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An attack 08.
An attack 08.

Attack cards __ are encounter cards with double-digit numbers on them. When played in an encounter, an attack card's value is added to the number of ships on the player's side, and the higher total wins the encounter (with the defense winning in case of a tie). Attack cards in the cosmic deck have values from 00 to 40, with most being even numbers and over half being between 04 and 10. In some editions, attack cards can even be negative.

Distribution[]

For the exact distribution of attack cards in each deck, see: Encounter card.

Unique attacks[]

Cosmic Odyssey introduced two unique attack cards in its ultra reward deck:

  • O(Overkill)[1]
    • Opposed by  M : Both sides lose.
    • Opposed by anything else: Wins, but opponent collects compensation.
  • 20(Sneak Attack)
    • Works like a normal attack. In addition, if the offense uses it and wins by 4 or more, they may also land some of their attacking ships on another planet in the same system.

Trivia[]

Single-digit attack cards[]

In the FFG edition, attack cards less than 10 are printed with a 0 for their tens digit, e.g. 06 rather than 6. In previous editions, these cards were printed with single digits, and all game effects that referenced the separate digits of attack cards, such as Mirror, explicitly stated that the tens digit of a single-digit card was treated as 0. The design choice to add 0s to the beginning of single-digit attack cards in the FFG edition was made mainly to simplify the text of these aliens' powers, but also because double-digit numbers have more of a sci-fi look and feel to them.[2]

Flavor text[]

Main article: Attack card/Flavor text

References[]

  1. The symbol on the Overkill attack is the letter "O", not the number 0.
  2. FFG designer Kevin Wilson on double-digit cards (FFG forum archives). Original link (now broken): here.
Cards
ARTEncounter card (23 N  M  R 13) • FLA29×2+5 3 
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