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Cold Spot

## Ability

### Ability

**Is Anybody There?****(Play)** Your Cold Moon card, wherever it is, gains +29 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

You know that **Cold Spot** in your living room that feels freezing no matter how high you turn up the heating? Well, we hate to break it to you, but it might be your late aunt Bessie, haunting your home and causing an area of localized coldness. Well, either that, or… you’ve got an air leak, a blocked air vent, dirty air filters or duct damage. Still, if you hire heating experts and they can’t fix it, you know who to call.

Although there’s no scientifically proven evidence that spirit entities can affect air temperatures, that hasn’t stopped ghost hunters from bringing digital thermometers to creepy houses in search of spectres. And yet, the belief is contradictory: if a ghost is made of pure energy, it should be hot, not cold.
Caecilian

## Did You Know?

CUE isn't the most objective of encyclopaedic establishments. We pride ourselves on our ability to pass comment and, at times, judgment on the facts we espouse. So it is not only this writer's prerogative, but it is entirely within the house style, for me to begin this entry by saying "EEWWWWW THIS IS THE GROSSEST."

**Caecilians** - or, as I like to call them, Dreadful Worms - are revolting. We're really only including them because otherwise the Amphibians collection is "like 18 Frogs and a Newt or two I guess" - they are one of the more exotic species in the category. Still icky though.

There really wasn't much call for us to even bring them to your attention - they spend 99% of their lives underground and most people never encounter them.

There is one remarkable thing about them though - they are the only species on the planet that feeds their young through "dermatotrophy". Mother **Caecilians**, after giving birth, quickly grow thick layers of skin which their young rip off her to eat for nutrients.
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

## Ability

### Ability

**Ode to Joyful Droogs****(Start)** Your The Write Stuff and Stage and Screen cards, wherever they are, gain +3 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When **Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony** was premiered in Vienna in 1824, the crowd went wild. At the end of the piece, they applauded the composer – but Beethoven, who was completely deaf by this time, continued to conduct. Having been a few measures behind the symphony, he hadn’t realised the audience was cheering until the contralto, Caroline Unger, motioned to him to turn around.

Not only was this the last of Beethoven’s symphonies, but it was also the first symphony to incorporate vocal soloists and chorus into what, until then, had been a purely instrumental genre. The words in the final part of the piece were taken from Friedrich von Schiller’s poem ‘Ode to Joy’ written in 1785.

The final, 500-page manuscript handwritten by Beethoven himself fetched over £2m in 2003!
Crystal Jelly

## Ability

### Ability

**Lighten up the Sea****(Draw)** Your Oceans and Seas cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Also known as the **Crystal Jelly**, the majestic Aequorea victoria certainly is a sight to behold, with more than 100 tiny light-producing organs surrounding its outer bell. If you’re a smaller jellyfish (and have somehow mastered reading human language) our advice is to stay away: they may look pretty, but these jellyfish can expand their mouths to eat jellies more than half their size.

With an appearance resembling a rave tent, the Crystal Jelly’s bioluminescence has fascinated scientists to the point that some have inserted its green fluorescent protein into mice. Beyond funny looking rodents, the proteins from this sea jelly are being studied for use in the early detection of cancer. Now that’s a mouse of a different colour!
Buffing Collections: Oceans (and Seas)

An important element of deck building is to include cards that buff other cards in your deck, either decreasing their energy cost or increasing their power. The strongest buffs apply to all the eligible cards wherever they are in your deck. If there are several cards buffing the same collection (or album) then the cards in that collection can be very powerful.

This table does not include cards that just buff for a turn where the buff card is played or drawn. Instead, they must apply either to all the cards in the deck (wherever they are) or at least to the five cards in hand for multiple turns or until they are played. See the separate page of album buff cards and buffs for collections in other albums.
Coconut Crab

## Did You Know?

Do not be deceived, faithful reader; though the creature on the front of this card may look reasonably-normal-for-a-crab-sized, the **Coconut Crab** has the distinction of being the largest arthropod on the planet. Weighing in at 9 pounds and averaging around 3 feet from leg to leg, Charles Darwin himself wrote about its "monstrous size".

They may achieve that size because they are remarkably long-lived for a crustacean - many of them live 40 or more years! They are extremely vulnerable in their early years though, as they are threatened by all sorts of small creatures.

But when they're fully-grown, they're powerhouses. Do you want to know where the name **Coconut Crab**  comes from? It's because they can open a coconut with their bare pincers!

You may remember a viral image that did the rounds several years ago, which depicted a seemingly gargantuan **Coconut Crab** climbing the side of a bin. You may be relieved to know that they don't get THAT big - that image was achieved with a regularly-sized **Coconut Crab** and a tiny novelty bin. We'd love to show it to you, but you'll have to Google it because image license rights are a thing.
Bearded Seal

## Ability

### Ability

**Queens of the Ice Age****(Play)** Your Ice Age cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The largest species of Arctic seal, a fully grown **Bearded Seal** has an average length of 2 metres. As well as looking wise, its long and sensitive white whiskers allow the bearded seal to find food at the bottom of the ocean. Its favourite dishes include raw shrimp, crab, clam, whelk and cod.

