Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Tue, 06/27/2000 - 20:00
Obelisk of MasakaIncident Seeds or plays on table. Each time a card provides multiple card draws, only one may be converted to a download. Also, to move or initiate battle, each ship with one or more staffing icons (and each Interceptor) requires at least two crew members aboard. Once each turn (unless opponent has The Mask of Korgano in play), you may download Masaka Transformations targeting yourself, then discard incident. Rule hint for this cardThis card has an erratum: Limit download of Masaka Transformations to target yourself and some wordings to clarify download restrictions. Game text before errata: "Seeds or plays on table. Each time a card provides two or more card draws, no more than one may be converted to a download. Also, to move or initiate battle, each ship that has one or more staffing icons (and each Interceptor) requires at least two crew members aboard. Once each turn, unless opponent has The Mask of Korgano in play, you may download Masaka Transformations, then discard incident." Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.This card has an clarification: You may use this incident to download Masaka Transformations only during your own turn. It does not allow you to convert card draws to downloads; it limits the number of card draws you may convert to downloads using another card with such a function, such as the Borg Queen. Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009. |   |
This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jun 27th, 2000.
A variety of useful counters rolled into one card, Obelisk of Masaka starts off by squelching the Borg strategy of converting massive card draws into a fistful of downloads, whether by encountering self-seeded Ooby Doobies or playing Masaka Transformations
on a random hand of cards. Reveal this hidden agenda when your opponent hits his first Ooby Dooby
, and one download plus more random card draws is all he will get.
K'Vort and Interceptor armadas will become harder to get up and running by one more card per ship, when two crew members instead of one are required to move or start a battle, giving you more time to prepare your defenses - and solve missions.
Finally, if you'd love to exchange a bad hand for a (hopefully) better one, but you haven't even been able to draw the Masaka Transformations you need to do it, you can download it in return for discarding the incident. Of course, you won't be able to convert more than one of those draws into a download (because the Obelisk doesn't discard until Masaka has resolved), but you'll still have a fresh hand to work with.
Combos:
- Obelisk of Masaka + Q the Referee
: Seed it if you want to, but a seeded Q the Referee will get it for you if that's the card you need. - Obelisk of Masaka + a madly Devidian Door
-ing opponent: He'd better hope he has The Mask of Korgano
in play, or those Devidian Doors are likely to disappear from hand before he gets a chance to show them.
