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2022 AE1

## Ability

### Ability

**Risky Object****(Play)** A random Space card in each player's hand loses -40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

If you’re looking for reasons to be cheerful, **2022 AE1** is one! You see, as it turns out, we aren’t going to be hit by an asteroid the size of a hockey rink in 2023 as astronomers once thought.

Measuring 230 feet wide, 2022 AE1 was set to crash into Earth next July, and astronomers were worried that there wasn’t enough time to prepare a defence system against the asteroid. Given its size, impact would "do real damage to a local area," similar to the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima in 1945.

But thankfully, we don’t need to worry about that, because it’s actually going to scrape by about 5.7 million miles from us, which is more than 20 times the distance to the moon. Phew!
"The Tree"

## Ability

### Ability

**Dense Wood****(Draw)** Your Instrumental cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power permanently. **(Return)** This card costs -2 Energy and gains +30 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

If a tree falls in the woods, and no one’s around to hear it, does the tree make a sound? In the case of **The Tree**, the answer is yes – and here’s why.

In 1965, a group of loggers discovered this giant, one-of-a-kind mahogany stood tall in the Honduran rainforest. After attempting to cut it down, the tree fell backwards into a ravine, but it was later rediscovered by a timber expert who called it the prettiest wood he had ever seen.

Initially, the wood was purchased by furniture experts. But over time, pioneering guitar makers started using it in their work, and the result was sheer perfection. Soon, A-List guitarists started clamouring for an instrument made from The Tree, and the legend of the unique Tonewood was born.
Antimatter

## Ability

### Ability

**Annihilation****(Play)** This card loses -150 Power and the card opposite this loses -150 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Bananas produce it, small amounts of it constantly rain down on the Earth, and just one gram of it could create an explosion like that of a nuclear bomb. We’re talking about **Antimatter** - but don’t worry, your banana is perfectly safe to eat. And you’ll need the sustenance to wrap your brain around this next problem.

Here goes: antimatter is like a mirror image of matter. For every matter particle, a matching antimatter particle is thought to exist. In theory, the big bang should have created matter and antimatter in equal amounts. But, when matter and antimatter meet, they immediately annihilate into energy.

So, in theory, none of us exist. But we do. And that asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the visible universe is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of physics.
Astrophysical Jet

## Ability

### Ability

**Ray of Light****(Play)** All cards in both player's hands gain +10 Power until played. **(Return)** If you won the turn, your remaining cards in hand gain +10 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

The most powerful form of **Astrophysical Jet** comes from the cores of active galaxies, where gas falling towards a black hole produces the perfect mix of heat, high energy particles and magnetic fields needed to spur a bright, intergalactic beam. The largest astrophysical jet is thought to stretch more than 1.5 million light-years long. Were it to come from the centre of our galaxy, this jet would loom above us like a terrifying but beautiful skyscraper.
Area 51

## Ability

### Ability

**CLASSIFIED****(Play)** Your The Solar System cards in hand gain +60 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Well, this is timely.

On the morning we came to finalise this card, the Pentagon (following our lead, no doubt…) finally released three declassified videos of - well, not UFOs, but UAPs: ‘Unexplained Aerial Phenomena’.

Of course, these videos had been leaked before - but an official release from the Department of Defence will give conspiracy theorists worldwide cause to say ‘See! I \*told\* you…’

The modern UFO story really kicked off in 1947, when a farmer in Roswell, New Mexico found remains that he described as a ‘flying disc’. The popular theory now is that this was part of a balloon programme to monitor the Soviet Union.

Later, a Nevada test base for advanced aircraft known as Area 51 was thought to have become the centre for UFO research. But did the Pentagon ever really have a programme for investigating UFOs? We’ll never know…

Oh wait - yes we will. They admitted it in 2017.

Time to dig out your tin foil hat...

## Ability

### Ability

**CLASSIFIED****(Play)** Your The Solar System cards in hand gain +60 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Well, this is timely.

On the morning we came to finalise this card, the Pentagon (following our lead, no doubt…) finally released three declassified videos of - well, not UFOs, but UAPs: ‘Unexplained Aerial Phenomena’.

Of course, these videos had been leaked before - but an official release from the Department of Defence will give conspiracy theorists worldwide cause to say ‘See! I \*told\* you…’

The modern UFO story really kicked off in 1947, when a farmer in Roswell, New Mexico found remains that he described as a ‘flying disc’. The popular theory now is that this was part of a balloon programme to monitor the Soviet Union.

Later, a Nevada test base for advanced aircraft known as Area 51 was thought to have become the centre for UFO research. But did the Pentagon ever really have a programme for investigating UFOs? We’ll never know…

Oh wait - yes we will. They admitted it in 2017.

Time to dig out your tin foil hat...

## **Trivia**

* The special ability of this card is: When played, your **Solar System** cards in hand gain +60 Power until played.
Basan

## Ability

### Ability

**Fire-Breathing Chicken****(Play)** If played next to Chicken, your opponent's cards in hand **Burn** (20) until played.

