recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Time Crystals

## Ability

### Ability

**History Repeats Itself****(Play)** If it's the first turn of a round, gain +35 Power/Turn this round.

## Did You Know?

* cracks knuckles\* Strap in, this one's going to get very complex, very quickly.

Let's think about regular crystals you might find on earth (not the ones in Richard O'Brien's TV puzzle lair) - they form in a kind of repeating pattern so they look symmetrical and organised at the atomic level. They repeat in three dimensions.

**Time Crystals**, if they're real\*, have a molecular structure that repeats through time, through the fourth dimension.

When you pass energy through matter, the atoms collide with each other in sequence - one atom hits the next one, and so on. In a **Time Crystal**, there are atoms that react to being collided with before they've actually been collided with - meaning that they can be a constantly moving object without any influence.

Which is a fairly big deal, because that breaks a fundamental rule of physics - the law of conservation of momentum, which says that momentum cannot be lost between objects in a closed system. If that can be broken, and those causality-defying particles can be isolated, who knows what we can learn?

* Before you go thinking "hang on, **Time Crystals**? What on earth is stopping us from building a TARDIS?", know that **Time Crystals** are still theoretical.
Titan IV

## Ability

### Ability

**Titan Tetrad****(Draw)** If your deck has exactly 4 cards with "Titan" in the name, give those cards, wherever they are, +15 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

On October 19th, 2005, the last Titan rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying a payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Known as the **Titan IV** B, this rocket was once the créme de la créme of heavy-lift launch vehicles, capable of boosting critical national security satellites weighing over 12,700 pounds to geosynchronous orbit.

By 1990, the 200-foot-tall, newly developed Titan IV was the most powerful U.S. rocket. Nevertheless, a high cost of operation and concerns over toxic propellant fuels eventually led to the rocket’s retirement.

Once the go-to launch vehicle for heavy payloads and a welcome alternative to the manned space shuttle, the successful launch of the Titan IV in 2005 would mark the end of the 50 year Titan Program.
Whiplash Squid

## Ability

### Ability

**Critter Creeper****(Return)** Your remaining Espionage and Little Critters cards in hand cost -1 Energy for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

Not much is known about the Mastigoteuthidae AKA the **Whiplash Squid**. This species of cephalopod lives so deep in the ocean that it is rarely seen alive. As they grow, the whiplash squid moves deeper into the water, starting in the mesopelagic zone between 200-600 metres before relocating to the dark depths of the bathypelagic zone, well below 1,500 metres.

Marine biologists believe they do this to avoid the fate of Jonah, Pinocchio, Marlon and Dory - being swallowed by a whale. What we do know for sure about this squid is that it possesses bioluminescent organs known as photophores. These photophores appear as luminous spots and allow the squid to emit an unusually bright light that is thought to stun predators and prey.

'A spectacular deep sea squid' by NOAA Photo Library (expn0066) (Source: Flickr) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Utahraptor

## Did You Know?

At six feet tall, **Utahraptor** is the largest raptor discovered to date. It may not surprise you to know that it is the official dinosaur of the US state, Utah.

What is more surprising is that twelve other states also have 'official state dinosaurs', and there are 45 states with 'official state fossils'.
Whamageddon

## Ability

### Ability

**The Very Next Day, You Gave It Away****(Draw)** If your deck contains a card with "Heart" in the name, gain +75 Power/Turn this turn. **(Return)** If your opponent's deck contains a card with "Heart" in the name, your opponent gains +75 Power/Turn next turn.

## Did You Know?

How long can you go through the month of December without hearing Wham! - ‘Last Christmas’? Between office Christmas parties, supermarket radios and café playlists, avoiding the song is near-impossible and calls for a self-imposed Wham-related lockdown.

This is a game known as **Whamageddon**, a social media challenge that first appeared on online forum GTPlanet in 2010, under the name “GTPlanet vs. Wham! - Last Christmas. The rules have since been adapted, with players now posting #Whamageddon on social media as soon as they lose the game. When a player is unexpectedly knocked out, this is known as a ‘Whambush'.

Although GTPlanet did try to move the game to Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ after George Michael’s death, it never took off.
Valentina Tereshkova

## Ability

### Ability

**Pushing the Boundary****(Draw)** Your Space cards in hand gain +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

**Valentina Tereshkova** was the first woman to go to space. She came from very humble beginnings; born on a collective farm in northeastern Russia, she left school at 16 to work at a textile factory.

At age 22 she became interested in parachuting after discovering a nearby club, a hobby which her mother did not approve of - according to **Valentina**, she once said "if you crash, don't come home!"

The Soviets, having launched the first satellite, animal and man into space, were keen to beat the Americans to launch the first woman into space too. **Valentina** appeared on a list of parachute club members - at the time cosmonauts were required to jump from their craft on re-entry - and they invited her to Moscow under the pretense of joining the national parachute service.

She was one of five women selected for cosmonaut training - heat chambers, centrifuges, isolation and so on - and after 18 months was selected for a mission.

On June 16th 1963 she was launched into space aboard Vostok 6, where she would spend 3 days performing experiments and manually orienting the craft. This was not without its struggles - **Valentina** recalled suffering nausea and headaches - but she racked up 48 orbits of the Earth in around 70 hours in space.

