recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Principia Mathematica

## Ability

### Ability

**Shoulders of Giants****(Play)** Your cards, wherever they are, with 5 or more Base Energy gain +15 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Well known boffin Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) crammed his three laws of motion and the law of gravity into this three-book work, but for good measure, he also introduced the world calculus, thus ensuring the eternal resentment of school children everywhere.

The full title of the work is called Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, this is not to be confused with Whitehead and Russell’s work of mathematics and logic - **Principia Mathematica**.

Books I and II are all about mechanics and includes the laws of motion - mass, inertia, centripetal force etc (see The Laws of Motion card). Book III 'De mundi systemate' (On the system of the world) sets out to ‘demonstrate the frame of the system of the world’. Exploring the effects of the Law of Universal Gravitation and how it applies to objects with masses of any size.

While Newton was the first to accurately describe this law and confirm it through experimentation. It wasn’t until Henry Cavendish’s (English scientist 1731-1810) experiment that the Law of Universal Gravitation got its algebraic form - F=G(Mm/r^2)
Mugger Crocodile

## Ability

### Ability

**Ambush!****(Play)** Your opponent's cards in hand with 40 or less Base Power lose -20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The **Mugger Crocodile** has a very diverse diet, albeit entirely meat-based. They’ve been observed eating fish, pythons, turtles, birds, monkeys, pangolins, rodents, dogs and - yes - humans. And given that each meal can be around 25% of their body weight, they eat a *lot*.

The Mugger Crocodile is also one of the first reptiles known to use tools - specifically sticks, which it balances on its head during nesting season to attract birds looking for materials. (Once it figures out how to balance IKEA furniture, we’re all doomed.
Natural Selection

## Ability

### Ability

**The Strong Survive****(Draw)** All cards in both player's hands with 5 or more Base Energy gain +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The Genetic Inheritance card it this collection will tell you that organisms take on the traits of their parents. That's true, but nature also has a way of influencing which traits get passed down - bluntly, it kills off any organisms that aren't good enough for it.

**Natural Selection** is the process by which the most fit-for-the-environment species continue to survive. Imagine a colony of turtles that live on an island - the island is very hot, and only those who can withstand the heat live. Those survivors procreate, and their offspring has that heat resistance.

Then imagine, generations later, a new predator is introduced to the island. Those turtles that cannot protect themselves from it die off, and the survivors pass on their attack and defence traits to their young.

That's a very basic example, but it highlights the point - species evolve the tools they need over time, to deal with the environment they inhabit.

Charles Darwin is credited with the discovery of **Natural Selection**. He studied animals across the world, and noted that there were differences between colonies of creatures living mere miles apart - they had adapted over time for their specific environment.
Niobe

## Ability

### Ability

**A Boastful Mother****(Play)** If you have played Tantalus this game, this card gains +10 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Undoubtedly one of the most tragic figures of Greek mythology, **Niobe**’s fatal error was bragging about how many children she had. During a ceremony in honour of Leto, the mother of the twins Apollo and Artemis, Niobe boasted that she had fourteen children - seven girls and seven boys. Leto, on the other hand, only had two, and they really didn’t take kindly to this comment. So, they retaliated.

Using powerful arrows, Artemis killed Niobe’s seven daughters while Apollo murdered Niobe’s sons right before her eyes. Devastated by the killing of his children, Niobe’s husband Amphion committed suicide. In desperation, Niobe ran to Mount Sipylus where she pleaded with the Gods to end her pain. Always creative in his methods, Zeus transformed her into a rock to turn her feelings to stone.
Pixie-Bob

## Ability

### Ability

**Polydactyl****(Play)** If you have played 5 or more Cute Cats this game, your Cute Cats cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

If it looks like a bobcat, sounds like a bobcat, but is a bit smaller and lives in your house, it’s probably a **Pixie-bob** that’s begging you for a treat right now and not an actual bobcat.

It was claimed that the Pixie-bob was the result of breeding a wild bobcat and a domesticated cat but after DNA testing, the bobcat bit seemed to be suspiciously absent. Myth or not though, they’re pretty damn cute and have only been around in the US for the last few decades.

Known for their stocky frame, stumpy tail and lively personality, they tend to have short, spotted coats, making them look like miniature big cats! They are super active and love to play but they are also laid back enough to enjoy the company of families, making them a great pet. So while their stocky bodies look like they’d happily take you in a fight, they’re definitely a breed that’s more lover than fighter.
Pi

## Did You Know?

Pi is a mathematical constant, and is defined as the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. However, Pi is an irrational number, meaning it can not be expressed as a fraction, and its digits go on forever in a seemingly random sequence.

Commonly expressed as 3.14, the world record for remembering Pi extends to 70,030 digits and took 17 hours and 14 minutes to recite. That's right - faced with infinite options for how to use one's brain and time, someone somewhere decided to memorise 70,030 digits of Pi.
Peach Melba

## Ability

### Ability

**Woah Nellie****(Return)** Your Nellie Bly card, wherever it is, costs -4 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

One fine day in 1892, the French chef Auguste Escoffier created an entirely new dessert by combining peach slices and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream. On this day, in the Savoy Hotel, London, the **Peach Melba** was born.
This delicious creation was made to honour the Australian soprano Nellie Melba, who was performing in Wagner's opera Lohengrin at Covent Garden at the time. So, it was served in a silver dish perched atop an ice sculpture of a swan, which is featured in the opera.

