recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Fender Stratocaster

## Ability

### Ability

**Fender Bender****(Return)** This card loses -35 Power permanently and an opponent's random card in hand loses -35 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Introduced in 1954, the now-iconic **Fender Stratocaster** was initially noted for being something of a gimmick by guitar players of the 50s, who were used to the large, hollow body designs that were popular at the time.

They were first released in a two-colour Sunburst finish, with custom colours widely available for a small charge from 1956 (including inventor Leo Fender's favourite colour, Candy Apple Red). The company used DuPont automotive paints - the same as Ford Motor Company at the time.

It was also the first Fender guitar to feature a vibrato system - although titled a “Tremolo Bridge” in a patent by “Leo” Fender - a misnomer that continues to be used interchangeably to this day.

They were first popularised in the USA in late 1957, by Charles Hardin Holley (who you might know by his slightly catchier stage name “Buddy Holly”) who played the two-tone Sunburst model on the nationally televised “The Ed Sullivan Show”, thrusting the guitar into the mainstream for the first time.

An import trade ban on goods from the U.S. to the U.K. after the Second World War meant that Fender instruments had yet to be popularised across the pond, until Brian Rankin (with the equally catchy stage name of Hank Marvin) managed to obtain one in Fiesta Red, catapulting the American made instrument’s rise to fame in Blighty.
Electric Violet

## Ability

### Ability

**Spectrum of Color****(Play)** If you have played Tropical Indigo this game, your Rosso Corsa card, wherever it is, gains +60 Power permanently. **(Return)** If you have played Tropical Indigo this game, your Rosso Corsa card, wherever it is, costs +3 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Look, we’re not trying to gaslight you or anything but… Violet is not purple. Although the names of the colours are used interchangeably and do look similar to the naked eye, the shades are different. In fact, violet surpasses blue on the visible spectrum.

To complicate matters further, scientists say that the shade we call violet should actually be considered blue, and what we consider blue should actually be considered cyan. But let’s be honest - no one’s going to believe you if you start calling violet blue.

As one of the seven colours that Isaac Newton labelled when dividing the spectrum of visible light, violet is the shortest of wavelengths of light discernible to the human eye.

More specifically **Electric Violet** is the name of the color that is closest to spectrum violet that can be achieved by computer screens. So what you’re actually looking at on the front of this card is none other than Electric Violet.
Earthworm

## Ability

### Ability

**Return of the Robin****(Play)** Your Worm Moon card, wherever it is, gains +29 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Still think **Earthworms** are just a sentient digestive system that lives underground? Think again. This burrowing bug boasts both brain and brawn.

When Charles Darwin studied them, he found that earthworms possess a basic level of intelligence, and further experiments proved that they can navigate mazes and get faster every time. When it comes to strength, earthworms can push ten times their own body weight - a skill that helps them to tunnel down through tiny cracks in the soil. That’s like a human pushing a water buffalo out of their way.

If you aren’t on board with #TeamWorm, avoid rolling around in the soil in March. Worms are so prevalent during this time that the full moon of this month is actually known as the Worm Moon.
Frans Snyders

## Ability

### Ability

**Still Life, Still Hungry****(Return)** If your deck has 4 or more Prominent Painters cards, your Curious Cuisine cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy this round.

## Did You Know?

If one thing is clear from the work of **Frans Snyder**, the legendary Flemish painter, it’s that he loved food. Of course, given that Snyders’ parents kept an inn that had a reputation for good food, it’s not hard to see where his inspiration came from. Much of his most successful work depicts dead/dying animals in market and hunting scenes, and he is credited with initiating a wide variety of still life and animal subjects in Antwerp.

One of the famous European ‘Old Master’ artists, Frans Snyders’ most notable works include ‘Wild Boar Hunt’ and the “larder” pictures like ‘Swill Life with a Swan’ and ‘Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables’ (because you gotta give your plant-based fans something to vibe with.)
Elephant's Trunk Nebula

## Did You Know?

Located in the Cepheus constellation, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula is over 20 light-years long and contains many protostars that originate from the star formation material contained within the Nebula.

It's named because it looks like an elephant's trunk and... look, this is going to be something of a recurring theme in Nebulae cards. Strap in.
Fedora

## Ability

### Ability

**It Belongs in a Museum!****(Draw)** If you are losing the round, this card gains +26 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Indiana Jones risked life and limb to keep it safe through his adventures - but the **Fedora** wasn’t always a male fashion accessory. In fact, the name ‘Fedora’ came from the theatre - specifically, a drama called “Fédora,” by the French playwright Victorien Sardou. Sarah Bernhardt, a French Actress, played the star role of Princess Fédora Romanoff who was wearing a stylish, centre-creased, soft brimmed hat.

Today, the Fedora conjures images of pick-up artists, movie stars and that <link="https:>m’lady guy</link>, but this hat has graced the heads of Oscar Wilde and Prince Edward VIII, as well as gangsters like Al Capone.

