recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Jesse James

## Did You Know?

The Missouri outlaw that "was knowed through all the land. For Jesse, he was bold and bad and brave." And yes, we will hand it to him - to a certain extent, he was a handful of those things.

It was the violence of the U.S Civil War that transformed Jesse James from baby faced, blue eyed Missouri farm boy (and son of a Baptist minister) to vicious killer. In the years from 1869 to 1881, Jesse James took part in as many as 19 robberies - trains, banks and stagecoaches, stretching from Mississippi to Minnesota.

There were of course deaths, yet law enforcement and private detectives failed repeatedly to stop Jesse and his gang, giving Missouri the unwanted accolade of, “ROBBER STATE.”

Quite the spin doctor of his time, Jesse LOVED publicity, and was even known to hand out press releases to witnesses at the scenes of his crimes - perhaps one of history's first to understand the value of #brand #identity.

One, which beefed up Jesse’s height, is said to have read: “The most daring robbery on record. The southbound train on the Iron Mountain Railroad was stopped here this evening by five heavily armed men. The robbers were all large men, none of them under six feet tall. They were masked, and started in a southerly direction after they had robbed the train, all mounted on fine-blooded horses. There is a hell of an excitement in this part of the country!”
King Cobra

## Did You Know?

Don't mess with King Cobras. Just don't.

While their venom is not the most toxic found in a snake, they are still considered to be among the deadliest snakes in the world because of how much venom they deliver at once. A single bite can kill an elephant!

Oh, and that distinctive "hood" it's got around its head? If you can see that, it means it's angry and ready to attack. It gets bigger when the King Cobra is threatened.

The King Cobra is listed as "Vulnerable" in the IUCN Red List at the time of writing, which describes its chances of extinction, but in no way describes its disposition.
King Edward VII

## Ability

### Ability

**Playboy Prince****(Play)** Your Money, Money, Money and History of Heartbreak cards in hand gain +12 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

When you’ve spent decades preparing your son for the throne, the last thing you want is for them to go off the rails, get embroiled in gambling scandals and make a name for themselves as a serial womaniser. Nevertheless, Prince Edward - nicknamed ‘Bertie’ - managed to turn things around.

After 60 years of being Queen Victoria’s heir, Edward VII was crowned King of Great Britain in 1901 and went on to become one of the most popular kings of recent times. Until his death in 1910, Bertie was unashamedly himself - for instance, inventing a new time-zone so he could enjoy an extra hour of hunting in Sandringham.

Never one to shy away from the spotlight, experts say it was **King Edward VII** who made royal public engagement part of the role.
Jurassic Coast

## Ability

### Ability

**Fossil Bonanza****(Draw)** Your Paleontology cards in hand gain +30 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

No living dinosaurs in sight here, but you can find some pretty cool fossils. The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It magnificently stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about around 96 miles.

Dorset’s Jurassic Coast is world-renowned for being one of the richest heritage sites for prehistoric remains and was granted its UNESCO status for its outstanding geology revealing 185 million years of Earth's history.

For this reason, it is a veritable hotbed for fossil hunting with hundreds of specimens having been unearthed from the cliffs and beaches. Along the Jurassic Coast, you can join a fossil hunting walk and even find your very own piece of a dinosaur, or even discover a new species!

We refuse to confirm whether the writer of this card once visited The Jurassic Coast as a child and thought they had discovered a rare fossil only to get it home and realise it was, in fact, a sea-worn piece of old decaying brick.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann

## Ability

### Ability

**Hellenism****(Return)** Your Ancient Greece cards, wherever they are, gain +12 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

He's known as The Father of Art History for a reason: **Johann Joachim Winckelmann** was the first to define the nuances between Greek, Greco-Roman, and Roman art, paving the way for a deeper understanding of these distinct artistic traditions.

It's no secret that Winckelmann's personal life and experiences played a profound role in shaping his scholarly works, and as an openly gay man, he cited his homoerotic encounters as a major influence on his writings on aesthetics.

Tragically, Winckelmann's life was cut short at the age of 50 when he was inexplicably murdered by a fellow guest at his hotel in Trieste. Nevertheless, Winckelmann's magnum opus, "The History of Art in Antiquity," stands the test of time - a monumental work that meticulously chronicles the evolution of ancient art.
Katana

## Did You Know?

The Katana (from the Japanese for 'long sword') is the most well known weapon on the Samurai - but it is only one of three swords they carried, along with the short Tanto and the sword they used to... erm... finish the job, the Wakizashi. The Katana was the only sword exclusive to Samurai however.

It is recognised by its curved blade and long grip designed for two hands. Renowned for their sharpness, Katanas were capable of slicing through flesh and bone with ease.
Indian Bullfrog

## Ability

### Ability

**RIBBIT****(Play)** Your Rare and Epic Amphibians cards, wherever they are, gain +28 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

you hate mosquitos, you’ll love the **Indian Bullfrog**! This fork-tongued frog from South Asia can wipe out large numbers of mosquito larvae, particularly during their early years as tadpoles. That’s some Baby on Baby crime, right there.