Want to make this at home but don’t have any peaches? Don’t even think about subbing peach out for another fruit. In the words of Auguste Escoffier, “any variation on the recipe would ruin the delicate balance of its taste.” So no Durian Melbas, y'hear?
Potala Palace

## Ability

### Ability

**Palace on the Peak****(Play)** If you are winning the round, this card gains +15 Power.

## Did You Know?

The **Potala Palace**, Tibet is the highest palace in the world, sitting 3,750 meters (12,300 feet) above sea level. Construction started in 1645 under the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, who had selected the location on the advice of one of his spiritual advisers because of its equidistance between the monasteries at Sera and Drepung. It remained the residence and place of government for more than 300 years until the 14th Dalai Lama was forced to flee to India in 1959 during the Tibetan uprising against communist China.

The keen-eyed among you will notice it has two distinct palaces, one in red and one in white. The white palace was used as offices for the Tibetan government and the Lama's residence and the red palace was a house of prayer, dedicated to the study of Buddhism and religious advancement.

The palace contains several stupas (burial mounds) for departed Dalai Lamas including the 5th whose luxuriously decorated resting place is emblazoned with more than 3500kg (7700lb) of gold.
Queen Ranavalona I

## Ability

### Ability

**Protect Sovereignty****(Return)** Your Unruly Rulers cards, wherever they are, cost -2 Energy for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

Born Rabodoandrianampoinimerina, it’s fair to say **Queen Ranavalona I** needed a nickname. Known casually as Ramavo, she ruled as the sovereign of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. Ramavo wasn’t part of any noble family by birth – in fact, her ascent to the monarchy came from a simple twist of fate. When her father learned about a murder plot against future Merina King Andrianampoinimerina, he informed his master.

When Andrianampoinimerina became king, he rewarded the informer by adopting his daughter as his own, giving her a future claim to the throne. When she did become Queen, Ramavo ruled like a ruthless dictator. Anyone she suspected was opposing her met their end at her command, so it’s no surprise she has such a bad reputation in the history books.
Rajasaurus

## Ability

### Ability

**Princely Sum****(Draw)** Gain +3 Energy and all cards in both player's hands cost +1 Energy this turn.

## Did You Know?

The Lameta Formation, where **Rajasaurus** was discovered in 1982, is in the Gujarat state of India. This created an opening when it came to naming the specimen.

“It’s like some kind of terrible.. lizard… king. Hey, what’s that in Greek or Latin?”
“Forget about it. Taken.”
“And the Sanskrit?”
“Sanskrit?! Uh… fill your boots.”

And so, following in the tradition of T. Rex, Basilosaurus, and Jim Morrison, another ‘Lizard King’ was born. (Or died. YKWIM.)

A cretaceous carnivore with a predilection for head-butting, Rajasaurus differs from many therapods in that it seems to have evolved its head crest when others were losing theirs. This is no doubt what Rudyard Kipling was referring to when he wrote his seminal poem ‘If’:

“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…”
Platybelodon

## Ability

### Ability

**Shovelhead****(Draw)** Your Herbivores cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played. **(Play)** Your Bonnethead Shark card in hand gains +30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

**Platybelodon** (Greek for “flat tusk”) is an ancient ancestor of the modern elephant whose stomping ground was the late Miocene Africa and Eurasia, around 10 million years ago. Either the Platybelodon used its flattened lower tusks like a spork to dig up the vegetation along the flooded plains and riverbanks, or it used them to grasp tree branches before swinging its head back and forth to scythe down the plants growing underneath.

In any case, the male Platybelodon definitely used its upper tusks to attract females – because nothing says “I’m your dream man” like two massive spikes protruding from your face (single male elephants, take note.) Sadly, it’s thought that the changing weather conditions caused a drought that destroyed their feeding grounds and led to their extinction.
Peacock

## Ability

### Ability

**Strut Your Stuff****(Play)** Your opponent's cards in hand lose -10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

TECHNICALLY Peacock is the name of the male of the species - they're called Peafowl, females are called Peahens and babies Peachicks.

Enough about nomenclature - want to know something about those magnificent tail feathers? They get their awesome colour and light-reflecting effect from millions of tiny crystals all up and down the feather.

Incidentally, a group of Peafowl is called an "ostentation", which couldn't be more appropriate.
Penicillin

## Ability

### Ability

**Growing Cultures****(Play)** Your History cards in hand gain +30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Sir Alexander Fleming, described as a “careless lab technician”, returned from a two week holiday in 1928 and stumbled upon one of the biggest medical discoveries of all time. Usually, when I get back from holiday, I find two-week-old mouldy bread and curdled milk.

At the time, Fleming was experimenting with the influenza virus at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. There were no post-holiday blues for Fleming, as he found that in the two weeks he had been away, a mould had developed on an accidentally contaminated staphylococcus culture plate.

