recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Hormuz Island

## Ability

### Ability

**They Think It's All Ochre...****(Play)** If your deck has 17 or more History cards, this card gains +48 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Just 8km off Iran’s coast in the waters of the Persian Gulf is a teardrop-shaped landmass with Martian-red landscapes known as **Hormuz Island.**  There are no aliens here, but there are around 7,000 human inhabitants who make use of the Island’s ruby-red volcanic rocks – not just for industrial purposes, but as a spice in local cuisine and as a base of paints and dyes in the creation of paintings, ceramics and cosmetics.

The red soil of Hormuz’s mountains is caused by haematite, an iron oxide that comes from the island’s volcanic rocks. These iron-rich rocks even cause the sea waves to take on an intense red colour – one that will remain on your skin for days if you bathe in the Island’s waters.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot

## Ability

### Ability

**Intense Pressure****(Draw)** Your opponent loses -9 Power/Turn permanently. **(Return)** Your opponent gains +9 Power/Turn permanently. **(Play)** Your Jupiter card in hand gains +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

It’s what the planet is most famous for and measures approximately two-and-a-half times the Amazon River in length. **Jupiter’s Great Red Spot** is a persistent high-pressure storm in the planet’s southern hemisphere with crimson-coloured clouds that spin at wind speeds exceeding those of any storm on Earth.

But it won’t always be so big – in fact, over the past 150 years, Jupiter’s spot has shrunk from a length of around 40,000km in 1879 to 23,000km in 1979 and around 15,000km today. Researchers aren’t totally sure of the reason for the decrease, or even how the spot was formed in the first place. What we do know is that it’s shrinking at a rate of around 900km per year but is still large enough to engulf the Earth.
Jaekelopterus

## Ability

### Ability

**Top Arthropod****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, your Bugs and Crustaceans cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Thought to be the biggest arthropod who ever lived, the **Jaekelopterus** is not a crustacean you’d want to serve in a roll with mayo and lemon juice. Mostly because it is estimated to have been around 2.5 metres in length, which is far bigger than your average brioche bun. Anyway, even if you did want to, this arthropod is long extinct.

Once upon a time, the Jaekelopterus swam in lagoons and estuaries of our oceans, taking full advantage of its status as an apex predator to prey on smaller arthropods and early vertebrates. But that was 419.2 million years ago - a time even before the tectonic plates had shifted to give us the continents we know today.
Hippocampus

## Ability

### Ability

**Waverider****(Play)** Your Life on Land and Oceans and Seas cards in hand gain +32 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Not to be confused with the part of the brain, the **Hippocampus** is a mythological creature shared by Etruscan, Phoenician, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology. A horse’s head and front legs merge with a fishtail to create a literal sea-horse – one that sea god Poseidon relied upon to pull his chariot.

First appearing in Homer’s ‘The Iliad’, the Hippocampus was described in the epic poem as ‘brazen-hoofed’ and ‘swiftly-flying’ horses. Some believed that the suds that formed when the waves crashed was caused by their movement beneath the sea. Extremely loyal, graceful and agile, mythology portrays the Hippocampus as non-threatening, carefree creatures who fed on plants found at the bottom of the ocean.
Hog Badger

## Ability

### Ability

**Bit of Both****(Draw)** Your Mammals and Going Underground cards in hand gain +12 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

You know you love eating worms when your physiology literally evolves to be better equipped for worm eating. That’s the case for the **Hog Badger**, the second-largest species of the family Mustelidae, just behind the wolverine.

Boasting exceptional burrow-making skills, the hog badger leads a secret life underground, building tunnels and feasting on worms with reckless abandon. For these abilities, the hog badger has its pig-like snout (hence the name) and massive foreclaws to thank. If you’re a worm, it’s bad news: the hog badger can eat up to 100 of your kind a night.

These creatures are solitary in nature - in fact, unless it’s time for mating in the late spring and early summer, hog badgers will attack each other if they feel threatened.
Japanese Bobtail

## Ability

### Ability

**Pest Control****(Play)** All Bugs , Molluscs, Worms and Water Bugs and Going Underground cards, wherever they are, lose -13 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Behold the **Japanese Bobtail**, with the body of a cat and the tail of a rabbit. The theory surrounding this breed is that it was taken from the Asian mainland and brought to the islands of Japan to help with the rodent infestation that plagued the country.

This breed of feline rose to the challenge. Today, their bobbed tails are a symbol of good fortune in Japan –sounds like a job well done.
Kechibi

## Ability

### Ability

**Ghost Light****(Draw)** If your deck contains Ghost, an opponent's random card in hand **Burn**s (20) until played.

## Did You Know?

Grab a pair of Japanese ‘Zori’ sandals and beat them together three times. According to legends from the Kōchi Prefecture, this act can summon **Kechibi** - an atmospheric ghost light. If that doesn’t work, try spitting on the sandals (preferably in private.)

There are two kinds of Kechibi: those created while you sleep, and those that come forth from your flesh the instant you die. Both take the form of a fireball with a human face at the centre, similar to a Fireball Pokemon. But, unlike Pokemon, it is not advisable to catch a Kechibi.