Within hours of birth, bearded seals are capable of diving to depths of 200m but usually depend on their mother’s milk for at least 24 days. Bearded seals are known for being extremely vocal, and males use their powerful songs to defend their territories or attract females. If you’re within a 12-mile radius of the bearded seal while it’s belting out a tune, you might just be able to hear it.
Haleth Elohir

Haleth Elohir, father to Engwyn Elohir, is a wealthy and powerful elf, currently residing in Silverymoon. He is the owner of Elohir Trading Co., a trading company spanning the west of Faerun. Due to his power and good name as an honest trader, he was invited by the ruler High Lady Alustriel Silverhand, to be on her council.

Some months after Engwyn's death, Haleth came under suspicion for her murder. His daughter had married a lowborn gardener and rumors had been spread that he resented this and was attempting to make his apprentice, Quay Galflin, the next in line for the family business. He has many companies and people who might wish to bring him to his knees, but he is suspicious of other big traders in the city due to the timing of the assassination in proximity to his arrival in Silverymoon. With no one but his apprentice to fight for him, he was jailed. His apprentice has been trying to reach out to Yinric for some time with no luck.

When Sister Garaele came to town bearing his name, Quay sent gave her a letter in hopes that she would see him.
Black Bart

## Ability

### Ability

**Up and Plunder****(Return)** Your opponent loses -4 Power/Turn permanently and this card costs +2 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

John Roberts, aka Bartholomew Roberts, aka **Black Bart** was a prolific plunderer! If plundering ships was an Olympic sport, Black Bart would sail away with gold every time, carrying an estimated 400 ships plundered to his name.

Hailing from South Wales, from his youth Bart lived a life onboard. Whilst serving on the British ship "Princess" he was captured by pirates - and soon became one. He and the captain Davis would speak Welsh as a way to keep secrets. Davis was killed during an ambush, and in a surprisingly orderly fashion, Roberts was named captain and changed his name to **Bartholomew Robert**.

Sailing across American colonies, the Caribbean and West Africa **Bartholomew Robert** would become known for his brazen aggression and ruthlessness as a Captain, plundering ships everywhere his fleet sailed. While capturing the governor of Martinique they took his warship, equipped with 53 guns and renamed it the "Royal Fortune". Such a grand fleet was never likely to last long. They were chased by the *HMS Swallow* which attacked while the pirates were celebrating. **Bartholomew Robert** was one of the first to fail, struck by grapeshot.

'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates - Bartholomew Roberts' by Unknown (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Colobus Monkey

## Did You Know?

We'll get straight to it... Colobus Monkeys don't have thumbs.

Strange, but true. Almost all primates have opposable thumbs, allowing them to pick up things and eat with one hand. Not Colobus Monkeys. Adapted to live high in the trees, thumbs just aren't really necessary!

In more sinister Colobus related news they are also hunted by Chimpanzees who have hunted them to the point of extinction, killing them for meat to supplement their fruit diet. On average, troops of Chimpanzees will kill three Colobus monkeys on every successful hunt.
Castel Sant'Angelo

## Ability

### Ability

**Mausoleum****(Play)** If played next to Vibia Sabina, your The Roman Empire cards in hand gain +22 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

When you’re considered one of the five good Roman emperors of about 70 in total, it makes sense that your resting place is a grand design like **Castel Sant’Angelo**.

The mausoleum of Hadrian, this towering building was the tallest in Rome at the time it was constructed, standing at a height of 48 metres. Sadly, much of the contents of Hadrian’s tomb have been lost since the building’s conversion to a military fortress in the year 401

Legend has it that the Archangel Michael appeared at the top of the mausoleum in 590, sheathing his sword as a sign to mark the end of the plague - thus lending the castle its present name. Michael, no pressure, but we’re still waiting on you to do that again.
Common Cuckoo

## Ability

### Ability

**Cuckoo Mafia****(Play)** For every Bird card in your deck, this card gains +4 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Before their species was cursed to spend their days inside countless clocks in human homes, the **Common Cuckoo** could be found in Europe, Asia and Africa in the wintertime. Named after their distinctive call, the ‘cuckoo’ sound is actually a mating song, so don’t be surprised if a flock of suitors mobs your window on the hour, every hour.

As far as motherhood goes, the common cuckoo is a crafty bird. Instead of incubating her own eggs, the female cuckoo lays them in the nests of other birds, so an unsuspecting female of another bird species hatches them. Although the cuckoo's eggs are usually larger than that of their hosts, they’re convincing enough for the non-consenting surrogate to do the hard work.

However, some studies suggest that the surrogate birds know that the egg they are raising is not their own - but it is fear of the cuckoo’s retribution that convinces them to keep up the act.
Conquest

## Ability

### Ability

**Judgment Day****(Draw)** Your The Four Horsemen cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power and cost +1 Energy until played. **(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, this card gains +40 Power. **(Return)** If you won the turn, your War card, wherever it is, gains +50 Power next turn.