Upon examination of the mould, he noticed that the culture prevented the growth of staphylococci. Australian scientist Howard Walter Florey then made the Penicillin mould into medicine and together with another scientist, Ernest Boris Chain, Fleming and Florey were given the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1945.

Penicillin was mass-produced in the 1940s and was first used widely in World War II. It is still, to this day one of the most widely used antibiotics of all time.
Red Thread of Fate

## Ability

### Ability

**Entwined****(Draw)** A random card in either player's hand gains +32 Power this turn

## Did You Know?

Do you believe in destiny? In Chinese folklore, the old lunar matchmaker god Yuè Lǎo sees that soulmates are bound together by a **Red Thread of Fate** that is tied around their ankles. So, when you meet someone and feel you have a special connection, it isn’t just chance. It’s the universe conspiring to bring you together with this intangible string of destiny, no matter the time, place or circumstances. You can call it a happy accident or a lucky coincidence, but the legend says that the yarn can stretch or contract but never break – so, no matter what choices you make, the red thread of fate will see that you and your soulmate meet.
Pittacus

## Ability

### Ability

**Power Shows the Man****(Play)** Your other Seven Sages of Ancient Greece cards in hand gain +10 Power this turn. **(Draw)** Gain +9 Power/Turn for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

An ancient Mytilenean military general, statesman and one of the Seven Sages of Greece, **Pittacus** governed Mytilene for 10 years, establishing himself as one of the most important historical figures of the island and of Greek history.

During his time in power, Pittachus established a law that stated that those who committed crimes in drunkenness should receive double the punishment that they would if they were sober. In those days, it was mostly the aristocrats who were guilty of drunk and disorderly behaviour, so the common people welcomed this rule. Today, you would have a hard time getting elected on a platform of punishing drunkenness. Pittacus is also well-remembered for his wisdom – his great motto was this: “Whatever you do, do it well.”
Pyromancy

## Ability

### Ability

**By Fire****(Play)** If you have played Fire this game, your Signs of the Zodiac cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Given that it’s one of the building blocks of civilization, it’s not hard to see how fire became used in divination. Known as **Pyromancy**, this technique arose independently across many parts of the world.

In ancient Greece, fire was a godly element that was bestowed by higher forces. It’s said that followers of Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and the forge, practised pyromancy. But before you go burning down a building just to find out your fate (probably jail), it’s best to start small with the flame from a candle and interpret the shapes you see within them. There are, of course, variations - alomancy, for example, involves casting salt into a fire, while botanomancy involves burning plants.
Pericles

## Ability

### Ability

**Democratic Process****(Play)** If you are winning the round, all cards in both player's hands gain +15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

You know the whole strength in numbers dynamic? Well, we all have **Pericles** to thank for that.

Ancient Greek statesman **Pericles**, leader of Athens from 460–429 B.C., organized the construction of the Parthenon and developed a democracy based on majority rule. During his leadership, he also happened to build the Acropolis and led Athens' recapture of Delphi, the siege on Samos and the invasion of Megara - so he was fairly busy by all accounts.

The leadership of **Pericles** ushered in a time which is known as the Golden Age of Athens, a great time to be alive! Not only were many of the famous buildings and landmarks you know and love constructed during this time, but the arts and education flourished under him. Contemporaries included the teachings of great philosophers like Socrates and the theatre productions of playwrights like Sophocles.

In 462, **Pericles** and a fellow politician, Ephiatles, established a vote in the popular assembly. The vote resulted in the complete loss of power for the old noble council, Areopagus.

Cimon, the conservative Athenian leader whose policy it was to maintain friendly relations with Sparta, was exiled which many historians and academics agreed marked the beginning of the Athenian democracy and governed democracy to the world.

Is there nothing this guy couldn't do?!

Luckily after the Cimon debacle, **Pericles** quickly seized the helm, organizing democratic institutions throughout the city and in 461 became the ruler of Athens—a title he would hold until his death. The period from 460 to 429 is in fact often referred to as the Age of **Pericles** in Ancient Greek history.

'Pericles' Funeral Oration' by Philipp Foltz (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Radar

## Ability

### Ability

**Early Warning****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, your opponent loses -6 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

Five years before the start of WWII, **Sir Robert Watson-Watt** was asked to create the United Kingdom’s version of a rumoured *Nazi death ray* using radio waves. He determined it wasn’t possible but his assistant Arnold Wilkins suggested that it may be possible to detect aircraft through disturbances of those radio waves. This led to the Chain Home land based radio tower system and by 1940, the first Airborne Interception radar was in use and helped end the nightly bombing raids by the Nazi Luftwaffe.

