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Freemasons

## Ability

### Ability

**Secret Handshake****(Play)** Your Eye of Providence and The Grand Architect cards in hand gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

As secret societies go, the **Freemasons** are the big one.

In one sense, they’re not exactly secret at all: most have heard of the Freemasons, and know about their Lodges. The Freemasons’ Hall in London even won a Tripadvisor Traveller’s Choice Award in 2020.

However, given a global membership of 2-6 million, it’s surprising how secret their practices and member rosters still are. Here are some things we do know about the Freemasons:

- They are predominantly *men*, although from 2018 they have officially allowed transgender women, and there is a separate Order of Women Freemasons.
- For the most part, the organisation is agnostic - allowing membership from any faith. But every member must acknowledge a belief in a Supreme Being.
- They preach (but not in a religious sense) morality, charity and obedience of the law.
- Politics and Religion are never discussed.

While we know the aims are generally charitable, it is not always clear what the incentives/motives to join are. However, you might well meet some interesting people. Famous Freemasons include Winston Churchill, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, King Edward VIII, and Joe Frazier.

Of course - those are just the ones we know about. For all we know, *you’re* a Mason too…
Eirene

## Ability

### Ability

**Peace****(Return)** All cards, wherever they are, lose -50 Power and cost -5 Energy next turn.

## Did You Know?

She may not be one of the more well-known Greek goddesses, but **Eirene** still has a pretty important role to play. Not only was she the personification of peace, but Eirene was part of the Horae – a group of sisters who controlled the seasons and were considered the goddesses of justice and order.

Unlike the anger-inducing, confusion-causing Fruit of the Loom logo, Eirene really is depicted with a cornucopia – as well as a sceptre and a torch. Although the original statue of Eirene erected in Athens (after the victory against the Spartans) was destroyed, another was made from marble depicting Eirene holding Ploutos (the god of wealth). The statue symbolises that prosperity arrives when there is peace, and can be observed at the Glyptothek museum in Munich.
Dusky Dolphin

## Did You Know?

The **Dusky Dolphin** can be found in coastal areas of the Southern Hemisphere and takes its name from the Latin for “dark” or “dim” - befitting for an animal that can hunt in total darkness!

These dolphins are known to show off - they are often seen performing moves such as headslaps, tailslaps, spins and noseouts (anyone else getting *THPS* flashbacks?) These tricks are made all the easier, we presume, by their (relatively) little size - measuring in at just under two meters in length!

They have no conservation status (officially listed as “Data Deficient”) but unfortunately, thanks to increasing human activity (*typical*), their numbers are declining.
Flapper Style

## Ability

### Ability

**Flaunt and Flout****(Play)** When played before round 3, this card gains +44 Power this turn. If it's after round 3, this card gains +12 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Let’s travel back to the Roaring Twenties - the thriving post-war period full of jazz, booming business and the embrace of modernity. The true icons of this era are, of course, the **Flappers**, the generation of Western women who bobbed their hair, wore short skirts (it’s the 1920s - female knees are not yet acceptable in public), and dared to claim their own independence by happily defying the societal norms of the time by wearing heavy makeup, drinking alcohol and \*gasp!\* *driving cars!*

In response, the older, more conservative generation thought this was a much-needed change of pace, and praised flappers for taking control of their styles, bodies and freedoms, especially after the massive losses of WW1.

Just kidding of course; as we’re sure zero percent of readers will be shocked to discover, flappers were accused of ‘near nakedness’ (see: aforementioned knee showing) and being flippant, reckless and unintelligent.

Their lifestyles were mirrored in the famous flapper fashion; of straight, loose, sleeveless dresses, high heels and chest bodices to promote the stylish, boyish figure, which was accentuated by the short haircuts.

It’s a happy ending for the legacy of the flapper, as although shunned by many at the time, through a modern lens they are considered somewhat of a cultural heroine, representing a feminist movement that allowed Western women to take control.
Elasmotherium

## Ability

### Ability

**CRASH!****(Play)** Your Southern White Rhinoceros card in hand gains +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Elasmotherium was a giant creature that existed as recently as 10,000 years ago - sadly not recently enough for any sightings or selfies at the local safari park, although you could probably take a photo of a rhino and get much the same result.

Its horn is likely to have been as long as a human male is tall and, despite its lumbering appearance, actually had a bone structure that indicates it galloped like a horse!
Dutch Orange

## Ability

### Ability

**Spectrum of Color****(Play)** If you have played Rosso Corsa this game, your Naples Yellow card, wherever it is, gains +20 Power permanently. **(Return)** If you have played Rosso Corsa this game, your Naples Yellow card, wherever it is, costs +1 Energy until played.

## Did You Know?

On the 27th April, citizens of the Netherlands fill the streets to celebrate King’s Day. During this national holiday, the canals overflow with people clad head to toe in orange, singing “Oranje boven, leve de koning,” meaning “Orange above all, long live the king”.