Unfortunately, both adult Indian bullfrogs and their tadpoles can cause significant damage to other frog species, leading to population declines. Of course, these little green hoppers don’t mean harm. Although they’re one of the most abundant species of frog in their native range, Indian Bullfrogs are mostly solitary, hiding out in holes and bushes near freshwater bodies.

During the monsoon season, the dull-coloured males emerge, turning bright yellow and developing blue vocal sacs perfect for producing loud croaking calls to potential mates.

'Hoplobatrachus tigerinus' by Danielnasika1 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Karakuri Puppet

## Ability

### Ability

**Time for Tea****(Draw)** Your Playtime cards in hand gain +20 Power until played. **(Return)** Your Stage and Screen cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

If modern robots are a little too futuristic for you, why not start with a **Karakuri Puppet**? These theatrical wonders made of wood and paper are often considered to be the inspiration behind Japan's fascination with robots.

Dating back to the 17th Century, Karakuri Puppets were designed to move in response to various triggers, such as the pull of a string or the weight of a hidden object. The word karakuri, meaning "mechanisms" or "trick," perfectly captures the sense of awe these puppets evoke with their concealed inner workings. From serving tea with precision to shooting arrows with finesse, these puppets were the epitome of mechanical mastery.

They were initially only affordable to the upper-class elite, but soon gained popularity during street festivals where they dazzled the masses.

'Moji-kaki doll made by Tanaka Hisashige' by Masayuki Inamasu (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
King of Limbs

## Ability

### Ability

**Bloom****(Play)** Your Tremendous Trees cards, wherever they are, gain +21 Power until played and if played next to Lotus Flower, your Plant Life cards, wherever they are, gain +21 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Deep in the Savernake Forest in Wiltshire is an absolute unit of a tree. Known as the **King of Limbs**, this colossal oak is thought to be around 1,000 years old, boasting more branches than you can shake a stick at. Back in the day, this beast would have been used as a marker due to its wide-spreading branches. Sadly, it’s been shedding branches for decades - possibly even centuries. One has sadly broken off, which sits at the base of the King of Limbs.

The tree isn’t too far from the 18th Century Tottenham House, where Radiohead recorded ‘In Rainbows’ - apparently, the King of Limbs left a lasting impression as it inspired their 2011 album of the same name.
Fairy Ring Mushroom

## Ability

### Ability

**Land of the Fairies****(Play)** For every Life on Land card you have played this game, your Fairy Ring card, wherever it is, gains +2 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Get ready to be disappointed because the **Fairy Ring Mushroom** is not a sign that Tinkerbell has just moved into your garden. We are so sorry to be the bearer of bad news. We know, it’s tough. We’ll get through this together.

Fairy Ring Mushrooms, believe it or not, grow in a ring. Shocking, we know. They are particularly fond of grassy areas and if they do spring up in your garden, you might notice that the grass inside the circle is greener. This isn’t fairy magic but is actually the grass feeding off of the water and nutrients from the mycelium. Yum. They are tan or light brownish-grey and have a distinct cap with a cute little bump on the top. While they’re quite small, they do tend to produce many mushrooms so you’ll still get a hefty snack out of one ring.

On that note, these mushrooms are edible and pretty tasty! They’re also the easiest mushroom to dry, whether they are sliced or the caps are thread on a string, and they completely regain their shape and mushroominess when water is added to them again. Now that really is magic.
Irish Stew

## Ability

### Ability

**Mutton Not Lamb****(Return)** Your opponent's cards, wherever they are, with 60 or more Base Power lose -25 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

I have literally just come back from visiting my neighbour. She is Irish and has very kindly agreed to share her family recipe for **Irish Stew** with us all.

She shared quite a few 'dos and don'ts', but the only ones I remember are "mutton, not lamb!", and the importance of serving it with different types of potato. You can also use beef!

So here goes:
- 2 tablespoons of good quality beef suet or vegetable oil
450g (1 lbs) of good quality marbled mutton cut into 5cm (2inch chunks). (You *could* use lamb, but bear in mind you may incur my neighbour's wrath.)
- 900g (2 lbs) potatoes (ideally waxy), roughly peeled and quartered
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 large leek finely chopped
- 4 normal sized carrots, roughly sliced on the diagonal
- Approximately 1 litre (2.2 pints) of good quality beef or lamb stock
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- A few sprigs of fresh thyme.
- Optionally you can substitute the carrots for some chopped turnip or swede if you like.

Brown the mutton in half of the suet and set aside on a plate.

Add the other half of the suet and chuck in the all the veg and thyme **excluding** the potatoes!

When the veg starts to caramelise, put the mutton back in and pour in the stock.

Place in the oven for around 1hr at 180°C (360°F), check and stir occasionally.

After the hour, add the potatoes, stir in and cover again.

Cook for a further hour. Add seasoning to taste and serve.
Hydrangea

## Ability

### Ability

**Shrubby****(Play)** If played in the left or right slot, your card adjacent to this gains +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Do **Hydrangeas** need regular watering? The clue is in the name. In Greek, "Hydor" means water and "angos" means jar or vessel - a good reminder to get this flower a drink.

