Pirates of the South China Seas - San Leandro #68

Name:  San Leandro

Set: POSCS

Card #: 68

Rarity: Rare

Type: Ship

Cost: 10 Points

Masts: 1

Cannons: 3L

Cargo: 3

Movement: 1S+1L

Faction: Spanish

Ability – L-range cannons cannot hit this ship.

Flavor Text - One of the few female capitans in the Spanish fleet, Elisa Vega instructs the San Leandro to feign innocence when dealing with other ships—and then striking at the last instant.

The poor Spanish.  Prior to this set they had a whopping four different 1-masters to choose from.  Now, they have five.  By comparison, the Barbary Corsairs got SEVEN in one set, the Jade Rebels got five in one set, the English now have six, the French now have seven, and the Pirates have a whopping 10.  No WONDER Spanish fans are upset.  At least this ship seems to be the BEST of the Spanish one-masters.  She’s smack dab in the middle of costs, there are two Spanish one-masters that are cheaper, and two that are more expensive.  She has the best cargo hold at 3, and she’s got the best cannon of all of them, and her ability is just as good, if not better than the other 4 (she shares an ability with the La Theresa).  Add to that she’s a speedy little ship, and you’ve got a heck of a package.

Now, 10 points is more than I want to pay for a 1 master, but I play Pirates most of the time, and I’m spoiled.  Also, take note that two of the upcoming Les for tournament participation are Spanish 1 masters.

There’s only 2 closed Ebay auctions for this young lady, and they were both at a 99 cents.  The average Ebay Store buy it now price was about 4 bucks.  Again, such a disparity in pricing between the two different Ebay channels (auctions and fixed price stores) means this ship has a dubious collectible value at this point.  If you get it from a pack or for a buck you’re happy.  If you pay four bucks on Ebay, you’re sad.  But if you sell it for four bucks you’re happy again.  Err…what was I saying again?  Oh yeah, so she’s worth between one and four bucks, or just about the average amount for any other one master.  Go figure.

My Ratings:

Playability 3 of 5

Collectibility 3 of 5

Next week – So the Spanish did get hosed, based on this week’s reviews.  Does another faction take a hit?  Should WK stop introducing factions in sets, and support the existing factions (after all, there’s NINE now).  Stay tuned!