For the uninitiated foreigner, orange seems like a random color, given that the country’s national flag is red, white and blue. In fact, the color comes from the family name of the Dutch Royal Family, the House of Orange-Nassau. And the flag *was* originally orange, white and blue, designed by William of Orange himself, before it was changed to red after the War of Independence. Due to the country’s association with the colour, **Dutch Orange** is now an official shade in its own right.
Fenrir

## Ability

### Ability

**Wolf Like Me****(Play)** Your Atlantic Wolffish and Lupus cards in hand gain +24 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Sometimes this happens - we go into massive detail about a subject on another card, only for the well to run slightly dry when we come to write about the subject itself.

Such is the case with **Fenrir**, the fearsome wolf-son of Loki. The main legend associated with him is his binding. in which the gods have dwarfs forge an unbreakable chain to imprison **Fenrir** - but you'll know all about that if you read the Tyr card.

One thing you might not know about **Fenrir** is that, on the day of Ragnarök, he is destined to finally break free of his bindings and kill Odin (whose son, Víðarr, will get revenge by killing **Fenrir**. I think, seeing as we all seem to know how the end of the world is going to play out, we can probably give Ragnarök a miss and save everyone the hassle of an apocalypse.)
Empire State Building

## Did You Know?

Attracting 4 million visitors a year, New York's Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world for over 40 years. Moreover, the skyscraper is a bona fide movie star - it has been a key location for movies such as An Affair to Remember, Sleepless in Seattle, Independence Day and Elf. However, most iconically, it is on top of this building where King Kong meets his doom in the original 1933 movie.

In other interesting-but-useless trivia: the lights on the Empire State are turned off on foggy nights during migrating seasons, as they cause confused birds to fly into the building.
Dsungaripterus

## Did You Know?

The name **Dsungaripterus** roughly means "Wings of Junggar Basin" (the location in China where it was originally found) which got me thinking - what if we just named prehistoric creatures like that? None of this ordered taxonomy rubbish, just give them cool evocative names. They'd be way easier to remember, and less likely that you'll fail to pronounce them correctly in promotional videos for mobile games.

**Tsungaripterus's** most notable feature is its beak - it was curved upwards and didn't have any teeth in the front. Paleontologists speculate that it would have used it for picking worms and shellfish out from between rocks.
Fireworks Galaxy

## Ability

### Ability

**Bright Nucleus****(Play)** Your cards adjacent to this gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

There’s no fireworks display like the NGC 6946, a spiral galaxy around 22.5 million light-years away from Earth. In the last 100 years alone, it has been home to 10 observed stellar explosions known as supernovae – for that reason, it became known as the **Fireworks Galaxy**.

Discovered by William Herschel in September 1798, NGC 6946 has a diameter of approximately 40,000 light-years. For context, that’s about one-third of the Milky Way’s size.

Astronomers find the Fireworks Galaxy particularly intriguing due to the odd celestial objects that have been observed within it. This includes an object known as Hodge’s Complex, an interacting dwarf galaxy superimposed on the Fireworks Galaxy, and a Red Ellipse which astronomers think is the remnant of a very large supernova.
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum and Phooey

## Ability

### Ability

**Four Out Of Five****(Draw)** 4 random cards in your hand gain +12 Power and 1 random card loses -40 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Mickey and Minnie Mouse have nothing on **Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum and Phooey**. On the 1972 Apollo 17 mission, these mighty mice travelled to the Moon and circled it 75 times. Meanwhile, Mickey and Minnie just kicked back in their ivory tower at Disneyland, doing nothing for the American space program.

The five mice travelled in individual compartments of tubes inside an aluminium container that had enough food, temperature control and potassium superoxide to turn carbon dioxide into fresh oxygen. Together with astronaut Ronald Evans, the mice orbited the moon for a record-setting six days and four hours in the Apollo command Module ‘America’. That’s one small step for mouse… one giant leap for mousekind.
Fabergé Eggs

## Ability

### Ability

**Imperial Phase****(Play)** Your Unruly Rulers cards in hand gain +12 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Peter Carl Fabergé was a Russian master jeweller, who leapt at the opportunity when, in 1885, Emperor Alexander III commissioned him to make a particularly extravagant Easter gift for his wife, Empress Feodorovna. Now any Tom, Dick or Russian Master Jeweller can just make an enamel-shelled egg for an emperor, but Fabergé was given a critical instruction - there must be a surprise inside it. He designed it so the two halves could be twisted, revealing a golden hen. Inside the hen? A replica of the Imperial Crown, and a precious ruby pendant.

Feodorovna loved the gift so much, that Fabergé was commissioned to create a new one every year, each more opulent and surprising than the last. The Coronation Egg is among the most iconic, with a golden cloth robe design containing a gold diamond-encrusted miniature carriage. Imagine bringing that to a Warhammer game.

Before long other members of the Romanov Royal Family and the aristocracy started requesting them, and Fabergé designed and crafted 69 **Fabergé Eggs** up until 1917, when the Russian Revolution put an end to imperial rule.