Of the 70 species of Hydrangea, most are native to east Asia, with literary references to the plant dating right back to 710 A.D. These versatile flowers come in a range of colours, determined by the soil's pH levels. Blue hydrangeas thrive in acidic soil below 5.5, while purple shades prefer a pH between 5.5 and 6.5, white flourish in soil with a pH of around 6 and pink blooms thrive in soil over 7. And those beautiful petals? They aren’t petals at all - they’re sepals - leaves that protect the flower bud.
Ji Gong

## Ability

### Ability

**The Mad Monk****(Draw)** A random card in your hand gains +10 Power until played, and a random card in either player's hand costs -2 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

For a monk, **Ji Gong** was a bit of a maverick. Born to a wealthy family in the Southern Song Dynasty, he joined a Buddhist monastery and took the name Dao Ji. But he definitely didn’t fit the mould of the classic monk, wearing ragged clothes, drinking alcohol and even eating meat (a big no-no in monk culture.) No wonder his contemporaries called him “Ji the Crazy Monk”, which was later shortened to “Ji Gong”.

Despite not following the strict monastic code, Ji Gong’s determination to help the poor and spread the teachings of Buddhism granted him supernatural powers. Unfortunately, people had a hard time believing a drunken monk, so his accurate predictions of the future weren’t always believed until foretold events started actually happening.
Horned Ghost Crab

## Did You Know?

Living in the Indo-Pacific region (from the East Coast of Africa to the Philippines, Japan, Australia and the Pacific Islands) the Horned Ghost Crab is a smallish crab that is the master of disguise - it can blend in with the sand with expert ease.

If you’re ever lucky enough to actually witness a Horned Ghost Crab, running at super-speed across the sand and it spots you too, it will stop running and immediately freeze and vanish like a “ghost” with its camouflage. You will literally blink… and miss it.

Horned Ghost Crabs are also extremely diligent about digging nice big burrows, usually in sand flats or mangroves. Burrow territory is something VERY serious to the crabs and they will get extremely nasty if another crab or otherwise tries to take over their domain. Step away from the burrow, you have been warned.
Jolabokaflod

## Ability

### Ability

**Well Read****(Draw)** Your Arts & Culture and History cards in hand gain +24 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Much like Oliver Warbucks did with young *Annie*, I have taken this to heart and decided to adopt it.
**Jolabokaflod** - literally, 'Christmas book flood' - is a simply fantastic Icelandic tradition. From the country that brought you, the man-eating **Yule Cat** comes something completely different, wholesome and darn right appealing.

On the 24th of December every year, Icelanders give books to loved ones and friends, and when they've opened everything and polished off their Jólarjúpa með Berjasósu (grouse with fruit sauce), they settle back in their favorite chair in front of the fire with a cup of hot chocolate (or something stronger) and spend the evening reading their new books. Relaaaaaxxxxx.
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

## Ability

### Ability

**Heartbreaking****(Draw)** Your History of Heartbreak cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

If you see a **Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle**, count yourself lucky: they are the rarest species of sea turtle in the world.

Their nesting processions (called arribadas) make for the most dramatic events. Females lug their bodies around the beach until they find the perfect place to lay their eggs. When the eggs hatch, a whole neighbourhood of predators descend on the sand to take advantage. The hatchlings, seconds old, must scramble to escape to safety in the sea.
Karlu Karlu

## Ability

### Ability

**Sacred Site****(Play)** For every History card in your deck, up to a maximum of 6, your Natural Monuments cards, wherever they are, gain +4 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Behold: the world’s largest meatballs. Sadly, no amount of spaghetti sauce will make them edible. Known as **Karlu Karlu**, these boulders in the Northern Territory of Australia formed over 1500 million years ago from an upsurge of molten rock that cooled and became solid beneath a layer of sandstone. Well, that’s the scientific explanation.

In Aboriginal folklore, these boulders are known as the Devil’s Marbles. Tampering, damaging or removing the boulders could cause life threatening consequences. Despite this, a boulder was removed without permission in 1953 and taken to Alice Springs, where it was placed on the grave of Outback legend John Flynn who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service. 54 years later, the stone marble was returned to the Alayawarre people and a new boulder replaced it.
Hypsilophodon

## Ability

### Ability

**Hyp to be Square****(Play)** Your Pioneers of Science cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

**Hypsilophodon** was a prehistoric ornithopod dinosaur that lived primarily in the Early Cretaceous period of what is today known as England, which also happens to be where CUE was made. Big up!

Victorian Paleontolgists thought the species had opposable toes and could scurry up trees monkey style but later research showed that Hypsilophodon were more likely built to sprint high speed on solid ground. You win some, you lose some.

Thin, pointy palpebral bones jetted out over the top half of its eyes, forming bars that functioned like a bill and gave it a fierce, hawk-like look. Fierce.
Hestia

## Ability

### Ability

**First Offering****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, your opponent's cards in hand lose -15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Getting married and having kids wasn’t **Hestia’s** thing. Despite advances from both Apollo and Poseidon, this Greek Goddess didn’t need no man to look after her. In fact, it was Hestia who looked after others, given that her job was to maintain the hearth fire of both Mount Olympus and the homes of the Greeks.