Incidentally, the first **Valentina's** mother heard of her daughter going to space was in the news on launch day. Kids, eh?
Valhalla

## Ability

### Ability

**Hall of the Slain****(Return)** If you lost the turn, gain +35 Power/Turn next turn.

## Did You Know?

Where do you go when you die? If you’re a Norse warrior slain in battle, you’ll find yourself in a glorious palace, roofed with shields, where you’ll feast on the flesh of a boar, drink liquor from the udders of a goat and fight each other for entertainment. When the time comes, you’ll be called to fight in Ragnarök (Doomsday). Until then, welcome to **Valhalla**, we hope you enjoy your stay! (P.S. The goat kicks.)
The Robber Bridegroom

## Ability

### Ability

**Rich Suitor****(Play)** If played next to any Money, Money, Money card, this card gains +20 Power.

## Did You Know?

If you’re looking for one of the darkest and nastiest of the Brothers Grimm tales, look no further than **The Robber Bridegroom.**

Alright, the short version - a rich fellow turns up at a miller’s house and says he wants to marry his daughter. Because it’s 1812 and, you know, misogyny exists, the miller says “sure thing, man I have never met!” That’s your first red flag right there. The poor lass is ordered to go visit her betrothed and is told to follow a trail of ash to a scary house in the middle of the woods. Red flag #2!

When she arrives, a caged bird warns her “you’re in danger, girl” because it’s a fairy tale and birds can talk AND give ominous warnings. And that’s red flag #3. Inside, the girl finds an old woman who tells her that a band of robbers live in this house and that they eat young women. Right, we’re going to stop counting the red flags because this is where it gets wild.

The woman helps the girl hide as the robbers arrive home with another poor girl in tow and they set about killing and eating her. During all the senseless violence, our hidden heroine catches a dismembered finger and hides it. Thankfully, the old woman drugs the gang and she and the girl escape.

But oh no, we’re not done. Get ready for some delicious vengeance.

On her wedding day, the girl tells her betrothed about the tale of the band of robbers and he resorts to some casual gaslighting by saying “ah well, just as well you only dreamt that all up.” To which the girl replies “oh did I now?” and produces THE SEVERED FINGER and he and his band are put to death. Boom. Nasty story, excellent ending. Well done, Brothers Grimm.
Water Tiger

## Ability

### Ability

**Determination****(Play)** If your deck has 15 or more Oceans cards and if it's Round 1, your cards in hand gain +9 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

In Chinese astrology, 2022 is the year of the **Water Tiger**. On the surface, it seems like a contradiction: after all, don’t cats hate water? Apparently, that’s beside the point. In the Zodiac, the Tiger represents bravery, confidence and strength – with a pinch of rebelliousness.

When paired with the water element, which signifies emotions, sensitivity and intuition, it creates a whole new concoction. Chinese astrology buffs say the year of the Water Tiger will bring high tempers, lots of drama, career changes and exciting opportunities. In short, don’t expect any calm middle ground – you’ll either be really lucky or go through some hard struggles. In any case, it’s gonna be crazy.

Either that, or it’s all superstition.
White Morpho Butterfly

## Did You Know?

When most species of Morpho close their wings at night, the dark underside means that they are instantly camouflaged. Not so for the White Morpho, which is white on both its upper and lower surfaces.

Despite having several dark eyespots on its wings, the White Morpho takes its latin name, 'Morpho Polyphemus', from the one-eyed son of Poseidon (a Cyclops).

In case you're on the look-out - the White Morpho can be found around Mexico and Central America.

## Trivia

* The quote "It's Morpho Time!" is a play on the Power Rangers quote "It's Morphin Time!".
Wels Catfish

## Ability

### Ability

**False Identity****(Draw)** This card loses -40 Power until played and a random card in your hand gains +40 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The **Wels Catfish** is easily the largest freshwater fish in Europe and can grow up to a staggering three meters (almost 10ft) in length and weigh in at 150kg (330lb).

It is easily recognised by the six distinct barbels around its mouth that look a bit like whiskers. These contain tastebuds and other sensory organs which the fish uses to feel and taste its way through murky waters, barely using its eyes when sourcing food.

The catfish does not have scales but is covered in mucus which not only protects it from physical harm and predation but has also been shown to have antibacterial properties.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given its size, there are rumours that the catfish has attacked and drowned humans, although this is far from proven. Ducklings, pigeons and even seagulls have, however, been known to fall victim to this denizen of the deep.
Tiger Quoll

## Did You Know?

Quolls are a catlike carnivorous marsupials that belong to the genus Dasyurus. The genus name dasyurus means "hairy tail", and yes, we can confirm that they do in fact have a hairy tail.

The Spotted Quoll, or **Tiger Quoll** as it's also known, can grow up to 125cm. Some Quolls can climb high into trees to capture prey, including tree-roosting sleeping birds but they have also been known to hunt possums and even larger rabbits.

Now for the show-stopping fact.. brace yourselves...

