There are four types of cards: ships, upgrades, attacks, and anytime cards.
Ship cards are Jacks, Queens, and Kings. Jacks are destroyers, and can have a maximum of two upgrades. Queens are cruisers, and can have a maximum of three upgrades. Kings are dreadnaughts, can have a maximum of four upgrades. (These maximums do not include the 3 (fighter squadron) upgrade.)
Upgrade cards are placed under ship cards that have been put into play. They give that ship better defense and attack capabilities. These cards are the 2 (shield), 6 (particle beam blaster), 7 (electromagnetic railgun), 8 (laser cannon), and 9 (antimatter torpedo launcher). The 3 (fighter squadron) also acts as an upgrade card once it is in play, but is deployed as an anytime card.
Attack cards are the 5 (megamissile) and 10 (megamissile barrage) cards. A player can play one (and only one) attack card per turn.
Anytime cards are the 3 (fighter squadron), 4 (cloaked mine), Ace (time travel commandos) and Joker (damage control team). A player can play as many as he or she wishes at any time, even during the other player’s turn or between turns.
Note that whether a card is a spade, heart, club, or diamond is not important.
Card: 2
Name: Shield
Type: Upgrade
Description: Adds 1 to ship’s defense, protects from megamissiles and megamissile barrages
Card: 3
Name: Fighter Squadron
Type: Anytime/Upgrade
Description: Adds 1 to any ship’s attack & defense, does not count toward limit on upgrades.
Card: 4
Name: Cloaked Mine
Type: Anytime
Description: Destroys any ship with no upgrades or does 1 point of damage to opponent’s base.
Card: 5
Name: Megamissile
Type: Attack
Description: If opponent has ships in play then destroys one ship or removed shield from one ship (opponent’s choice). If opponent does not have ships in play or chooses not to sacrifice them then does 1 point of damage to base.
Card: 6
Name: Particle Beam Blaster
Type: Upgrade
Description: Adds 1 to any ship’s attack & defense
Card: 7
Name: Electromagnetic Railgun
Type: Upgrade
Description: Adds 1 to any ship’s attack & defense
Card: 8
Name: Laser Cannon
Type: Upgrade
Description: Adds 1 to any ship’s attack & defense
Card: 9
Name: Antimatter Torpedo Launcher
Type: Upgrade
Description: Adds 1 to any ship’s attack & defense
Card: 10
Name: Megamissile Barrage
Type: Attack
Description: If opponent has ships in play then destroys all unshielded ships and removes shield from all shielded ships. If opponent does not have ships in play then does 3 points of damage to base. (Opponent cannot choose not to sacrifice ships.)
Card: Jack
Name: Destroyer
Type: Ship
Description: Can have maximum of 2 upgrades
Card: Queen
Name: Cruiser
Type: Ship
Description: Can have maximum of 3 upgrades
Card: King
Name: Dreadnaught
Type: Ship
Description: Can have maximum of 4 upgrades
Card: Ace
Name: Time Travel Commandos
Type: Anytime
Description: Can negate any single attack card or anytime card, can allow newly deployed ship to upgrade (if played during Deploy phase), or can allow extra ship deployment (if played during Deploy phase).
Card: Joker
Name: Damage Control Team
Type: Anytime
Description: Restores 3 points to base (max 10)
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