Although she isn’t a main character of many Greek myths, the ancient Greeks did worship her. In fact, the first offering of every sacrifice in the home was given to Hestia. Early worshippers offered young cows to Hestia, but if that’s a bit much for you, you can always offer up wine, olive oil and fresh fruit as a substitute.
Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall

## Ability

### Ability

**Mighty Space Object****(Play)** Your Space cards in hand gain +15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, which might be named as if an algorithm came up with the best search terms to target a very specific demographic, is the largest single structure in the known universe.

Want to know how big this thing is? If your tiny (presumably) human mind can comprehend it, this thing is 10 billion light-years in length. The known universe is only 93 billion light-years in diameter!

It's so big that we don't actually have a picture of it - those cool looking wisps on the front of this card represent gamma-ray bursts, which we were able to detect from Earth and figure out the location and size of this cosmic behemoth.
Kaiju

## Ability

### Ability

**Super Supersized****(Draw)** For every Super Structures card in your deck, your Super Structures cards, wherever they are, gain +2 Power until played. **(Return)** Your Godzilla card, wherever it is, costs -1 Energy permanently.

## Did You Know?

Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra: as well as making it onto our personal dream dinner guest list, these larger-than-life fictional creatures are all “**Kaijus**” - a Japanese word that literally means “strange beasts”.

Although the term dates back to ancient Japanese legends and a Chinese compendium of mythological creatures, Kaijus rose to cultural prominence through Japanese cinema in the 20th century. Following the box office success of King Kong, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka set out to combine the thrill of Hollywood monster movies with the Japanese fear of atomic weapons.

So, he came up with the concept of a giant radioactive lizard emerging from the ocean to stomp on cities and kill everything in its path. The result? ‘Gojira’, a film now regarded as the first kaiju movie in the west.
Hesat

## Ability

### Ability

**Divine Bovine****(Play)** If played next to Ankole-Watusi Cow, your Egyptian Mythology cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Next time you have a hearty bowl of cereal or a venti latté from Starbucks, give thanks to **Hesat**, an ancient Egyptian goddess said to provide humanity with milk (aka “the beer of Hesat.”)

Taking the form of a psychedelic cow with a sun disc between her horns, Hesat was called “the creator of all nourishment” and considered to be the earthly manifestation of Hathor, another cosmic cow god. The wife of Ra and the mother of Anubis, Hesat’s milk brought all the boys to the yard (the yard being Heliopolis, and the boys being worshippers.)

In ancient Egypt, Hesat was seen as the wet-nurse of the other gods, a patron of pregnant women and nursing mothers. Legend has it that Hesat’s milk tastes so good, the cows <link="https:>want it back</link>.
Heracles

## Ability

### Ability

**Zero to Hero****(Play)** If this card matches the Arena, this card gains +60 Power this turn and if it's the first turn of a round, this card gains +30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Heracles (or Hercules as he has been more popularly known ever since the Roman times) was basically the greatest of all Greek heroes and we don’t say that lightly. One has to deserve such an accolade and Big H certainly does in many ways. You could argue that it’s pretty easy to achieve this honour if you’re an immortal half god and have superhuman strength but hey; if you’ve got it, flaunt it!

A half-god of superhuman strength and violent passions, Heracles was the epitome of bravery and masculinity in the ancient world, protecting the Olympian order fiercely from various chthonic monsters and earthly villains.

The protagonist of hundreds if not thousands of myths – which we still can't quite figure out the chronology of - Heracles is without any shadow of a doubt one of the most iconic figures in all of Greek mythology.

He is probably best known for completing his Twelve Labours - 12 gruelling tasks set for him by his master at the time, Eurystheus. They were:

- Slaying the Nemean lion
- Slaying the nine-headed Hydra
- Capturing the Stag of Arcadia
- Capturing the wild boar of Mount Erymathus
- Cleaning the stables of King Augeas of Elis
- Shooting the man-eating birds of the Stymphalian marshes
- Capturing the mad bull of Crete
- Capturing the man-eating mares of King Diomedes
- Stealing the girdle of Hippolyte
- Seizing the cattle of the three-bodied Giant of Erythia
- Reclaiming the golden apples kept s at the world's end
- Capturing the triple-headed dog Cerberus from the underworld.

And you thought you had it tough at work!

## Trivia

* The quote "Zero to Hero" is a reference to a song featured in Disney's *Hercules*.
Inter Gravissimas

## Ability

### Ability

**Make a Date****(Play)** Your Gregorian Calendar card in hand gains +80 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Not a single person was born between October 5th and October 14th, 1582. No crimes took place. No-one died.

Because as part of the Papal Bull, **Inter Gravissimas**, it was decreed that for one year only, October 4th would be followed immediately by October 15th. (Which brings new meaning to ‘where did the time go?’)

This was all part of a switch from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar that we use today. This was primarily enacted so that Easter would be closer to its ‘proper place’ (although its proper place still moves about a lot), and the Vernal Equinox would take place on March 21st - as it had done during the Council of Nicaea. Alongside this, the number of leap years were reduced slightly (by 3 every 400 years) to limit drift in future.

While Catholic nations adopted the new calendar immediately, Protestant countries shunned it for nearly two centuries. Something to bear in mind the next time you complain about the time difference when travelling.