## Did You Know?

If you witness a bird vanishing into thin air, you’ve either eaten something sus and are tripping out, or you’ve actually seen a **Basan** - a mythical bird from Japanese folklore. The first is more likely, but if it was breathing cold fire… you might be onto something.

Found only on the island of Shikoku, in the mountains of Ehime, these birds resemble giant chickens and breathe “ghost-fire” from their mouths which emits a cool glow. Sometimes called the “Fire Rooster”, this turkey-sized bird usually lives in the bamboo groves far from human activity. However, since it survives on a nutritious diet of wood and embers, it might wander into remote villages to feast on the remains of bonfires.
Algebra

## Did You Know?

Algebra takes its name from 'al-jabr', as seen in the first known book on the subject, 'Hisab al-jabr w’al-muqabala' (or 'Mathematics of reunion and opposition').

In Algebra, abstract symbols (often letters like x and y…) are used to represent numbers that are not yet known. These 'variables' are a key element of pretty much all software, so when you post a photo on Instagram or update your status on Whatsapp - you're using algebra, whether you like it or not.
18-03-2020

## Undead Threat

The party is woken up by sound in the distance. Jaheira investigates and sees a a group of undead patrolling the area. Using stealth and guile the adventurers get close to them and attack. One of the three huge zombies almost goes down to ranged fire. Close combat is engaged, Bicilis, Elnaril and Ian holding the front line against the huge zombies and two other zombies full of worms, while rest of the team pounds the undead from range. The enemies are dispatched and the party collects a live worm and the head of an undead monster.

An ominous silence spreads across the land near the city. The local guards remembered a similar situation a few weeks ago before a huge thunderstorm. It seemed to be focused only on the island and ships could move without problem. At the manor Ian presented the worm and undead head to Lord Serin. He could not contain his revulsion at the sight but was scared of the possibility of an attack. He allowed Xavier to look at the books his mother collected. Two books one on transmutation focused on shape-shifting and the other on divine magic and a Cult pf Selune stood out from the rest. Elnaril helped out and between the two of them discovered parts of the Ceremony and Augury ritual(1/8 of each) and a parts of the Magic Circle (1/8 part). At the mention of the Old ones and any involvement of his mother Lord Serin did not respond very well. Bhog tries to convince the lord to lend them a boat to go pearl hunting, maybe a very fast one The party leaves the manor.

Back at the inn Bicilis asks if he can find a squire in the city but Minby has not seen one, maybe on another island. At the temple Timothy gets his herbs back and could identify the jars of herbs as vary valuable spices that can be sold. Xavier asked about the notes he got from the book on divine magic of Salune, but Timothy said he did not recognize the writing. The adventurers noticed this as a lie and continued to question him. Xavier went into detail of how own knowledge of cults and the views around them of other people. Finally Timothy agreed to show them something, he closed the doors and cast a silence spell. The inner sanctum of the temple was opened and the adventurers entered. Inside Timothy showed he is a werebear. He was the one that has hidden lady Erliza after her "death" - she is a Vampire but has managed to resist the urge because of her divine soul, the source of her magic. Now she resides in a cave - the entrance is next to the docks.

## Meeting Lady Erliza

Finally a lead to the location of the woman under the red sea. Xavier raced to the location but his companions stopped him because it was in broad daylight. So a distraction was made by Fulgerica, Bhog and Ian while Xavier and Elnaril ventured under the water. Soon they found the trap door and entered an underwater cave. The lady was in one of the chambers. The adventurers told her the situation and she decided to help, but she could not come out of hiding or use her powers.
Antarctic Rainforest

## Ability

### Ability

**Warm Interval****(Play)** If it's Round 1, Round 3 or Round 5, your Ice Age cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played. If it's Round 2 or Round 4, your Ancient Creatures cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When you think of Antarctica, you probably picture an icy tundra home to (now melting) glaciers and families of penguins. But when scientists drilled a hole down into the seafloor near the Pine Island glacier in west Antarctica, they found evidence of an ancient rainforest. How could that be?

Well, it turns out that the Cretacious period was warmer than we once thought. Roughly ninety million years ago, the Earth had a greenhouse climate and carbon dioxide concentrations were high enough to create an **Antarctic Rainforest** with temperatures similar to Italy. It’s insane to think that, at the time of the dinosaurs, the south pole was covered in a swampy rainforest - but scientists say this discovery serves as proof of what carbon dioxide can do.

'An illustration of the temperate rainforest that thrived in West Antarctica about 90 million years ago' by J. McKay (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Astrolabe

## Ability

### Ability

**Universe in Your Hand****(Play)** Your Space cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power this round and if this card matches the Arena, this card gains +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

It may look like an ancient pocket-watch, but in many ways, the **Astrolabe** was the OG Smartphone: it could tell the time, your location and give you a horoscope. While they couldn’t snap a picture of your lunch, these sophisticated devices were used to show how the sky looked at a specific place and time. In the Middle Ages, our ancestors used astrolabes to make serious life decisions based on their unique horoscopes. (I wish I could say that’s all changed…)
Balaur bondoc

## Ability

### Ability

**Way of the Dragon****(Draw)** An opponent's random card in hand **Burn**s (30) until played.

## Did You Know?

If Tolkien had moonlighted as a Palaeontologist, they’d all have names like **Balaur bondoc**. As it is, it looks like someone forgot to add ‘osaurus’ at the end.