During the upheaval, the fifty Imperial Eggs (those made for the Romanov family) were looted and scattered across the world. Eight of them are still missing, and those that have been found are either in museums or private collections at this point. One collector, the billionaire businessman Viktor Vekselberg, reportedly paid over $100 million for just nine of them in 2004.
Fairy Chimneys

## Ability

### Ability

**Believe****(Return)** Your Mythic cards, wherever they are, gain +20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Described by Unesco as "one of the world's most striking and largest cave-dwelling complexes”, the majestic rock formations known as the **‘Fairy Chimneys**’ of Cappadocia stretch as high as 130 feet in the sky. Today, tourists can even stay in some of the carved-out chimneys that have been converted into unconventional hotels – just remember to tip the fairies when you leave.
Egyptian Cats

## Did You Know?

For over 3000 years, Cats were considered sacred in Egypt, and deities such as Mafdet, Bast and Sekhmet had feline heads. Mafdet and Bast were seen as protectors of the home, which makes sense when you realise that homes in Egypt were at risk of invasion from snakes, scorpions, and rats - and cats were the first line of defence.

Cats were so important to Egyptians that the affluent treated them like a favourite member of the family, feeding them fine cuts of meat and dressing them in jewellery. In 440 BC Herodotus noted that the bond was so great, that when a cat passed on, the occupants of the household would shave off their eyebrows and mourn their loss until they grew back again.

All great news if you're a cat lover. However, at least one Roman who killed a cat was lynched by a mob, so Ancient Egypt was not the best place to be if you were 'more of a dog person'.

CRAFTING CLUE BELOW!

- WWII gun makes them cry.
Electric Battery

## Did You Know?

From controllers to clocks, toy cars to Christmas lights, the **Electric Battery** is one of those inventions we take for granted. Invented by Alessandro Volta in 1798, the first true batteries only lasted an hour – fortunately, that all changed when the Duracell Bunny was born (well, actually zinc-carbon batteries, but near enough).
Dyson Sphere

## Ability

### Ability

**Endless Energy****(Play)** If played next to any Space card, gain +1:energy/turn: permanently.

## Did You Know?

Over time, our energy consumption will increase - whether that’s to heat our homes, power our transportation or provide the fuel for inventions we can’t even imagine yet, like giant robot dogs to take our real dogs for walks.

In any case, we’re gonna need energy. If it wasn’t beyond the realms of our engineering capacity, the **Dyson Sphere** could offer a solution. First hypothesised by Freeman Dyson in the 1960s, a Dyson Sphere is a megastructure that could be built around a star to harness all the solar energy it gives off.

To fit around a star, it would need a minimum diameter of 1.4 million kilometres. We’re talking about a structure over a hundred times that of Earth. Best to stick to wind-farms and solar panels for now.

'3D rendering of a Dyson sphere utilizing large, orbiting panels' by Kevin Gill (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Donut

## Ability

### Ability

**D'oh!****(Return)** If you lost the turn, this card loses -30 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

American philosopher H.J. Simpson once asked: “**Donuts**. Is there anything they can't do?" We racked our brains, and it turns out he was right. From raising your child to comforting you when you’re down, a donut really can do it all. But where did this humble tasty treat come from?

A man by the name Hanson Gregory claims to have invented the ring-shaped doughnut in 1847 aboard a lime-trading ship as he was dissatisfied with the raw centre of regular doughnuts. However, the word itself seems to have originated in northeastern England around 1750. It was then that the first recipe, which called for taking “dough the size of a walnut” and frying it, appeared in print.
Doge

## Ability

### Ability

**wow much ability****(Play)** If your deck contains Shiba Inu, your Dogs cards, wherever they are, gain +19 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

You never know when a picture of your pet will spark an internet craze, trigger a new dialect and inspire a form of currency. But that’s what happened to kindergarten teacher Atsuko Sato when she posted photos of her rescue-adopted Shiba Inu dog ‘Kabosu’ to her blog in 2010. so surprise. very shocke. w0w.

Of these photos was a peculiar shot of Kabosu looking into the camera with raised eyebrows. Not long after, the picture was shared by a Tumblr account called Shiba Confessions with colourful comic sans text that read like a surreal narrative of the dog’s inner monologue. Kabosu was no longer a dog, but a **Doge**. Between the broken English captions and the comical expression on the dog’s face, the meme was set for internet stardom.
False Killer Whale

## Ability

### Ability

**False Positive****(Return)** If you are winning the round, lose -30 Power/Turn next turn.

## Did You Know?

Imagine having your whole identity be based around a thing you are not. The **False Killer Whale** has exactly this problem; not only did The People Who Name Animals take one look at them, decide they were kind of like Orcas (killer whales) but they weren't Orcas and didn't bother to give them their own cool name, but they're the only member of the *Pseudorca* genus. They literally created a taxonomic category just for **False Killer Whales**, that is a portmanteau of "pseudo Orca".

You'll find **False Killer Whales** in most parts of the world, partaking in their hobby of "not being killer whales". You can tell the difference because they have an all-over dark-grey colouration, with none of the white areas of the Orca.