According to one story, a man called Kumaani Saito witnessed one and, after several failed attempts, finally captured it in his hands. The next day, he mysteriously died of a fever.
Fusion Power

## Ability

### Ability

**Power of the Sun****(Play)** Your The Sun card in hand gains +70 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Fusion Power is one of the most powerful forms of energy known to mankind. It's the force that generates heat from the Sun and if harnessed it would provide very clean energy as there are no carbon emissions.

There's just the small matter of recreating what The Sun does, on Earth, but that can't be that difficult. Right?
Heteropoda davidbowie

## Ability

### Ability

**Life on Mars?****(Return)** If you have played Mars this game, your Life on Land cards, wherever they are, gain +7 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

I have to admit to not being a massive David Bowie fan. Yes, I recognise his genius and I like some of his songs, but sorry if you were hoping for this to be a reference-laden in-joke fest. Where that's concerned, it's a godawful small affair.

Anyway, **Heteropoda davidbowie** is a huntsman spider sub-species named after the singer, in reference to his fifth album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", by the German arachnologist Dr. Peter Jäger in 2008.

You'll find them in Malaysia and Singapore but, remarkably, Jäger didn't discover them there. He was sent photographs by some members of the public in Germany who happened to own one as a pet and wanted him to identify it. When he discovered that it was a new species, he presumably sent them a message along the lines of "congratulations on discovering a new species - I'm happy, hope you're happy too!"
Joan Miró

## Ability

### Ability

**The Tilled Field****(Draw)** If you are losing the round, your Prominent Painters cards in hand gain +20 Power for 2 turns. **(Play)** If your deck contains 6 or more Prominent Painters cards, gain +15 Power/Turn for 4 turns and if you have played **Joan Miró** this game, this card gains +20 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

**Joan Miró** (1893 - 1983) was an artist not bound by genre, experimenting through Surrealism, Expressionism, Fauvism and Lyrical Abstraction (good name for a band). He rejected conventional painting methods, preferring his unique style of \*gestures wildly at his art\*.

Despite starting work as a clerk, he was clearly a true artist, attending both art and business school and continuing to create well into his 80s - his enormous body of work includes over 2000 paintings, 500 sculptures and 5000 drawings.

We can consider it a real honor that it was our noughties selves that Miró wanted to create for, declaring in 1975: “It’s the young people who interest me, and not the old dodos. If I go on working, it’s for the year 2000, and for the people of tomorrow.” Thank you Joan, we love it.
Horus

## Did You Know?

**Horus** is the god of the sky in Ancient Egyptian mythology, who takes the form of a man with the head of a falcon. His eyes represent the rising and setting Sun and Moon; the right eye, the Sun, power and quintessence; the left eye, the Moon, associated with healing.

**Horus**, in his ongoing conflict with Set, get into another fight with him which gets nasty. Set rips out **Horus's** left eyeball and destroys it - **Horus** goes to Hathor to get it restored because Hathor can just do that apparently.

The eye becomes a symbol of restoration and healing and can be seen throughout Ancient Egyptian iconography. It's also their explanation for why the Moon is not quite as bright as the Sun.
Henry Morgan

## Did You Know?

**Henry Morgan**, while not technically a pirate, was a Welsh privateer who had such a career in the pirate era that he managed to become the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. So infamous was his life that he now has the honour of having everyone's\* favourite rum, Captain Morgans, named after him.

Henry Morgan built his career in the Caribbean serving as a common soldier, eventually joining the then famous **Christopher Myngs'** fleet, and later being chosen to lead the Jamaican fleet to fight against the ever growing presence of the Spanish in Central America. This ledto some of the most fierce battles seen against Spain in this time.

**Henry Morgan's** letter of marque gave him permission to attack Spanish vessels at sea only, but this did not stop him and his forces from attacking Cities, citing potential evidence of Spanish attack. Quite the loophole!

His first attack, against the City of Puerto Principe, was successful, but brought such little profit that a second raid was planned against Porto Bello. This next attack would show how ruthless **Henry Morgans** was as a leader.

Taking the port meant taking three well fortified castles, two of which are noted to have fallen easily from a well executed cunning plan. However the third castle was so well fortified, that Morgan ordered ladders to be constructed and sent up the imprisoned monks and nuns as a human shield, allowing his forces to climb up behind.

With **Mariana**, the Queen Regent of Spain, continuing to order attacks on English shipping, **Henry Morgan** had his last "great" attack around 1670 against the city of Panama. While the city boasted a large force, and  **Morgan's** forces were exhausted from travelling through dense forest, he still managed to lead his force to victory over the city.

However the real tragedy of this attack came when the Governor ordered the city to be burned down if they were losing - and with barrels of gunpowder spread across the city, the resulting fires ravaged the city to nothing. This still did not stop the troops of **Henry Morgan** attempts at plundering the city once the fires had ended.

To the surprise of... probably no-one... Morgan eventually became a slave plantation owner and even managed to get himself a knighthood, One presumes it wasn't for 'services to charity'.

* 'Everyone' in this case meaning 'the writer of this card'.