Kilogram for kilogram, the Tiger Quoll has the second strongest bite of ANY predatory mammal in the world (beaten only by Australia’s Tasmanian Devil) Proportionally the Tiger Quoll has more bite than even an African Lion!
Volvelle

## Ability

### Ability

**Decipher the Sky****(Play)** If your deck has exactly 3 cards with "Moon" in the name, your Space cards, wherever they are, gain +20 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

Sure, it doesn’t look like a computer. But back in the 11th and 12th centuries, this analog device would have been pretty new-fangled to budding astronomers and navigators. Known as a **Volvelle**, this rotating paper chart was used to calculate the position of the sun (Solis) and moon (Luna) at different points throughout the year. A circle with letters in red also indicates the astrological sign associated with each period.

Introduced to Europe in 1274 by artist, mystic philosopher and <link="https:>crazy-moustache-haver Ramón Llull</link>, the design of the Volvelle was based on astrolabes - thin engraved metal discs used for the same purpose. The use of astrolabes was quite expensive, and paper-based versions were introduced as a cheaper alternative.
Unimate

## Did You Know?

If robots really do replace us, we can blame **Unimate** - the OG industrial robot designed to work on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in 1961. Unlike the cybermen-style robots of our nightmares, this contraption consisted of a computer-like box joined to another box with a mechanical arm.

The brainchild of inventor George Devol, Unimate took on the dangerous task of transporting die castings from an assembly line and welding them onto auto bodies - a job that could lead to poisoning from toxic fumes or loss of limbs for non-robot workers (humans).

But just like human workers, Unimate enjoyed its downtime, too. On an episode of The Tonight Show, Unimate knocked a golf ball into a cup, poured a beer and waved a conductor’s baton around.

'Unimate pouring coffee for a woman, 1967' by Frank Q. Brown (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)
Tsunami

## Ability

### Ability

**Ride the Tide****(Play)** Your Tidal Energy card in hand gains +25 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The name Tsunami comes from the Japanese term for "harbour wave", and is essentially a massive sea wave.

They're caused by many things, but usually, it's to do with seismic activity under the ocean displacing the water and causing disruption to the natural tide patterns. For example, if tectonic plates shift, water is forced into different movements and can result in it surging outwards - wow, it's very difficult to describe fluid dynamics in plain text!

The force of these waves is at its most powerful when it reaches the shallow water near shores. The first sign that a Tsunami is about to hit is what's called drawback, which is where shallow water quickly retreats to the sea before the giant wave comes crashing through.
Vitruvian Man

## Ability

### Ability

**Perfect Proportions****(Play)** If your deck has 9 or more Science cards, your Arts & Culture cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played, and vice versa.

## Did You Know?

As one of the most famous drawings ever created, Leonardo Da Vinci's **Vitruvian Man** needs no introduction. But we'll give it one anyway.

Although its original title was translated as *"The Proportions of the Human Body According to Vitruvius and is accompanied by an inscription (in mirror writing, as the keen-eyed will have noticed), derived from a work by the Roman architect Vitruvius, the artwork created in the late 15th Century, shows Da Vinci's ideal human body proportions taken from his own, differing measurements of models in Milan. It is these changes that show the work as the innovation it was - by adjusting the centre of the circle and the square to lie in different positions, it shows clearly how man can fit into either.*

Despite its prominence today, it was just one out of hundreds of drawings from one of Da Vinci's personal notebooks, and was never intended to be seen as a standalone piece of art, let alone the cultural icon it is today.
Thorny Devil

## Ability

### Ability

**Prickly Personality****(Draw)** Two opponent's random cards in hand lose -15 Power until played. **(Draw)** If you are losing the round, an opponent's random card in hand loses -15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Also known as the thorny dragon, mountain devil (or “Stabby McStabface” to its prey), the **Thorny Devil** is the only species in the genus “Moloch” and one of nature’s most metal creatures. Not only is it covered in an intimidating coat of spikes, but it also has a false head on the back of its neck that it uses to confuse predators.

If that wasn’t enough, the Thorny Devil has evolved to drink without taking its eyes off its surroundings. Just by standing in puddles of water, the moisture can travel through little grooves in its skin all the way to the corners of its mouth. Someone get this reptile a drink!
Walking New Zealand

## Ability

### Ability

**Courage is a Practice****(Start)** If you have lost 2 rounds this game, your Angela Maxwell's Walking the World cards, wherever they are, gain +14 Power for 3 turns.

## Did You Know?

**11,454 km from home. (7,117 mi.)**

The Te Arora trail spans 3000 km along the length of the country's two main islands and crosses over grassy and glacial mountains. It was the second time on my walk around the world I left Athena behind and opted for a backpack. I was thrilled to get off concrete roads and into the more isolated and dramatic landscapes we are familiar with through film..

There were wooden huts sprinkled about, some of which had chopped wood left for a fire. I crossed paths with many hikers also aiming to do the whole trail before winter fell.

I often foraged for wild raspberries, using them as a good excuse to explore and enjoy the views. I was gradually getting accustomed to carrying 30kg (70lb) of gear on my back. But bizarrely the trail was congested with so many like minded people, that it became more challenging as other travelers rushed to finish before the weather set in.

