comes from a Sanskrit word that literally means “quenching” or “blowing out” like the flame of a candle. So, how do you get there?

Before you can hope to free yourself from suffering, you need to acknowledge the Four Noble Truths. The first identifies the illness that is suffering (‘dhukka’). The second identifies the root of all suffering, which is selfish desire (‘tanha’). The third truth states that the end of suffering comes through estrangement (‘nirodha’). Finally, the fourth truth reveals the device to end suffering: the wheel of Dharma. Like chasing a dollar bill on a hook underwater, achieving a state of Nirvana is hard.

Can’t do it? Nevermind.

## Fusion

 Red Rectangle Nebula | 11
Nephthys

## Ability

### Ability

**Game, Set and Nephthys****(Play)** Your Set card in hand gains +38 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

There’s an old Mexican proverb that says “The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.” In Egyptian mythology, that woman is **Nephthys**, the goddess of the air and the head of the family.

Nephthys is the Greek pronunciation of her name, but to the Ancient Egyptians, she was Nebthwt (Nebhhwt or Nebthet) meaning “the Mistress of the House*. You’re looking at an OG Egyptian God - one of the original five gods of ancient Egypt born of the union of Geb (the earth) and Nut (the sky).*

Usually depicted with the hieroglyph for ‘house’ on her crown, Nephthys was thought to extend her protection to the head female of every household.
Panthalassa

## Ability

### Ability

**Pangaea's Superocean****(Play)** If played next to Pangaea, three of your random Land Before Time cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Back in the good old days (250 million years ago), we didn’t have “countries”. Instead, our Earth was composed of one supercontinent known as Pangea. That continent was surrounded by a superocean known as **Panthalassa**, which covered more than 70% of the Earth’s surface.

If the concept of the Pacific ocean scares you (and <link="https:>Point Nemo</link> specifically), consider this: Panthalassa would have added another 3,000 kilometres to the Pacific’s 19,000km width. That’s almost the diameter of the moon, in case you wondered. If you travelled by jet plane across the equator, it would take 10 hours to cross the Pacific. If Panthalassa was still a thing, it would take 15 hours to span this superocean.
Panaetius

## Ability

### Ability

**Eclectic Stoicism****(Draw)** If your deck contains Posidonius, this card gains +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

*“Let us not expose this unstable spirit to the temptations of drink, or beauty, or flattery, or anything that coaxes and allures,”* said **Panaetius**, before being kindly escorted out of the party.****

****He began as a student of Stoic scholar Antipater of Tarsus, but the student eventually became the master, succeeding him as head of the school. As the leader of the Stoic tradition, Panaetius spread the philosophy from Greece to Rome. And he wasn’t always a buzzkill - in fact, Panaetius is often labelled the founder of ‘Middle Stoicism’ for defending new and generally more moderate positions on several issues. Although none of his writings survived, it’s thought that Panaetius’ teachings had a profound influence on Roman culture.****
Nosferatu (1922)

## Ability

### Ability

**A Symphony of Horror****(Play)** If you have played Count Dracula this game, this card gains +25 Power.

## Did You Know?

In 1922, German director F.W. Murnau made one of the most iconic films in the history of horror. **Nosferatu** (subtitled “A Symphony of Horror”) captured the terrifying vampire Count Orlok who tormented an estate agent, sailors and young ladies alike.

It was also a blatantly unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker’s *Dracula.* Whoops.

The Stoker estate sued and a judge ordered that all copies of the film should be burned. Thankfully, a few copies rose from the ashes (like every time Christopher Lee returned in a Hammer Horror Dracula sequel even though they swore he was dead for good this time) and we can continue to enjoy our spooky lad, Orlok. Especially as his shadow creeped up staircases to drink young maidens’ blood. Lovely.