'Morgan before Panama, 1671' by Captain Charles Johnson - No illustrator credited (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Hypernova

## Did You Know?

So, the Big Bang happens and it creates an entire universe. There has to be a pretty big explosion to set *everything* in motion. The second biggest explosion in space (that we know of)? Well, that'd be a **Hypernova**.

Hypernovas, also known as 'collapsars', are thought to occur when a star about 30 times the mass of our sun collapses. The explosion takes the form of two bright colossal energy jets surrounded by an accretion disk, and we MEAN seriously bright - at the height of the energy expulsion, these things can outshine their entire galaxy!
Heart

## Ability

### Ability

**Beating Fast****(Start)** A random Brilliant Human Body card in your hand gains +12 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Inside your chest is an organ the size of an adult fist that has its own electrical supply. Every day, this organ produces enough energy to drive a truck 20 miles. In one lifetime, that’s enough energy to drive to the moon and back.

The human **Heart** may pale in comparison size-wise to that of a blue whale, whose heart is the size of a cow, but it’s still an impressive organ in its own right. Plus, in the 1990s, scientists discovered that the heart has its own “little brain” composed of approximately 40,000 neurons.

Every minute, a healthy adult heart beats about 60 to 80 times (although that number could reach 150+ from the adrenaline if you’re driving to the moon).
Hodag

## Ability

### Ability

**Primal Payback****(Draw)** For every Life on Land card in your deck, this card gains +7 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Behold, the **Hodag**. This fearsome beast from lumberjack lore was made famous when a lumber scout called Eugene Shepard claimed he was attacked by one and then successfully caught one in the 1800s.

Shepard described how the creature was a “terrible brute” with the “strength of an ox” and the “ferocity of a bear.” So wait, this monster is real?! Well… we wouldn’t go that far, because when Shepard went public with his Hodag sighting, it was coincidentally at the same time that the timber boom was about to bust.

The Hodag was designed to create a spectacle that would attract more people to Wisconcin’s Northwoods - and it worked a treat. Today, the beast is an iconic mascot that even has its <link="http:>own website.</link>

 *by Gourami Watcher (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)*
Helios

## Ability

### Ability

**The Shining One Above****(Return)** If played alone, your remaining non-Arts & Culture cards in hand gain +20 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

While you’re snoozing your alarm (again), the sun god **Helios** is making his daily journey in a golden chariot drawn by winged horses. At dawn, he traverses the sky from the East to the West. When he reaches the land of the Hesperides, he descends into a golden cup which takes him back to his golden palace.

In Greek mythology, Helios was depicted as a handsome man wearing a crown of the sun’s rays, and piercing eyes to reflect his all-seeing gaze. Speaking of which, when you’ve got the power to see everything on Earth and in the heavens, it’s inevitable that you’ll witness a few crimes. Take Helios for example. This ability made him an eyewitness to the abduction of Persephone by Hades and the affair between Aphrodite and Ares.
Joanna of Castile

## Ability

### Ability

**Don't Let Go****(Return)** If you are winning the round, gain +13 Power/Turn permanently.

## Did You Know?

Known as ‘Juana la Loca’ - or Joanna the Mad, **Joanna of Castile** was Queen of Castile and Aragon in the 16th Century (note: Castile and Aragon together were the basis of modern Spain.)

What we know for sure is that she was branded insane and imprisoned in a Royal Convent by her father (who had a vested interest in doing so, as her regent). However, it’s hard to determine just how insane she was, and when it began. For example, her husband Philip claimed she was crazy because she would fly into a jealous rage *just because he slept with other women*. How dare she.

On the other hand, her attachment to her husband’s corpse after he died (most likely of typhoid fever) was… unconventional. She supposedly refused to let him be buried and travelled over 600km with his coffin. During this time it’s alleged that she would open the coffin occasionally to hug and kiss her dead Philip.

'Johanna die Wahnsinnige' by Juan de Flandes (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Kabuki Mask

## Ability

### Ability

**Once More, With Feeling****(Return)** If you lost the turn, gain +47 Power/Turn next turn.

## Did You Know?

The Japanese style of drama known as Kabuki involved dance, music, mime and these incredible Kabuki Masks. Despite being founded by Izumo no Okumi and her troupe, in 1629 the patriarchy did what patriarchies do and banned women from performing Kabuki - because they were too 'disruptive'. Even today, most Kabuki performances are all-male.

Kabuki has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which - at a guess - is something you only just found out existed.
Greater Horseshoe Bat

## Ability

### Ability

**Long Lifespan****(Draw)** For every Life on Land card you have played this game, this card gains +3 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

With a face like plastic surgery gone wrong, the **Greater Horseshoe Bat** isn’t much of a looker. Not by human standards, anyway - but who’s to say horseshoe-shaped nose flaps aren’t a thing of beauty in the bat world? Plus, those nose-leafs are instrumental to echolocation, something the Greater Horseshoe Bat is exceptionally good at.