But the question remains: how did Harrison Ford keep the fedora from flying off his head during filming? Rumour has it he resorted to glue, tape, newspaper wedges and even considered staples.
Europa

## Ability

### Ability

**On Ice****(Return)** Two opponent's random Space cards in hand **Lock** next turn and a random card in your hand gains +10 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

**Europa** (not to be confused with the supermarché in Calais) is one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter and so-called because it was discovered by smarty-pants Galileo Galilei in 1610.

Intriguingly in 2012, while passing by, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted a possible jet of water from **Europa's** polar region, but this has yet to be confirmed.
Flat-Headed Cat

## Ability

### Ability

**Get'cha Head in the Game****(Play)** If you have played Basketball this game, your Cool Cats cards in hand gain +25 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Think of the **Flat-Headed Cat** as the Comic Sans of the wildcats: it may look a little silly, but it still serves a purpose. For example, those close-together, forward-facing eyes actually give the cat improved stereoscopic vision, meaning it can perceive three dimensional objects better than most cats. Plus, the jaws of the flat-headed cat are pretty powerful, adapted for gripping onto slippery prey.

Native to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra, the flat-headed cat inhabits tropical lowland rainforests and swampy marshland. When fishing, the cat will fully submerge its head in the water to find its next meal, before carrying the catch of the day at least two metres away to feast on it. Oddly, flat-headed cats have been observed washing their food before eating it, just like raccoons do.
Garden of Ediacara

## Ability

### Ability

**Evolutionary Radiation****(Draw)** If you have played 4 or more Paleontology cards this game, your Oceans and Seas cards in hand gain +36 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

In 1946, the Australian government sent a geologist to inspect the abandoned mines in the Ediacara Hills. What he found changed everything we knew about life on Earth. A jellyfish-like imprint on a sandstone revealed that complex life did in fact exist before the Cambrian explosion (the so-called ‘biological big bang’ that led to the appearance of most major animal groups.)

It was a time when multicellular organisms roamed free, without a single predator nor a care in the world. And it went on like this for millions of years. As a nod to the biblical Garden of Eden, this period is referred to as the **Garden of Ediacara**. But, like all good things, it came to an end - not with a whimper, but with a bang.
Hamburger

## Ability

### Ability

**Sandwiched****(Play)** This card loses -20 Power this turn and your other cards in hand gain +35 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Why is a beef patty in a bun called a **Hamburger**? The answer lies in the origins of the fast-food favourite, which can be traced to the German city of Hamburg. It is thought that 19th century sailors introduced the idea of raw shredded beef after trading with the Baltic provinces of Russia.

But wait – isn’t the hamburger a quintessential American dish? Apparently, the burger found its way to the States via the crew and immigrant passengers of the German Hamburg-America shipping line, who ate ground meat that was stretched into patties. In 1921, fry cook Walter Anderson and insurance salesman Billy Ingram planted hamburgers into the American consciousness by founding White Castle, the first restaurant chain to sell hamburgers to the public.

## Combo Play

When Sea Sponge and **Hamburger** are played together you get the combo "*Order Up!"* for a total bonus of **+64**p. Sea Sponge buffs Hamburger for **+64**p this turn.

## Fun Fact

On 15 May 2021 Hamburger was released along side Marie Antoinette and Mimas. Hamburger had a 10% chance to be found in the Arts & Culture Finder pack for 25 gems.
Eight of Cups

## Ability

### Ability

**Seeking Excitement****(Draw)** If it's the first turn of a round, both players gain +4:energy/turn: this turn.

## Did You Know?

An apathetic moon and a cloaked figure setting off into a barren land. It’s true, the imagery of the **Eight of Cups** Tarot card doesn’t look too promising.

If you believe in all things mystical, getting this card in a reading can suggest you’re trying to escape an emotional situation or abandoning something that hasn’t been as emotionally fulfilling as you had hoped. Maybe you’re approaching the end of a relationship, or maybe a former favourite hobby (say, divination) has gotten boring.

Try to see this card as an opportunity to assess your current situation and address any underlying psychological issues you might be repressing. Or just keep pushing them down into a dark pit in your mind until you’re 45 and fully ready for a midlife crisis.
Dueling Banjos

## Ability

### Ability

**Deliverance****(Return)** If you lost the turn, an opponent's random card in hand loses -60 Power for 3 turns. Repeat if their deck contains Dueling Banjos

## Did You Know?

You can’t think of **Duelling Banjos** without being reminded of the iconic scene from the 1972 film Deliverance. But that fact probably wouldn’t sit well with its creator, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who got mugged off when the filmmakers failed to ask the composer for the right to use the track in the movie.

Still, Arthur couldn’t have been too mad. Thanks to its use in Deliverance, the song (which was originally written in 1954 and named ‘Feudin’ Banjos’) went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973 and stayed there for four weeks. Plus, it was nominated at the 30th Golden Globe Awards in the Best Original Song category. How’s that for exposure? Apparently it’s the principle that counts, as Smith still filed a lawsuit and won a substantial settlement.
Elysium

## Ability

### Ability

**The Fortunate Isles****(Play)** If you are winning the round, your cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

In Greek mythology, **Elysium** was the place to be in the afterlife. Picture the scene: you’ve just died, but you’re now surrounded by luscious meadows and bubbling brooks of water and wine with endless time to make music, sing and play sport. Blissful, right? Naturally, the paradise of Elysium was exclusive to Gods and heroes.