The film has been referenced and parodied hundreds of times (looking at you, Scooby Doo) and is even slated for a remake soon from Robert Eggers, director of *The Witch* and *The Lighthouse*. While much of the film may seem like typical vampire tropes, it was the first film to ever portray a vampire being killed by sunlight! Sorry, should have put a spoiler alert on there but it’s been out for 100 years, if you’ve not seen it by now, that’s on you!
Montu

## Did You Know?

If you love war, destruction and carnage, you’ll love the Egyptian god **Montu** – a war deity who supposedly helped the pharaohs defeat their rivals in battle. Usually depicted as a man with a falcon’s head wearing a crown of two plumes, Montu was worshipped in Upper Egypt and Thebes, and was originally considered an extension of the sun god Ra. In his hands, he held weapons such as bows, arrows and knives – because you can’t be a war god and not come battle-ready.

In the Battle of Kadesh, the pharaoh Ramesses II was said to have seen the enemy and “raged at them like Montu, Lord of Thebes” – let’s face it, no one wants to be on the receiving end of that.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

## Ability

### Ability

**"They're Coming to Get You, Barbara!"****(Start)** An opponent's random card in hand loses -30 Power this turn and this card gains +10 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

In 1968, director George A. Romero shook horror cinema to its core with **Night of the Living Dead.** It launched his “Of The Dead” series (“Dawn”, “Day” and “Land”, respectively) and became one of the most profitable films of all time - making millions of dollars against its meagre budget. It’s credited for creating many of the zombie tropes we’re now familiar with and caused a stir on release for its brutal gore and bleak outlook. Possibly more importantly than just being a banger of a zombie movie, Night of the Living Dead challenged some of the social issues of America in the 1960s and cast a Black actor in the lead role - Duane Jones.

At its core, it’s the story of 7 people trapped in a house during a zombie apocalypse. I mean, 7 people trapped in a house at any time sounds rough but the zombies probably escalated the situation. Our hero, a frightened woman, a young couple, and a family with a sick little girl all try to last the night. Knowing zombie movies, I think you know how this goes.

However, the film’s dying moments (teehee) are a true suckerpunch and you’re left with that same kind of horrible “BUT WHY” feeling you might have experienced during films like *The Mist*, which I still haven’t forgiven Frank Darabont for. Damn you, Frank. Damn you.
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

## Ability

### Ability

**Hero in a Half Shell****(Play)** Your Ocean Reptiles cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The second smallest turtle after the Kemp’s Ridley, the Olive Ridley Turtle weighs between 75-100 pounds and reaches 2-2 ½ feet in length. The turtles are named for their pale green shell and are the most abundant of sea turtle species!

These turtles are solitary but migrate thousands of miles once every year, and come together for the 'arribada', which isn't a carnival but when females return to the beaches where they hatched and gather in their thousands, to nest.

Olive Ridleys have nesting sites all over the world, on tropical and subtropical beaches and females lay about a hundred eggs... Until NEST year.

I'll get my coat.
Oceanic Manta Ray

## Ability

### Ability

**Catch Some Rays****(Return)** If your deck has only Oceans cards, this card costs -6 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Most of the fish in this collection are pretty small, but the **Oceanic Manta Ray**? It's BIG; fully grown, they can reach a wingspan of about seven metres and weigh about two tons.

"Wingspan" might sound like a weird word to use when talking about a fish, but here it's actually rather apt. The **Oceanic Manta Ray** can leap out of the water and kind of glide over the surface. Scientists don't exactly know why they do this; theories include mating rituals, removal of parasites and looking rad as hell (the writer considers himself a scientist for the purposes of that last one).

**Oceanic Manta Rays** have the largest brain-to-body ratio of any fish, and they birth little pups every other year or so; they enter the world rolled up like a burrito!
Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama

## Did You Know?

Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama, Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama, does whatever a Mwanza Flat-headed - you get the idea…

While it can't shoot webs, this little lizard flaunts a similar colour scheme to the popular superhero, Spider-Man. Only the dominant males develop this coloration, with females and subservient males being a dusty brown color.
Moss Pink

## Ability

### Ability

**Spring Flower****(Play)** Your Pink Moon card, wherever it is, gains +29 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Native to North America, **Moss Pink** is like a low-growing, evergreen carpet that doesn’t draw much attention to itself. But when spring rolls around, moss pink surprises everyone with star-shaped flowers in shades of pink, white, lavender, and purple. All the bees and butterflies flock to it like paparazzi to a celebrity.