Once a cave-dweller, this species now tends to roost in old churches, barns, disused mines and tunnels. For females, these extra-creepy locations are ideal for raising pups, which they do in large maternity colonies. Since they spend most of their time doing very little, this bat can live up to 30 years in the wild! Their greatest threat? The domestic cat, who won’t hesitate to attack if it finds one flying low in the hedgerows.
Ice Hockey

## Did You Know?

Whether on backyard ice-rinks or packed-out stadiums, **Ice Hockey** is played all over the world (but primarily in cold weather countries.) Today, hockey pucks are made of rubber and measure three inches in diameter. But, according to ice hockey legend, the first puck used in the 1800s was made of frozen cow dung. No records show anyone getting dung in the face during a game, but we can be thankful for the advancements in sports.

Every year, the winning team of the National Hockey League playoffs are awarded the Stanley Cup – and it’s a marvel it’s still around! Over the years, it’s been left by the side of a road, thrown in a pool and lost in an airline flight!
Honey Badger

## Ability

### Ability

**D.G.A.S****(Return)** If you won the turn, your opponent's remaining cards in hand **Burn** (25) until played and if you lost the turn, your remaining cards in hand **Burn** (15) until played.

## Did You Know?

First thing's first - go and search for **Honey Badger** on YouTube. There's a video that has 96 million views at the time of writing, that can probably explain (with, be warned, NSFW language) the Honey Badger's whole "thing" better than this card ever could.

For those of you who haven't got five minutes for that; the Honey Badger is a weasel-like mammal that can be found in Africa and Southwest Asia that doesn't appear to have any fear whatsoever. They are notorious for their strength and viciousness, seemingly up for a fight with just about anything.

The image on the front of this card shows a Honey Badger going toe-to-toe with an Ibex. but they've been known to challenge horses, cattle, buffalo, snakes, and even big cats. They also have remarkably thick hides - bee stings and animal bites rarely penetrate their skin.

Finally, a little bit of Avid Games trivia. "Honey Badger" is the nickname of two athletes - Kansas City Chiefs Safety Tyrann Matthieu and Renault Formula 1 Team driver Daniel Ricciardo - that have both been featured on cards in our previous games!
Hyaenodon

## Ability

### Ability

**Laughing Matter****(Return)** If you won the turn, your cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power next turn and if you won the turn, your opponent's cards, wherever they are, lose -5 Power next turn.

## Did You Know?

What would happen if we crossed your average chocolate Labrador with a gigantic brown bear? We can’t say for sure, but we think it might look something like the **Hyaendon** – a vicious, carnivorous pack hunter found in the cold mountains of North America and Africa during the late Eocene period. The Hyaenodon was the apex predator of its time, preying not only on herbivores ranging from small to very large, but also other carnivores.

Despite its name, which means “hyena tooth”, this long-extinct beast was not related to modern-day hyenas – its descendants are more likely to be of the wolf family. In fact, Hyaenodon teeth were best suited for shearing meat from the bone, whereas a hyena’s teeth are designed to crush bones. Grizzly.

Image by Roman Uchytel, https://prehistoric-fauna.com
Iguanodon

## Ability

### Ability

**Iguana Don****(Play)** If your deck contains Green Iguana, your Reptiles cards in hand gain +19 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

In 1822, Mary Ann Mantell and her husband Dr Gideon Algernon Mantell were on their way to visit a patient in Sussex, England. In the corner of her eye, Mary noticed something glinting at the side of the road. Upon closer inspection, she discovered a collection of large teeth embedded in the rocks. Mary was in good company, for her husband was also an amateur palaeontologist.

Together with a team of experts, the couple determined that the teeth belonged to a gigantic herbivorous reptile who lived during the Early Cretaceous period between 140 and 110 million years ago called the **Iguanodon**. Until that time, no evidence of giant prehistoric reptilian herbivores had been discovered, making Mary’s discovery one of the most crucial in the history of palaeontology.
Khepri

## Ability

### Ability

**The Rising Sun****(Play)** If your deck contains Scarab Beetle, your Space cards in hand gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

When the Egyptian deities were choosing their animal heads, **Khepri** drew the short straw. Rather than the head of a bird, a cow or even a dog, Khepri got the face of a scarab beetle.

Dung beetles, having been laid as eggs in a ball of dung, emerge fully formed - so the Egyptians saw them as coming from nothing. They also believed the sun was reborn or created from nothing on a daily basis. So, while a scarab beetle may not be the most attractive head, the symbolism represents creation and the renewal of life. Plus, it’s better than having a head shaped like a ball of dung.

Although he was a solar deity, Khepri was subordinate to the sun god, Ra, so no shrine was built for him.
Hydra

## Ability

### Ability

**Regeneration****(Return)** If you lost the turn, your remaining cards in hand gain +30 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

It has no heart, no blood, no respiratory system and only reaches an average of 20 mm in size. Yet, the **Hydra** has something that no human does: the power of regeneration. If it happens to lose a body part, the hydra can simply regenerate it and carry on about its day.

This ability comes from their stem cells, which are able to divide and differentiate into any type of cell. So, naturally, they’re of particular interest to anti-ageing researchers.