Later in life, in Canada, however, he was clocked for speeding by a policeman using the same technology he developed. Reputedly saying *“Had I known what you were going to do with it, I would never have invented it!”* He then wrote this poem:

***Rough Justice***

*Pity Sir Robert Watson-Watt,
strange target of this radar plot
And thus, with others I can mention,
the victim of his own invention.
His magical all-seeing eye
enabled cloud-bound planes to fly
but now by some ironic twist
it spots the speeding motorist
and bites, no doubt with legal wit,
the hand that once created it.*

Microwave ovens also owe their existence to a RADAR engineer who got too close to a magnetron generating these high energy radio waves and noticed that the chocolate bar in his pocket had begun to melt. He put two and two together and after a year of development the first microwave oven was put on the market. It was called, fittingly enough, the Radarange.
Peacock Flounder

## Ability

### Ability

**Flowery Language****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round and if this card matches the Arena, your Tremendous Trees and Plant Life cards, wherever they are, gain +23 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Their flat bodies allow them to hide in the sand from predators and scope out potential prey undetected. Their eyes are raised on short stumps like radar dishes and can move in any direction independent of each other. They are one of the most common flounders found in coral reefs.

All of the above makes the **Peacock Flounder** a true coral reef Hide & Seek champion. Using their periscope eyes, peacock flounders check out the surroundings and camouflage their skin accordingly. It only takes them between 2 to 8 seconds to completely blend into their background!

When they aren’t blending in, their natural colouring is brown with vibrant blue circular spots on their entire body, including their fins.
Quetzalcoatl

## Ability

### Ability

**Ruler of the West****(Play)** If you have played Huitzilopochtli this game, your Tezcatlipoca card in hand gains +100 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

**Quetzalcoatl** was the Aztec god of knowledge, Venus, the wind and air, and is another one of the creator deities. If you’ve collected the others, you’ll know exactly what that is - but if you're avoiding spoilers, cover your eyes.

Right, now they’re gone… There are of course four creator-gods. Tezcatlipocas who were the sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, the creators of all the other gods. They were Xipe Totec, Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl. Each of the four takes a turn as the Sun.

As with most Aztec deities there is a lot conflicting information, but as far as we can tell Quetzalcoatl is the only one who ‘cavorted’ with his older sister, no small feat given Quetzalpetlatl was at the time a celibate priestess. Anyway, the shame finally caught up with him - and nothing takes away the shame quite like self-immolation.

As he burned, his ashes and heart rose into the sky and became Venus (The Morning Star).
Rhamphorhynchus

## Ability

### Ability

**Well Preserved****(Return)** Your remaining Paleontology cards in hand gain +10 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Ramphorhynchus has the distinction of being one of the most well-preserved prehistoric creatures ever found. The Solnhofen fossil beds of Germany, where it was first discovered, did such a good job of protecting the fossils for millions of years that we pretty much know everything about it; size, shape, diet, favourite Beatles album (Sgt. Pepper's), bone structure, internal organ layout...
Peter Paul Rubens

## Did You Know?

**Peter Paul Rubens** said that he was “the busiest and most harassed man in the world.” If he was, then he had at least brought this on himself - running an efficient and much-celebrated studio producing art almost ‘en masse’ with the aid of a team of assistants.

For many commissions - usually with royal, religious or mythological subjects - Rubens would make an oil sketch and preparatory drawings, and then leave much of the execution to his team, with engravers even reproducing his work. This approach helped establish him a major figure of the Baroque period - and, to steal a line from Disney, ‘if it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it.’

As a result of this prolific output, his works can now be found in the Hermitage (Russia), Louvre (Paris), Prado (Spain), National Gallery (London), and the Mauritshuis (The Hague), among others.

It’s hard not to be a bit ‘judgey’ about his second marriage - to a 16 year old 37 years his junior (At what point does ‘things were different then’ become unacceptable as an excuse?) They had five children together, bringing his total to eight.

'The Fall of Man' by Peter Paul Rubens (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)

CRAFTING CLUES BELOW!

- A true aim was needed to win back a true love.
- Stop giggling, this giant’s chill.
Pazuzu

## Ability

### Ability

**Possession****(Start)** An opponent's random card in hand loses -15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

While many of us may know him as the creature who made Linda Blair spew pea soup at Max Von Sydow, ancient Mesopotamian demon **Pazuzu** actually had many strings to his bow and very few of them involved possessing teenage girls (or, actually, none of them at all). We’ve all seen that carving of Pazuzu with one hand raised to the sky and another pointed to the ground and his great demon wings behind him but you likely only know it for all the wrong reasons.

In ancient times, Pazuzu was not only a demon of the underworld, but also the demon of the West Winds. On top of that, he was sometimes considered a protective spirit and was known for protecting pregnant women from the goddess Lamashtu, who had a bit of a thing for going after unborn babies. Pregnant women could wear a little Pazuzu head around their neck and consider themselves and their unborn children safe.

See, not that bad after all, is he?
Pomegranate Tree

## Ability

### Ability

**Fruit of the Dead****(Return)** Your cards with "Death" or "Dead" in the name, wherever they are, gain +26 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

The **Pomegranate Tree** has a native range from North East Turkey to Afghanistan. However, the Romans didn’t know that at the time they named it. They thought it was from Africa, so they gave the tree the genus name ‘Punica’ after the Roman name for <link="https:>Carthage</link>, an ancient city in Northern Africa.