## Did You Know?

If you believe in Biblical predictions, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse symbolise the destruction that will come to Earth during the end times. Fun! According to the Book of Revelation, the first of these is **Conquest**, personified as a battle-hardened rider wearing a crown, carrying a bow and sitting atop a white horse.

So, who is this ominous military general? Some scholars suggest he is Christ, others say he is the Antichrist. Some even say the first horseman could represent the Holy Spirit, as it was believed that the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles at Pentecost after Jesus’ departure from Earth. In any case, we wouldn’t recommend the internet rabbit hole of speculations that point to world leaders as being ‘Conquest’.
Bratwurst

## Ability

### Ability

**A Right Grilling****(Play)** Your cards adjacent to this lose -5 Power permanently and the card opposite this loses -5 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

A sausage seems like a silly thing to fight over, but between the German states of Thüringen and Franconia, a centuries-old debate rages on about the origin of the **Bratwurst**. In Thüringen, the oldest evidence of the bratwurst is from 1404; in Franconia, 1313. Think we have a clear winner? Think again.

According to a specialist sausage historian (dream job), the Bratwurst actually originated from the Celtics. Over time, it became a staple in German culture, and thus became associated with the country. The name derives from the Old High German Bratwurst - ‘brat’ meaning “finely chopped meat” and ‘wurst’ meaning sausage. In its true and traditional form, the Bratwurst is served in even multiples, with sauerkraut and potato salad on the side and horseradish as a condiment.
Dione

## Ability

### Ability

**Double Time****(Play)** Your Enceladus card in hand gains +15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini spent a lot of time studying Saturn – and his work paid off. Despite limitations in technology in the 17th century, Cassini identified four of Saturn’s moons – the fourth of which was **Dione**. With a diameter of 1,123 kilometres, Dione is the 15th largest moon in the solar system. It takes this moon 2.7 Earth days to complete a full orbit around the ringed planet, at a distance of around 377,400km.

Mysterious craters and a wispy surface have led scientists to ponder whether there could be an ocean underneath Dione’s surface. Because the back side of Dione is more heavily cratered than the front, it’s also thought that a collision may have spun the moon around 180 degrees!
Cicero

## Ability

### Ability

**Eclectic Philosophy****(Play)** If 6 cards in your deck are from different Albums, this card gains +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Marcus Tullius **Cicero** is remembered as the greatest Roman orator, best known for his writings on what he believed to be the perfect form of government. Born in 106 B.C., Cicero came from a wealthy landowning family. After becoming quaestor in 75 BC, he was elected praetor in 66 BC before landing the rank of consul in 63 BC.

In the final civil wars that marked the end of the Roman Republic, Cicero tried in vain to uphold republican values in his writing. In fact, during his time as a high-ranking consul, Cicero thwarted the Catilinian conspiracy to overthrow the republic. In the process, he got carried away and ended up breaching Roman law when executing the men without trial – an act that led to his exile.
Cydonia

## Ability

### Ability

**Face Turn****(Start)** This card gains +15 Power and costs -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Yes, we are fans of Muse here (gets a bit dodgy around The Resistance though, doesn't it? - lukewarm musical commentary ed.), and yes, we were surprised to find out that **Cydonia** is a real place. It doesn’t attract many visitors though, because it’s on Mars.

The area is a region of hills, mesas and craters, which some planetologists (cool job title) believe may have once been a coastal zone.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the area, and what might have so captured Matt Bellamy’s attention, is the two-kilometre long mesa that, when photographed by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1976, looked exactly like a human face. This was dubbed the “Face on Mars”, and inspired years of speculation of artificial origins. \*insert Ancient Aliens meme here\*

Unfortunately for conspiracy theorists though, later images of higher resolution proved it’s just another boring old space hill that looks roughly nothing like a human face. Sorry to disappoint, but we did get a cracking 6-minute rock opus out of it so it's not all bad news.
Cryostasis

## Ability

### Ability

**Self Preservation****(Draw)** This card **Lock**s permanently and gain +7 Power/Turn permanently.

## Did You Know?

No amount of in-flight entertainment could rival the concept of **Cryostasis**, where the body is held in a state of deep freeze to preserve your organs, save on oxygen and slow the ageing process and ultimately stop you from dying before reaching your destination.

We’ve seen it in sci-fi movies like ‘2001: Space Odyssey’, ‘Interstellar’, and ‘Passengers’, but is cryostasis actually possible? Not yet, but it might not be too far away. Scientists and engineers at SpaceWork Enterprises are working on a project called Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat for Human Stasis To Mars for NASA.

The idea is to use a medical practice called Therapeutic Hypothermia, where the metabolic rate is reduced by cooling the body by only 5 to 7 degrees Celsius.
Cell Phone

## Ability

### Ability

**Connected****(Return)** Your cards, wherever they are, gain +10 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

In order to test one of the most ground-breaking inventions of all time, the first **Cell Phone** call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola. In a move that could be described as one of history’s greatest trolls, Cooper’s first cell phone call was to his biggest rival in the industry – an engineer from AT&T.