It belongs to the single species genus *Balaur* - named after a dragon from Romanian folklore. With retractable sickle claws, there was certainly something dragon-like about **B. bondoc** - but at 6ft in length we’re not talking Drogon and Rhaegal. Furthermore, there is now a general consensus that it was an avialan - like modern birds - and potentially feathered.

As elsewhere - we do not know for certain that **Balaur bondoc** was an Omnivore. However, this has been the accepted view since 2015, so at least we’re *current*.
Aesculapius

## Ability

### Ability

**Symbol of Medicine****(Play)** If played between two cards with "Snake" in the name, your Common and Rare Marvellous Medicine cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

A highly worshipped and revered god in both Roman and Greek society - and with good reason; **Aesculapius** (or <link="https:>Asclepius</link> for the ancient Greeks out there) was said to cure illnesses and heal injuries. He was even vested with the unique ability to rise from the dead. Who wouldn’t pray to a God like that?

Mythical sagas say Asclepius was the son of Apollo and the mentee of Chiron, and he became known for his skills in surgery, medicine and healing. Given his powers, it’s not hard to see why the Romans wanted this God in their own pantheon.

During an outbreak of the plague in 291 BCE, the Romans built a temple in Aesculapius’ honour on an islet in the Tiber. Today, the rod of Asclepius (a snake-entwined staff) remains a symbol of medicine across the world.

'Statue of Asclepius' by Michael F. Mehnert (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Alamosaurus

## Did You Know?

Remember the Alamosaurus? If you know your American Geography (or History), you'll have guessed that it was found in Texas. It is believed up to 350,000 of these huge (70 ton) dinosaurs once lived in that region.

Hey, you're not supposed to be down here!

We'd all do well to remember the Alamosaurus... Click here to remember!
Arthropleura

## Ability

### Ability

**Zero Predators****(Play)** Your opponent's cards in hand with 45 or more Base Power lose -30 Power this turn and next.

## Did You Know?

It’s times like these I look to the ground and thank Old Nick I wasn’t born in the same epoch as these enormous prehistoric arthropods. In recent times we’ve become too accustomed to small critters like the Amazonian giant centipede at a mere 30 cm (12 inches) in length, but in contrast, **Arthropleura** ranged from 30cm right up to 2.5 metres (7ft) and could grow up to 50cm (20 in) wide.

Interestingly, scientists aren't entirely sure how many legs they had; they could have had two legs per segment giving them 64 legs or every two segments giving them 32 legs. Neil Davies (Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge) says that tracks left suggest they had at least 20 and, despite their size and immoderate appendages, scientists still believe they were strict vegans.
Augustus

## Did You Know?

**Augustus** rose to power after the assassination of his great uncle Julius Caesar. All riled up after his uncle's murder and fearing a potential power struggle, he swiftly defeated Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for him to become the first emperor of Rome. Following?

Well before this point, Rome had been a republic. Rather than following his uncle into dictatorship, **Augustus** founded a system of monarchy. It wasn't really that different though, as he retained control over the Roman state and its army. But that kind of job is all about spin.

In his relatively long reign, he achieved many things and was looked upon as the saviour of Roman traditions and values, bringing much-needed prosperity, stability and security to the empire.

**Augustus** was known by many names over his life including Gaius Octavius, Gaius Julius Caesar divi filius and Imperator Caesar divi filius. With all those, we're lucky to have ended up with August as our eighth month of the year - originally called Sextilis, it was renamed in his honour.

## Trivia

* This card, along with Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Cheetah, Hatzegopteryx and MRI Scanner are considered as players' favourite cards and one of the either copy is included in the Awards Pack.
Ballista

## Ability

### Ability

**Bolt from the Blue****(Return)** An opponent's random card in hand loses -80 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Behold the **Ballista**, an ancient missile launcher deployed by the Greeks and later, the Romans. The Ballista was like a catapult on steroids and was used to hurl large projectiles at a distant target.

They say behind every great man is a great woman – apparently, behind many great ballistae were the strands of Greek and Roman women’s hair, which was donated to be used as the elastic rope for the torsion engine. Why haven't hair conditioner advertisers leapt on this!?
Alan Turing

## Did You Know?

Alan Turing was a British mathematician, logician and computer scientist, who is sometimes referred to as the father of modern computing and artificial intelligence. In the Second World War he worked breaking enemy codes, with Prime Minister Winston Churchill saying that Turing’s work shortened the war by two years.

A life-size statue of Turing was unveiled at Bletchley Park where Turing worked at the GCCS wartime station, making five major advances in the field of cryptoanalysis that helped to decipher German Enigma encrypted signals.

Turing was often spotted running along the riverside paths between Cambridge and Ely; this is commemorated by an annual race, the Turing Relay, which takes place along those tracks to this day.
Anaesthesia

## Ability

### Ability

**Going Under****(Return)** If you lost the turn, your remaining cards in hand cost +2 Energy next turn.

## Did You Know?

Count down from 10,9,8,7,6… and you’re gone.