These miniscule freshwater animals are found attached to rocks and plants in ponds and streams, detaching to capture small prey with their tentacles. Unlike mammals, they have what is called a “blind gut”, meaning food enters and waste exits through the same opening. Still jealous of the hydra? We thought not.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt

## Ability

### Ability

**Human Computer****(Draw)** If your deck has exactly 10 Science cards and exactly 8 Space cards, your cards, wherever they are, gain +17 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

**Henrietta Swan Leavitt**, an American astronomer, defied societal barriers to make groundbreaking discoveries. Working as a "computer" at Harvard College Observatory, she meticulously analysed photographic plates, studying variable stars. She had not been paid for her work at first, but in 1902, she eventually received $.0.30 an hour.

In 1912, she unveiled the revolutionary "period-luminosity relationship" of Cepheid variables—stars with greater luminosity exhibited longer periods. This breakthrough allowed astronomers to measure cosmic distances accurately. Ejnar Hertzsprung and Edwin Hubble built upon her work, reshaping modern astronomy and revealing the vastness of the universe beyond our Milky Way.

Despite never receiving a Nobel Prize nomination, Henrietta's invaluable contributions endure. Her name lives on through the asteroid 5383 Leavitt and the lunar crater named in her honor.
Kepler-186f

## Did You Know?

Family first, right guys? Let's give it up for Earth's cousin, alien planet Kepler-186f.

ALIENS? ALIENS YOU SAY? Yep, you heard right.

Because of its location in the habitable zone around its star, it's quite possibly a planet where life can thrive, with an atmosphere that can help keep water in liquid form on the surface.

In a nutshell, we could have some nicely-hydrated aliens to meet one day!
Ise Grand Shrine

## Ability

### Ability

**Okage Mairi** **(Draw)** Your Feudal Japan cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power and cost -1 Energy permanently.

## Did You Know?

Located in forests of Mie Prefecture, about an hour from Nagoya, is Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine, the **Ise Grand Shrine**, also known as Ise Jingu. The Shrine is dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu, with a separate shrine dedicated to Toyouke, the food goddess. First built in the year 4 BCE, the Ise Jingu sits on a site roughly equal in size to the centre of Paris.

Every 20 years, the site’s principal buildings are demolished and rebuilt exactly as part of Shinto belief of death, the renewal of nature and impermanence of all things. More than 1,500 rituals take place at the Ise Jingu each year, as people come to pray for the prosperity of the Imperial family, for a good harvest and for world peace.
Johnny Appleseed

## Ability

### Ability

**Plant the Seed****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, gain +14 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

Unlike Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, **Johnny Appleseed** really existed. Based on the life of John Chapman, the story tells of a meandering nomad with a tin pot for a hat who planted apple trees across the American frontier to help new settlers. What the tale misses out is that Johnny’s apple seeds brought settlers the gift of booze and claims to real estate that would have made him super-rich. Think Steve Jobs, but with actual apples.

'A photograph of Johnny Appleseed' by Unknown Author (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Isis

## Ability

### Ability

**Fierce Devotion****(Play)** Your Horus and Osiris cards in hand gain +45 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Yeah, no, not *that* Isis…

This is the ancient Egyptian mother goddess **Isis**, who resurrected the divine king Osiris in order to beget an heir, Horus (the one with the eye). Having established a reputation for resurrecting, she also became responsible for a smooth transition to the afterlife (hence she is often depicted carrying an Ankh).

Along with Osiris, Isis became the most widely worshipped deity in Egypt and beyond. Among her many powers were the protection of the kingdom, control of the entire natural world, and the ability to determine fate. This is now commonly known as ‘flexing’.
Ka'ak El Eid

## Ability

### Ability

**Cookies of the Feast****(Return)** If your deck has 10 or more Curious Cuisine cards, your Curious Cuisine cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

**Ka’ak El Eid** is type of round biscuit that is used to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr and Easter across the arab world. It is an important part of Egyptian and Sudanese culture in particular, where baking is a traditional social activity and Christian and Muslim women all gather to chatter while baking the biscuits withmolds passed down through the generations.

To make some yourself, combine flour, sesame seeds, sugar, cinnamon, yeast and salt with ghee and warm water, and bake them for 18-20 minutes at 375F.

The most popular filling is agameya - a traditional filling of honey, nuts and ghee.
Ieyasu Tokugawa

## Ability

### Ability

**Shogun Rule****(Play)** Your Feudal Japan cards in hand gain +22 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Ieyasu Tokugawa was the first shōgun - "military dictator" - of the Tokugawa shogunate, the last military government in Japan, who controlled Japan between 1603 and 1868. Ieyasa served as shōgun for the first two years of the shogunate's reign before abdicating, but he continued to remain the effective ruler of Japan until he died. In this time he established Edo castle, where he and his family would rule from and which would become the foundation of modern day Tokyo.
Jigsaw Puzzle

## Ability

### Ability

**Pick up the Pieces****(Play)** If you are losing the round, your cards in hand gain +20 Power for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

For those endless hours spent searching for that one awkwardly shaped piece that had, unbeknown to you, already been claimed by the hoover, you can thank London mapmaker John Spilsbury. Spilsbury is credited with making the first-ever **Jigsaw Puzzle** in the 1760s when he mounted one of his master maps onto wood and cut around the countries. He gave his creation to the local school as a way to teach them geography.