Also known as Creeping Phlox, this herbaceous perennial doesn’t grow too high (10-15cm at best) but spreads vigorously like moss (hence the name) up to 2 feet wide. Despite its show-stopping flowers, moss pink is still a pretty low-maintenance plant. Hardy, salt-tolerant and deer-resistant, Moss Pink is happy to just hang out in the garden and doesn't need too much fussing over, making it a perfect choice for rock gardens.
Nüwa

## Ability

### Ability

**Mother of Humanity****(Play)** Gain +12 Power/Turn this round. **(Play)** Your Fuxi card in hand gains +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

According to Chinese mythology, **Nüwa** is the goddess responsible for creating all of mankind and repairing the wall of heaven. How did she do it? The stories say she created humans by forming their bodies from clay and mud and giving them life. The qualities she gave to the first humans set out the foundation for Chinese society.

As for the heavens, an ancient tale says that widespread floods were caused by damage to the sky, which Nüwa fixed with multi-coloured stones and the body of a giant tortoise. It seems this goddess was profoundly resourceful, and she is even credited with the invention of three types of flutes which she made from reeds, gourds and bamboo pipes!

'Nu Wa Niang Niang' by Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia - 065 Nu Wa Niang Niang (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Obtaining Gems and Coins

CUE is reasonably FTP-friendly. You can earn 600 to 1000 gems per week, as long as you engage with the game. Some of this involves watching advertisements, but they appear after games and do not prevent you from playing. These gems are sufficient to build competitive decks almost immediately and decks for higher level gameplay within a few weeks. Purchasing gems, while not necessary, makes progress quicker.

## **💎 Earning Free Gems 💎**

Gems (and coins and XP) are earned from multiple sources:

* After-game watch advertisements: up to 60 per day
* Daily wheel spins: luck based, but you can spin the wheel up to 6 times per day and 50 gems is one of the prizes
* Daily login: Day 3 and day 7 both provide gems (30 and 60 respectively)
* Daily quests: Three quests each day, up to 10 gems each
* Weekly quests: Six quests each week, up to 30 gems each
* League prizes (resets each Monday): Get to dragon rank for 250 gems

## **💎 Buying Gems 💎**

There are standard gem bundles always available in the store. However, there are several packs each week (see schedule) that provide a better ratio of gems to cash (Avatar and "Fill" packs) as include extras such as limited cards or accessories (avatar, card back) or crafters, and two monthly packs (at start and middle) that have an even better ratio. There are also offers at level-up points that generally provide the best price for gems.
Moonflower

## Ability

### Ability

**Morning Glory****(Draw)** If it's the first turn of a round, your Life on Land cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy this round.

## Did You Know?

If you’re in the market for plants to grow in your night garden, the **Moonflower** is the one. A word of warning though, as a member of the Ipomoea genus the Moonflower has highly hallucinogenic seeds which is mildly toxic to humans or pets. If you aren’t planning on tripping out or poisoning your pets, these fast-growing vines are a sight for sore eyes, featuring heart-shaped dark green leaves and trumpet-shaped white flowers that bloom in mid-summer. Like the best nightclubs, moonflowers stay open all night before closing up in the early morning. It’s worth knowing that the Moonflower is an epiphyte, meaning it relies on other plants as a structure upon which to grow.
Mexican Beaded Lizard

## Did You Know?

One of only two species of lizard that is venomous, the **Mexican Beaded Lizard** is a lizard that hails from Mexico with bead-like scales. Good job, The People Who Name Animals.