Being in the mountains of New Zealand reminded me that my walk was about slowing down and listening. I deliberately changed my pace and camped for longer periods so that I could take in the sounds of rivers, the birds in the morning and the wind in the trees.

**About Angela**

In 2013 Angela Maxwell decided to turn her perfectly normal life upside down. She was in a relationship and running a successful business, but after overhearing a conversation at her art class about a man who had walked around the world, everything was about to change. In less than nine months she had left her home in Bend, Oregon to travel the world alone with nothing but a few supplies and her trusty two-wheeled cart Athena.

She walked for nearly seven years across four continents, over 32,000km (20,000 miles) and 14 countries. During the journey, Angela discovered her innate strength, conviction, and courage. A novice adventurer when she began, Angela faced the odds of surviving the outback in Western Australia, dengue fever in Vietnam and the sheer challenge of being a lone woman traveling and sleeping wherever she could lay her head for the night.
Tungsten

## Ability

### Ability

**Rising Tension****(Return)** Gain +14 Power/Turn and lose -1:energy/turn: permanently.

## Did You Know?

It’s 10 times harder than 18K Gold, 5 times harder than tool steel, and 4 times harder than titanium: **Tungsten** is the strongest of all the natural metals. It gets its name from the Swedish term, *tung sten*, which means "heavy stone.” And yet, in terms of impact strength, tungsten is weak and will usually shatter on impact. Plus, Tungsten has a really high melting point, which makes melting and casting it practically impossible.

However, its resistance to heat can be helpful when used in the heating elements for electric furnaces, spacecraft applications and even different types of lighting. First identified as a new element in 1781, Tungsten naturally occurs in the minerals scheelite, wolframite, huebnerite and ferberite.
Dwarven Colossus - Mihail Monsters and Animals

**DESCRIPTION**

Dwarven Colossus are massive dwarven automatons, much stronger than the average Centurion and also the Forgemaster itself, with incredible resistance and fire power.

They possess specialized weapons on their arms, the right one having a large dual-blade gauntlet and the left one having a hammer piston that creates fire pulses. They are also able to breath fire, and create heat around them that cause area damage.

There's only a very few Dwarven Colossus added in game, they guard Blackreach, and other big areas, but do respawn. A Dwarven Colossus is pretty much a boss, and he will give you a true boss fight.

**FEATURES**

A new kind of Dwarven Automaton,  the Dwarven Colossus;

Custom Dwarven Colossus sound and attacks;

Custom Dwarven Colossus loot, the Deconstruct Hammer,

Specially usefull to destroy automatons;

Immersion and hard boss fights.
Thor

## Ability

### Ability

**God of Thunder****(Play)** All Thunderstorms cards in both player's hands gain +30 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

The god so powerful, so almighty, so brilliant that today is named after him (if you're not reading this on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday), Thor is the Norse God of thunder and lightning. He's also associated with fertility and hallowing (which, in case you didn't know, is the act of making things holy).

You may know the Marvel comics version of Thor better than the actual god he's based on - suffice it to say, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby took several liberties with the mythical figure. For one thing, he's more often depicted with red hair and a red beard, rather than superhero Thor's magnificent golden locks.

They also omitted the small fact that Mjölnir, Thor's hammer with the power to level mountains, was often depicted alongside the swastika symbol in ancient Scandinavia. It was thought that the symbol represented Thor, and has been discovered on the equipment of warriors who believed it placed them under his protection; obviously they weren't to know that it would come to have much more sinister connotations in the future.
Torre Glòries

## Did You Know?

Barcelona’s Torre Glòries was built in 2006, with its unique lighting pattern generated by coloured aluminium panels, which change shade based on the angle of light. Glass louvres (angled slats) in front of these act as a sunscreen. At night, the 4,500 illuminated glass panels change their colours constantly.

The Torre Glòries is the tallest building in Barcelona and will remain so until the completion of Gaudi's masterpiece; building regulations in the city stipulate that no building can be taller than the completed Sagrada Familia (under construction since 1882).
Vanir

## Ability

### Ability

**Fertility, Wisdom and Divination****(Draw)** A random card in your hand gains +10 Power until played and a random card in your hand costs -2 Energy until played. **(Return)** Your cards, wherever they are, gain +1 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

When it comes to Norse gods, the Aesir tend to steal the limelight. Everyone knows about Odin, Thor, Loki, Heimdall and that lot. Much less is known about the **Vanir**, the other tribe of Gods whose most famous members included Njord, Freyr and Freyja.

In most Norse stories, deities from both tribes get along well - but that wasn’t always the case. At some point, tensions between the tribes bubbled and the result was a long and bloody battle. While the Aesir fought by the rules of combat and brute force, the Vanir used powerful magic. But no side emerged victorious.

As such, peace was made and the conflict concluded with the unification of the Aesir and the Vanir and they all lived happily ever after (until Ragnarok, of course.)
Tlaloc

## Ability

### Ability

**Water Beneficent****(Draw)** Your Rain card, wherever it is, gains +22 Power until played. **(Play)** If your deck contains Rain, your Oceans and Seas cards, wherever they are, gain +8 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

A word of warning: if you’re going to start worshipping **Tlaloc**, Aztec god of rain and lightning, you had best worship hard. Although this god, known sometimes as “the provider”, gave fertility to the crops and people, he didn’t hesitate to withhold rain when he felt his followers’ worship was unsatisfactory.