Not only did the children learn where the countries were on the map, but Spilsbury’s invention launched a timeless trend in family pass-times. According to the Guinness World Records, “Memorable Disney Moments” is the largest commercially made puzzle in the world, with a staggering 40,000 pieces.
Honjo Masamune Sword

## Ability

### Ability

**In The Family****(Play)** Your Feudal Japan cards in hand gain +18 Power this round. **(Return)** If you lost the turn, your remaining Feudal Japan cards in hand cost -1 Energy permanently.

## Did You Know?

Named after the first military general who owned it, the **Honjo Masamune Sword** was first wielded by Honjo Shigenaga when he led his troops to battle at Kawanakajima in 1561. Fast forward to 1939: the sacred sword has survived hundreds of years and is now in possession of Japan’s Tokugawa family, who ruled the country for over 250 years. However, when World War II came to an end, the U.S. Army demanded that all Japanese citizens turn over their weapons – including all swords.

Leading by example, Tokugawa Iemasa turned over the Honjo Masamune sword to the Americans, and it was never seen again. Whether it was melted down for scrap or is sitting in someone’s basement is unknown – we can only hope it’s the latter.
Hot Jupiter

## Ability

### Ability

**Giant Exoplanets****(Play)** Your Exploring the Stars cards in hand with 7 or more Base Energy gain +20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

In “The Empire Strikes Back,” a gas giant called Bespin provides temporary refuge for Princess Leia and co. Of course, inhabitants couldn’t live on the surface, so they live in Cloud City - a toadstool-shaped structure in a habitable section of the atmosphere. So, is this a possibility for humans?

Well, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has already found many “**Hot Jupiters**” - gas giants similar in size to Jupiter with an orbital period of less than 10 days. Oddly, Hot Jupiters are very different from anything seen in the solar system, posing questions about their formation. However, given how close they are to the stars they orbit, we’d all be barbecued if we tried to build Bespin-style floating cities around them. But don’t tell us the odds…
King Leonidas

## Ability

### Ability

**THIS. IS. SPARTA!****(Play)** Your Spartan Helmet card in hand gains +54 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Made famous by Gerard Butler in the movie "300" **King Leonidas** has become one of history's most legendary warriors.

With 300 brave Spartans behind him, **King Leonidas** stood against the mighty invading Xerxes and stopped him DEAD in his tracks. Well, not quite dead as he was the one who perished; he died at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian army in 480 B.C.

Although **Leonidas** lost the battle, his death at Thermopylae was seen as a hugely heroic sacrifice because he sent most of his army away when he realised that the Persians would defeat him. He didn't stand alone though; 300 of his army loyally stood beside him until the end.

While the legendary 300 certainly sounds heroic, most stories and myths tend to leave out the 900 helots (Spartan slaves) he brought with him along with a load of Greek soldiers who also joined them for the ride. In fact Leonidas’ army is thought to have 7,000 men in total - maybe they only counted the ones with twitching pecs and six packs.
Keg

## Did You Know?

Long before frat-boys were being held upside down to chug from these, ceramic **Kegs** were being used to produce liquid bread as far back as the 5th millennium BCE. Back then, ancient societies had just discovered the fermentation process for wild grains, setting humans on a course of beer-drinking for millennia to come.

By the medieval times, artisans were crafting wooden barrels to serve as kegs. But because this beer was unpasteurised and unfiltered, it had a very short shelf life. Enter English inventor Joseph Bramah. In 1785, he patented the first beer tap called a “beer engine” (great name). Inevitably, kegging technology advanced through the centuries, and by the early 20th, draft beer had become possible with the invention of carbon dioxide pressured steel or aluminium kegs.
Horn Shark Egg

## Ability

### Ability

**Eggs In One Basket****(Play)** Your Dinosaur Eggs card in hand gains +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Horn Sharks lay their Eggs in areas containing rocky reefs and kelp forests. They are an unusual corkscrew shape which enables them to get a good grip in rocky nooks and crannies where it wedges in, able to resist tidal surges and waves. Just makes it sort of awkward to lay them...

## Trivia

* This card is available in the Easter special.
ILOVEYOU Virus

## Ability

### Ability

**Valentine's Virus****(Play)** If you play exactly 2 cards this turn, your opponent loses -25 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

Y2K may not have caused planes to fall out of the sky, but in May 2000, a computer virus did affect 10% of all internet-connected computers, causing an estimated $10 billion worth of damage.

Known as the **ILOVEYOU** Virus (or the LoveBug), this computer worm was created by 24-year-old Onel de Guzman aka Lto3, a college student in Manila, Philippines. As the name suggests, it was disguised as a love letter. Any lonely soul was bound to open - but when they did, the virus would replicate itself and send copies of the email to every address in the recipient’s contact list.