Apparently, I can't even describe them without comparing them to killer whales. They're a type of dolphin, not a whale, so I guess they have that going for them?
Eastern Brown Snake

## Ability

### Ability

**Fangs for the Memories****(Play)** Your cards in hand with "Snake" in the name gain +23 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

You’re looking at two metres of highly venomous, Australian danger-noodle. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril as Furina textilis (knitted furin) in 1854. But the **Eastern Brown Snake** has many names: to the Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney basin, it’s ‘marragawan’. To the Dharawal of the Illawarra, who actually hold ceremonies for this snake, it’s “goobalaang.” To the uninitiated, it’s simply “Nope” or “Crikey!”

Considered the world’s second most poisonous land snake after the inland taipan, a bite from the Eastern Brown Snake can cause excessive bleeding, cardiovascular collapse and cardiac arrest. If you’re thinking of running away, don’t bother: the goobalaang can outpace a person running at full speed.
European Mole

## Ability

### Ability

**Undercover****(Draw)** Your Espionage cards, wherever they are, gain +27 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Don’t underestimate the **European Mole**. Although small in size, this burrowing mammal is capable of constructing a huge mud fortress of up to 750kg of soil and can dig about 30 metres of new tunnels in 24 hours. Due to their underground habits, moles’ eyes are not as well-developed as those of surface-dwelling creatures.

However, what they lack in eyesight, they make up for in sense of touch. All moles have highly sensitive hairs on their face, feet and tail as well as long, clawed digits that they use to dig tunnels. Navigating these tunnels is easy for the European mole, as it has evolved to have a kinaesthetic sense (a spatial memory) that allows it to remember the exact layout of the entire tunnel system.
Fail-Not

## Ability

### Ability

**True Aim****(Play)** If played next to Sir Tristan, both gain +20 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Calling your bow “**Fail-Not**” seems like a good way to jinx your skills as an archer. But, in Arthurian Legend, Sir Tristan’s bow was said to never miss a mark. The bow itself was a Parthian-Eurasian-style reflex composite bow, and its owner, Sir Tristan, was a cavalry archer known for his ability to make amazing shots.

So, was Tristan just being modest or was his bow truly incapable of failing him? According to the stories, it’s all in the reflexes (of the bow.) When hunting in the woods with his lover, Iseult, Tristan stretched the strings of his bow between some branches in such a way that even a mere graze of the branches would cause certain death to any creature who came near.
Fire Coral

## Ability

### Ability

**Minor Sting****(Start)** If your deck has 3 or more Around the Reef cards, your opponent's cards, wherever they are, lose -2 Power until played. **(Play)** Your opponent's cards in hand lose -15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Like its namesake, **Fire Coral** delivers a nasty burn on contact not unlike a jellyfish sting. That’s because Fire Coral polyps are technically not true corals at all, but actually more closely related to jellies and anemones, which grow in a similar manner. Yup, you heard it here first: fire coral is the imposter.

Found in tropical and subtropical waters, their smooth surface features two types of pores: gastropores and dactylopores, hence the species name "Millepora',' meaning 'thousand pores.' Besides capturing prey with its stinging cells, Fire Coral has a neat partnership with algae called zooxanthellae. The “coral” offers them a home and sunlight, and in return, they serve up tasty meals through photosynthesis. Teamwork at its finest!
Date Masamune

## Did You Know?

Date Masamune was a ferocious General in the 17th Century, nicknamed the 'One Eyed Dragon'. (He lost sight in one eye due to Smallpox when he was a child, and yet no-one knows how he lost the eye itself.)

Heir to a long line of lords, Date attempted to conquer and unite Japan under his flag. He only succeeded in conquering the North however, eventually dedicating himself to Ieyasu Tokugawa during the Edo period.
Flying Fish

## Did You Know?

If land mammals can swim and birds can walk, there’s no reason why fish shouldn’t be allowed to fly. Don’t worry, we aren’t handing out pilot licences to sharks. We’re simply raising awareness of the Exocoetidae, a family of marine fish known more commonly as **Flying Fish** or flying cod.

Found in tropical waters across the world, this species is like the low-cost airline of the fish world. It won’t fly long distances, and it isn’t very efficient. Still, their winglike pectoral fins allow them to glide for up to 200 metres at speeds of almost 60 km/h.

It’s thought that flying fish evolved this mechanism to escape from ocean-bound predators. Unfortunately, that can often mean flying right into the beak of a fish-eating bird.
French Hen

## Did You Know?

Sorry to get a bit literal with this card, but the Faverolles is a breed of chicken native to France. They were originally bred in the town of Faverolles for their eggs and meat, but are more commonly raised for show nowadays. They have five toes per foot, instead of the usual four, and are great egg layers - if looked after well they can lay four eggs a week! Very generous of True Love!

## Trivia

* This card is available on Christmas specials.
Eostre

## Ability

### Ability

**Goddess of Spring****(Draw)** For every Life on Land card in your hand, this card gains +16 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Fake news isn’t just a product of social media. Take **Eostre** for example. Most sources say she’s the Germanic goddess of dawn celebrated by the Pagans during the Spring Equinox. Now, there’s a chance that it’s true, but it’s not a hard fact.

All we know for certain is her name and that, sometime before 700 AD, Eostre was worshipped by the Saxons in Britain, and we only know that because a Christian writer said in the year 725 that the Saxon month of April was named after Eostre. Other than that, there’s no trace of her in ancient writings.