It's notable among Venomous Creatures because, instead of injecting its venom directly through a single quick bite, the **Mexican Beaded Lizard** will cling on and chew their venom into their victims. Gnawful\*.

Their venom is what's known as a hemotoxin - something that destroys red blood cells (and something of a misnomer, because toxins that damage the blood will also damage other tissue). This means the **Mexican Beaded Lizard** can cause all kinds of nasty things to happen to you - and what's more, there's no anti-venom yet, so don't get bit.

* You're fired - Ed.
Nine of Swords

## Ability

### Ability

**Trapped in Nightmare****(Draw)** If you are losing the round, this card **Lock**s for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

Cringe moments replaying in your mind? Guilt eating you up? Maybe you wronged someone you love, or, worse still, cut in front of someone in a supermarket queue. Whatever it was, the **9 of Swords** card is the Tarot’s way of letting you know it’s probably not as bad as you think.

This card suggests that your fear and anxiety levels are so high that you might be making a mountain of a molehill (that is, unless you really did skip the queue, a truly unforgivable act.) It’s also a sign to proceed with caution, for fear and worry can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more you obsess over what went wrong, the more likely you are to manifest the worst-case scenario.
Natural Gas

## Did You Know?

No, it's not a euphemism for farting (although it contains Methane, so you're close). Instead Natural Gas, or Fossil Gas, is the result of dead stuff decomposing deep underground for tens of millions of years.

The good news? It's more environmentally friendly than coal.

The bad news? It is itself a 'greenhouse gas'. Check out the 'Climate Consequences' collection as to why that's a bad thing.
Narwhal

## Ability

### Ability

**Up to the Tusk****(Draw)** An opponent's random card in hand loses -40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

AKA The ‘Unicorn of the Sea’\*, the Narwhal has definitely been skipping trips to the dentist. Because that’s no horn - it’s an ivory tusk *tooth* that has grown through its upper lip.

Scientists aren’t sure what purpose these tusks serve (my ideas about fish skewers and underwater swordfights\*\* were roundly rejected), but the most popular theory is that they are involved in mating and/or establishing dominance among males (typical).

* This falsely gives the impression there’s a ‘Unicorn of the Land’, which there *isn’t* - regardless of how much glitter and rainbow ribbons you throw at the problem.

* + It’s probably just as well they don’t use their tusks for swordfights, as they are quite sensitive, with around 10 million nerve endings.
Orangutan Crab

## Ability

### Ability

**Decorated****(Draw)** Steal -15 Power from three random cards in either player's hand this round. **(Return)** This card costs -1 Energy permanently.

## Did You Know?

You might also know the **Orangutan Crab** as the Spider Crab, the Hairy Crab, the Bubble Coral Crab or the Decorator Crab. I personally would have gone with the Veiny Crab because the elaborate network of tiny red hairs across its two-centimetre-long body looks to me like its circulatory system is on the outside. What is wrong with me?

But that's not all you'll find on the outside of it - this scuttling critter likes to search the seafloor for debris that it can adorn itself with. It does this for camouflage and fashion purposes - okay, *primarily* camouflage purposes - as it likes to hide itself among pearly-white bubble coral.
Plato

## Ability

### Ability

**Pass Wisdom****(Play)** Your Aristotle card in hand gains +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

In his 20's, layabout student Plato pulled up his socks and became a disciple of Socrates, the father of Western philosophy. Needless to say (after it didn't end well for his hero) a political career wasn't on the cards, so he dedicated himself to philosophy and travelled around the Mediterranean studying maths, science and philosophy. After 12 years he returned to Athens and founded his academy to educate the future leaders of Greek society in philosophy.

Most of Plato’s writing takes the form of dialogues written for educated laymen, not the swotty students of his academy whose students included Aristotle.

