Pirates of
Davy Jone’s Curse - #007 Tiamat
Name: Tiamat
Set: PODJC
Card #: 007
Rarity: Rare
Type: Sea Monster
Cost: 16 Points
Masts: 4
Cannons: 3S, 3S, 3S,
2L
Cargo: 4
Movement: 1S + 1S
Faction: Cursed
Ability:
Sea
Monster. You may give this sea monster a shoot
action to make one one L-range Rank 3-rank breath
attack against a target ship (it may make no other
attacks). If it hits, the target’s controller
replaces one of her masts with a fire mast, per the
Firepot Specialist rules.
Flavor Text: No one knows if this
creature is the god referenced in Babylonian myth,
but few can dispute its awesome destructive power
and pure hatred of all landwalkers.
Now I’m not one of those whiney
players who is negative towards all things
supernatural in Pirates, in fact, I was rather in
favor of Sea Monsters when they first were
announced, and now that they’re out, I’m in even
MORE favor of them, if that’s possible. I love the
fact that you can play with a big old kraken or
sea-serpent.
Tiamat, originally the name of an
ancient Babylonian deity, is most probably more
famous for being the name of the big-bad dragon in
the Dungeons and Dragons TV Show of the
80’s. However, the D&D version of Tiamat has five
heads. This one has one. No biggie, she’s still a
dragon, or a serpent.
This monster has the additional
fire-breath attack, which is actually pretty cool if
you ask me. If only one of you segments is in
range, then naturally you’d want to use the
fire-breath attack. Unfortunately because she has
decent, if not spectacular cannon ranks and ranges,
I don’t see that fire-attack being used all that
often. Plus sea-creatures have enormously
over-costed point totals.
Wild’ Will’s Patented EBAY Auction
Review 6-6-06
Average EBAY Store Amount: $6.00
Five to six dollars seems to be about
right for a sea-creature. At least until more of
them appear.
My Ratings
Playability 3.5 of 5
Collectability 4 of 5
Next Week – Einstein says he’s
picking, so I dunno.
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