Also known as the Elysian Fields, the concept of this ethereal hang-out for righteous souls evolved over time. Initially, it was an offshoot of the Greek underworld - the realm of Hades.

Only mortals related to the gods and other heroes could be admitted past the river Styx. So, in theory, those allowed into Elysium would have crossed paths with other, less righteous mortals, headed for the most horrifying depths of Hades. #ThatAwkwardMoment
Hawker Hurricane

## Ability

### Ability

**Like a Hurricane****(Draw)** Your Forces of Nature cards, wherever they are, cost +1 Energy and gain +16 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Compared to the Spitfire, the **Hawker Hurricane** is painfully underrated. Sure, it may not be as fast as the Spitfire. It may not be as pretty. But the Hurricane was regarded as the easier aircraft to fly and was highly effective against Luftwaffe bombers.

In total Battle of Britain kills, the Hurricane outscored the Spitfire, inflicting 60% of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe. In fact, Hurricanes destroyed more enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain than did all other air and ground defences combined.

Although the design of the Hawker Hurricane failed to get government funding, Hawker Aircraft were so convinced of its effectiveness that they proceeded as a private venture. In 1935, this baby made its first flight and broke the 300 mph barrier.
Eastern Tube-Nosed Bat

## Ability

### Ability

**Tubular!****(Play)** If played next to any 'Fruity' Curious Cuisine card, your cards with "Bat" in the name, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

If being a “Megabat” wasn’t cool enough, the **Eastern Tube-Nosed Bat** literally smells in stereo. In other words, it uses its tube-shaped nostrils to locate ripe fruit, with each nostril moving independently from each other in order to follow odour plumes through the rainforest. And sure, having a nose like Shrek’s ears isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing, but it’s worth it if you can always find the juiciest figs in the forest.

Plus, this bat isn’t really fussed about impressing others. Along the north-eastern coast of Australia, ‘Nyctimene robinsoni’ roosts alone. Like other bats, N. Robinsoni exhibits signs of lunar phobia - not a fear of the moon, as such, but a tendency to reduce foraging activity during the full moon, likely to avoid visually-oriented predators at night.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo

## Did You Know?

**Eastern Grey Kangaroos** roam the forests of Australia and Tasmania and prefer to live among the trees incognito style.

Eastern Grey Kangaroos, along with Red Kangaroos, and Wallaroos are called the 'great kangaroos' because they are much larger than all other kangaroos. Why be good when you can be GREAT.

With extremely powerful hind legs, Eastern Grey Kangaroos hop along at mega speeds. An Eastern Grey Kangaroo can reach speeds of over 35 miles an hour and travel for long distances at 15 miles an hour, and can also jump up to a whopping 6 feet! Not one to challenge at high jump.

They hang around in groups called 'mobs' which sounds vaguely threatening and we can't help but imagine them in balaclavas holding up the local liquor store for a few tinnies.
Greyhound

## Ability

### Ability

**Anubis' Protection****(Play)** Your Anubis card gains +30 Power this turn. If you are losing the round, this card gains +20 Power this turn

## Did You Know?

The only dog to make your 'Top 10 Fastest Land Animals' list (at a top speed of 46mph) is the Greyhound. The breed has held favour since Ancient History - it stood by Cleopatra, and later Alexander the Great, and is the only dog with its own 'shout out' in the Bible.
Giant Lantern Festival

## Did You Know?

The majority-Catholic Philippines really loves Christmas. It kicks off its Christmas celebrations at the start of September, and for some these can continue all the way through as late as February. Things really get into gear with the **Giant Lantern Festival**, held annually on a Saturday in the middle of December.

The event has taken place in the City of San Fernando, nicknamed the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines”, since 1904, and features a competition of huge ornamental parol lanterns, traditionally constructed using bamboo and Japanese paper and lit with candles or lamps.

The festival as it exists today has its roots in a much simpler religious activity known as the Lubenas, which took place in the municipality of Bacolor. In those days, much smaller lanterns (around two feet in diameter) were constructed by each barrio, or neighbourhood, and they were brought around each barrio in procession, before being brought to the town church on Christmas Eve.

This activity dates back to the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines ('parol' being the modern spelling of 'farol', Spanish for lantern), and is itself adapted from the Hispanic tradition of carrying small torches over a nine-day Novena procession leading up to the midnight mass.

In 1904, the provincial capital was moved from Bacolor to San Fernando, and the lantern event moved with it. Over time, the lanterns grew bigger and more elaborate and eventually each neighbourhood would come together to make one big lantern, with all of its residents collaborating to design and construct it as a symbol of unity.

These days, the Giant Lantern Festival is a much more ostentatious affair, with materials such as metal, plastic, and fibreglass replacing the bamboo and paper, and lanterns regularly reaching sizes of up to 20 feet in diameter, as each barangay looks to take home first prize.