If ancient myths are anything to go by, eating the fruit of a Pomegranate Tree is a huge gamble. In Greek mythology, Persephone ate six seeds from the Pomegranate Tree and had to stay with Hades for six months every year, causing winter in the world until her return. However, in Persian mythology, Isfandiyar ate a pomegranate and became invincible. We trust you’ll make the right decision.
Pridwen

## Ability

### Ability

**Virgin Mary, Protector****(Draw)** For every card in your deck with "Mary" in the name, this card gains +10 Power and costs -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

When it comes to King Arthur’s weapons, Excalibur gets all the plaudits because, well, it’s a giant magic sword. But where would this legendary king have been without **Pridwen**, his shield?

According to 12th century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Pridwen (meaning ‘fair face’) was adorned with an image of the Virgin Mary. Although Arthur definitely would have had a shield, there’s some debate in the King Arthur fandom as to whether Pridwen was actually the name of his ship, as the Welsh poem ‘Preiddeu Annwfn’ describes - and that poem was written 200 years prior to Geoff’s story.

Plus, in the 11th century tale ‘Culhwch and Olwen’, Arthur’s boat ‘Prydwen’ gets not one, but three mentions. In all likelihood, Ol’ Geoffrey got the name for Arthur’s shield confused.
Rainbow Snake

## Ability

### Ability

**Scale Model****(Play)** If at least 6 cards in your deck are from different Albums, gain +30 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

An unofficial ambassador for the LGBTQ+ community, the **Rainbow Snake** (Latin name: Farancia erytrogramma) are among the most beautiful snakes in the world. If looks could kill, this serpent would be dangerous – however, seeing as it has no venom, you’re free to admire the rainbow snake up close without fearing for your life. In fact, if captured, the worst they could do would be to point their tail tip at you and release a foul smell in your direction. In short, its best defence mechanism is flatulence.

Rainbow snakes are mostly aquatic, and they mainly inhabit clear waters of springs and rivers. They are also sometimes observed in creeks, lakes, cypress swamps, marshes, and tidal mudflats.

'Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake) photographed in March of 2018 in North Carolina' by Charles Baker (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Prince Hamlet

## Ability

### Ability

**To Be or Not to Be?****(Draw)** If you have lost at least 1 round this game, your History cards in hand gain +50 Power this turn and if you have won at least 1 round this game, your Science cards in hand gain +50 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

A murdered father, a scheming uncle and a whole bunch of existential angst - **Prince Hamlet** certainly had a lot on his plate. But instead of getting things done, he spent most of his time paralysed by indecision, debating what to do and giving long soliloquies (including the famous “to be or not to be” speech, which is one of the most-quoted passages in fiction.)

When Hamlet finally did take action, he ended up accidentally killing the wrong person, starting a fight with his friend, and getting himself killed. The moral of the story? If you're going to plot revenge, make sure you have a solid plan and maybe lay off the soliloquies.

A tragic hero, Hamlet's character is thought to be a reflection of Shakespeare's own inner turmoil.
Patagotitan

## Ability

### Ability

**Living It Large****(Play)** If played next to any Land Before Time card, your Paleontology cards in hand gain +16 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

When it came to prehistoric school photo day, the **Patagotitan** would unequivocally have stood at the back. Thought to be the world’s largest terrestrial animal of all time, this giant would have been nine times heavier than an African elephant. To give you an idea of its size, the Patagotitan’s thigh bones alone were 2.4 metres tall.

Fortunately for smaller animals, this absolute unit wasn’t directly a threat (unless you got caught under its big feet). In the forested regions of Patagonia, roughly 100 million to 95 million years ago, the Patagotitan munched on leaves from coniferous trees.

When fossils of the species were found in the Cerro Barcino Formation in 2014, it was simply known as the Titanosaur until its formal naming in 2017.

'Patagotitan mayorum' by Mariolanzas (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples

## Ability

### Ability

**Apple Thief****(Draw)** Your Curious Cuisine cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

We get it. When you’ve got a tree that grows golden apples but the fruit gets stolen the moment they get ripe, you’re going to do everything you can to catch the thief, right? That’s the premise of **Praslea the Brave and the Golden Apples**, a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu.

But tracking the thief turns out to be a little trickier than the characters anticipated. In his quest, Praslea (the son of the king who owned the tree) goes into some alternate, underground dimension, fights three ogres from three castles, finds three princesses and even faces an attempt on his life by his own brothers. Fortunately, he survives and goes on to marry one of the princesses. How do you like them apples?
Piano

## Ability

### Ability

**Jazz Trio****(Draw)** If you have played Bass Guitar this game, this card gains +14 Power this turn. Repeat for Drum Kit. **(Play)** Your Bass Guitar and Drum Kit cards in hand gain +14 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

If one ever falls on your head, you should at least know what it was originally called. As the instrument crashes down upon you, keep in mind that the name “**Piano**” is actually short for Pianoforte, meaning “soft /loud” in Italian. In fact, calling it "piano" totally defeats the purpose of its original name which was intended to depict its dynamic sound.