If Tlaloc wasn’t happy, he might also throw a tantrum in the form of hail, hurricanes and floods. And if you really made him mad, he could strike you down with a bolt of lightning.

Temper aside, Tlaloc was one of the three most important Aztec gods, along with the war god Huitzilopochti and the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl. He was also believed to rule the paradise of Tlalocan, where victims of storms and floods were received after death.
USS Texas

## Did You Know?

When this 27,000-ton, former US Navy battleship was commissioned in 1914, she was considered the most powerful ship on the seas. By 1948, the **USS Texas** had earned a total of five battle stars for service in both World Wars, having served in the North African campaign, the Normandy Landings and provided naval gunfire for several battles in the Pacific.

The ship achieved many ‘firsts’, including the first battleship to carry anti-aircraft guns, the first to launch an aircraft, and the first to become a US National Historic Landmark as a museum ship at San Jacinto. She is the only dreadnought class ship surviving from World War I.
Wallace's Flying Frog

## Ability

### Ability

**Frogs Might Fly****(Play)** Your Amphibians cards, wherever they are, gain +18 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

**Wallace’s Flying Frog** is one of *many* species named after Alfred Russel Wallace - alongside Wallace’s stick insect, Wallace’s longhorn beetle, and Wallace’s freshwater stingray. This seems only fair - after all, Alfred Russell Wallace came up with the theory of evolution and natural selection independently, but as we know Charles Darwin really got the credit.

And what a brilliant example of evolution **Flying Frogs** are. As they gradually moved to live in trees, the webbed toes that had already evolved to facilitate swimming became larger, enabling the frogs to glide from one branch to another - as far as 50 feet.

A lesser-known fact about A.R. Wallace: In 1870 he designed an experiment to prove the curvature of the earth in order to win a wager with John Hampden, a Flat-Earth proponent. Hampden never accepted Wallace’s win and went on to hound him over the years that followed. Although Wallace won multiple libel cases, he came out worse financially. If only he’d known what we know now: Never feed the trolls.
Tyr

## Ability

### Ability

**God Tier****(Draw)** Your Norse Mythology cards in hand gain +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

One of the lesser-known Norse Gods is Tyr, the god of war, battle, courage, swords, authority, honor, justice and oaths. His story is one of loss and of dogs that just won't leave him alone.

Loki had a wolf-son (i.e. he was literally a wolf - don't ask) named Fenrir. It grew at an alarming rate and only Tyr was brave and righteous enough to feed him. The gods foresaw great destruction in Fenrir's future and resolved to bind him.

They asked the dwarfs to forge an impossible-to-break chain, called Gleipnir. To make it impossible to break, the dwarfs fashioned it out of six impossible things;

- the sound of a cat's footfall
- the beard of a woman
- the roots of a mountain
- the sinews of a bear
- the breath of a fish
- the spittle of a bird

Fenrir, when presented with Gleipnir, seems to say, "fair enough, I probably am going to be up to no good in the future; I don't trust any of you lot to bind me though" - they had tried twice before with no luck - "unless one of you will lay your hand in my jaw, as a pledge of good faith." (paraphrasing, of course).

Tyr placed his hand in the beasts' mouth while the other gods chained him up. Half way through, Fenrir realises that they're actually going to bind him for real this time, and lashes out - in the struggle to tame him, Tyr loses his hand.

Tyr has another run-in with a giant monster dog in his diary - on the day of Ragnarok, he will battle with Gram, the guard dog of Hel, and they're meant to kill each other in the fight.
Walter Kennedy

## Ability

### Ability

**Poor Navigation****(Draw)** If your deck has 3 or more Exciting Exploration cards, your Exciting Exploration cards, wherever they are, lose -20 Power until played and 3 of your random Plundering Pirates cards, wherever they are, gain +40 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Born to a poor family in 1695, **Walter Kennedy** didn’t have an easy start. After a stint as a pickpocket, a burglar and an anchor smith, he finally found his “true” calling: the pirate life.

Unfortunately, Kennedy’s dreams of becoming a successful pirate captain were sunk by his poor sense of direction. Instead of reaching his intended destination of Ireland, he ended up in Scotland where his crew's drunken antics got them caught and killed.

When Kennedy finally settled down and tried to run a brothel, he couldn’t even keep his hands off the booty. When a prostitute accused him of theft, he was jailed, denounced as a pirate and later hung, proving that a life of crime doesn’t always pay off.
White-faced Saki Monkey

## Ability

### Ability

**Monkey Business****(Return)** If you won the turn, your opponent loses -20 Power/Turn next turn.

## Did You Know?

The White-faced Saki Monkey spends almost their entire life in the trees, waking nice and early in the morning, travelling from tree to tree and making leaps of up to and over 3ft 5in in length. They may travel well over a mile in a single day searching and foraging for food.