1931 was a game-changer for the festival, with the introduction of electricity. Ever since the lanterns have been adorned with electric lights, and today you can expect to see thousands of light bulbs illuminating the intricate designs. Lanterns were limited to a mere 10,000 bulbs in 2017, however.

'2012 "Ligligan Parul" Giant Lantern Festival' by Ramon FVelasquez (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Gjallarhorn

## Ability

### Ability

**Holler****(Draw)** A random Norse Mythology card in your hand gains +25 Power until played. **(Play)** Your Heimdall card, wherever it is, gains +30 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

In Norse mythology, **Gjallarhorn** (meaning “hollering horn”) is the horn belonging to the god Heimdall, who uses the instrument to summon the gods when their enemies, the giants, drew near at the Ragnarok – the end of the world of gods and men. The stories say the ringing sound of the Gjallarhorn could be heard throughout the heavens, earth and the lower world.

Just like Thor never went out without his hammer, Heimdall never left his Gjallarhorn at home – and you can bet good money that he never blew the horn as a prank to his fellow gods. However, in the Prose Edda, the Gjallarhorn also served as a drinking horn and is thought to be the inspiration for the horns used by the Vikings to consume mead.
Grand Prismatic Spring

## Ability

### Ability

**Prismatic Shards****(Play)** For every non-Science album in your deck, your Natural Monuments cards, wherever they are, gain +4 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Why clink glasses in a hot tub when you could take a dip in the **Grand Prismatic Spring**? Located in Yellowstone National Park, this hot spring puts bath bombs to shame with its bright bands of orange, yellow, green and blue that come from the different species of heat-loving bacteria living in the water.

Okay, so it may be way too hot for us humans, but the microbes living here have led scientists to some major medical advances, including the sequencing of the entire human genome. They’re also giving NASA clues about extraterrestrial life on seemingly inhospitable planets.

At 370 feet in diameter, the Grand Prismatic Spring is the third largest of its kind in the world and boasts sizzling temperatures of 70 degrees Celsius.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh

## Ability

### Ability

**Make a Stand****(Play)** If played next to Butch Cassidy, your Legends of the Old West cards, wherever they are, gain +19 Power for 4 turns.

## Did You Know?

A renowned outlaw, **Harry Alonzo Longbaugh** (or *The Sundance Kid* as he was commonly known) was a member of *Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch*, having met Butch upon his release from prison in 1896.

Despite the somewhat unassumingly jovial nickname of *The Sundance Kid*, he was anything but fun to the general populace at the time (especially if you happened to share a train). With a successful string of high profile robberies under his belt, Longbaugh fled to Bolivia where he was supposedly killed in November of 1908. However, DNA testing in 2008 had actually proved inconclusive, perhaps giving credence to the theory that he had lived until 1936 as William Henry Long in Duchesne, Utah.
Galactic Cannibalism

## Ability

### Ability

**Gravitational Merger****(Play)** If your deck contains Gravity, your Exploring the Stars cards in hand gain +24 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

As if regular cannibalism wasn’t scary enough, now we have **Galactic Cannibalism** to contend with. This is what happens when a large galaxy, through tidal gravitational interactions with a neighbouring smaller companion, merges with that companion to form a large, often irregular galaxy.

Read that fast enough and it sounds like movie science mumbo-jumbo in a summer blockbuster of the same name. **THIS SUMMER… WHEN ONE GALAXY EATS ANOTHER…ONE MAN WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE WILL SAVE US ALL**.

Galactic cannibalism doesn’t just distort galaxies, though, it births new stars. That’s because a major component of galaxies are clouds, and when galactic clouds collide, a star is born. Strange to think cannibalism can be the start of something great.

'The last waltz' by ESA/Hubble (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Gene Cernan

## Ability

### Ability

**Farewell Moon****(Play)** If it's the last turn of a round, your The Moon card, wherever it is, gains +50 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Everyone remembers the name of the first man to walk on the moon, but what about the last? On December 19th, 1972, Apollo 17 astronaut **Eugene Cernan** was the last person to stand on the moon. Before he left, the astronaut wrote his daughter Tracy's initials, TDC, in the lunar dust "knowing those three letters would remain there undisturbed for more years than anyone could imagine.”

Once a Captain in the U.S Navy, Cernan went to space three times and to the Moon twice in his lifetime. In addition to being one of 12 men to walk on the moon, Eugene “Gene” Cernan holds the moon's speed record, having driven the lunar rover at 11.2 miles per hour on a downhill run.
Great Dane

## Ability

### Ability

**Ruh-Roh!****(Draw)** If your opponent's deck contains a Horrible Halloween card, this card loses -60 Power until played. **(Play)** If you are losing the round, this card gains +40 Power.

## Did You Know?

Unlike Scooby Doo, most **Great Danes** can’t talk or solve mysteries. But don’t write this giant dog breed off just yet. Once upon a time, Great Danes were thought to ward away ghosts and evil spirits - hence why Scooby was the perfect canine recruit for the Mystery Inc. gang.