It was only when Jacob Grimm hypothesised that she was goddess of the Spring Equinox in Pagan culture that people started to accept this as fact, even though Grimm was just spitballing.
Driver Ant

## Ability

### Ability

**Big Damn Ants****(Draw)** Your opponent's cards in hand lose -2 Power permanently. **(Play)** Your opponent's cards in hand lose -3 Power permanently. **(Return)** Your opponent's remaining cards in hand lose -4 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

China’s army may be impressive, but it barely scratches the surface of **Driver Ant** armies. When a driver ant colony goes on a raid, they routinely bring with them up to fifty million individuals. Together, they can attack everything in their path, including snakes, birds, mammals and even Cate Blanchett. They may be small compared to human armies, but when a colony of this size gathers, their marching feet can be heard from standing nearby.

Also, let's not forget that Driver Ant queens are the largest queens of all ants, measuring between 40-63 millimetres. That’s roughly the length of a AA battery. After mating, the queen lays 1,000,000 eggs per month, setting in motion the succession plan for her ant-tastic empire.
Fermi Bubbles

## Ability

### Ability

**Popping Off****(Return)** Your Oceans and Seas and Space cards, wherever they are, cost -1 Energy this round.

## Did You Know?

First spotted by astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the **Fermi Bubbles** are thought to be the result of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole going on a feeding frenzy of interstellar gas. These mysterious glowing orbs emerge above and below the centre of our galaxy and are the only piece of evidence that suggests the Milky Way’s black hole was once active and, apparently, very hungry.
Erik the Red

## Ability

### Ability

**Simply Red****(Play)** If played between two Arts and Culture cards, your Vicious Vikings cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played. If you have played Leif Erikson this game, your Vicious Vikings cards, wherever they are, gain an additional +5 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Ever wondered why Greenland is called Greenland when it’s not really green at all? It actually got its name from **Erik the Red**, a Norse explorer (and murderer) who was exiled to the little-known island for three years. Upon his return to Iceland, Erik told the people of the potential the land held, but deliberately chose a more appealing name than “Iceland 2” in the hopes that it would attract settlers.

He was right. Soon after, Icelanders ventured to the island and formed two colonies. Ladies and gentlemen, the power of branding. Later, Erik became the father to a son - Leif Erikson, one of the first Europeans to reach North America. Apparently, Erik fell off his horse on the way to the ship and took it as a bad omen, leaving his son to continue without him.
Charlemagne

## Ability

### Ability

**Uniting Nations****(Draw)** If your deck has 3 or more Unruly Rulers cards, your cards, wherever they are, gain +6 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Crowned the Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, **Charlemagne** is often nicknamed the ‘Father of Europe’ as the founding father of both the French and the German Monarchies. Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, boosted economic and political life in Europe and sparked the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance.

According to some accounts, Charlemagne was not expecting his new role and only realised what was happening when the pope put the imperial crown upon his head. He was also not a fan of flamboyant dress – according to one anecdote, he spent a whole day tormenting some courtiers who returned from a festival wearing silk by making them go hunting without a chance to change their clothes.
Father Time

## Ability

### Ability

**The Hand of Time****(Start)** This card gains +12 Power until played. **(Return)** This card loses -60 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Thought to be inspired by the Greek god Cronus and the Roman God Saturn, **Father Time** is the personification of time itself. Like Father Christmas, he is depicted as an old man with a long beard. The key difference is that Father Christmas brings gifts - Father Time just brings wrinkles, regret and a pinch of wisdom if you’re lucky.

Still, the two are more closely linked than you might think. In European folklore, Father Time (known as Big Daddy Time to his crew) is a representation of the dying year. Around New Year’s Day, he appeared in early 19th century advertising as a gentile old man with a robe and a scythe. Still, we’d much rather Santa come to our homes on Christmas than a cloaked figure with a weapon.
Easter Bilby

## Ability

### Ability

**Raising Awareness****(Play)** Your Bilby card, wherever it is, gains +40 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Everyone loves rabbits, right? Well… apparently not. In Australia, feral rabbits are responsible for a fair bit of environmental damage. This in mind, the bunny hardly feels like the most appropriate mascot for Easter festivities down under.

So, in 1968, a 9-year-old-girl called Rose-Marie Dusting changed the narrative with her story titled ‘Billy the Aussie **Easter Bilby**.” 11 years later, she had the story published, and it went on to spark a national campaign to save the bilby from extinction.

For reference, the Bilby is an endangered species of Australian marsupial. And yes, to answer your question, Bilby-shaped chocolates can be found in many Australian shops, the profits of which go towards helping protect the species!
Eurasian Puma

## Ability

### Ability

**Quondam Leopard****(Draw)** If you have played any card with "Leopard" in the name this game, your Cute Cats cards, wherever they are, gain +14 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Scientists don’t always get things right the first time. Case in point: the **Eurasian Puma.** For the longest time, this prehistoric cat was thought to be a species of leopard. Talk about erasure.