The piano has the widest range of tones of all instruments - not that you’ll get to hear them in those final moments. But, for what it’s worth, a piano plays a note lower than the lowest note on a double-bassoon and higher than the top note of a piccolo. Simply put, it’s got the range of an entire orchestra!
Refraction

## Ability

### Ability

**Any Colour You Like****(Play)** Your cards, wherever they are, lose -5 Power permanently. **(Return)** If your deck has exactly 3 cards from any Album, those cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

You don’t need to be a physics wiz to know what **Refraction** looks like - just pick up a copy of Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. The album cover is an example of an optical phenomena known as refraction and dispersion - the first of which explains why the rainbow and the incoming beam aren’t parallel.

To understand a bit more about refraction, imagine a lifeguard running diagonally across the beach to reach a drowning swimmer before diving in the water. Naturally, the lifeguard needs to get to them in the shortest time possible, and is aware that the sea is harder to swim through than running along the shore. Likewise, the light beam “knows” to change angle if a straight path is not the quickest route.
Phyllodesmium Poindimiei

## Ability

### Ability

**Spun of Light****(Draw)** Your Oceans and Seas cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn. **(Return)** Your Around the Reef cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Land slugs drew the short straw when it came to looks. Meanwhile, their sea-dwelling counterparts come in all shapes and colours, and the **Phyllodesmium poindimiei** is just one psychedelic example.

Also known as Spun of Light, this otherworldly friend is an aeolid nudibranch Gastropod belonging to the family Facelinidae that feeds on a type of coral called Alcyonacea. To non-slug specialists, it may as well be an adorable alien - but rest assured, the Phyllodesmium poindimiei isn’t a space-faring slug but a coral-dwelling creature found near the coasts of Australia, Hawaii and the Indo-Pacific region. The long, pink outgrowths on its back are called cerata - they help the sea slug defend itself and carry out important metabolic processes.
René Descartes

## Ability

### Ability

**Cogito, ergo sum****(Draw)** Your cards in hand gain +4 Power permanently and this card gains +12 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Doubting Every Single Certainty And Reaffirming True Existing Self.

When he wasn’t working on analytical geometry, that’s what **René Descartes** did in his spare time (and not just because the acronym spells out his surname.) As part of his meditations, the French philosopher described himself as sitting by the fire in his dressing gown and slippers. The problem for Descartes was that he could not be sure whether he was really there at all, or whether his senses were playing tricks on him. How could he be certain that he even existed? Or whether reality was no more than a dream?

After a lengthy series of thought-trains, Descartes finally arrived at the well-known conclusion: “I think, therefore, I am.”
Puffin

## Ability

### Ability

**Sea Parrot****(Play)** Your Oceans and Seas cards in hand gain +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Puffins look pretty cool - check out those colourful bills - but unfortunately they aren't very good fliers. On average, the Puffin has to beat its wings 300-400 times a minute to stay in the air.

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY - flap your arms up and down and see how many you can do in a minute. If you can do it 400 times in a minute, you might well take off.
Pearl Hart

## Did You Know?

Pearl Hart was born Pearl Taylor in Ontario, Canada, in 1876. At the age of 16, she fell for a seductive drunkard and gambler called Frederick Hart. Through the early stages of her marriage, it is thought she became a fan of Wild West shows and was particularly enamoured by Annie Oakley.

After two children, and a lot of will-they-won't-they situations, wife-beating Fred left to join the Rough Riders (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry). Pearl briefly headed home to her parents before returning to Arizona without her children.

In 1899, she had hooked up with a miner called Joe Boot. Needing money for her mothers' medical bills, it was Boot she turned to for advice. Joe (clearly an upstanding gent), came up with several nefarious plans but after they failed to deliver enough cash, the couple settled on robbing the stagecoach that ran between Florence and Globe, Arizona.

Raking in a whopping $450, Boots' planning was called into question when they became lost in the unfamiliar surroundings and were forced to set up camp. In this writer's humble experience waking up to an alarm is never nice, but Boot and Pearl woke up to guns of a sheriffs posse.

The story doesn't end here; she escaped jail, was recaptured, charmed the jury before being re-tried for unlawfully carrying a gun and being sentenced to 5 years in Yuma Prison.

'Pearl Hart seated in a jail cell' by Unknown Author (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Rainbow Bee-Eater

## Ability

### Ability

**Adorned****(Play)** For every Album in your deck, your Birds cards, wherever they are, gain +4 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Ornithologists are not usually well known for inventive bird-naming techniques, and the **Rainbow Bee-Eater** is no exception. But for this colorful, bee-eating bird, who can blame them?

Despite a passing resemblance to tiny little hummingbirds, this beauty can grow up to 11 inches in length and weigh up to 33g - roughly a single serve bag of potato chips. But for all their innocent outward appearances, their methods of snacking border on barbaric, as the little stingers must be beaten against a perch and rubbed dry of their venom before dinner time.

While you’d usually have to travel down under to find them, they take their vacations to Indonesia and New Guinea during the winter, with a singular #madlad once being found on an excursion to Japan in 2009.
Jupiter, King of the Gods

## Did You Know?

The main man of Roman mythology, often referred to as the king of gods, Jupiter (Zeus in Greek mythology) was the king of heaven and Earth and all of the Olympian gods (bow down). He was also known as the god of justice. With the help of the kings of the time, he established principles of the Roman religion.