They also used to be fierce boar hunters, but the fight has been mostly bred out of Great Danes. Today, the breed is a gentle giant who prefers a leisurely lifestyle of dog shows, walkies, boops and pats.

Despite the name, these dogs are actually German, not Danish. Apparently, French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc happened upon the breed while in Denmark and nicknamed it “le Grande Danois” - and he would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for us meddling kids.
Eastern Spotted Skunk

## Ability

### Ability

**Acrid****(Draw)** If your deck contains Smell, your opponent loses -20 Power/Turn for 2 turns. **(Return)** Gain +5 Power/Turn next turn.

## Did You Know?

Found in the eastern states of North America and in small areas of Canada and Mexico, the **Eastern Spotted Skunk** can be recognised by its distinctive coat, which has four stripes broken in pattern, giving the skunk a spotted appearance. However, as with all skunks, it’s best not to get too close.

When a potential predator is near, the eastern spotted skunk will perform a handstand and spray in the general direction of the threat. In addition to this circus-act of an attack, the skunk stamps its foot as a warning to approaching predators. The foot-stamping can be heard several metres away and will usually be accompanied by a devastatingly bad smell.
Eiffel Tower

## Ability

### Ability

**Built to Last****(Play)** Your Super Structures cards in hand gain +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

"Ah mais oui, **La Tour Eiffel**! C'est magnifique!

We all know the towering symbol of Paris right? The tallest structure in the world until 1930, the Tower was only supposed to stand for 20 years but has become a permanent fixture of the Parisian sky-line!

The Tower was originally designed as the centrepiece of the 1889 World's Fair in Paris and was meant to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution and show off France’s extremely modern mechanical prowess on a world stage. Loads of Parisians hated it, but we'll gloss over such negativity.

The tower was built by Gustave Eiffel’s civil engineering firm in two years, two months, and five days, using 7,500 tons of iron and 2.5 million rivets. Since opening in 1889, the Tower has welcomed over 300 million people and still welcomes almost seven million visitors a year (erm, maybe not in 2020).

If the Tower could talk it would have quite the story to tell. Adolf Hitler ordered it to be torn down during the Second World War. The French resisted, of course, and as a revenge, cut the elevator cables so the Nazis were forced to climb hundreds of steps to hoist their flag.

Did you know, there is also a private apartment at the top where Eiffel would host guests as illustrious as Thomas Edison? There is also a tiny post office inside the tower where you can send letters with a unique Eiffel Tower postmark! The surprises don't stop there and you can find a scientific laboratory on the third floor, where cosmic rays were discovered!

Underneath the Tower's south pillar sits a secret bit of history - a secret military bunker that may connect to the nearby Ecole Militaire via a long tunnel!

On a birthday trip to Paris, the writer of this card wore an Eiffel Tower costume and tourists posed next to him/her for snapshots. We won't confirm if this was Content Dan or Lucy but that's for you to decide! "Bisous!"
Han Xiangzi

## Ability

### Ability

**Life Eternal****(Draw)** If your deck has 3 or more Eight Immortals cards, your Musically Minded and Eight Immortals cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power until this is returned to your deck.

## Did You Know?

Depicted with a flute and regarded as the patron deity of musicians in Chinese mythology, **Han Xiangzi** is one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. It isn’t known whether he actually existed, but if he did, it’s thought he was the grand-nephew of a scholar, poet and politician by the name of Han Yu, who dedicated three poems to him.

Due to his flute-playing abilities, Han Xiangzi is also credited by some as the composer of the Taoist musical piece Tian Hua Yin. In any case, his musical talents inspired a famous Chinese love story between Han Xiangzi and the Dragon Girl, which tells of a forbidden romance between the two that (spoiler alert) ends in heartbreak.
European Rhinoceros Beetle

## Ability

### Ability

**Incredible Strength****(Play)** All cards in both player's hands gain +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

If you can’t lift four double decker buses filled with passengers, do you even lift, bro? The **Rhinoceros Beetle** does. They can lift up to 850 times their own body weight. By comparison, an elephant can only carry about 25% of its own weight. Pretty weak, bro.

Thought to be the strongest animals on the planet, the Rhinoceros Beetle performs these feats for the same reason that \*some people\* lift weights that are way too heavy at the gym: to impress potential mates.

When an attractive female is in the area, two males will fight with each other to show off their strength. Given the Incredible Hulk level of strength they possess combined with their flying ability, engineers are actively studying Rhinoceros Beetles to get inspiration for aircraft design.
Genetically Modified Organism

## Ability

### Ability

**High Yield****(Return)** Your Curious Cuisine cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

Humans have been tinkering with genetics for centuries, breeding corn, cattle, and dogs like they're creating custom Sims characters. But in the last few decades, advances in biotechnology mean we can now directly modify the DNA of organisms.

Of course, playing God is always going to be a little controversial. But fear not, the scientific community assures us that **Genetically Modified Organisms** are just as safe as their non-GMO counterparts. <link="https:>Even Bill Nye</link>, who once questioned their environmental impact, is now a GMO enthusiast.