Fast forward around 47 years: today, around 100,000 mobile phones are dropped down the toilet every year. We can’t currently tell how many of those happened while someone was playing CUE, but the number is probably not 0.
Daspletosaurus

## Ability

### Ability

**Shred****(Draw)** An opponent's random card in hand loses -20 Power for 2 turns. **(Play)** The card opposite this loses -15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

It’s not hard to see how **Daspletosaurus** got its name. In Greek, the term means ‘frightful lizard’ – and one look at this ancient carnivore confirms just how terrifying it would have been. With a body length of almost nine metres and a height of over two metres, the Daspletosaurus sat firmly at the top of the food chain, preying on smaller dinosaurs like the ceratopsid Centrosaurus.

Closely related to the T-Rex, this apex predator roamed the Earth around 75-million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Period. And, just like its cousin, it had a massive head with sharp teeth, a large muscular body and almost comically small arms, which it would have used to clutch tightly to prey and keep it at biting distance.
December Moth

## Ability

### Ability

**The Wings of Winter****(Play)** If your deck has 4 or more Forces of Nature cards, your Birds, Sea Birds and Beautiful Butterflies cards, wherever they are, gain +16 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Wrapped up warm and ready for winter, the **December Moth** can be seen sharing the night sky with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Their fluffy manes keep them cosy – but that’s not the only way they survive the cold snap. Within their bodies are alcohols that act like anti-freeze, and they can also vibrate their wings to generate their own body heat.

When they aren’t in flight, you’ll find these tiny fur babies in woodland, hedgerows and gardens, where their larvae feed on leaves from deciduous trees and shrubs including oak, birch, hawthorn and blackthorn. Once they grow into adults, they are no longer able to feed, so must survive on the energy stored during their larva days.
Brown Hairstreak

## Ability

### Ability

**Hot Streak****(Draw)** If you are winning the round, this card gains +20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

We've featured some pretty striking butterflies in this collection so far, so here's a refreshingly earth-coloured one to balance things out a bit.

You'll find the Brown Hairstreak all across Europe, mostly hidden in the treetops and only coming down lower to lay eggs on blackthorn. Their wings are brown on the top, but underneath they're orange with the titular white streaks across them. They earned those stripes...
Demon Cat

## Ability

### Ability

**Phantom Feline****(Play)** If played next to any Horrible Halloween card, your Cute Cats cards, wherever they are, gain +22 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Your feline friend may tear up your curtains and tip its litter tray on the floor, but be thankful it isn’t the **Demon Cat**, a giant menacing cat that appears in federal government buildings in Washington DC. That’s right - according to ghost stories from the USA’s capital city, the Demon Cat conspires to frighten unsuspecting government officials.

Legend has it that the cat sleeps in the basement crypt of the Capitol Building, which was originally designed to be a burial chamber for George Washington. Some claim to have spotted the cat before presidential elections and tragedies, and witnesses swear they’ve seen it grow to the size of a giant tiger before pouncing on their victims and disappearing into the night.
Bow Tie Nebula

## Ability

### Ability

**Outer-Layer Ejection****(Play)** If played alone in the middle slot, your Space cards in hand gain +14 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Attending a black tie event in space? We’ve got just the accessory to make your outfit pop. The **Bow Tie Nebula** is a must-have if you’re dressing to impress, and it doesn’t even require knowledge of how to tie it. The catch? You’ve got to be pretty big to wear it, and we recommend pairing with a heat-resistant tux.

That’s because this bow tie is a planetary nebula - AKA a glowing shell of ionised gas ejected from a dying sun-like star as it enters its white dwarf phase. The central star of the Bow Tie Nebula or ‘NGC 2440’ is one of the hottest known, with a surface temperature of about 200,000 kelvins. It’s located about 4,000 light-years from our planet toward the nautical constellation Puppis.

NASA, ESA, K. Noll (STScI)
Cuscuta

## Ability

### Ability

**Doddering Around****(Draw)** All Plant Life cards in both player's hands lose -10 Power this turn. **(Return)** This card gains +30 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Clingy folk can be insufferable but clingy plants can be even worse. We’re looking at you **Cuscuta.** Worse still than just perpetually asking why you haven’t texted back or if you still like them, Cuscuta is a parasitic plant, carrying viruses from plant to plant as it spreads. No wonder we stopped messaging them back.

Native to South America, Cuscuta is more commonly known as Dodder (and several variations of this - Golden Dodder, Yellow Dodder, Prairie Dodder). As they can’t photosynthesise for themselves, they wrap themselves around other plants and steal their nutrients. Which really does make them worse than that ex who kept asking your mates what you were up to three months after you broke up.
Corona Australis

## Ability

### Ability

**Southern Crown****(Play)** If you are losing the round, for every Unruly Rulers card in your deck, up to a maximum of 10, this card gains +16 Power.

## Did You Know?

Naturally, most of us are triggered by the name ‘Corona’, but don’t worry - this isn’t a distant covid variant from space about to take the world by storm. It’s a small but distinct constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere sandwiched between Sagittarius, Scorpius, Telescopium and Ara. It is 80th in size among the 88 constellations and covers 128 square degrees.