Anaesthesia means "loss of sensation". Anaesthetics are used during tests and surgical operations to numb sensation in certain areas of the body or induce sleep. This prevents pain and discomfort. In fact, we all expect to feel no pain during surgery and have zero memory of the procedure.

But, gruesomely, it wasn’t always so. Until the discovery of general anaesthesia in the middle of the 19th century, surgery was performed only as a last, desperate horrifying resort. Conscious, terrified and without pain relief, it was unspeakable agony and considerable risk.

Enter stage left, a young US dentist named William Morton who was looking for a way to relieve pain during dental operations and boost dental profits. He discovered when he or small animals inhaled sulfuric ether they passed out and became unresponsive.
A few months after this discovery, on October 16, 1846 Morton anaesthetised a young male patient in a public demonstration at Massachusetts General Hospital and the rest is history.

Anaesthetics work by stopping the nerve signals that keep you awake and aware from reaching your brain. After the anaesthetic has worn off, the nerve signals will be able to reach your brain, and consciousness and feeling will return, and you’re BACK IN THE ROOM!
Agamemnon

## Ability

### Ability

**Sacrificial****(Play)** If your deck has 3 or more Greek Mythology cards, this card gains +90 Power and your other Greek Mythology cards in hand lose -40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Legendary king of Mycenae or Argos, **Agamemnon** was brother of Menelaus and brother in law of Helen, the key protagonists in the lead up to the Trojan War.

With the assistance of Aphrodite, Paris abducted Helen and so he declared war on Troy. However Artemis (goddess of wild animals, the hunt, vegetation and of chastity and childbirth) was enraged by the potential loss of life and sent a series of misfortunes his way including a plague and lack of wind (required to propel his ships). Calchas the prophet decided this was a good time for Agamemnon to sacrifice his own daughter, Iphigenia, to get the goddess off their backs. Which, after much shilly-shallying he did, and the fleet set off for Troy.
After the war was over, Agamemnon arrived at home where he had been cuckolded by Aegisthus who plotted with Clytemnestra (Agamemnon’s wife) and killed him.

Agamemnon, besieger of Troy,
Returned to Mycenae with joy,
But Clytemnestra, his wife,
Straight away took his life:
A sad end for the Greek golden boy.
Credit: Bob Hale
African Spurred Tortoise

## Ability

### Ability

**Moisturise****(Play)** Your Oceans and Seas cards in hand gain +15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Weighing a maximum of 90 kilograms, the **African Spurred Tortoise** is the largest mainland tortoise. This species can be found in the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, where days can reach a scorching 49 degrees Celsius. To survive this excruciating heat, the tortoise digs dens up to 10 feet deep, giving them a space to escape from the sun.

These dens are much cooler than the air above ground, so it’s unsurprising that the underground housing market in the Sahara sees much demand from other wildlife, who seize on the opportunity to move into abandoned tortoise burrows. If you’re a desert creature looking for your dream burrow, we wouldn’t recommend waiting for a tortoise to pass away, as they can live up to 70 years.
Allan-a-Dale

## Ability

### Ability

**Light Entertainment****(Play)** If your deck has 1 or more Instrumental cards, your [[:Category:The Legend of Robin Hood|The Legend of Robin Hood]] cards, wherever they are, gain +16 Power for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

You may know him as a lute-playing rooster, but long before Disney’s adaptation, the character of **Allan-a-Dale** was actually a human man (\*gasps\*).

A late addition to the Robin Hood legend, this bard first appeared in the 17th century ballad, “Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale”. In this story, Robin saves Allan’s crush from getting married to an old knight she has no interest in. After interrupting the ceremony, Robin Hood (dressed in bishop’s robes) marries Allan to his sweetheart.

Sometimes this tale features Will Scarlet in place of Allan-a-Dale, and since both Will and Allan dress in red, they can be confused. However, although he is a member of the Merry Men, Allan is never portrayed as a fighter but a singer who gives the group a soundtrack to fight or feast to.
Asian Sheepshead Wrasse

## Ability

### Ability

**A Friendly Face****(Play)** Your Life on Land cards in hand gain +22 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Its cartoon-like head bump may not make the **Asian Sheepshead Wrasse** the most attractive fish, but don’t judge a book by its cover - or fish by its head. Apparently, a member of this species held a 30-year relationship with a Japanese diver in Tateyama Bay.

The diver named the fish Yoriko, and called to him every day by hitting a bell on an underwater Shinto shrine. Pixar, eat your heart out. One of the largest species of Wrasse, this fish has been known to grow to a weight of 14.7 kg, which is roughly the weight of two bowling balls.

Also known by the Japanese name Kobudai, the Asian Sheepshead Wrasse is what is known as a “sequential hermaphrodites”, meaning it can switch sex permanently within their lifetime.
Alexander I of Serbia and Draga Mašin

## Ability

### Ability

**Coup****(Draw)** Your opponent's cards in hand lose -8 Power (and if you are losing the round, an extra -8 Power) this turn.