It's a wonder they have time for romance with all this tree swinging and travelling great distances, but the White-faced Saki Monkey mates for life... they just love HANGING out with each other!

No, there will be no apology for that joke.
Western Honey Bee

## Ability

### Ability

**BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ****(Play)** When played adjacent to Tree Bumblebee and Tawny Mining Bee, give all three cards +30 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

Honey roasted ham. Honey roasted peanuts. Honey mustard. Lemon and honey tea. For these everyday food and beverage upgrades, we have the **Western Honey Bee** (among others) to thank.

One of the very first domesticated insects, the Western Honey Bees operates in a system that blends absolute monarchy and communism: the queen rules supreme, but the masses own the means of production, and everyone shares in the results of their labor.

Young larval bees feed from a mix of pollen, honey and bodily secretions from worker bees known as “jelly.” But not all jelly is made equal. A developing queen bee is fed “royal jelly” exclusively—not “worker jelly” like her proletarian sisters. Worker bees don’t get the special stuff in royal jelly, so their ovaries shrivel.
Water-Holding Frog

## Ability

### Ability

**Retention****(Draw)** This card **Lock**s for 3 turns. **(Start)** This card gains +20 Power for 5 turns.

## Did You Know?

Drinking from a tap is so mainstream. Instead of doing like everyone else, why not drink from a frog? Specifically, the **Water-Holding Frog** from Central Australia. As their name suggests, these amphibians are able to store large amounts of water in their bodies. As a result, they’re able to stay underground for up to five years at a time in a state of suspended animation, living off fat reserves and water stored in their bladders until the next heavy rains. When rain water drips through into their hibernation space, a signal is sent from their brain to wake up the body. While on land, male water-holding frogs waste no time looking for a mate, gathering by ponds and making a noise like a motorbike to attract females.
Tree Bumblebee

## Ability

### Ability

**Buzz...****(Play)** Your Western Honey Bee card in hand gains +40 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

NEW BEE JUST DROPPED! Okay, when we say new, we mean just over twenty years ago. But that’s still fairly recent in the long history of bees. First recorded in Wiltshire in 2001, **Tree Bumblebees** have since spread across England, Wales and parts of Scotland.

A welcome addition to the UK’s bumblebees, this enterprising species is one of the first to be seen in the springtime. A very distinctive species, the tree bumblebee is recognised by its ginger-brown thorax, black abdomen and white tail. As the name suggests, they like to make nests in tree holes, but in urban settings, they’re partial to man-made structures like bird boxes and will not hesitate to evict an unsuspecting blue tit from nest boxes in order to take them over.
Urashima Taro

## Ability

### Ability

**Turtle Rescue****(Return)** Your remaining Ocean Reptiles cards in hand gain +25 Power this round.

## Did You Know?

**Urashima Tarō** is the story of a young man who is invited to a palace under the sea by a turtle he previously saved. Tarō goes to the palace and meets a Sea Princess who invites him to stay, but after a few days, he begins to miss his family.

The Sea Princess allows Tarō to leave, but gives him a box which she instructs him not to open. Upon his return, Tarō discovers he has been gone for at least 100 years; everything has changed, but Tarō has not aged. Scared and confused, he opens the box, and is suddenly turned into an old man.

The moral of the story? Time does not wait for any man. Oh, and don’t trust turtles.
Titian

## Ability

### Ability

**The Sun Amidst Small Stars****(Play)** Your Common Exploring the Stars cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power permanently.

## Did You Know?

When it comes to Venetian painting, **Titian** (real name Tiziano Vecelli) is the G.O.A.T. This Italian portrait painter rose to fame during the 16th century Renaissance period, having honed his craft as an apprentice to the painter Giovanni Bellini. By his late twenties, he had become one of the leading artists in Venice, having completed his first major piece of commissioned work, “Assumption of the Virgin.” With larger-than-life characteristics and vivid colours, this piece broke new ground in the art world.

In 1516, everyone wanted a piece of Titian – from Pope Paul III and King Philip II of Spain to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. And who could blame them? Titian’s painting methods still influence modern artists today.
Werewolf

## Ability

### Ability

**Lycan Subscribe****(Draw)** If you are winning the round, this card gains +40 Power permanently. **(Draw)** If you are not winning the round, this card costs -3 Energy permanently. If your deck contains The Moon, this card additionally costs -3 Energy less until played.

## Did You Know?

**Werewolves** are people that can turn into wolves, essentially. There was widespread belief in them in Europe in the middle ages, where lots of villages were terrorised by local wolves.

One particular case popularised the idea that a person had become a lycanthrope (the clever-sounding word for **Werewolf**):

Peter Stumpp was a serial murderer in Rhineland in 1589, committing his serial murders around the same time as a wolf was terrorising the town. One night a hunting party tracked and cornered the wolf, but were surprised to find they had actually cornered Stumpp.

