Good Card, Bad Card #54

You ever find a pack of Star Trek cards in your freezer? I would guess no you haven't. I did last night. The one-armed drunk midget somehow got on top on my table, pulled out one pack from a OTSD box I keep unopened packs for prize support, and then, for whatever reason a toddler has, decided the freezer was the proper place for it. The pack was from the set To Boldly Go, so maybe even he knew nobody wants that for prize support. If you were wondering why he's a 'one-armed' midget now, it's because he lost a bet to me and didn't pay up. Just kidding, don't call the cops. I've seen this kid take full headers off chairs onto the floor, cry for a second, then get right back up and start playing again. This time when he was playing with his sister on the couch, he just fell back a little bit, but his arm was behind his back and he managed to get a tiny fracture in his elbow. He'll be fine, just a cast on it for a few weeks. He was only slowed down for a day or two before he adapted and went right back into 'baby rampage mode'. He's like a tiny little Borg, he's relentless, resistance is futile.


We'll take a tiny step back on GCBC and look at the Tenth Anniversary Collection. A little promotion with nine ships and their matching commanders (a theme you'll see again soon). Overall is was a great idea. Except for the Dominion Defiant part.....

Good Card: Gowron, Sole Leader of the Empire

Why: Klingons have always been good in 2E, but before they were insanely good Gowron was a nice addition. He has 8 strength that can make missions broken, and the usual Klingon skills (leadership, security, blah, blah, blah), but his ability is money. He's kinda like Dukat, Prefect (a.k.a. Pimp Dukat), an ability that forces your opponent to overplay dilemmas. This Gowron is like fine wine, getting better with age. Reflections gave him Klingon High Council, so he can be downloaded. V-cards gave him Bridge Officer's Test to key off his 2 Leadership. Life just kept getting better and better for the Empire. I would've listed his ship too, but it's a over-costed big piece of crap. Who would pay 6 for a Klingon ship?

Bad Card: Naprem/Dukat, True Cardassian

Why: Our first 'bad card' combo. I don't know who came up with the Cardassian Infiltration idea, but that wasn't his best. The ship is bad because it only works on planet missions. Dukat is bad because, I believe this is the first time they tried this engagement/unstop ability, sure he unstops everyone involved, but the ship's range doesn't get restored. Great, I unstopped all my people.... but I got 2 range left. So the ability was a giant fail, and they should've put some errata on him so he actually works. But even then, nobody would play him. Trying to 'cross-pollinate' affiliations rarely works. Infiltration is a Dominion thing, Capture is a Cardassian thing, etc. Sometime you can try, like Romulans should have better capture (because it makes trek sense), most of the time it's just a gimmick that doesn't work.
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Today's Pic: So exhausted from all the havoc he's cause, the drunk midget can't even finish his dinner before passing out.