Then, recent work revealed that Panthera pardoides and Panthera schaubi are not as distinct as previously thought. Recent research suggests that they may actually be the same species, and surprisingly, they might not even belong to the pantherine lineage at all, but rather to the Felinae family, closely related to cougars. This would mean that they should be more accurately classified as Puma pardoides.

Taxonomy aside, this big cat was similar in appearance to modern pumas, with a short-faced skull and an estimated weight between 50-130 kilograms.
El Pirata Cofresí

## Ability

### Ability

**The Cutthroat of Cabo Rojo****(Return)** Two opponent's random cards in hand lose -16 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Regarded by many as the Puerto Rican Robin Hood, **El Pirata Cofresí** was a pirate whose career inspired stories, songs and poems for generations.

Born Roberto Cofresí y Ramírez de Arellano, this legendary pirate evaded capture by ships from Spain, Gran Colombia, the UK, Denmark, France and the U.S. He commanded several small-draft vessels, the most famous of which was called ‘Anne’, which he used to attack ships that didn’t fly the Royal Spanish flag.

Some Puerto Rican historians believe that Cofresí shared his spoils with the needy, hence the Robin Hood comparison. Some also believe that part of Cofresi’s treasure is still be hidden in the caves of Sabana Seca, close to a restaurant called “La Guarida del Pirata Cofresi”. Well? What are you waiting for?!
Four of Swords

## Ability

### Ability

**Rest and Recuperate****(Draw)** If you are losing the round, this card costs -3 Energy this turn.

## Did You Know?

Look, we get it. After the whole pandemic thing, no one wants to self isolate. But if you’ve just drawn the **Four of Swords** card in a Tarot reading, it’s probably for the best. The imagery on this card shows a knight in full armor, lying horizontally on a tomb with his hands in the position of a prayer as a sign of rest.

While you don’t have to lie in your bed in full armor, some down time might be wise. Take this as a cue to peace out from your social life for a bit and recharge your energy so you’re refreshed and ready for the next challenge. Meditate and spend time in a peaceful environment where you can replenish your strength and gather your thoughts.
Cetus

## Ability

### Ability

**Mystery Menace****(Play)** Your Monsters of the Deep cards in hand gain +10 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Ah, what a nice day for sailing: the sky is blue, the seas are calm and - wait - is that a whale? It’s… the size of a ship! But it has a boar’s head?! It’s getting closer!! Okay, crew: we don’t want to alarm you, but we have reason to believe that **Cetus** is in the water. Who is Cetus, you ask?! Only a colossal sea monster from Greek mythology.

Its skull alone measures 12 metres, and its skeleton is taller at the shoulder than an elephant. At best, we’re looking at lost cargo or being swept off course. At worst? We may suffer the same fate as Andromeda, who was chained to a rock and devoured by the beast. Sadly, your sea monster repellent spray is no use here.
Eye of Quebec

## Ability

### Ability

**Triassic Vision****(Play)** If played between any two Paleontology cards, your Paleontology cards in hand gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Many lakes form in naturally occurring depressions or thanks to rivers, melting glaciers or you know…more things you learned about in geography class that we’ve forgotten now. But the Manicouagan Reservoir can be found in the **Eye of Quebec** which is actually an impact crater from a meteorite hitting the Earth.

The 5km wide meteorite hit the Earth (in a strange and beautiful land we now call Canada) around 213 million years ago. It’s possibly the 5th most powerful known impact on the Earth. It’s thought that the crater was once 100km wide but due to erosion, it’s now around 72km wide, which is still massive! In fact, the Manicouagan Reservoir is the second largest lake in the world! While this is not the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs (scientists have given it the big NOPE stamp when asked if it caused the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event), it certainly did cause a very big mess. As you can see!

The Eye of Quebec makes for excellent aerial photography and it’s actually visible from space so even astronauts can snap a good pic of it!

'Manicouagan Reservoir' by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Dr. Jekyll

## Ability

### Ability

**Hyde & Seek****(Draw)** If you have played Mr Hyde this game, it and this card gain +35 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

On the surface, **Dr Jekyll** is just a “large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty,” to quote the author Robert Louis Stevenson, who penned the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886.

The protagonist of the story is a respected English doctor who is influential, educated and, basically, the embodiment of goodness. Were the story to end there, it would probably have been unsuccessful as a piece of fiction.

However, living behind the kind exterior of Dr Jekyll is a darker presence: his alter ago, Mr Hyde, who he brings out by drinking a potion that allows him to separate his good side from his evil impulses.

Spoiler alert: it doesn’t end well for either of them.
Cubesats

## Ability

### Ability

**Hip to be Square****(Play)** Your cards, wherever they are, with 4 or less Base Energy gain +10 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

As the name suggests, **CubeSats** are cube-shaped satellites of around 10x10x10cm. As of January 2021, over 1350 CubeSats have been launched into orbit for space research. Watching footage of a CubeSat being deployed is like watching a baby bird take its first flight – if that baby bird was built with ground-breaking space technology. These babies can be quickly developed at low cost and are designed be deployed from a rocket or from the ISS while in orbit.
Frederick William I

## Ability

### Ability

**Tall Order****(Play)** Your cards in hand with 40 or more Base Power gain +22 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Elsewhere in these cards, we have suggested that Napoleon Bonaparte, famous for being of short stature, was in fact above average height for his time. **Frederick William I**, on the other hand, *was* indeed quite short, at 5’3” tall.