'he first page of the papal bull Inter Gravissimas' by Pope Gregory XIII (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
James VI & I

## Ability

### Ability

**Dual Rule****(Play)** If your deck has 9 or more History cards, your Life on Land cards, wherever they are, gain +12 Power until played. **(Play)** If your deck has 9 or more Life on Land cards, your History cards, wherever they are, gain +12 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When your predecessor is Mary, Queen of Scots, you’ve got big shoes to fill when it comes to leaving your mark in the history books. In his defence, **James VI & I** was a hugely significant Stewart King, as he did unite the thrones of England and Scotland and ended the long-running war with Spain in 1604.

However, James’ belief in the divine right of kings and his constant need for money did start to cause problems with parliament. After clashing repeatedly with the house, James declared at the end of the 1621 Parliament that he would have nothing more to do with Parliaments at all. Events abroad forced him to eat his words and turn to Parliament for their advice. Talk about awkward.

'Portrait of James I of England' by Artist: John de Critz (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Jackson's Chameleon

## Did You Know?

The most striking feature of the Jackon's Chameleon is the arrangement of horns on its head - two preocular horns above the eyes, and one rostral horn protruding from its nose (There you go, two new words you probably didn't know).

Another (literally) striking feature is its tongue, which can expand to 14 inches in length and be used as a lethal weapon to catch its distant prey.

## Card Changes

Artwork for the card changed on 8 March 2023.
Jetboard

## Ability

### Ability

**Power Surf****(Draw)** Your Riding the Waves! cards in hand gain +21 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Stoked to surf but got no motion in the ocean? What a bummer, bro. But dude, what if we put a motor on a surfboard?! Duuuuuuude!!! And so the **Jetboard** was born - a jet-engine powered longboard designed to help push surfers along in times of not-so-gnarly waves.

The first ever documented jet-surfboard showed up in 1935: it was called the Surf Scooter, but its heavy machinery made this board pretty impractical. Fast forward to the 1960s: one Alfred Bloomingdale (heir of the department store fortune) began calling on top engineers and technicians to make paddling a thing of the past. His brilliantly ridiculous contraption was considered the first real motorised surfboard, but it did cost almost a thousand dollars - half the price of a new Volkswagen Beetle in 1965.
Katyusha Rocket Launcher

## Ability

### Ability

**Rocket Volley****(Play)** Your Radical Rockets cards in hand gain +27 Power this turn and next.

## Did You Know?

Although it was originally designed as a cheap alternative to conventional artillery, the deadly **Katyusha Rocket Launcher** could fire as many as four-dozen warheads in a single ten-second burst. Built by the Soviet Union in World War II, Katyusha was rolled into battle just days into Germany’s invasion of the USSR and stayed on the frontlines all the way through to the USSR’s assault on Berlin.

They weren’t the most accurate, but they could cover vast areas with a hail of high explosives and speed off to safety. This technique proved so effective that over 10,000 Katyusha launchers were produced between 1941 and 1945. Because of the eery, wailing sound that the rockets made when they were fired from Katyusha, the Wehrmacht dubbed the weapon “Stalin’s Organ.”

'A monument in Ukraine' by Yurii-mr (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Kano Eitoku

## Ability

### Ability

**Talent at a Young Age****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, your Japanese Folklore and Feudal Japan cards in hand gain +12 Power for 3 turns, if it's the second turn of a round, your Japanese Folklore and Feudal Japan cards in hand gain +8 Power for 3 turns and if it's the third turn of a round, your Japanese Folklore and Feudal Japan cards in hand gain +4 Power for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

Born in Kyoto in 1543, **Kanō Eitoku** didn’t waste any time becoming the GOAT of Japanese painting during the Azuchi–Momoyama period. As a child, he was recognised for his artistic talent - of course, it didn’t hurt that his grandad was Kanō Motonobu, an official painter for the Ashikaga shogunate.

Eitoku started painting under Motonobu’s guidance, developing his grandfather’s style, which was influenced by Chinese painting. Before long, the young painter had shot to stardom and was recognised for his distinctive, colourful style of screen and wall panel painting. In turn, Eitoku became one of the most highly sought-after artists of his time, and is regarded today as one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting.
Kirkjufell

## Ability

### Ability

**Photogenic****(Draw)** Your Aurora Borealis card, wherever it is, gains +28 Power for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

If you love Game of Thrones, you might recognise **Kirkjufell** in Iceland as Arrow Head Mountain. There might not be White Walkers here, but a well-known Icelandic belief says there are Huldufólk (“hidden people”) who inhabit the gills and rocks, helping those in danger but acting malevolently towards those who interfere with the land.

Standing 463 metres tall on the north coast of Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, Kirkjufell gets its name from its resemblance to a church steeple, with its sharp point at the top and long curved sides – hence its nickname, “Church Mountain”.

This iconic landmark formed millions of years ago due to glacial erosion - the layers at the top of this mountain are the hangover of several volcanic eruptions. And just to make it all the more majestic - it's the perfect place to see Aurora Borealis.
Hypnos

## Ability

### Ability

**Caught Napping****(Return)** If you are leading by 80 Power or more, gain +24 Power/Turn for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

The Greek personification of sleep, and the origin of the word “hypnosis”, **Hypnos** was either the son of the Nyx *(“The Night”)* or Erebus, *(“The Darkness”)* and is the brother of Thanatos *(“Death”)*. Strangely, there are no written accounts of the family starting up a black metal band.