Most peculiarly, the wolf and Stumpp were both missing their left hand/paw - that was all the evidence they needed to torture him to death. Was it a classic case of wrong place, wrong time, wrong physical disfigurement? Or had Stumpp really transformed?
Urðr

## Ability

### Ability

**That Which Became****(Return)** If you have played Urðarbrunnr this game, your Verðandi and Skuld cards, wherever they are, gain +60 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Like the ghost of Christmas past, **Urðr** represents “what has been” in the trio of Norns that decide the fate of all people. The name ‘Urðr’ is the Old Norse word “fate”, but derives from the past tense (“that which became or happened”).

In England, "Urðr" is also written as "Wyrd", so the Norns are sometimes known as the "Wyrd Sisters". Clearly, the Weird Sisters in Shakespeare's Macbeth owed something to the Norns. Norse mythology buffs say the word ‘Norn’ relates to the Swedish word ‘norna’, a verb which means “secretly communicate”.

Given the depiction of Norns as shadowy, witchy figures who only reveal their secrets to people when their fate comes to pass, that makes perfect sense.
Tongue-Eating Louse

## Ability

### Ability

**Attached at the Lip****(Play)** If played next to any Fabulous Fish, this card gains +30 Power permanently. Repeat for Feisty Fish.

## Did You Know?

They say every creature, even the most terrifying, annoying or disgusting, has a place in the natural world and the circle of life. But the **Tongue-Eating Louse** really makes you question the truth in that.

You see, this little water-dwelling parasite gets its kicks from severing the blood vessels in a fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to get necrosis and eventually fall off. It’s all part of the louse’s grand plan, as this pesky parasitic isopod then attaches itself to the remaining stub and becomes the fish’s new “tongue”.

They’re the only known parasite that can functionally replace a host’s organs, but there’s more to the tongue-eating louse than… well, tongue eating. In fact, these isopods are protandrous hermaphrodites, meaning they start out as males then switch to females later in life.
Voodoo Doll

## Ability

### Ability

**Pins and Needles****(Start)** If your deck has 4 or more The Occult cards, your opponent's cards in hand lose -7 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

If inflicting harm on your enemies is what you seek, the **Voodoo Doll** is not your answer. Because it isn’t what Hollywood has made it out to be. For starters, the practice of Voodoo stems from the West African ideology that says everything is spirit - hence the word ‘Vodou’ which is a Fon word that means “spirit”.

And, while people of West Africa, Haiti and New Orleans did use dolls in their religious rituals, they didn’t typically use them as pin cushions for people who had wronged them. Some were used for healing, while other dolls were hung in cemeteries to create open lines of communication between the recently departed. In other words, you’d be better off throwing a doll at someone’s head than torturing it in the hope of revenge.\*

* CUE does not condone violence, doll-related or other
The Wild Hunt

## Ability

### Ability

**The Ride of Asgard****(Play)** If played between two Norse Mythology cards, this card gains +60 Power.

## Did You Know?

Ah, winter: the time for festive fun, holiday cheer and a sinister group of supernatural hunters flying through the cold night sky. No, we’re not talking about Santa Claus in his downtime. In Norse mythology, **The Wild Hunt** is a folk myth synonymous with the change of the seasons and drop in temperature.

Legend has it that the ghostly hunters, led by Odin, passed through the forests during the coldest time of the year, followed by the howling wind. Anyone caught outdoors at this time would be swept up into the hunting party against their will and dropped miles from their original location. Although it’s just a folk tale, we recommend calling a cab home from any future Christmas parties, just to be on the safe side.
Trade How-To

## Trading Screen

[To be written, and needs image of trade bar]

## Trading Tips

Don't trade limiteds for basics. Basic cards are the filler in packs and are essentially worthless compared to limiteds at equivalent rarity level. So make sure you check the centre to avoid accidentally trading away your valuable cards. See Trade Values for more detail about the value order of different types of cards.

Remember that trading is a barter system, not a shop. That means that each player must want the cards they are getting more than the cards they are giving away. The way a trade happens is that different players have different objectives:

* some are building specific decks and will be wanting cards for that deck
* some are trying to get every card in the game and will be wanting cards they don't have
* some collect a card simply because they like it, and
* some enjoy trading so care about how quickly they can trade it to someone else.

If you want a quality card, you have to offer quality that the other person wants or they're not going to give up their good trade bait. Don't try and go straight from 4x mediocre cards into 1x top end card, work your way up. There are some people who are specifically trying to fill gaps but most people are building decks. So the easiest way to trade is to offer the same playability (at the same pull rate level) and adjust from there.

If you wouldn't accept that offer if it was sent to you, don't send it to someone else. You will be trading with the same people regularly, so you don't want to get a bad reputation.
Walkie Talkie

## Ability

### Ability

**OVER?****(Draw)** This card loses -12 Power this turn and a random card in your hand gains +12 Power this turn.

## Did You Know?

The invention of the **Walkie-Talkie** has been variously credited to Donald L. Hings, Alfred J. Gross and the telecommunications company Motorola in the late 1930s. As the Second World War broke out their usefulness in combat became apparent, with soldiers using them to ensure their squad could communicate with their commander.

Walkie-Talkies of 1939 were a bit different to what you see today. Constructed from metal and weighing five pounds each, they were so large they had to be carried in a backpack.

