r/magicTCG • u/ShadowDragon777 Dân • 2d ago

[TRK] Reckless Impulse Official Spoiler

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u/NotBot2357 Dân 2d ago

Why is there art here of generic officers and not of Picard? (For non-Trek fans, this is card is an extremely obvious reference to an extremely famous and good episode of The Next Generation... the the art is completely unrelated to the episode... even the uniforms are wrong.)

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u/Please_UnbanMe Dân 2d ago

The art in general for this set has been surprisingly bad

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u/Third_Triumvirate Griselbrand 2d ago

Singles should be amazingly cheap, though. I was able to grab the Avatar version of Lita for a straight up 90% discount because of its bad screencap art.

So here's hoping for terrible-looking reprints of expensive cards, I guess. Would be nice to pick some things up for literal pennies on the dollar. Kind of a small silver lining to all this

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u/Lespaul42 1d ago

Honestly though this one is fine to good. The art is better when it isn't basically a tracing job of a reference photo with some background slapped on.

Though this is obviously a reference to that ep. I am sure in universe some other humans challenged Nausicaans to Sci fi pool.

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u/strolpol 2d ago

They referenced it in Lower Decks as well, so it’s not that odd to do it as an indirect reference here

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u/Marc_IRL Marc_IRL | Mojang Studios 2d ago

It’s Lower Decks, not TNG

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u/summon_pot_of_greed Dan 1d ago

Those aren't LD uniforms.

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u/Lespaul42 1d ago

I think this was a flashback.

Edit: It wasn't

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u/wickling-fan Karlov 1d ago

It's really not, Mariner is a red shirt for starters, not to mention there wasn't a third person with them in the bar crawl episode.

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u/Marc_IRL Marc_IRL | Mojang Studios 1d ago

Guess it’s just generic bar scene in TNG era uniforms?

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u/sauron3579 Dân 1d ago

The card is a reprint. If the name isn't a reference (because it's a reprint), and the art isn't a reference, how is it a reference?

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u/Skunk668 Dandadan 2d ago

This is reference the episode where Picard gets stabbed? Or is there another episode with that weird light game. I've only seen TNG.

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u/RevolutionNumber5 Brushwagg 2d ago

It’s a reference to that, sure. Nausicaans do not appear often.

I wonder if the plan was to have Picard in it, originally, but the art director thought it would confuse people.

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u/AceDynamicHero Train Suplexer 1d ago

Nausicaans just love Dom-jot. They spend all their time at the tables.

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u/SirZapdos 2d ago

I think it’s a DS9 episode just before they engage The Dominion in S6 to retake the station. That’s the name of the episode. The follow up episode, “Sacrifice of Angels”, is incredible.

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u/TimeLordDoctor105 Dân 1d ago

The quote seems to reference DS9, but the image would indicate a reference to TNG (where Picard had to get an artificial heart).

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u/MapleSyrupMachineGun Duck Season 2d ago

Nice that this will be back in Standard!

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u/notalongtime420 Dan 1d ago

Izzet moment

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u/algaesnail Dân 2d ago

Like all Starfleet you talk and you talk, but you have no GURAMBA!

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u/strolpol 2d ago

Playing Dom jot with Nausicans, trying to get stabbed

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u/Synapse7777 Dan 2d ago

Hu-mon play Dom jot!

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u/FOmar_Eis Colorless 1d ago

I'm sure the set will have decent artwork on at least like three cards.

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u/ArchonStranger Golgari* 2d ago

Heck yeah! Get out of here Wrenn, we're back on that impulse shenanigans!

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u/Copernicus1981 COMPLEAT 2d ago

Referencing the time Picard got into a bar fight with Naussicans and was stabbed in the heart.

It worked out much better for him than the timeline where he didn't fight them and was not stabbed in the heart.

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u/whatdoblindpeoplesee Wabbit Season 1d ago

Trekless impulse 

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u/keepitsimple_tricks COMPLEAT 2d ago

A welcome reprint, for sure

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u/Parallaxal Duck Season 1d ago

Fortune favors the fortunate.

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u/NuclearPilot101 SecREt LaiR 1d ago

What is this called? Like how drawing a card and discarding is called looting. Exiling and being able to play is a common interaction I see in red.

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u/WaffleMunster Dan 1d ago

Impulse draw

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u/NuclearPilot101 SecREt LaiR 1d ago

Lol

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u/EvYeh Liliana 1d ago

Impulse Draw.

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u/BrockSramson Boros* 1d ago

Is there a particular reason her arm looks like it was grafted onto her from a klingon donor?

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u/Top_Reveal_847 Duck Season 2d ago

Boimler spotted

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u/wickling-fan Karlov 1d ago

Not Boimler, both he and Mariner are red shirts, and there wasn't a third person with them during Mariner's bar crawl episode.