Food aside, the medical community has been using genetic engineering to make biopharmaceutical life-saving drugs from bacteria since the ‘70s. The first GMO approved for use was insulin, which millions of people with type 1 diabetes rely on today.
Griffith Observatory

## Ability

### Ability

**A Popular View****(Draw)** Your Common and Rare Space cards in hand cost -2 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

It features in The Terminator, in La La Land, in Rebel Without a Cause and was even included in Grand Theft Auto V (where it's known as the Galileo Observatory, in one of the series lowest-effort parody names). All in all, the **Griffith Observatory** in Los Angeles has starred in more films than many Hollywood actors.

Besides being an iconic landmark, the Griffith Observatory is a world leader in public astronomy. Apparently, more people have looked through the telescope than any other telescope on Earth.
General Guan Yu

## Ability

### Ability

**Human Deity****(Draw)** Your Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy and gain +40 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Although he is a Chinese god, **General Guan Yu** isn’t a cloud-dwelling mythical being – he was a military general who lived during the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD) and died in the year 219. A man of great courage and physical skill, Guan Yu was the leading general for Liu Bei, emperor of Shu Han.

It is said that Guan Yu and fellow military general Zhang Fei were the match of ten thousand men – King Leonidas, eat your heart out.
Fūjin

## Ability

### Ability

**God of Wind****(Play)** If played next to Raijin, your cards in hand gain +5 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

He may look like Shrek’s evil, very muscly twin, but **Fujin** is far more powerful than a lowly ogre (sorry, Shrek.) The god of the wind and one of the eldest deities in the Shinto religion, Fujin is depicted as a terrifying green-skinned humanoid, wearing a leopard skin and carrying a big bag of wind which he uses to propel himself around the world.

Together with his brother Raijin, god of thunder, Fujin creates the world’s destructive storms and typhoons. But he isn’t all bad - in fact, the Japanese also view him as a savior. In 1274 and 1281, legend has it that Fujin protected Japan from Mongol invasions by striking the sea with storms as the Mongol empire’s ships approached.
Glasses

## Ability

### Ability

**Clear Vision****(Play)** Your Thunderstorms card, wherever it is, gains +20 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Prior to the invention of **Glasses**, times were tough for the visually impaired. The first glasses (invented in the late 13th century) had frames made of metal and bone and lenses made out of quartz, because the opticians at that time weren’t able to make flawless glass lenses.

So, who was the person responsible for such an ingenious invention? Although a man called Salvino D’Armato degli Armati is often credited with the invention of glasses, it has been proven that his claim was a hoax – in fact, there was no member of the Armati family with that name at that time. Another name linked to the invention is Allesandro della Spina, an Italian monk who launched his eyeglasses design around the same time.
Grévy's Zebra

## Ability

### Ability

**S'All Grévy!****(Draw)** If you are winning the round, your Mammals cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Behold: the largest living wild equid. Known as **Grevy’s Zebra**, this big beauty can reach a length of 2.3 metres and grow to weigh around 430 kilograms. We’re talking about a zebra that weighs the same as a grand piano. FYI: the odds of a piano falling on you are only 1 in 250 million, but it’s still more likely than an endangered species of zebra falling on you.

Once upon a time (around 2 million years ago), ancestral forms of Grevy's zebras were widespread in Africa and Eurasia. Sadly, a combination of factors including illegal hunting, drought, habitat loss and fragmented populations have seen numbers of Grevy’s Zebra dwindle over time. Today, the population of Grevy's is sadly only 2,800.
Emerald

## Ability

### Ability

**Green Machine****(Draw)** Your Emerald Tree Boa and Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly cards, wherever they are, cost -3 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Cleopatra couldn’t get enough of them; the Romans saw them as a symbol of love and fertility. The British Crown jewels are covered in them and even the Holy Grail is said to be decorated in them. The birthstone for those of us born in May, **Emerald** is one of the four recognised precious gemstones.

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but emeralds are actually rarer and often more expensive than diamonds. Ancient legends also claim that this gorgeous green gemstone has magic powers: apparently, if you place an emerald under your tongue, it will reveal the truth, allow you to see the future and protect you against evil spells. Of course, that does come with a choking risk, which is pretty evil in itself.
Dumbo Octopus

## Ability

### Ability

**Deep Trouble****(Play)** Your Common Deep Ocean cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

The **Dumbo Octopus** is the deepest-living genus of all known octopuses, spending its life at around 4,000m below the surface. Living this deep in the ocean does have its perks: since barely any predators inhabit this space, the Dumbo octopus has no need for an ink sac, which it would otherwise use to confuse predators. If it does come under threat, the Dumbo octopus can use its chromatophore cells to camouflage itself with the ocean floor.

Like its namesake, Dumbo uses its ear-like fins to propel through the water and steers using its webbed arms. When its arms are spread out, the octopus looks like an open umbrella. This in itself might confuse certain predators: after all, why would you need an umbrella underwater?
Hellboy, the Regaliceratops

## Ability

### Ability

**Summoned from Hell****(Draw)** Two random cards in your opponent's hand **Burn** (16) this round

## Did You Know?

Unlike the Hellboy of comic fame, **Hellboy, the Regaliceratops** was not summoned to the Earth by occult Nazis in 1944.