An ancient constellation first catalogued by Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century, **Corona Australis** means ‘Southern Crown’ in Latin, but the constellation has been represented as a turtle, an ostrich nest and even a tent. To the Greeks, it wasn’t a crown, but a wreath, hence why it's depicted that way on old star maps (for those astronomy nerds who own ye olde star charte).
De-Extinction

## Ability

### Ability

**Expensive Replication****(Play)** If your deck has 6 or more Paleontology cards, your Life on Land cards, wherever they are, gain +22 Power for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

Don’t panic, but Jurassic Park is becoming a reality. Well, kind of. Across the world, a number of bioengineering companies are attempting to reverse plant and animal extinctions by creating new versions of lost species through back-breeding, cloning and genome editing. The woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger and the Dodo are among the candidates that scientists are working on for **De-Extinction**.

Of course, “resurrecting” an extinct animal is one thing - providing an adequate habitat for it is another. In case you hadn’t noticed, the planet has changed a lot in the last few million years. Plus, once human-made changes to genomes are made, natural selection will take over and could affect the modifications in unknown ways.
Chrysippus

## Ability

### Ability

**Dead Funny****(Draw)** Your Philosophy cards in hand gain +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

We’re sure we’ve all used the phrase “I almost died laughing” but **Chrysippus** took that a little too literally. Because it’s possible he died from laughing too hard at a donkey. Yes, that sentence gets madder the more you read it.

There are two possible stories of how the Greek philosopher died. The first is that he drank over-proved wine at a party and collapsed. While the other is that he watched a donkey eating some figs and suggested they give it wine to wash it down. Which was apparently freaking hilarious and he died in a fit of laughter. Yes, we’re hearing the “Dumb Ways to Die” theme song as well.

We don’t mean to overshadow Chrysippus’ great achievements in life with his rather ridiculous death. He was a Stoic philosopher who was big into fate, mathematics and ethics. But it’s hard to think of that when all you can hear in your head is crazed laughter and a donkey going “hee-haw”. Sorry Chrysippus.
Charybdis

## Ability

### Ability

**A Rock and Hard Place****(Play)** All Oceans and Seas cards in both player's hands lose -38 Power this turn and your Scylla card, wherever it is, gains +20 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

**Charybdis** is a sea monster in Greek Mythology, and one that is said to have hung out in the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily. *The Odyssey* tells of how Odysseus, eager to avoid Charybdis as he travels through the strait, runs into another sea creature, Scylla, who hangs out on the other side.

It's sort of like how when you wanted to go to the toilet at school, but Graham Bennett used to hang outside so you had to go to the one on the other side of the science block to avoid him only for you to run into Chris Russell and... I mean, this may not be the most relatable example but you get my drift.
Cheshire Cat

## Ability

### Ability

**Say Cheese!****(Play)** If you are winning the round, your Mythical Creatures cards in hand gain +38 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

While you might assume that the term “Grinning like a **Cheshire Cat**” is a reference to the character in Lewis Carroll’s *Alice in Wonderland*, the expression actually predates the novel by over 100 years. It first appears in print in a 1788 book called *A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue* and refers to people who showed both teeth and gums when they smiled.

However, the plot thickens when you try to work out where the Cheshire Cat of the phrase actually comes from (you know, apart from coming from Cheshire). Some suggest that an incompetent sign painter attempted to paint a lion rampant and instead ended up with a mischievous moggy. Another suggestion is that a cheese seller in medieval Cheshire sold cheese in cat-shaped pieces (bring these back, please).

However, Lewis Carroll himself wrote that his inspiration came after he "saw a Cheshire cat with a gigantic smile at Brimstage carved into the wall", referring to a chapel in a small village near his hometown of Daresbury, Cheshire.

Wherever the phrase came from, the image of Carroll’s striped, cheeky cat is now engraved in popular culture. Even if it disappears for a while, its impact guarantees that it’ll always pop back up again with a wide grin and some impossible riddles.
Cannonball Jellyfish

## Ability

### Ability

**Shiver me Timbers!****(Play)** If your deck contains Cannon, your Plundering Pirates cards, wherever they are, gain +6 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Cabbagehead to its friends, cannonball to its enemies: this species of jellyfish is so-named for its robust, dome-shaped bell that ranges from 7 to 10 inches in width. While those found in the Atlantic have a milky coloured dome with brown pigment around the rim, their Pacific-dwelling cousins are blue in colour.

Like most jellyfish, **Cannonball Jellyfish** are at the mercy of the motion in the ocean for movement. Fortunately, they have an ace up their sleeve - or should we say 16 aces. Known as oral arms, these long appendages help the jellyfish to swim and move captured prey to the animal’s mouth.

If that wasn’t disturbing enough, male jellyfish eject sperm from their mouths, which are captured by the oral arms of females. That’s enough jellyfish reproduction facts for today.
Creating Custom Cards

Some fans have set up resources to make custom images in the same style as CUE cards. These include card borders, icons and font standards.

