Name:    Typhoon (Jade Rebellion)

Card:    SC #009 (Common)

Points:  11

Masts: 3

Cargo: 4

Moves: S+S

Guns : 4S,4L,4S

Hit %: 100 (S), 33 (L)

Link : Dragon Eyes

Ability: Junk. Once per turn, you may reroll any die roll you make for this ship; you must use the second die roll result.

The Jade Rebellion's one release (if you don't count the super-rares in the BC release) included a lot of good ships, and a handful of rather plain ones. Can you guess where the Typhoon falls in that spectrum?

Her cannons say "don't take me into battle," loud and clear, reroll or no reroll. She's an adequate gold ship, and that reroll could make her a fair boarder. Her linked crew, Dragon Eyes, reinforces the boarding role; he gives a move/shoot and lets you capture enemy crew for their point value in gold if you win a boarding action. But Dragon Eyes costs ten points, which means you're spending 21 points for a three-masted ship whose role is boarding. Not a good investment if your enemy brings a 4- or 5-masted ship to the fight.

I've never used the Typhoon. Her scores are average or slightly above average across the board. But the Jades have other Wind-class junks that are well above average (the Virtuous Wind and East Wind are among the best), so why settle for average?

Goldship rating: 3.3 / 5

Gun Ship rating: 3.0 / 5

Boarding rating: 3.1 / 5

Value for points: 3.2 / 5