Instead it was summoned into being by two of the greatest lineages of horned dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period: the Centrosaurines and the Chasmosaurines.

This Regaliceratops was nicknamed "Hellboy" by those who excavated it, both because of the arduous unearthing and its horny resemblance to the comic book character.

This 1.5 ton creature running at you would have been like being hit by a toughened Lotus Elise, covered in spiky horns. On the plus side, if you lived at the same time as Hellboy the dinosaur, you'd have likely been killed by something much bigger and meaner first.

Its species name is Regaliceratops peterhewsi, which comes from the latin word Regali meaning "Royal", and the Greek words Kerato (ceras) meaning "horn", and prosopo (ops) meaning "face". Ergo, "Royal horn face".

'Restoration with Hypacrosaurus and Leptoceratops' by ABelov2014 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Gulab Jamun

## Did You Know?

In Hindu culture, it’s said that wrath from the goddess Lakshmi can be soothed by offering up the delightfully fluffy lumps of dough known as **Gulab Jamun**. So, if you’ve angered the Gods lately, all you’ll need is some powdered milk, sugar, rose water, cardamom and a deep fat fryer and boom - wrath be gone.

## Playing notes

This is a Cycle/Comeback-type card, which means you would want to play it as a "ouh, i can't win this turn, guess I'll just put this card to cycle my deck without that much consequences"

Although, many players do play it like a normal card. It depends really on your preferences but using it as a normal card is far more simplier rather then thinking about all that shenanigans.

### Should i use this card?

NO. With the current state of the rapidly evolving meta. The only way you are going to win games with Curious Cuisine is by using Limited legendary cards like Burrito, **Glühwein** and Vindaloo (which buffs Common and Rare Curious Cuisine cards).

Now, surely you can see where this is going. Why would you use a Legendary that has a Mediocre ability when you can use a Rare/Common card that has the same Mediocre ability except its buffed.

It's really sad to see it but, you can still use it if you wanted to. Competitively? Don't use it, There's much better options.
Domitian

## Ability

### Ability

**Autocrat of the People****(Draw)** Your Legendary cards, wherever they are, lose -25 Power until played and your Common and Rare cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The last member of the Flavian dynasty (no, Flavor Flav is not a member), **Domitian** was the Roman Emperor during the year 81 to 96 CE. And boy, did he make his mark on history.

Considered by some to be the worst Roman emperor in history, Domitian’s narcissism and paranoia led to some cruel, ruthless decisions. From purging the Senate and sending philosophers to exile to arranging the murder of a Vestal Virgin, it’s not hard to see why court officials plotted to assassinate him.

Domitian is one of several emperors who suffered ‘damnatio memoriae’ - the ‘cancel culture’ of the Roman times whereby a ruler’s material legacy is erased. Coins and inscriptions would have the emperor’s name removed, and statues of him were reworked into other figures.

'Domiziano da collezione albani' by I, Sailko (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 2.5 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Frilled Dragon

## Ability

### Ability

**Cheap Frills****(Return)** Your cards, wherever they are, with 1 or less Base Energy gain +22 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The **Frilled Dragon**, the only creature in the genus *Chlamydosaurus*, is found in northern Australia. It's recognisable by the massive frill around its neck, which folds down flat when it's not frightened or angered.

You may also recognise it for its similarity to the Dilophosaurus in Jurassic Park which, despite being portrayed as having a neck frill, didn't actually have one in real life. Doesn't matter - the film's popularity caused a surge in the demand for Frilled Dragons as pets.
Giant Anteater

## Did You Know?

The Giant Anteater does exactly what it says on the tin - it's big, and it eats ants. It also eats termites, but Giant Antandtermiteeater really doesn't roll off the tongue.

Speaking of tongues - the Giant Anteater's tongue can extend up to two feet long. It's narrow enough to fit into the tiny tunnels of ant colonies, and it can stick it out of its tubular mouth opening 150 times in a minute.

INTERACTIVE EXERCISE:

See how many times you can stick your tongue out in a minute. Do it in a crowded space to really creep people out.
Glory

## Ability

### Ability

**Hell or Glory?****(Draw)** If you are trailing by 100 Power or more, 3 of your random cards in hand lose -25 Power permanently. **(Play)** If you are leading by 100 Power or more, 3 of your non-History cards in hand gain +25 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

If you’ve ever seen an ethereal glow around a plane or even a mountain climber, no, you’re not witnessing an angel on vacation, it’s more likely **Glory.** This optical phenomenon occurs when water droplets around an object (say a plane or a hiker) reflect sunlight away from the object and create a circular rainbow effect and make it look like a saintly halo. Magic! Actually…more like Science!

These are sometimes called “pilot’s glory” if you catch one around a plane (believe it or not). Or, another famous kind is the Brocken spectre, which is when Glory occurs around a figure, usually when there’s low light and seems to amplify the figure. This can create a really spooky effect and sadly debunking any glowing cryptid/ghost/evil witch sightings in the Harz mountain range, where the Brocken spectre effect was first noted.