* Card Templates https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1etcaLLj5I8d8w9XvxgWP4skPFOYMeVzv https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GXfqMOhAZFwUFE2QbWRrdGm1IeEnb7nG
* Ability Icons https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mqKORydyhzBZC73v7pfAmn0P7qTD9FLQ Card Backs https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ASiRajPnA2GWofzDXRjGeWhD1fPVOh7k Collection Icons with Borders https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yt1TilSvc5njrlCbvsEV0Jtl7Qm1v5oJ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OIhg0iHdCq7546VhlPBur4k92YUTkPsosve9L6ahXrQ/edit?usp=sharing
* Collection Icons with Borderless https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cC6lOToLaUykrL0UTgpmc4GqYpfuOuqd
* Fonts 1. Base Power/Energy: Cabin Semi-bold Italic 2. Ability Name: Cabin Bold 3. Ability Text: Cabin Medium 4. Back Text: Cabin Medium 5.Card Name: Lato Black
* Lato https://www.1001freefonts.com/lato.font
* CABIN https://www.dafont.com/cabin.font

Two Albums were originally planned and were referenced in some cards. Those references have been removed, but some fans made templates for the non-existent albums in the same style as CUE.

* Our Planet! Templates (Fan made) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1umD2Rkh0ibbOHzHxO\_n39WOc5odwCTyt
* Terrific Technology Templates (Fan made) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1\_xO-h0FNebcnsLbulhpCmgHJgJPU81hi
Cornucopia

## Ability

### Ability

**Plentiful****(Draw)** Your Plant Life and Curious Cuisine cards in hand cost -1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

Perhaps you recognise the **Cornucopia** from the Fruit of the Loom logo. But you would be wrong – for there was never a horn in the logo at all. Before you dive into an internet search for evidence to prove otherwise, stick with us: the term ‘cornucopia’ actually dates back to the 5th century BC; the words “cornu Copiae” meaning “horn of plenty”.

The first known English use of the word Cornucopia was in 1508. Now associated with the Thanksgiving tradition in the U.S., the horn-shaped wicker basket filled with seasonal fruits and veg is a symbol of abundance. Besides the centrepiece of dinner tables, the cornucopia has a place on the state flag of Idaho and the coats of arms for Panama, Columbia, Peru and Venezuela.
Chicxulub Crater

## Ability

### Ability

**Massive Impact****(Play)** Your Paleontology cards, wherever they are, lose -7 Power until played and your Space cards, wherever they are, gain +7 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Dinosaurs were just peacefully living their best lives when BAM - a giant asteroid about 10 kilometres in diameter collided with the Earth, causing a mass extinction event in which 75% of plant and animal species perished.

The asteroid hit Earth at a speed of around 30km per second, and the kinetic energy of the impact was estimated to be roughly 3×1023 joules, which is more than a billion times more energy than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

The reason we know about this 66-million year old event is the **Chicxulub Crater**- an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Measuring roughly 180 kilometres in diameter, the Chicxulub Crater is the second largest crater on the planet.
Cyborg

## Ability

### Ability

**Cybernetic Organism****(Play)** If played between two Life on Land cards, give 6 random Science and 6 random Life on Land cards, wherever they are, +20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

“The understanders of the future will not be humans but what I choose to call '**Cyborgs**' that will have designed and built themselves." - that’s according to British futurologist James Lovelock.

Should we be worried? Apparently not, as the cyborgs would be so superior to us that humans would be seen the way we view plants. Hey, we’ll take irrelevance over enslavement.

Coined in 1960, the term ‘cyborg’ blends ‘cybernetic’ with ‘organism’ to represent a sentient being that is both organic and biomechatronic. So, how close are we to raising an army? In current prosthetic applications, scientists have already developed a cyborg leg for amputees. And, since 2004, British artist Neil Harbission has had a cyborg antenna in his head which allows him to see beyond the human visual spectrum of colours.
Da Vinci, Master Artist

## Ability

### Ability

**Multi-Talented****(Draw)** An opponent's random Science card in hand **Lock**s this round. **(Return)** Your remaining Science cards in hand gain +15 Power until played and your opponent's cards, wherever they are, cost +1 Energy next turn.

## Did You Know?

The term ‘Renaissance man’ refers to someone who excels at a number of different things - i.e. a polymath. The term derives from the Renaissance period, and while there were plenty of polymaths about at the time (cf. Michelangelo), **Leonardo da Vinci** is very much *the* Renaissance man. He was, for example…

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- a Biologist, who explored the human anatomy in detail, wrote advanced descriptions of the circulatory system and made numerous botanical drawings

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- a Geologist, who outlined a basic theory of plate tectonics
- a Cartographer, who drew strategic maps for the military
- an Inventor, who (depending on how far you stretch the definition of ‘invention’) conceived the helicopter, armoured car, and solar power
- an Architect, who designed and supervised the construction of the Rivellino fortifications at Locarno.

But Leonardo saw these talents as linked by ‘*saper vedere*’ or ‘knowing how to see’ - and in this way science and art were joined at the hip.

While relatively few of his paintings survive, it’s fair to say those that do punch a little above their weight.

There’s *Salvator Mundi*, (sold in 2017 for a mere $450 million at auction).

And there’s *Vitruvian Man*, so ubiquitous now that it’s hard to think of the word ‘anatomy’ without conjuring the drawing of a naked man within circles and squares.