His existence is quite poetic, living in a dark cave in the underworld that the sun never reaches, on the brink of night and day, and from where the forgetfulness river flows (Anyone else reading this in Geddy Lee’s voice?)

In the Iliad, Hera asks Hypnos twice to help her trick Zeus, with whom she was on opposite sides of the Trojan war. The first time he helped, Hypnos was sent into hiding as after he put Zeus to sleep to allow Hera to conjure a storm for when Heracles was sailing home, Zeus went on a furious rampage in an attempt to find Hypnos.

Unwilling to face his wrath for a second time, it was only when Hera promised that he could be wed to Pasithea, the Grace of his desires, that Hypnos bowed to pressure. (Funnily enough, her first offer of an everlasting golden chair and footstool wasn’t enough. Fair play Hypnos, know your worth.)

Hera had consulted Aphrodites and washed herself in Ambrosia to con Zeus into falling madly in love with her. Her trick worked, and while they embraced, Hypnos put Zeus to sleep.

This allowed Hypnos to tell Poseidon to wage war while he could, changing the course in Hera’s favour. And this time, Zeus never found out.
Kaeng Pa

## Ability

### Ability

**Jungle Curry****(Play)** If your deck has 5 or more Life on Land cards, this card gains +40 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Long before the days of supermarkets, we humans made meals from what we could find. In the jungles and forests of Thailand, a wild boar might charge at you out of nowhere - and if you were ready for it, the beast could become the primary ingredient of a **Kaeng Pa** curry (“forest curry”).

Nowadays, this dish is mostly prepared with chicken, pork or white fish, as we spend less time hunting boar than we used to. But the ethos of the curry has stayed the same: whatever vegetables you can find in the forest (or grocery store) are welcome, so long as you bring the heat. What makes the Kaeng Pa curry distinctive is the lack of coconut milk, making the dish a warming watery broth that packs a powerful punch.
Ice Pop

## Ability

### Ability

**Play in the Sunshine****(Play)** If your deck contains The Sun and if you have played Refrigerator this game, this card gains +90 Power.

## Did You Know?

Some of the best creations come from accidents. Case in point: penicillin, your younger sibling, and the **Ice Pop**. It all began in 1905 when a kid by the name of Frank Epperson accidentally left some sugary soda powder and water out overnight. It was a cold night, and the mixture froze.

Inspired by the happy accident, Frank declared his creation an ‘Epsicle’ - a portmanteau of icicle and Epperson - and started selling the frozen treat to his neighbours. It was an instant hit. Later, Epperson’s children renamed the treat ‘popsicle’ after soda pop and marketed it as a “frozen drink on a stick”. Today, there are over 25 variations of the popsicle, and over two billion popsicles are sold every year.
Hyperion

## Ability

### Ability

**Watcher From Above****(Return)** Your Awesome Aviation, Birds and [[:Category:Sea Birds |Sea Birds ]] cards, wherever they are, gain +36 Power next turn.

## Did You Know?

One of the O.G. Titans, **Hyperion** was the God of Heavenly Light and was associated with watching and observation from above. Even before the sun rose for the first time, Hyperion was up there shining his light on the universe.

In Greek mythology, Hyperion was married to his sister, Theia (apparently, that wasn’t a weird thing at all in those times) and they had three children together: Helios (the sun), Selene (the moon) and Eos (the dawn). In ancient Greek texts, Hyperion is often described as being breathtakingly beautiful, and also the first to understand the cycles of the sun, the moon and the dawn.
Henry Highland Garnet

## Ability

### Ability

**Call to Rebellion****(Draw)** Your cards in hand gain +10 Power this turn and if you have lost 2 rounds this game, your cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

A highly skilled orator and abolitionist, **Henry Highland Garnet** and his political actions in favor of the abolition of slavery would ultimately lead him to be the first Black man to speak within the National Capital of America, delivering a sermon in the U.S House of Representatives.

Born into slavery in 1815 and subsequently escaping in 1824 with the help of Thomas Garrett, the stationmaster for the Underground Railroad, Garnet moved to New York City with his family and, whilst attending African Free School, began his career as an abolitionist.

Though he held some conflicting views through a modern societal lens in his staunch unwillingness for females to take part in the abolitionist movement, his advocacy for the opposition of slavery and extensive career lecturing and creating dialogue around the issue is of significance to the shaping of the Thirteenth Amendment, which was passed by Congress in January of 1865, with Garnet delivering the aforementioned sermon on February 12th of that same year.

After his death in 1882, his legacy has been celebrated in many different ways, from having schools named after him, to a painting of him being included in the Cox Corridors of the Capitol Building in 1952.
Hieronymous Bosch

## Ability

### Ability

**Tell Heaven from Hell****(Play)** For each card in your deck referencing Hell in its name, this card gains +30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

What does Hell look like? To the fantastical painter **Hieronymus Bosch**, it involves naked ice-skating, a pig in a nun's clothes, a strange orchestra with humans intertwined in the instruments and a giant humanoid bird with a cauldron on its head feasting on a regular human’s body - among other, even more bizarre features.