The term ‘Walkie-Talkie’ was coined by journalists. Presumably the term was better for grabbing headlines than ‘wireless sets’ or ‘two-way field radios’. By the end of the war, Motorola had developed the AM SCR-536, the first handheld walkie-talkie (or, to give it its trademarked name - the “Handle-Talkie”).

Recreational users (and children staying up past their bedtime to talk with friends) picked up the technology and they gained widespread use in the 1970s and 80s. Nowadays they are much easier to access, with publicly available models reaching a range of two miles and weighing less than half a pound, and even a variety of mobile apps offering the push-to-talk style of interaction.

(See also: Tin Cans, String.)
Whippet Tank

## Did You Know?

The Medium Mark A Whippet, also known as the **Whippet Tank,** was a British tank of the First World War. You wouldn’t take this tank to Crufts, but if there was a show for tanks this beast would be best in the show.

Named after a breed of fast hunting dogs, the Whippet Tank lives up to its namesake: compared to the much larger and heavier British tanks of WW1, this machine moved at light speed.\* They were also the first modern-looking tank the British made, and since the engine and transmission were separate from the crew, the Whippet Tank reduced the amount of fumes and risk of fire – which is what you want from a killing machine.

* A slight exaggeration
Themis

## Ability

### Ability

**Lay Down the Law****(Return)** Your Legends of the Old West and Plundering Pirates cards, wherever they are, cost -2 Energy this round.

## Did You Know?

The Titan Goddess of Law and Justice, **Themis** is the personification of divine order, fairness and custom. In Greek mythology, she was a daughter of Uranus (Father Sky) and Gaia (Mother Earth), the first beings to ever exist in the universe.

Themis played the role of messenger of the very first rules of conduct, established by the elder gods. But she also had the (very useful) gift of divination, so she advised many of the gods and regularly predicted the future. It was Themis who told Zeus to protect himself from the giants, and she who predicted the fate of Achilles.

Together, Zeus and Themis had six daughters: Eunomia, Dikē, Eirene, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. Together, they represented the establishment of natural law and order.
Trebuchet

## Ability

### Ability

**A Stone’s Throw****(Play)** Your opponent's Super Structures and Wonders of Construction cards, wherever they are, lose -20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

First appearing in China during the 4th century BC, the **Trebuchet** is similar to a catapult - an inferior siege engine – with one major difference. Catapults use tension by winding up a piece of wood so that when it is released, the wood’s tension launches the object. Trebuchets take advantage of the power of gravity to get the job done, filling the front pouch with a big rock while another rock (the projectile) is then launched. If you need to launch a 90kg stone projectile over 300 metres, the trebuchet is the superior siege engine.

Once a trebuchet launches its rock, nothing can stop the powerful gravitational force from hurling it right onto the heads of enemies – except, of course, another trebuchet launching a bigger rock at the first rock.
Thresher Shark

## Ability

### Ability

**Rethreshing****(Draw)** Your Sharks! cards, wherever they are, gain +15 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

For those of you that haven’t done any threshing recently, let’s recap.

After reaping a harvest such as wheat, the grain (the edible bit) needs to be separated from the straw. While waiting for the combine harvester to be invented, farmers used to hit the wheat repeatedly with a flail to loosen the grain.

The **Thresher Shark** is so named because its tail acts a lot like this flail. The shark approaches a school of fish and then whips its tail to stun/kill a few before eating them.

(Discovery Channel have a great video of this that makes it look like an attack from Street Fighter IV.)
The Zodiac

## Ability

### Ability

**Signs of the Zodiac****(Draw)** For each Signs of the Zodiac card in your deck, this card gains +20 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

Whether you believe that the **Zodiac** dictates every last second of your day, or you barely remember that it exists, the massive impact of the Zodiac throughout history cannot be denied.

The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky divided into the 12 signs corresponding to the 12 constellations that we have heard so much about. This division first originated in Babylonian astronomy in the 5th Century BC, with some constellations dating back into the Bronze Age.

In modern Western Astronomy, your life and personality is thought to be dictated by the position of the planets at the exact minute you were born. The Sun’s position represents the sign that you probably identify as, determining your ego, identity and role in life. The moon rules your emotions, Mercury your thinking processes and Venus your love life, with each other planet in the Solar System (including Pluto for once!) secretly controlling every single aspect of your life forever.
Vulcan Centaur

## Ability

### Ability

**Secure Launch****(Play)** If your deck has 4 or more Espionage cards, your Radical Rockets cards, wherever they are, gain +25 Power until played.

## Did You Know?

If you’re not well versed with space engineering, you might be picturing Spock with a horse’s lower body. Of course, you would be way off. Because in reality, the **Vulcan Centaur** is a next-generation methane-fueled rocket being developed by the United Launch Alliance - and it’s got a pretty important job.

For its first launch, Vulcan will be carrying a payload trio to variable orbits, with one headed to the moon. Measuring 202 feet tall and weighing 1.2 million pounds, the Vulcan Centaur is the space workhorse of the future, delivering the highest value launch service at a lower cost and replacing both ULA’s Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, which have been operational for over 20 years.

'A concept depiction of the Centaur lifting off.' by SeanMichealClemes (Source: Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (original image resized, cropped and altered)