And then, of course, there’s *The Last Supper*, the subject of various conspiracy theories, but inarguably a groundbreaking use of perspective and the vanishing point.

And towering above all, there’s the painting whose fame is uncontested - *La Gioconda*, aka Mona Lisa.

Sigmund Freud described Leonardo beautifully, as “like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep.”

'Mona Lisa' by Leonardo da Vinci (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under Public Domain (original image resized, cropped and altered)

## Fusion

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Changeling

## Ability

### Ability

**Fairy Replacement****(Play)** If your deck has 1 or more cards with "Fairy" in the name, your cards with "Fairy" in the name, wherever they are, lose -15 Power permanently and a random Horrible Halloween card, wherever it is, gains +15 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

If you’ve ever been utterly convinced that your sibling is away with the fairies, maybe they’re actually a **Changeling** and your real brother or sister was stolen by the fae folk.

All across Europe, stories of changelings were popular in Mediaeval times and while they varied from place to place, the basics were generally the same - fairies were known to steal human babies and swap them out for one of their own kind. The reasons for doing this were many - some countries’ folklore claimed that fairies needed human milk, while others did it to strengthen fairy bloodlines, and in Scotland it was because fairies owed the devil and debt and his preferred method of payment was human babies.

Looking back now with our modern sensibilities, we can see lots of different reasonings behind these stories. The main one being that the best way to avoid your baby being stolen was to get it baptised.

However, one horrible way to save a child if it was thought to be a changeling was to put it in the fire and the fairy baby would shoot up the chimney and the human one would come back. Just nope. We really don’t think that worked and we’re not willing to test it out. And neither should you.
Cult of the Dead Cow

## Ability

### Ability

**Leetspeak****(Draw)** If you have not played **Cult of the Dead Cow** this game, this card costs -8 Energy and gains +13 Power permanently. **(Play)** If your deck has 1 or more History of the Internet cards, your Secret Societies cards, wherever they are, gain +23 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

They claimed responsibility for giving Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s disease. They also declared war on the Church of Scientology and stated their belief that founder El Ron Hubbard was Heinrich Himmler of the SS. The Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc or cDc Communications), founded in 1984, is one of the oldest computer hacking organisations, and their odd choice of name is far from the most intriguing thing about them.

Formed at the Farm Pac slaughterhouse in Lubbock, Texas in 1984, the cDc has developed and publicly shared many hacking tools, such as Back Orifice (BO), a remote administration tool which gains access to machines running the Microsoft Windows operating system. According to the group, its purpose was to demonstrate the lack of security in Microsoft's operating system Windows 98.
Chavín de Huántar

## Ability

### Ability

**Temple of Doom****(Return)** If your deck has 4 or more Natural Monuments cards, your Wonders of Construction cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

**Chavín de Huantar** is ancient Peru's real-life temple of doom, with ruins and artefacts dating back to as early as 1200 BC. Nestled in the picturesque Ancash Region, 3,150 metres above sea level, Chavín de Huantar was once a hub of social, political and religious activity. Its lofty claim to fame as the "birthplace of South American culture" was quite impressive, until the Norte Chico civilisation stole the spotlight with their own ancient achievements. Still, Chavín de Huantar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and certainly held major religious significance for the Chavín people.

The site’s location at the confluence of two rivers represented ‘Tinkuy’ - the harmonious meeting of opposing forces, and so the site was likely thought of as a meeting place of natural and cosmic forces.
Cura Annonae

## Ability

### Ability

**Grain Dole****(Draw)** If you have played any The Roman Empire card this game, your Curious Cuisine cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

What’s stopping you from rising up and eating the rich? In the Roman Empire, it was <link="https:>Bread and Circuses</link>. The circuses came in the form of gladiator contests, chariot racing and other forms of public entertainment, while the bread came by way of **Cura Annonae**, or “care of Annona”.

This program included the grain dole, which gave out subsidised or free grain to about 200,000 adult male citizens across Rome and Constantinople. Initially created to help indebted and dispossessed citizen-farmers, the program later became a permanent fixture.

Cura Annonae came to an end with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and it would be centuries before any European city would assemble the transportation network required to solve the logistical challenge of feeding a million mouths.
Chambered Nautilus

## Did You Know?

You'll find the **Chambered Nautilus** in the south Pacific, propelling themselves backwards around coral reefs. Yes, propelling - that massive spiral shell is not just a fancy home.

The spiral shell is split into sections - or 'chambers', if you will - that is filled with gas and seawater. **Nautiluses** have an organ called the siphuncle, which regulates how much water it has on board at a given time. If it wants to ascend, it releases water so it's more buoyant; if it wants to descend, it takes more on.

If it wants to move, it faces away from where it wants to go and releases water for a cavity between its eyes at such speed that it is launched backwards to its destination - like when you do a really big sneeze and it knocks you back.