## Did You Know?

The date is June 11th, 1903. **Alexander I of Serbia and Draga Mašin**, his wife, have been brutally murdered and thrown out of the window at the Starvi Dvor palace in Belgrade. What could the couple have possibly done to deserve such a horrific fate?

Since Draga had previously served as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Natalia of Serbia (Alexander’s mother), the marriage between the two had been extremely unpopular with the people – not to mention the Dowager Queen, who Alexander had exiled in response. The rumour that Alexander was considering naming Draga’s brother as heir to the throne was the last straw.

Known as the May Coup, the assassination of the Serbian King and his wife resulted in the destruction of the Obrenović dynasty.
Air Force One

## Ability

### Ability

**GET OFF MY PLANE!****(Return)** Your Awesome Aviation cards, wherever they are, cost -2 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Technically a radio call name, **Air Force One** is given to any Air Force owned aircraft carrying the President, so Marine One (the helicopter) and even Navy One exists, it's just not used as often.

Many different types of planes have been used over the years and the two current planes available to the president are both Boeing 747-200 aircraft. Its 370 sq m (4,000 sq ft) space boasts a press seating area, situation room, a rather snazzy air-based oval office and the president's private suite.

As you'd expect from this airborne nuclear bunker, it comes with numerous air defences including flairs, bulletproof glass, and the impressively named AN/ALQ-204 Matador system to protect against air-to-air and ground attacks.

Despite what Harrison Ford would have us believe the plane doesn't have an escape pod or parachutes, because of the 747's slipstream.
Ability Timing

TODO: Add icons for each

Each game turn (and round) is broken into several steps. The icons in the card's ability section identifies the step in which the ability activates.

**Draw** is the first step of the turn. This is when cards arrive in your hand to replace any that were played in the previous turn. Cards with abilities that activate on Draw are activated even without playing the card. These can be particularly important for achieving high power on key turns or avoiding penalties. For example, Door to Hell gives power when drawn and, if you cycle it to draw on the final turn of a round, then you get 150 power on top of the power delivered by the three cards you play and the burn penalty is applied in the following round (if there is one). Another good use of Draw abilities is for energy cards like Brontosaurus or HMS Beagle; if you are facing drainflation decks then additional energy without having to play the card can help you to escape.

**Start** occurs next. Before either player actually plays a card, all the Start abilities trigger. Typically, cards with Start abilities are ones that you want to hold for several turns (or the whole game). As long as you are holding the card in your hand, the ability will occur each turn. For example, Dragon King gradually increases the power of your whole deck as each card passes through your hand it gets extra power that stays for the whole game. Other cards like Billy the Kid increase your power each turn without changing the power of cards. Be careful though, if you are holding a card then you have less flexibility in moving cards around within your deck to set up combos or play cards in specific turns.

**Play** abilities are triggered next. Each player places their cards on the battle field, the turn ends, and then the play effects are evaluated to calculate the total power for the turn for each player. As you place your card on the battlefield, most of the play ability triggers will be visible so you can experiment to estimate what your total is likely to be (until the timer runs out or you press the End Turn button). But some play abilities are not visible until both players have committed to their cards for the turn.

After the Play step, the turn is scored and the running score counter moves. This is also when the winner and loser for the turn is identified, which is important for some Return abilities.

**Return** abilities are triggered next. Many of the cards that buff all the cards in your deck that meet a certain condition have return abilities. If the ability applies to cards anywhere in the deck (like Nurse Shark) then it also applies to the cards you played in this turn and you will see the change the next time you draw the card.

The game then checks for Overlock and unlocks all cards in the player's hand if 4 (or more) are locked. Then any burn damage is applied.
Bastet

## Did You Know?

Cats are frequently depicted in Ancient Egyptian iconography, and the goddess of those cats was **Bastet**. If you want the full list of names she's been given over the centuries it includes Bast, Baast, Ubasti, Ubaste, Baset, or B'sst (which is the sound a bus makes when it stops).

She appears as a woman with the head of a cat, and represents fertility, pregnancy, perfume, protection, music and the arts. But don't mistake her for a pushover - she's involved in one of Egyptian mythology's most important stories.

Remember Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray has to repeat the same day over and over again? Imagine that film, but the only thing Bill Murray does is fight a titanic serpent god. That was **Bastet's** life for several millennia - every evening, Apep the serpent god would attack her father, Ra, and she

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would always defeat him.

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Mythology doesn't mention if this repetition is a spiritual journey **Bastet** is on to learn kindness and be less self-absorbed, or indeed if Punxatawny Phil is involved. We suspect not.
Andean Bear

## Ability

### Ability

**What a Spectacle!****(Return)** This card gains +60 Power until played. Repeat if your deck contains Glasses.

## Did You Know?

Mix the sunglasses face emoji with the bear emoji and you’ll get something close to a creature known as the **Andean Bear**. Serving as the inspiration for the beloved character Paddington Bear, the Andean Bear (also known as the Spectacled Bear) is the only bear native to South America. Unlike Paddington, this bear eats more than just marmalade sandwiches: fruit, cactus, palm hearts, small rodents, birds and insects are all on the menu for the Andean bear. Still, after the Panda, it is the second most vegetarian bear species.