He was the god who the people prayed to and honoured the most and wanted to please the most. He was also the one whose wrath they feared the most. Jupiter struck fear into his followers with the endless supply of lightning bolts he carried at all times.

Jupiter’s backstory is pretty fruity so bear with us. Son of Saturn (previous king of the gods) Saturn began to SWALLOW the children that he had with his wife when they were born (yes you read that right) Why? Because he had been warned that one of his children would overthrow him. He swallowed the children Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, Juno and Vesta. When his wife realised that she was pregnant again (with Jupiter) she had the baby secretly moved to Crete, instead giving Saturn a stone wrapped as a baby for Saturn to eat. Saturn believed he had eaten Jupiter and his son was saved...

Growing up safe from Saturn, Jupiter planned a revenge for all Saturn had done to his brothers and sisters and forced Saturn to vomit up all of the children he had swallowed. The siblings then joined forces and overthrew their VILE father...

With the help of the Cyclopses and the Hundred-handed Giants, they declared war on Saturn and the other Titans. Jupiter finally defeated the Titans and they were imprisoned in Tartarus. Jupiter and his brothers then divided the universe into three parts, Jupiter got the heavens, Neptune got the sea and Pluto got the underworld. This, friends is how Jupiter became the king of the gods. and WHAT a story!
Port Jackson Shark

## Ability

### Ability

**Harness the Power****(Play)** If your deck has 10 or more Oceans cards, this card gains +80 Power.

## Did You Know?

Of all the Heterodontid (bullhead) sharks, the **Port Jackson Shark** is the largest. And, although it may not have rows of large, sharp teeth like those in shark-based horror flicks, Port Jackson Sharks are blessed with the super-power of multi-tasking: they can eat and breathe at the same time. This is unusual for sharks, many of which need to swim with their mouths open to force water over the gills.

As a nocturnal creature, this bottom-dwelling, blunt-headed shark spends the night searching for prey in the southern Australian waters. The menu usually includes molluscs, crustaceans, fish and sea urchins. Humans need not worry about the Port Jackson Shark, although a small bite from one of these can still be pretty painful.
Pisces

## Ability

### Ability

**Sign of the Fish****(Play)** Your Goldfish and Clown Fish cards in hand gain +39 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The daydreamers of the Zodiac, **Pisces** are said to be overly emotional. If you’re reading this and you were born between February 19th and March 20th, you’re probably feeling defensive already. But don’t worry - astrology isn’t an exact science. Plus, your emotional nature makes you highly empathetic, usually selfless and very creative which is a clear advantage over non-water signs. In the words of famous Pisces, Olivia Rodrigo, “good 4 u”.

Pisceans’ symbol is two fish facing opposite directions, which reflects their ongoing internal battle. One side begs them to follow their wildest dreams while the other yearns to be left alone and to stay in bed all day. We feel you, Pisces - the struggle is real.
Pink Fairy Armadillo

## Ability

### Ability

**Fairy Friends****(Play)** If you have played Pika this game, this card gains +20 Power this turn. Repeat if you have played Prairie Dog, Fennec Fox or Angora Rabbit this game.

## Did You Know?

No, it’s not a rat cosplaying as a piece of Sushi or a rare form of Pokemon. This so-ugly-its-cute creature is the **Pink Fairy Armadillo**, the smallest species of armadillo in existence. The pink fairy armadillo is nicknamed “sand-swimmer” because it is said that the comically oversized claws of this furry little land shrimp can help it burrow through the ground as fast as a fish can swim in the sea.

'Pink Fairy Armadillo' by Cliff (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Pūtangirua Pinnacles

## Ability

### Ability

**Paths of the Dead****(Draw)** If your deck contains any card with "Death" in the name, gain +10 Power/Turn for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

While it might look like a haunting place where the dead roam, the **Pūtangirua Pinnacles** are stunning natural monuments in New Zealand. Or, if you’re a local, they’re just known as The Pinnacles.

While it was used as the site of the Paths of the Dead in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of *Return of the King,* today it’s a beautiful nature walk in Aorangi Forest Park that'll take you between 2 and 4 hours to explore. Just be wary of falling rocks from the towering spires around you, but apart from that you should have a lovely day!

The Pinnacles are a great example of badlands erosion at work as the Aorangi Forest was once an island but over the past few hundreds of thousands of years, the water has vanished, eroding the mountains as it left. The result is a series of “hoodoos”, which are thin rock spires. This makes it the perfect place for nice nature walks or for gathering an army of the dead to fight the forces or evil. Whichever you prefer.
Rhesus Macaque

## Ability

### Ability

**Plant-Based Diet****(Draw)** For every Plant Life card you have played this game, up to a maximum of 12, this card gains +5 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When Albert II was born, he probably didn’t imagine he would become the first mammal in space. But in 1949, the **Rhesus Macaque** monkey made history when he flew to an altitude of 134 km aboard a U.S. V-2 sounding rocket.