**Chambered Nautiluses** are also known for the size of their eggs - they're the biggest among all cephalopod species, at around an 2.5cm in diameter) - and their arms, of which the have about 90 hidden in their shell.
Devil's Footprints

## Ability

### Ability

**Hooved Tracks****(Play)** If your deck has 2 or more cards with "Devil" in the name, your Hoaxes and Cons cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Badgers, hopping mice, an experimental balloon, escaped kangaroos or Satan himself: these are all the potential culprits for the **Devil’s Footprints** that were discovered in the Exe Estuary in East and South Devon in February 1855.

These hoof-like marks appeared overnight after a heavy snowfall, covering a total distance of some 40 - 100 miles. And the prints weren’t just on land, either: they were found on the tops of snow-covered roofs, high walls and drain pipes as small as 4 inches in diameter.

Sceptics argue that the prints could all belong to different animals, and there is the issue of eye-witness accounts varying from person to person. Still, it makes for a good mystery.
Christmas Tree Cluster

## Did You Know?

The **Christmas Tree Cluster**, known as NGC 2264, resembles a Christmas Tree and has a very bright star at the top.

Looking at the picture on the front of this card you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Christmas tree bit is triangle at the bottom, but it's not - that's the Cone Nebula. The Christmas Tree bit is actually upside down, so you'll need to rotate your device 180 degrees to see it the right way up. Make sure you turn on rotation lock!

## Trivia

* This card is available on Christmas specials.
Corned Beef Sandwich

## Ability

### Ability

**Sandwich Smuggler****(Play)** If played next to John Young, your Space cards in hand gain +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

When you're blasting off into the dark, emptiness of space, it's nice to have home comforts. That was astronaut John Young's thinking when he snuck a **Corned Beef Sandwich** into his spacesuit before the launch of Gemini 3.

We all know <link="https:>what can happen when you bring food on a spaceship</link>. That's why they use tortillas instead of bread aboard the International Space Station. According to the transcripts, crumbs of rye bread did float around the cabin when commander Gus Grissom took a bite. But thankfully, <link="https:>no ant farms were destroyed</link> or instruments clogged.

According to Young, his contraband corned beef sandwich was thanks to astronaut Wally Schirra, who had it prepared at a restaurant in Cocoa Beach before Gemini 3 launched.
Dante Alighieri

## Ability

### Ability

**Abandon All Hope...****(Play)** Your Legendary cards, wherever they are, gain +17 Power for 2 turns.

## Did You Know?

700 years ago, an Italian poet by the name of **Dante Alighieri** penned an epic three-part poem called the *Divine Comedy*. Completed just one year before his death in 1321, the Divine Comedy takes readers on a journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise and is considered one of the greatest works of world literature.

Although some historians claim that Dante was born to a noble family, his lineage says otherwise: although Dante’s father was a dedicated supporter of the pope, he wasn’t an aristocrat himself. While Dante excelled in writing, his life wasn’t all candle-lit rooms and parchment paper. In 1289, he saw death up-close when he served the Guelphs as a horseman at the Battle of Campaldino.
Dimorphodon

## Ability

### Ability

**Tooth Hurts****(Play)** Your Carnivores cards in hand gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Dimorphodon was a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from the early Jurassic Period. It was named by Paleontologist Richard Owen in 1859. The name which is Greek for 'two formed tooth' existed in the middle to late Jurassic period (160 to 175 million years ago).

It was a funny looking beast that looked much like a toddler had assembled a toy dinosaur all wrong and taken a head from a different (larger) toy. Dimorphodon had an extremely large head but a small slender body. It may have had a massive wingspan but the Dimorphodon was better at climbing trees than taking flight, much like the Jurassic period's answer to a flying squirrel.
Dandelion

## Did You Know?

A persistent pain in the backside to avid gardeners and a favourite snack of rabbit kind, the **Dandelion **is loved or loathed depending on who you ask. Ask a French person and they’ll tell you these plants cause nighttime accidents - hence the name Pissenlit, which means “pee the bed”.****

****Given that Dandelions are a natural diuretic (a substance that helps rid the body of salt and water), there’s some truth to it. If peeing the bed is keeping you up, peek out your window at the moon and stars. Look familiar?****

****The white puff ball of the dandelion can be compared to the moon, while the dispersing seeds resemble stars. When the sun rises, you’ll notice its similarity to the yellow flower and feel like you’ve been cursed by this herb.****
Dark Watchers

## Ability

### Ability

**Mountain Spectre****(Return)** If played next to any Majestic Mountains card, gain +20 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

For the last 300 years, locals and tourists alike have been haunted by humanoid phantoms that hang out on California’s Big Sur. Although indigenous tribes tell of shadowy figures within their folklore, it was Spanish settlers who were the first to dub these mysterious beings “los Vigilantes Oscuros” (“the **Dark Watchers**”) back in the 1700s.

Think it’s just an ancient myth? Think again: sightings haven’t slowed down over the years, with some recent hikers claiming to have seen figures standing 3 metres tall wearing hats. They even get a mention in John Steinbeck’s short story, ‘Flight’. Many believe the dark watchers are cryptids, potentially cousins of Bigfoot or Sasquatch. Others blame ‘pareidolia’- the tendency to perceive a meaningful image from random patterns, like animal-shaped clouds or the Jesus toast.