For the spectacled bear, home is the Andean cloud forest, between 6,000 and 8,800 ft above sea level. Since they love to climb trees, the Andean bear’s front legs are longer than their back legs to help them do so!
Carla Salle

**Carla Salle** is a Brazilian actress who portrays Nina in Netflix's 2020 science-fiction television series *Omniscient*.

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## General overview

Salle is known for *Motorrad* (2017), *Meu Álbum de Amores*, and *Land of the Strong* (2018).

## External links

* Carla Salle on the Internet Movie Database
* Carla Salle on Twitter
* Carla Salle on Instagram
Bass Reeves

## Ability

### Ability

**Law and Order****(Return)** Your Legends of the Old West cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy for 4 turns.

## Did You Know?

He brought over 3,000 criminals to justice and killed fourteen outlaws during his 32 years as a marshal: **Bass Reeves** remains one of the most formidable lawmen in the Indian Territory, inspiring the story of the Lone Ranger. He even had to arrest his own son for the murder of his wife.

Before he began his extensive career as a federal peace officer, Bass Reeves was born a slave in the Arkansas household of William S. Reeves, and was later kept in bondage by William’s son George. When Civil War broke out, George joined the Confederate Army, taking Bass with him. No one knows how, but at some point during the war, Bass escaped and gained his freedom.
Barnard's Loop

## Ability

### Ability

**Loop Ioniser****(Draw)** Your non-Limited Nebulae cards, wherever they are, gain +14 Power until played. **(Return)** Your Nebulae cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

Even stars need a hug sometimes. And that’s just what **Barnard’s Loop** is doing in the constellation of Orion. The large emission nebula arcs over the constellation, offering a big protective arm to the Orion nebula and Orion’s Belt. It’s estimated to be 518 and 1484 light years away from our solar system, which is a bit far if you were hoping to get a bit of a snuggle too.

If it’s very dark and you’re very lucky, you should be able to see Barnard’s Loop with the naked eye but better still, taking long-exposure photographs of Orion are the easiest way to identify it and its cozy red glow. The nebula gets its name from astrophotographer E. E. Barnard who photographed and described it in 1894. It’s thought that it was first seen much earlier by astronomer William Herschel in 1786 and was first photographed by William Henry Pickering in 1890.

'Barnard's Loop seen against the major stars and nebula of Orion' by Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Agent 355

## Ability

### Ability

**Inform the Revolution****(Play)** Your Shake Up The System cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The mysterious **Agent 355** is credited as one of America’s first female undercover operatives and was integral to America’s efforts during the war for independence. Unlike 007 who goes around telling his name to everyone who’ll hear it, Agent 355 did such a good job of keeping her identity veiled that we still, to this day, don’t know for sure who she really was.

From her post in Long Island, New York, she penned a letter in invisible ink and sent it to the Washington office. This correspondence would relay vital intelligence to General George Washington through the Culper Ring, a spy network set up by Benjamin Tallmadge during the British occupation of New York City.

'Agent 355' by Harper’s Weekly - Civil War Harper’s Weekly, April 4, 1863 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Baboon

## Did You Know?

Baboons have distinctively red and hairless rear ends, and the swollen red bottom of a female Baboon is indicative of fertility. In 1992 Sir Mix-a-lot released his seminal biological journal "Baby Got Back" which, intentionally or not, described that phenomenon.

Unlike other monkeys, the Baboon does not have a prehensile tail, therefore cannot use it as an additional hand - this makes them the butt of jokes in the primate kingdom. Hehe, butt.
Amazon River

## Ability

### Ability

**Soul of the Rainforest****(Play)** Your Life on Land cards, wherever they are, gain +20 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

66 days: that’s the amount of time it took a Slovenian athlete called Martin Strel (nicknamed ‘The Hero in a Speedo’) to swim almost the entire length of the Amazon River. But hey, your 10,000 steps in a day are still impressive! The total length of the river is at least 6,400km, which makes it slightly shorter than the Nile, but still the equivalent of the distance between New York City and Rome.

When it comes to biodiversity, the Amazon is the richest of any river in the world – its waters are populated by 2,500 different species of fish, and scientists suspect there are many that still haven’t been identified – you could say it has all the fish from A-Z...
Abraham Van Helsing

## Ability

### Ability

**Slayer****(Play)** Your opponent's Horrible Halloween cards in hand lose -20 Power this turn. **(Return)** Your opponent's Count Dracula card, wherever it is, costs +1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

In Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel ‘Dracula’, **Abraham Van Helsing** is a Dutch doctor, a vampire hunter and Count Dracula’s arch-enemy.

To call this character an over-achiever would be an understatement. Not only is he an expert in medicines, both modern and ancient, he’s also a fountain of knowledge in religion and the supernatural. At one point, he even lets on that he has a law degree.

But as well as being a brainiac, Van Helsing is the novel’s most memorable character: he’s eccentric, he’s funny and he speaks with a distinctly Dutch accent that sets him apart from the rest of the Native-English speaking vampire-hunting crew. It’s rumoured that the character of Van Helsing was based on Stoker himself – Bram is, after all, short for Abraham.