Considered one of the most virulent computer worms ever created, the ILOVEYOU Virus was a wake-up call for computer-havers and organisations worldwide about the importance of cybersecurity.
Infinite Monkey Theorem

## Ability

### Ability

**Everything is Possible****(Draw)** For every Primates card in your deck, a random card in your deck gains +7 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

If you let a monkey hit the keys of a typewriter at random an infinite number of times, the monkey will eventually type out Shakespeare’s entire works. Well, that’s according to the **Infinite Monkey Theorem**. In practice, you’ll have to be patient if you want a monkey to come up with a <link="https:>literary masterpiece</link>. After all, this is a mathematical construct and isn’t representative of monkeys’ brains. If handed a typewriter, it’s not a given that a monkey *would* hit keys at random at all.

The first instance of this non-literal thought experiment on probability can be traced back to French mathematician Émile Borel. In his version, the monkeys would eventually type up every book in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. At this point, we would settle for Les Monkeyérables.
John Snow

## Ability

### Ability

**Anaesthetize****(Draw)** A random card in your hand **Lock**s for 2 turns and two of your random Marvellous Medicine cards in hand gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

No, not the one from Game of Thrones. No, not the Channel 4 News guy either. Long before either of those were born / created, **John Snow** was busy making instrumental developments to the fields of anaesthesia and medical hygiene.

Recognised as the father of contemporary epidemiology, John Snow is most often credited with solving an outbreak of cholera that occurred in London in 1854 - but his work went much deeper than that. Snow also made significant advancements in anaesthesia, conducting experiments with ether and chloroform and developing safe administration techniques. His expertise in obstetric anaesthesia earned him the honour of administering chloroform to Queen Victoria during childbirth.

Despite facing initial resistance and scepticism, Snow's work transformed public health practices and saved countless lives.
Ignaz Semmelweis

## Ability

### Ability

**Savior of Mothers****(Play)** If played next to Handwashing, your Brilliant Human Body cards in hand gain +13 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Next time you wash your hands, think of **Ignaz Semmelweis**. This pioneer discovered the wonder of this hygienic practice as a means of stopping the spread of infection.

While working in a Vienna hospital’s maternity ward in 1847, Semmelweis made the vital discovery that would stop women from dying from childbed fever epidemics. It seems obvious today, but back then, doctors were performing barehanded autopsies on the women who had died the day before and examining the labouring women without washing their hands in between.

He later earned a reputation as “the saviour of mothers”, but Semmelweis’ ideas were met with criticism from his colleagues. (It probably didn’t help that he hurled insults at the most powerful doctors.) In any case, he didn’t publish his findings for 13 years.
James Armistead

## Ability

### Ability

**Revolutionary Subterfuge****(Return)** Your opponent loses -2:energy/turn: this round and if you won the turn, your opponent loses -10 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

In 1787, nearly six years after he became a spy, **James Armistead** earned his freedom. An enslaved African American, Armistead served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Marquis de Lafayette. Posing as a runaway slave, Armistead earned the trust of the British forces and joined the camp of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold.

The British forces' biggest mistake was assuming Armistead was illiterate, leaving maps and reports where the spy could easily copy them. Although the intel that Armistead collected helped the Continental Army to win the war for independence, he was not granted his freedom from slavery until Marquis de Lafayette caught wind of his situation and wrote an impassioned appeal for Armistead’s emancipation.
Ibn al-Nafis

## Ability

### Ability

**Circulation****(Play)** Your Blood Circulation and Documented cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Western educational institutes once attributed the discovery of pulmonary circulation to the 17th-century English scientist William Harvey. However, 300 years before William Harvey was even born, an Arab polymath called **Ibn al-Nafis** had penned a manuscript entitled “Sharh tashrih al-qanun li’ Ibn Sina”, or "Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon. Within the manuscript is the earliest description of pulmonary circulation.

Rightly so, Ibn al-Nafis has since been described as “the father of circulatory physiology". But he didn’t stop there: this versatile thinker whose work included anatomy, biology, medicine, surgery, Islamic studies and philosophy also gave an early insight into the coronary and capillary circulations. The number of medical textbooks that Ibn al-Nafis wrote in his lifetime is thought to be over 110 volumes! Take that, Harvey.

'Photograph of statue of Ibn Al Nafis' by Unknown author - Arabic book on ibn al Nafis Takrouri M.S. M Khalaf M 2003 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Jane Austen

## Ability

### Ability

**Gentrification****(Return)** Your Fusion, Ultra Fusion and Mythic cards, wherever they are, cost -2 Energy for 2 turns

## Did You Know?

If you’re a budding writer worried about rejections, don’t be disheartened: legendary English novelist **Jane Austen** had three of her novels rejected when they were sent to major publishing companies under a different name in 1797!

Born in 1775, Jane Austen became one of the most widely read writers in English literature through her six major novels that comment and critique the British landed gentry of the 18th century. However, at the time, women were expected to be wives and mothers – certainly not writers. So, Jane Austen published her works anonymously. The author of her first novel, *Sense and Sensibility*, was simply “A Lady”, while *Pride and Prejudice* was credited to “the Author of Sense and Sensibility”.
Kangchenjunga

## Ability

### Ability

**In Third Place****(Play)** If it's Round 3 and if it's the third turn of a round, this card gains +100 Power.

## Did You Know?

Reaching a jaw-dropping height of 8586km, **Kangchenjunga** is the third highest peak in the world, the second highest in Nepal and rumoured to be the home of the legendary yeti, called Nee-gued in Sikkim.