Perhaps this is why he was obsessed with building a regiment of tall soldiers that became known as the ‘Potsdam Giants’. These soldiers were expensive, and never saw battle during the King’s reign, but he frequently ordered them to parade before him (led by a bear - their mascot) just to cheer himself up - including while in his sickbed.

Indeed, Frederick is believed to have told the French ambassador, “The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers—they are my weakness”.

His heir - Frederick the Great - mostly disbanded the unit after the king’s death in 1740.
Enos

## Ability

### Ability

**Space Monkeys****(Play)** Your Ham the Astrochimp card in hand gains +70 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

While humans were on Earth pondering how to get to the moon, **Enos** the chimpanzee was orbiting our planet. Selected by NASA for his Project Mercury flight three days prior, Enos was launched into space aboard Mercy-Atlas 5 on November 29th 1961. He completed his first orbit in just under one and a half hours.

And he didn’t exactly have an easy time up there. During his flight, Enos was faced with a malfunctioning "avoidance conditioning" test which subjected him to 76 electrical shocks. On top of this, he had to put up with the capsule overheating. The mission was aborted after two orbits rather than the scheduled three, but Enos was described as behaving like a “true hero”.
Chinese Crested Dog

## Ability

### Ability

**The Powderpuff, the Hairless and the Hairy-Hairless.****(Draw)** Your Hair card, wherever it is, gains +20 Power until played. **(Return)** Your Hair card, wherever it is, loses -20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

With the planet getting warmer, you need a pet who can withstand the heat. If you aren’t ready to start feeding baby mice to a reptile, your best bet is to opt for a **Chinese Crested** dog.

This breed is exceptionally tolerant of high temperatures and has been known to bask in 37 degree heat like a cold-blooded lizard. But be warned: when temperatures drop in the winter, the Chinese Crested cannot cope. You’ll need to start knitting those dog sweaters early so you’re prepared to keep your pooch warm.

Although the exact origins of this dog breed are unknown, Spanish explorers found Chinese Crested dogs in Mexico as early as the 1500s. It’s thought that this breed once sailed the high seas with Chinese sailors and were regularly traded with local merchants at port cities.
Dwarf

## Ability

### Ability

**Small but Strong****(Play)** Your cards in hand gain +15 Power and your opponent's cards in hand lose -15 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

Short, bearded and great at metalwork: most mythologies agree with these basic principles about the **Dwarf**. They almost always have magical powers and live underground, whether in rocky mountain caves or in mines like in J.R.R Tolkien’s story. In some cases, they live up to forty years while in others they live several centuries.

As for their general temperament, it varies depending on the source. For example, despite being known as the best blacksmiths in the cosmos in Norse mythology, the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda both describe dwarfs as being murderous creatures and ‘reluctant donors’ of important artefacts with magical qualities like Thor’s hammer.

Whatever your opinion on them, we can all be sure on one thing: nobody tosses a dwarf. (We couldn’t resist.)
Eton Mess

## Ability

### Ability

**What a Mess****(Play)** Your Strawberry Moon card, wherever it is, gains +29 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Tea and scones aside, there’s nothing more traditionally English than an **Eton Mess**\*, a dessert made from fresh strawberries, strawberry puree, crushed meringues and whipped cream.

If you’re thinking “hang on, isn’t that just a pavlova?” - the answer is … kind of. Legend has it that a cricket match took place at Eton College in the 1920s, and a strawberry pavlova was waiting in a picnic basket as a treat for the boys but was crushed by a clumsy Labrador who sat on the basket.

It’s a fun story - but it’s not true, because the Eton Mess was mentioned in recipe books almost 30 years prior. Still, the cricket part is accurate, as the pudding was first served at a cricket match between Eton and Harrow.

* sorry, fish and chips.
Electromagnetism

## Did You Know?

To make things a little trickier than usual, **Electromagnetism** has a different meaning depending on the scale. At an itsy bitsy subatomic level, it's the force between electrically charged particles. The one we're talking about is on a larger scale and concerns the creation of a magnetic field from the passage of electrical charges called electrodynamics, which is creating a magnetic field from an electric current.

A circular magnetic field is created when current is passed through a wire, but it's when the wire is looped (known as a Solenoid) that it generates a more measurable result. The magnetic field still moves in a circular motion but is forced to merge together creating a larger stronger field. The addition of iron or an iron-based alloy increases the effect and creates an electromagnet.
Foo Fighter

## Ability

### Ability

**Long Road to Ruin****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, this card gains +100 Power this turn. **(Return)** Lose -3:energy/turn: this round.

## Did You Know?

It was late November 1944. The end of WWII war was in sight. But one night, Lt. Fred Ringwald spotted some strange lights while riding in a night flight roaming the Rhine Valley. Neither the airborne radar nor ground control registered anything nearby. Then, in December, two more flight crews spotted glowing orange lights rising hovering in the sky. The objects were cigar-shaped and could disappear in the blink of an eye, ruling out even the most sophisticated rockets of the time.