## Trivia, fun facts

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Andromeda

## Ability

### Ability

**Time For a Galaxy Brain Play****(Draw)** Your Space cards in hand cost -3 Energy this turn.

## Did You Know?

Well hey there, neighbour! Andromeda is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way - and it's getting closer!

If you've got the Galactic Collision card you'll know that Andromeda and the Milky Way are expected to collide with each other in about 4.5 billion years time. That's assuming you're reading this in 2020, the year of this card's publication, and not in the year 5,000,000,000 - in which case, apologies for the future tense in the previous sentence.

When that does happen, The Milky Way will need to contend with a massive influx of new Black Holes - there are at least 35, all of which have a mass 5 to 10 times that of our sun!

Andromeda contains about one trillion stars and is visible to the naked eye on moonless nights - the most distant object that can in fact be seen with the naked eye!
Antikythera Mechanism

## Ability

### Ability

**OK Computer****(Draw)** Your Ingenious Inventions cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy this round.

## Did You Know?

If you thought your first laptop was old, you haven’t seen the **Antikythera Mechanism** – the world’s first analogue computer and the oldest known example of this kind of technology. X-ray imaging in the 1970s and 1990s revealed that this device was used to track the paths of the Sun, Moon and planets with impressive accuracy. But that’s not all –the Antikythera Mechanism could also track the four-year cycle of athletic games in Ancient Greece.

'Antikythera mechanism fragment' by No machine-readable author provided. Marsyas assumed (based on copyright claims) (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 2.5 (original image resized, cropped and altered) Background Added
Age Estimation

## Ability

### Ability

**Skeleton Sequence****(Play)** Your Sue Black's In The Bones cards, wherever they are, gain +5 Power until played. **(Play)** If you have played Sex Determination this game, your Height card, wherever it is, gains +10 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Up until the end of puberty, the skeleton keeps growing in size and changes shape.

From the bones alone the FA can determine the age of the individual to within a matter of weeks if it's a baby; within 2-3 years if it's a young child; within about 5 years during adolescence, and then the reliability for age determination decreases markedly for adults.

In the early stages of adulthood, age can be determined to within 5 years but this increases to within 10 years for mature adults and then to within 20 or more for older adults.

The changes that are seen in the child’s skeleton relate to growth which happens at a regular rate but the changes that occur in the adult are a result of degeneration and we all start to break down at different rates.

Professor Dame Sue Black is an anatomist and a forensic anthropologist. She led for her discipline in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo and has deployed to many countries around the world including Thailand, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Grenada. She is the author of 14 textbooks and 2 popular science books about her career. She is a Fellow of 5 learned academies and is a cross bench Peer in the House of Lords. She is currently Pro Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University and is President Elect for St. John's College, Oxford.
Atlas V

## Ability

### Ability

**Upper Stage****(Return)** Your Centaur, [[Centaurus]] and [[Alpha Centauri]] cards, wherever they are, cost -2 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Since its first flight on August 21, 2002, the **Atlas V** rocket has launched a total of 85 times and has achieved a 100% mission success rate. Back in 2006, this rocket set a new world record during the launch of the New Horizons mission, for the fastest spacecraft at the time of leaving Earth’s atmosphere – more than 36,000 miles per hour. At this speed, it would only take 41 minutes and 44 seconds to go around the Earth’s Equator, which is 24,902 miles.

The fifth major version in the Atlas rocket family, this NASA launch vehicle uses a standard common core booster, up to five solid rocket boosters and a Centaur upper stage - the world's highest-performing upper stage.
Aquamarine

## Ability

### Ability

**A Cure for the Blues****(Play)** Your Oceans and Seas cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

The birthstone of those born in March and the gem of the 19th wedding anniversary, **Aquamarine** gets its name from the Latin for seawater. Its sparkling, ocean-like colour is caused by the iron oxides within the chemical make-up of the gemstone.

In ancient times, aquamarine was said to calm waves and keep sailors safe at sea by helping them to get away from those pesky sea sirens. Before you ask, no, it doesn’t work for police sirens.
Air Element

## Ability

### Ability

**Intelligence and Soul****(Play)** If your deck has 2 or more Classical Element cards, your Space cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power for 2 turns. **(Return)** Your Gemini, Libra and Aquarius cards, wherever they are, gain +22 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Greek philosophy supposed the Universe to comprise four elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. As it turns out, they had the right idea, but just too few elements. The **Air element**, for example, was considered a pure element, connected to the gods.

We know now that air is made up of a variety of gases - namely nitrogen and oxygen. Still, it’s amazing that the composition of air on Earth is just right to support life.

The Greek word ‘spiro’ means “breath”, from which we get words like aspire, inspire and spirit. To them, air came in two different forms: aer being the dim lower atmosphere, and aether being the divine substance in the upper atmosphere.
Atlas

## Did You Know?

**Atlas** is a titan of Greek Mythology. We mean that literally, he's a Titan.

The legends tell of the Titanomachy - a giant battle between the Titans and the Olympians for supremacy over the universe that lasts for ten years. **Atlas** fights with the Titans, who eventually lose.