That’s according to his painting titled “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, which he completed in the early 1500s. Bosch made a career from wildly imaginative, almost acid-trip like paintings that were rife with symbolism, and the interpretation of his works have long been the subject of debate. Of course, it doesn’t help that Bosch left behind no writings or diaries as a means of understanding his wacky paintings.
Helm of Awe

## Ability

### Ability

**No Power a Match for My Own****(Draw)** A random Norse Mythology card in your hand gains +26 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Want to strike fear in the hearts of your enemies, see through walls and other obstacles in your path? We’ve got just the thing. Known as the **Helm of Awe**, this powerful symbol from Norse mythology is worn between the eyes as a sign of dominance in conflict. It works especially well when inscribed on the forehead with spit or blood.

Picture the scene: you’re on a night out and someone gives you hassle. You spit into your hand and draw a circle with eight arms on your forehead. Staring them right in the eyes, you yell “SKOLL!” (the call that Vikings used before battle). Any one in their right mind will think you’re an absolute nut job and run the other way.
KBC Void

## Ability

### Ability

**Empty Region****(Play)** If there is no card played in the centre slot, gain +10 Power/Turn permanently. **(Return)** Gain +1:energy/turn: permanently.

## Did You Know?

The **KBC Void** (named after astronomers Ryan Keenan, Amy Barger and Lennox Cowie) is a relatively empty, fairly spherical space region, measuring approximately 2 billion light-years in diameter.

Despite its supposed emptiness, everything you've ever known and loved resides there - not to mention the entire Solar System in which it all resides - the Milky Way that contains the Solar System, the Local Group that contains the Milky Way, and most of the Laniakea Supercluster that contains the Local Group. That's a lot of stuff fitting inside a void.

It can be a difficult thing to get your head around, but basically, Space is a big block of Swiss cheese, and we are a little speck of dust in one of the holes.

'Artist's conception of the KBC void' by Pablo Carlos Budassi (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Icarus

## Ability

### Ability

**Altitude Sickness****(Play)** All Awesome Aviation cards in both player's hands lose -30 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The myth of Icarus is one of fatal hubris and of man's inability to consider the facts in pursuit of doing something totally rad.

The story begins when the artisan Daedalus, Icarus's father, kills an apprentice in a moment of jealousy. Charged with murder, he flees to the island of Crete. While there, he does two remarkable things - he designs the maze that will serve as the Minotaur's lair, and fathers Icarus.

King Minos, not wanting word of the existence of the Minotaur to get out, locks them both away. Being an engineer and the son of an engineer, the two quickly come up with an elaborate escape plan - gather the feathers of birds that come to their prison, stick them together with wax and create two giant pairs of wings that they might fly away from the island with. When the time comes to escape, they begin their flight and, would you believe it, the wings actually work!

Daedalus warns Icarus not to fly too close to the Sun - the heat will melt away the wax and he'll plummet into the sea. Icarus doesn't listen because, erm, hello? He's flying and it's totally awesome? He does indeed get too close to the sun and falls to a watery death.
Janaki Ammal

## Ability

### Ability

**Plant Breeding****(Play)** If your deck has 6 or more Science cards, your Plant Life cards, wherever they are, gain +14 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When the Indian government unveiled their plan to flood over 2000 acres of evergreen tropical forest by building a hydro-electric plant, **Janaki Ammal** sprung into action. Sometimes called the first Indian woman botanist, Janaki led a scientific movement in 1970 to successfully preserve this rich hub of biodiversity. By this time, she was already a seasoned veteran in the realm of botany, having made substantial contributions to the field.

An expert in cytogenetics, Janaki manipulated polypod cells by cross-breeding hybrids to create a high yielding strain of the sugarcane that would thrive in Indian conditions. In England, Janaki studied the chromosomes of garden plants, throwing light on the evolution of many species and varieties. For her preservation work in India, Janaki became recognised as a pioneer of indigenous approaches to the environment.
Jiaozi

## Ability

### Ability

**Exchange Fee****(Play)** If your deck has 6 or more History cards, this card gains +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Not to be confused with the Chinese dumplings that go by the same name, **Jiaozi** was the world’s first paper money. It came about in China during the Song Dynasty when the Chinese government licensed special trade deposits for people’s coins. People would deposit their coins in units and be given special paper notes in exchange.

Realising the efficiency of this system, the government began issuing notes as a legal currency. Known as Jiaozi, the notes were stamped with six different inks from different plants and multiple banknote seals to make them harder to counterfeit. The pictures and symbols on the paper depicted the Emperor, other important Government figures and landscapes of the Song Dynasty.
Isle of Corfu

## Did You Know?

Corfu is an island off the north-west coast of mainland Greece. The poet Apollonius of Rhodes named it Drepane in his epic work "Argonautica", after the Greek word for "sickle". He thought it was the hiding place of the sickle that Cronus (or Cronos, or Kronos, take your pick) used to castrate Uranus. Sure, the island is also shaped like a sickle - but Apollonius' version is more fun.
Knights of Labor

## Ability

### Ability

**Sociocultural Uplift****(Play)** Your Shake Up The System cards in hand gain +15 Power until played. **(Return)** Your remaining Shake Up The System cards in hand cost -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Ah the Gilded Age. What a time to be a business owner in America! In a post-civil war landscape, the economy was booming and corporate greed was flourishing like never before! As for the workers… things weren’t so rosy. There were no laws to protect their rights, ensure their safety, secure their pay or limit their hours.