After several sightings, the UFOs were nicknamed **Foo Fighters**, after the cartoon character “Smokey Stover” whose catchphrase is “where there’s foo, there’s fire.” Psychologists, aviation experts and conspiracy theorists have all weighed in on the explanation behind the foo fighters to no avail. The truth is out there…
Elf

## Ability

### Ability

**Supernatural Beauty****(Play)** All cards in both player's hands lose -12 Power this turn and this card gains +60 Power.

## Did You Know?

If you’re picturing Buddy, you’re way far off the original description of an **Elf** in German mythology. According to mediaeval folklore, elves were beings who possessed magical powers and supernatural beauty - more like those in Lord of the Rings than Santa’s workshop.

Most tales depicted them as being ambivalent towards humans, choosing to help or hinder them depending on their mood. But their reputation gradually worsened over time, and most elves in Middle English folklore were actually pretty awful creatures. By the fifteenth century, writers started to conjure the idea that elves would steal human babies and replace them with changelings.

By the twentieth century, they were considered small, demonic beings who shot disease into people with arrows. But hey, remember #NotAllElves.
Coastal Taipan

## Ability

### Ability

**Coast Alone****(Start)** This card gains +20 Power for 10 turns and your other Life on Land cards in hand lose -20 Power for 10 turns.

## Did You Know?

You don’t have to be Indiana Jones to be scared of this snake. The third most venomous land snake in the world, the **Coastal Taipan** hates surprises (even on their birthdays.) Sneak up on this snake and it won’t hesitate to sink its 12mm-long fangs into your flesh and deliver 120 milligrams of highly toxic venom.

Word on the snake street is the coastal taipan can kill up to 56 humans in a single bite. Like the black mamba, this species hunts animals that are much larger and capable of harming the snake during confrontation. To avoid danger, the coastal taipan simply sits back, waits for an unsuspecting meal to drop by and lunges when the time is right. The result? A feast that will last for months.
Facial Reconstruction

## Ability

### Ability

**Skeleton Sequence****(Play)** Your Sue Black's In The Bones cards, wherever they are, gain +7 Power until played. **(Play)** If you have played Missing Person this game, your Identity Confirmed card, wherever it is, gains +20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Forensic facial reconstruction recreates an approximation of the face of an individual (whose identity is not known) from their skeletal remains. The process requires expertise in anatomy, anthropology and osteology.

Experts will take a cast of the skull and informed by the biological identification (sex, age, ancestral origin etc) will use this to determine what would be the most appropriate measurements to use to construct a ‘tissue depth’ over the bones. Small markers of appropriate size are then attached to specific landmarks on the skull and the underlying muscle framework is reconstructed. A layer of skin is then laid over the markers and the muscle construct, to create a face. Ears, nose, eyes and lips are approximated.

Sometimes reconstructions are undertaken in clay and sometimes the whole process is computerised. This face can then be released to the public to establish whether anybody recognises him and may come forward with a possible name for further investigation.

A big thank you to Dr Chris Rynn for providing the facial reconstruction image on the front of this card. Images © Dr Chris Rynn

Professor Dame Sue Black is an anatomist and a forensic anthropologist. She led for her discipline in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo and has deployed to many countries around the world including Thailand, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Grenada. She is the author of 14 textbooks and 2 popular science books about her career. She is a Fellow of 5 learned academies and is a cross bench Peer in the House of Lords. She is currently Pro Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University and is President Elect for St. John's College, Oxford.
Fatalism

## Ability

### Ability

**Inevitable Fate****(Draw)** Two random Philosophy cards in hand gain +50 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Accused of a crime? Blame **Fatalism**, the doctrine of philosophy that says all events are predetermined and therefore, inevitable. We have no choice in the matter - our fate is already set for us by an unseen power.

The concept of fatalism dates way back to the ancient Greeks. It was the philosopher Aristotle who said “What is, necessarily is, when it is; and what is not, necessarily is not, when it is not.” If your head hurts just from reading that, take a nap - you were fated to do so anyway.

More recently, fatalistic humor has been championed by millennials as a way of coping with what has been called a “permacrisis”. Hey, the planet’s dying, may as well post memes and get it over with.
Eitri

## Ability

### Ability

**Master Blacksmith****(Start)** Your Mjölnir card, wherever it is, gains +15 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

In the Marvel universe, **Eitri** is the King of the Dwarves, an ancient race of skilled blacksmiths. It seems Marvel stretched the truth a little, as the Eitri from Norse mythology wasn’t a king by any means. However, he was a master craftsman.

Together with his brother Brokkr, Eitri made the golden boar Gullinbursti, the golden ring Draupnir and Thor’s hammer, Mjöllnir (although the handle ended up slightly short because of a fly-related incident.) All of these items were made for the Aesir (gods) in a bet with the trickster Loki. The hammer might steal the thunder here (pun intended), but the golden boar was so bright it turned night to day and could also run better than any horse through water or air (with the exception of Odin’s horse.)