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33rd Rule of Acquisition

    33rd Rule of Acquisition

    "It never hurts to suck up to the boss."

    Event Event
    Special icons: Rule

    Plays on your Greed personnel at a mission or Borg-use-only objective opponent completed. Compliment opponent's score. If they say "thank you", score points. If not, draw up to four cards. Discard event. (Limit two per location.)

    Point-Box on card: 5 bonus points (you score points, when you play or use this card).

    Characteristics: Rule, bonus points, Rule-icon.
    Requires: Affiliation Borg affiliation.

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

    33rd Rule of Acquisition

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Dec 16th, 1999.

    It never hurts to suck up to the boss... or to your opponent. This Rule is a win-win situation. As long as your opponent has completed a mission (or a Borg Only objective targeting one) and you can get your Greed personnel there, you can take advantage of it too. Compliment his score and see how polite he's being today. A "thank you" nets you 5 points, a less courteous response lets you draw up to four cards. Repeat next turn. Keep a close eye on your hand size, because that many card draws will let your opponent download Scorched Hand if he's using It's Only a Game.

    Combos:

    • 33rd Rule of Acquisition + Scepter of the Grand Nagus + Grand Nagus Zek + Ishka: If your opponent is disinclined to give you points, Zek and Ishka will help you play those extra Rules and Latinum cards you draw instead.
    • 33rd Rule of Acquisition + Parallax Arguers: Shuttling Dr. Farek to that mission you just completed was cool, wasn't it? Oh, thank you, that's 5 points for me. What, you didn't think that was cool? In that case, I'll play the 33rd Rule on Dr. Farek, and by the way, that's some great score you have now. Oh, you're welcome, and that's 5 points for me. What, you're not going to thank me? How rude - but I'll console myself with four card draws. Oh, look, two of the draws were another Parallax Arguers and another 33rd Rule...isn't that cool?