Enter **The Knights of Labor** - one of the first large-scale union efforts of its kind, founded by Uriah Smith Stephens in 1869. The group had a vision of society in which workers owned the industries in which they labored; they pressed for eight-hour work days and sought to bring an end to child labor. Anyone deemed a producer of a physical product could join, while lawyers, bankers and academics were excluded.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

## Ability

### Ability

**Collecting Seriously****(Play)** For every Super Structures card in your hand, your Arts & Culture cards, wherever they are, gain +4 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Modelled after a Venetian palazzo, the **Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum** in Boston showcases Gardner’s impressive collection of more than 2,500 works of fine and decorative art.

On a dark and stormy night, in a scene straight out of a Hollywood heist movie, the museum became the unfortunate victim of some pretty convincing police impersonators. These cunning thieves made off with thirteen priceless works of art, leaving the museum guards tied up and helpless. The culprits are still at large and the stolen artwork is worth more than your entire neighborhood combined.

The museum is offering a cool $10 million to anyone who can help them crack the case, making it the biggest bounty ever offered by a private institution.

'Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum Main Lobby' by Amoran002 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Ithaca

## Ability

### Ability

**No Place Like Home****(Draw)** Your Ancient Greece cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

The home of Odysseus and the land which he ruled, the humble Greek island of **Ithaca** is supposed to be a bit of a nowheresville, making Odysseus an “everyman” hero (if every man were to leave their home for twenty years, encounter a number of terrifying monsters en route and be put through trials and tribulations by the Gods). Just as his journey is a metaphor for the human journey, Ithaca is symbolic of all final destinations in your life.
Iapetus

## Ability

### Ability

**Strange Inclinations****(Draw)** If you are losing the round, this card loses -30 Power and costs +30 Energy this round.

## Did You Know?

On October 25th, 1671, Giovanni Cassini discovered **Iapetus**, Saturn’s third-largest moon. Of course, at the time, Iapetus would only have appeared as a dot that got brighter and dimmer during the course of its orbit around Saturn. Thanks to the expeditions of Voyager I and II in the early 1980s, we now have a better idea of what Iapetus looks like up close.

For a start, the leading hemisphere has a reflectivity as dark as coal. Its trailing hemisphere, on the other hand, is much brighter. For that reason, Iapetus has been called the yin and yang of the Saturn moons. With a mean radius of 736 kilometres, Iapetus is quite a bit smaller than our moon (1,737km).
Kepler-16b

## Did You Know?

Kepler-16b was the Kepler telescope’s first discovery of a planet in a “circumbinary” orbit– in a double star system and circling two stars instead of one.

So it's basically Tatooine from Star Wars; you'd even be able to brood about your place in the universe to a John Williams score underneath its two sunsets.

But you'd have to bring a coat, because there wouldn’t be much warmth on this planet. Cold, gassy and rocky with no water it’s probably not one for the space travel bucket list.
Hourglass Dolphin

## Ability

### Ability

**Hourglass Figure****(Draw)** Your cards in hand gain +8 Power this round. **(Draw)** Steal 8 Power/Turn from your opponent this turn. **(Draw)** Gain +8 Energy.

## Did You Know?

Like Dominic Toretto, the **Hourglass Dolphin** lives its life by the quarter mile. As boats move along the water, they create waves in which this species surfs, propelled forward like nitrous-oxide-powered cars. Fast and furious, hourglass dolphins can reach speeds of around 22km/hr.

In Latin, the species is called 'cruciger', meaning 'cross-bearing’, since the black and white colouration on the back of the animal looks like a cross from above. These dolphins prefer to live in cold temperatures and can be found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. This works to their advantage: since they live so far away from humans, they are one of the few species for which no immediate threats (not counting climate change or pollution) exist.

'Hourglass Dolphins in Drake Passage' by Lomvi2 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Kobold

## Ability

### Ability

**You Take No Candle!****(Play)** If played next to Candles, your opponent's cards in hand lose -15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

WANTED: one **Kobold** for household chores and general help around the house. Must like small children. Must not steal, hide things or comically knock people over at the worst possible times. Will be paid in compliments. Accommodation and food provided.

In Germanic folklore, Kobolds are those kindly little scamps who are great to have around until you accidentally insult them (or on purpose, but why would you do that?!) or don’t give them enough treats or rewards for their hard work. Then all hell breaks loose.

There are also other kinds of kobolds that hang around mines (mines, dungeons, same difference, eh role-playing fans?!) or on ships, where they offer their services to those who work in these places, too. But again, don’t get on their bad side or you’ll never hear the end of it. Or, maybe you could just do your own work and stop bartering with mythical creatures to do it for you? Just saying.