'A solar glory and Brocken spectre' by Brocken Inaglory (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

## Ability

### Ability

**Death Rattle****(Return)** If you lost the turn, your cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

They’re stylish. They’re poisonous. They’re the heaviest venomous snake in the Americas. This is one reptile you don’t want to mess with.

If you do, don’t bother running towards a nearby lake to escape: these snakes are pro-level swimmers and even travel through saltwater to and from barrier islands.

That said, if left alone, the **Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake** is actually highly averse to human contact and will only attack if threatened.
Hairy Frogfish

## Did You Know?

Yes, yes, we know - those aren't hairs all over the Hairy Frogfish. They're spines - long strips of skin, basically, that they use for camouflage among seaweed and coral.

It can't be accused of having eyes bigger than its stomach\* either - it's able to enlarge both its mouth and its stomach, enabling it to eat prey twice as large as itself!

* you can't really accuse humans of that, either. I don't know about you, but my eyes are tiny in comparison to my stomach.

## Trivia

* The card's special ability is based on the saying "hair today, gone tomorrow" as the card loses its power if it is not used when drawn.
Goliath Tigerfish

## Ability

### Ability

**Do Fish Need Dentists?****(Return)** Your Feisty Fish and Monsters of the Deep cards, wherever they are, gain +12 Power next turn and this card costs +1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

When your name is Goliath and your appearance is akin to a prehistoric predator of the oceans, you have a big reputation to uphold. Right enough, the **Goliath Tigerfish** is as fierce as they come.

Measuring just over 1.5 metres and weighing around 69 kilograms (154 pounds), this beast is as heavy as a super-welterweight boxer. According to the locals of the Congo River Basin and Lake Tanganyika in Africa where this species is indigenous, the giant tigerfish has even been known to take on crocodiles.

A colossal row of 2-inch teeth protrude from its powerful jaws and line up perfectly with grooves in its mouth, allowing the Goliath Tigerfish to snap its jaw shut and completely trap prey inside.
Heart Nebula

## Ability

### Ability

**Heart and Soul****(Play)** Your Soul Nebula card in hand gains +30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The People That Name Space Things were given a gift with this one - a great big emission of light in space that resembles a heart, a bit? Forget about it, let's all leave early!

This particular nebula is host to several very young stars - and at only 1.5 million years old, they're practically babies (for comparison, our sun is a ripe old 4.6 billion)

CRAFTING CLUE BELOW!

- Starting with two Saints, he had a prolific career.
Galle Crater

## Ability

### Ability

**Thermodynamic Miracles****(Draw)** Your Science cards, wherever they are, gain +12 Power until this is returned to your deck. **(Return)** Your Mars card, wherever it is, costs -4 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

You can’t go to Mars to check out a crater, that might have to wait until later – but don’t worry, be happy.

Known as ‘the happy face crater’ for its resemblance with a smiley face, the **Galle Crater** is an impact crater that sits on the eastern rim of the Argyre Planitia impact basin at 51° South and 329° East on Mars. Named after the German astronomer J.G. Galle, the Galle Crater is about 215km across.

The 'face' was first pointed out in images taken during NASA's Viking Orbiter 1 mission; astronomers believe the surface was shaped by wind activity which removed the bright dusty coating to reveal a curved mountain range in the southern part of the crater and two smaller mountain clusters further north.
Georgia Guidestones

## Ability

### Ability

**Six Slabs****(Play)** If your deck has exactly 6 Natural Monuments cards, your Natural Monuments cards in hand gain +12 Power for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

For four decades, the 19-foot-tall **Georgia Guidestones** stood in Elbert County, serving as a celestial clock and a warning for post-apocalyptic civilisations. That is, until someone blew it up in 2022.

Often called the American Stonehenge, the granite slabs were positioned in an X pattern, with each line of the axis oriented toward specific areas of the moon’s annual rotation around the Earth. They also contained instructions for survivors of an Armageddon that the mystery creator feared was approaching.

Controversial from the time of its construction in 1980, this 120-tonne monument had been the subject of conspiracy theories which alleged it was connected to Satanism. So, naturally, when it was destroyed, the same people claimed it was God striking it down with lightning, despite video evidence showing someone planting a device.
Gila Monster

## Ability

### Ability

**Scales like Nails****(Draw)** If you are losing the round, this card gains +40 Power until played. **(Play)** If you are winning the round, an opponent's random card in hand loses -20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Have you heard of the All-American lizard? While it's not actually coloured red, white and blue (its scales are black, yellow, orange and sometimes pink), the **Gila Monster** is the largest lizard that is native to the United States - and one of only two venomous lizards species on the entire planet.

Much like their cousin-in-species, the Mexican Beaded Lizard, the **Gila Monster** bites its prey and keeps holding on for as long as it can to work its venom in. They've been known to hold onto prey for more than ten minutes - and there's no known antivenom!

They live in the deserts of the south-western United States and are named for the Gila River that runs across Arizona (where they are very populous). And it's pronounced "hee-la", by the way - might want to reread this with the correct pronunciation.