Contrary to modern beliefs Plato didn't spend his day writing clever quotes for people to post on social media, but if you feel the need to pass on some wisdom we'd recommend this little nugget: “This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
Nisse

## Ability

### Ability

**Dance Till You Drop****(Draw)** This card **Burn**s (10) this round and gain +2:energy/turn: this round.

## Did You Know?

In Scandinavian folklore, the **Nisse** (also known as a *tomte*) is a mythological creature associated with the Christmas holidays.

Traditionally, the Nisse is depicted as a small elderly man with a large white beard, dressed in traditional farmer wear: knitted stockings, knee breeches and a woollen pull-over tunic. (Perhaps not the traditional farmer wear you had in mind - but that of 17th century Scandinavian farmers.)

According to Nordic tradition, the Nisse lives close to everyday people, in their houses and barns, and acts as a guardian and helper, looking after the family and lending a hand with chores and farm work. He is much stronger than his size would imply: great if he's helping with those chores, but bad news should you get on the wrong side of his notorious temper.

Indeed, it is very important to show him respect - otherwise you could end up like the poor girl who failed to share her Christmas porridge with the Nisse.

In revenge for this show of disrespect, the Nisse insisted the girl dance with him until she dropped dead. Which might seem a little extreme, but, well - the Nisse really loves his porridge, I guess.

The tradition of leaving a bowl of porridge out for the Nisse on Christmas Eve continues to this day (and having read the above you might consider doing the same). It's a lot like leaving milk and cookies out for Santa, but with a bit more threat of death.
Oak Island Mystery

## Ability

### Ability

**Island Curse****(Draw)** Your Lost Treasures cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played, and your Legendary and Mythic cards, wherever they are, lose -15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Marie Antoinette’s jewels, Captain Kidd’s lost treasure or manuscripts proving Francis Bacon was the actual author behind the works of William Shakespeare? These are the theories about what could be hiding in the mysterious “Money Pit” in Oak Island, Nova Scotia.

The story goes that three teenage boys on a fishing expedition discovered a depression in the ground when they came to the shore. Since one of them had heard a tale about buried pirate treasure, they decided to dig 30 feet down. Although the boys eventually gave up, the **Oak Island Mystery** became legendary, and remains unsolved. Anyone who does want to solve it should beware: a curse on the treasure dating back a century states that seven men will die before it is found.
Montezuma Oropendola

## Did You Know?

Named after the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II, the Oropendola is found throughout Central American and the Caribbean. Oropendola roughly translates to "gold pendulum" which is in reference to their mating ritual. A male will grasp onto a thin branch, spread its wings and swing down underneath so its vibrant fellow tail feathers stick up in the air to attract females.
Orca

## Ability

### Ability

**All Killer****(Play)** All Oceans and Seas cards in both player's hands lose -20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The Orca is otherwise known as the Killer Whale. Which is, of course, a... Dolphin.

The fact is they were originally called 'Whale Killers' (because they do prey on whales, amongst many other things), and then some bright spark decided to swap the words round, seemingly oblivious to basic linguistics.
Obelisks

## Did You Know?

Like the Sphinx, the word ‘Obelisk’ is a Greek term, not Egyptian - and means ‘skewer’. The Egyptians would have called this a Tekhen, and would have expected to see them standing either side of temple entrances. Being straight pillars of stone, you’d be forgiven to think that making them was pretty easy. I mean, these people built the Pyramids, right?

Well, not quite. For a start, proper Obelisks are made from a single block of stone. And - as in the case of the famous Luxor Obelisk in Paris (which was, incredibly, traded in the 19th century for a broken clock) - that stone was \*granite\*. How workers achieved a seamless 22m tall unbroken block of granite - with heiroglyphs etched on it! - is still a mystery. One widely accepted theory is that hundreds of workers would have had to work on each one, pounding granite with 12 lb balls of Dolerite.

Only 21 Egyptian Obelisks are still standing - and only 5 of these are in Egypt. Rome has a (greedy) 13, and even London (Victoria Embankment) and New York (Central Park) have one each!