Yetis aside, Kangchenjunga is a perilous climb - even for those who have scaled Everest. The first successful ascent of this behemoth was recorded in 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band as part of a British expedition.

Since Kanchenjunga, which sits on the border between India and Nepal, is seen by the Sikkimese as an abode of gods, the Buddhist community fought to protect it. In the year 2000, they won a legal battle and the government of Sikkim subsequently banned all expeditions to Kangchenjunga.
Icefish

## Ability

### Ability

**Cold Blooded****(Draw)** Your cards, wherever they are, gain +7 Power for 2 turns and your opponent's cards in hand lose -7 Power for 2 turns. Repeat if your deck contains Blood Circulation.

## Did You Know?

If your habitat is the freezing waters of Antarctica, you had best be equipped with the evolutionary tools to survive these harsh climates. Hailing from the Channichthyidae family of white-blooded fish, the **Icefish** has a few of these up its scaly sleeve.

For a start, just like many fish in the Southern Ocean, the icefish can produce antifreeze proteins to prevent ice crystals from forming in their blood when ocean temperatures drop below freezing. Plus, the high oxygen content in the cold Antarctic waters actually work to the Icefish’s advantage, allowing it to survive with far lower amounts of haemoglobin – the protein that carries oxygen to the rest of the body – than most other fish.
Knight of Swords

## Ability

### Ability

**On a Mission****(Start)** If you won the previous turn, this card gains +40 Power for the rest of the round and if you lost the previous turn, this card loses -100 Power for the rest of the round.

## Did You Know?

In a Tarot reading, the **Knight of Swords** card generally represents ambition, drive and determination. You’ve got a goal in mind and you’re going to do whatever it takes to achieve it - whether that’s building an army of Sylvanian Family animals all equipped with tiny weapons or learning how to speak basic Na’vi.

Who needs to stop and make a detailed plan when you’ve got gut instincts and a kooky fortune teller encouraging you to follow your heart and go for it, right?

As with all Tarot cards, the Knight of Swords has a slightly different meaning when laid upside down. If your Knight of Swords is reversed, it supposedly means you’re brimming with energy but have nowhere to release it. Maybe look into that Sylvanian Families idea?
Joshua Tree

## Ability

### Ability

**Not a Tree****(Play)** Your Plant Life cards in hand gain +16 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

The largest of all the yuccas, the **Joshua Tree** is a spikey-leafed plant that grows only in the Mojave Desert, where a National Park has been opened to preserve the rare plant species. Aside from their impressive height of around 10 metres, Joshua Trees were made famous when Mormon settlers who crossed the desert in the mid-1800s gave them their name because their shape reminded them of the Bible story, in which Joshua reaches his hands up to the sky in prayer.

They may be ugly to some, but to the Yucca Moth, the Joshua Tree is life – and vice versa. The Joshua Tree relies exclusively on the moth for pollination, and it gives seeds for the new moth larvae to feed on in return.
James Watt

## Ability

### Ability

**Turn Up the Power****(Play)** Your Alessandro Volta card in hand gains +35 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Say *Watt*?!

**James Watt** was an 18th-century inventor and instrument maker. Although Watt invented and improved many industrial technologies, he is best remembered for his improvements to the steam engine.

Watt's steam engine design incorporated two of his inventions: the separate condenser (1765) and the parallel motion (1784). The addition of these devices, among others, made Watt's steam engine more efficient than other steam engines.

In 1774, Watt started a business in Birmingham with investor Matthew Boulton to manufacture his improved steam engine. The Boulton & Watt Company produced steam engines that could be used anywhere, and demand for them was extremely high. Watt and Boulton became leading figures in the Industrial Revolution.

Watt continued to make improvements to steam engines, and patented other important inventions, such as the rotary engine and a steam locomotive.

His achievements were recognised and celebrated by fellow scientists. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society of London, and became a Foreign Associate of the French Academy of Sciences. His biggest accolade may be that the unit of measurement of power, the Watt, is named after him.

'James Watt' by hape662 (Source: Flickr) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Jinn

## Ability

### Ability

**Control the Elements****(Play)** If your deck has 5 or more Space cards, your Life on Land cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played, if your deck has 5 or more Life on Land cards, your Oceans and Seas cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played and if your deck has 5 or more Oceans and Seas cards, your Space cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Down on your luck? Looking for a come-up? Rub an old oil lamp and you never know, a **Genie** might pop out from the spout and make your dreams come true. Or not, given that the original Genie - or Jinn, as they are better known in the Arabic world - aren’t the subservient lamp-dwelling beings Western culture makes them out to be.

These invisible creatures have roots in ancient Mesopotamian legends and were later incorporated into Islamic mythology and theology. In the Qurʾān, the Jinn are conceptualised as spirits not totally unlike humans, capable of choosing between good or evil. Spoiler alert: some of them choose violence, and are said to take pleasure in punishing humans for any harm done to them. Your best bet? Step away from the lamp.