Most of the Titans are imprisoned in Tartarus, but not **Atlas** - Zeus condemns him, as the strongest Titan, to hold up the sky for all eternity. I don't know if you've seen, but there's *quite a lot* of sky up there.

Many depictions, including the one on the front of this card, show him holding up a globe. Partly because it looks more awesome than him holding up some blue sky, but mostly because he's strongly associated with astronomy - many accounts credit him with actually inventing the concept!
3D Food Printing

## Ability

### Ability

**Foods of the Future****(Play)** Your Futurology cards, wherever they are, gain +14 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Wow, what a delicious pizza! My compliments to the… er… printer? Yup, we’ve finally reached the point of technological advancement in which we can 3D print our own food. And, apparently, it’s perfectly safe. So, how does it work?

In simple terms, food grade syringes hold the printing material and deposit it through a food grade nozzle, layer by layer - kind of like piping icing onto a cake. When **3D Food Printing** first came about in the early 2000s, the idea was a little half-baked. Today, the technology is getting better every day, and is now used to make everything from plant-based burgers for hungry citizens of earth to basic pizza for astronauts in space.
Absolute Zero

## Ability

### Ability

**In The Freezer****(Play)** Your Ice Age cards in hand gain +23 Power this turn. **(Return)** Your Ice Age cards, wherever they are, gain +5 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The first thing you should know about **Absolute Zero** is that it is impossible to reach. Now we’ve lowered your expectations, let’s lower the temperature to −273.15 degrees Celsius, or -459.67 Fahrenheit. This is what’s known as zero kelvins, or ‘Absolute Zero’.

So, why can’t we reach it? The reason has to do with the amount of work necessary to remove heat from a substance. Even if you wanted to reach zero kelvins, you would require an infinite amount of work. Still, scientists have made great advancements in achieving temperatures ever closer to absolute zero, to some weird results. The closer they get to absolute zero, the weirder things start to get, and matter starts exhibiting some odd quantum effects – sometimes changing form altogether.
Basketball

## Ability

### Ability

**Full Court Shot****(Return)** Gain +2:energy/turn: this round and if you are losing the round, gain an extra +1:energy/turn:

## Did You Know?

In 1891, the instructor of a gym class in Massachusetts was tasked with creating a game that was easy to play, yet complex enough to be interesting. It had to be playable indoors or on any kind of ground, and it had to provide exercise without being as rough as rugby, football or soccer. James Naismith’s idea started with two teams, two peach baskets, one soccer ball and 13 original rules. Fast forward 130 years, and the sport now known as **Basketball** is played all over the world.

Beyond the obvious change from peach baskets to the basketball hoop, the game has evolved a lot. For a start, dribbling wasn’t allowed until 1901 – and even then, it was just once per possession!
Baba Yaga

## Ability

### Ability

**Brutal Babushka****(Return)** Your remaining Chinese Folklore, American Folklore and Japanese Folklore cards in hand gain +26 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise. Because the OG folkloric witch, the Slavic ogre, **Baba Yaga** is waiting in her weird old chicken house for you.

Baba Yaga is one of three witchy sisters (all confusingly called Baba Yaga) who lives in the middle of the forest and crops up in several slavic folktales and fairytales. She’s got all the hallmarks of a stereotypical witch as she’s big, ugly and has a long, crooked nose, but she’s actually sometimes a figure of change, giving the hero of the story a chance to grow or learn. Her house is perpetually spinning and stands on chicken legs. If that’s giving you Howl’s Moving Castle vibes, it should, because Howl’s home was inspired by Baba Yaga’s.

While she may be a villain in some tales, we’re loving her cottagecore aesthetic and she can often be seen riding through the woods on a broom, a mop or a mortar and pestle (which sounds like a great way to get around).
Anubis

## Did You Know?

**Anubis** is the ancient Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife. He's usually depicted with a canine head, which we guess goes a long way in making you popular. You see, while Anubis is a well-known and easily-recognisable member of the Egyptian pantheon, he's actually involved in very few of their myths.

He's the son of Osiris and Nephthys - she tricked him into thinking she was his wife, Isis, and became pregnant with **Anubis**. Her husband, Set, finds out about the affair and murders Osiris - **Anubis** grows up and becomes his father's protector, watching over his body and helping him judge people going into the afterlife. He also invented embalming and mummification, which is plenty to be getting on with so it's no wonder he's not really seen going off having cool god adventures like the others.

## Trivia

* This card is obtained from the History Level Up Pack in Master Traveler level.
Balaclava

## Ability

### Ability

**Ski Mask****(Play)** Your Alpine Skiing card, wherever it is, gains +40 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

In 1854, the Ukrainian port city of **Balaclava** played host to a major battle, where British and Irish troops found themselves ill-equipped to face off against Russian soldiers in sub-zero temperatures. Fortunately, it wasn't long before a group of resourceful British women came to the rescue, knitting protective clothing in the form of a hood that covered not just their heads, but also their ears and neck. These hoods subsequently became known as Balaclavas and would go on to be worn by skiers, snowboarders, cyclists and, of course, burglars.

Following a TikTok trend in 2021, balaclavas even made it into mainstream fashion, with the question “how to knit a balaclava” growing over 5000% in a year.