That’s one small step for the Rhesus Macaque, and one giant leap for monkeykind. But when they aren’t space-faring, this species spends its time in groups ranging from 20 to 200, foraging in the trees or on the ground for roots, fruit, seeds, insects and small animals - the kind of diet you don’t get in space. And, as a species, they aren’t particularly territorial - in fact, the Rhesus Macaque is happy to share its habitat - whether that’s in a tree, on land or in a spaceship.
Pterodaustro

## Ability

### Ability

**Flamin-Go!****(Draw)** Your Flamingos card, wherever it is, gains +46 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

The **Pterodaustro** was an odd-looking character. Thought to have the feeding techniques of the modern flamingo, it’s brush-like teeth are akin to ‘Founding Fathers’ style facial hair.

Critically, the Pterodaustro is not a dinosaur at all, but a flying reptile more closely related to birds. It is among the very first pterosaur discovered in South America, and it hails from the San Luis Province in Patagonia, Argentina.
Ragdoll

## Did You Know?

If their big blue eyes and luscious fur coats weren’t enough to win over even the staunchest dog people, the personality of **Ragdoll** cats certainly will: this breed is known for their dog-like traits such as playfulness and fierce loyalty to their family.

Okay, so they won’t bring you your newspaper in the morning, but they will fetch objects you throw for them and come running when called. Who’s a good dog cat?
Quartz

## Ability

### Ability

**Crystal Clear****(Play)** Your Time Crystals and Cave of the Crystals cards in hand gain +30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

One part silicon, two parts oxygen, all parts awesome - it's **Quartz!** The second most abundant mineral on the surface of the earth (after feldspar), it has fascinating qualities which make it one of the most useful naturally-occurring substances.

It's chemically inert when put in contact with most other substances, which means that it can be used to separate them. It's also a great conductor of electricity, and heat resistant, so it gets used in electronics. It's also very durable, which means smaller pieces of it can be used in sandpaper.
Parasitic Jaeger

## Ability

### Ability

**Jaeger Bomb****(Return)** If you lost the turn, your opponent loses -30 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

The **Parasitic Jaeger**, AKA the Arctic Skua, AKA the Horrible Jerk Bird That Is A Massive Jerk (you can have that one for free, The People Who Name Animals) can be found stealing food from other animals all over the world.

The practice is called kleptoparasitism - they'll hunt around for animals that have done all the hard work in searching for food, then harass them until they drop it so they can swoop in and take it. They'll also eat insects and rodents, but only if they haven't found another creature to mooch off of. We told you- complete jerks.
Penrose Triangle

## Ability

### Ability

**Impossible Object****(Draw)** If you have played **Penrose Triangle** this game, your Mega Math cards, wherever they are, gain +19 Power until played. **(Play)** If you have played exactly 1 Mega Math card this game, this card gains +40 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

In 1934, Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd decided to mess with everyone’s heads with a drawing of a triangle. On first glance, it looks like your average 3D, three-pointed shape. But, on closer inspection, it seems to be an impossible object that no one could actually recreate in real life.

The triangle is made of three straight beams of square cross-section which meet at right angles at the vertices of the triangle. Try to follow any of the beams and you’ll slowly descend into insanity. Independently from Reutersvärd, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician Sir Roger Penrose and his father Lionel devised the “**Penrose Triangle**”, which they referred to as “impossibility in its purest form.” Naturally, professional mind-melter MC Escher was drawn to the triangle and used it in his lithograph ‘<link="http:>Waterfall</link>’.
Qilin

## Ability

### Ability

**Hybrid Beast****(Draw)** Your Hybrid Animals cards, wherever they are, gain +16 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Sometimes it's a dragon-headed tiger with an ox's tail, and other times it's covered in fish scales or flames. Some descriptions even state that it has a single horn in the middle of its forehead like a unicorn.

No one can say for certain what the **Qilin** looks like, which explains why two giraffes from Somalia were mistaken for Qilin during the Ming Dynasty. What we do know is that this mythical beast is a bringer of good luck and prosperity, and it steps so lightly it doesn’t even bend the grass.

Legend has it that a qilin appeared prior to the birth of the great sage Confucius to signal his arrival. Awesome if true but… #PicsOrItDidntHappen
Richard the Lionheart

## Ability

### Ability

**The Lionheart****(Play)** 6 of your random Cool Cats cards, 6 of your random Machines of War cards and 6 of your random Unruly Rulers cards, wherever they are, gain +28 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

He rebelled against his father, spent only 6 months in England and used it to pay for his wars and build an army. In fact, he probably didn’t even speak English. Even his moniker was originally French (Coeur de Lion). So what’s with the hype around **Richard the Lionheart**?

In short, his bravery and military skills. He was a medieval “man’s man”, leading several successful battles during the Crusades and earning a reputation for his ruthless tactics in battle, such as ordering the massacre of thousands of prisoners during the Siege of Acre.

In the end, an arrow brought down the Lionheart, and although he left no legitimate heirs to the throne, he is remembered as one of the most iconic figures of mediaeval English history.