Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game
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The Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Nickelodeon animated television series . Upper Deck Entertainment launched this title in the first quarter of 2006.
Game overview
Players take on the role of characters from the television series, dueling each other in a contest of strength and ability. For example, one player might play as Katara, battling against another player playing as Uncle Iroh. The objective is to be the first to score three points, earned when opponents are forced back into their red zone with no further actions available to them.Game system
The gaming system used for this title is known as the QuickStrike system. The intent of having such a system is so that a number of different games (based on different intellectual property) can be made compatible with each other. This allows cards from different fictional universes to compete and interact. There are now a number of card games making use of a similar approach, e.g. the Universal Fighting System from Sabertooth Games.Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game is the first game to make use of the QuickStrike system, with the second property being the Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game.
Card sets and products
The initial release for Avatar, titled Master of Elements, contains 235 cards total - 85 common cards, 75 uncommon cards, 65 rare cards, and 10 super-rare Zenementals cards. Of these 235 cards, 60 are Chamber cards: 30 common cards, 20 uncommon cards, and 10 rare cards. All Master of Elements cards can be identified by the code AME (Avatar Master of Elements), which appears immediately before the number on each card.The Master of Elements two-player starter set includes 60 playing cards, 2 Chamber cards, a rule book, a pair of playmats, and a plastic carrying case. Booster packs contain 10 cards, typically distributed as 5 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 rare, and 1 Chamber card. There is a 1 in 6 chance that one of the cards in the booster will be replaced with a super-rare Zenementals foil card instead.
Additionally, a number of promo cards have been released. These cards can be identified by the code APR (Avatar PRomo).
Trivia
- The Avatar TCG features four Chamber Card characters that have not appeared in the show to date: Afiko, Malu, Jojo, and Kinto. See for more details on these four new characters. Despite the addition of these not-yet-seen characters, some main characters from Season 2 have not been added, such as Toph or Princess Azula.
- The card "Pai Sho Mastery" shows Uncle Iroh, not playing Pai Sho, but rather playing the solitaire-like game he played in the first episode of the show.
- The card game depicts airbenders, including Monk Gyatso, during the battle 100 years before the start of the television series. While the show gives no detail on how well the Air Nomads faired before being wiped out in the end, several cards (particularly "Lion" cards, or protective-styled cards) show these airbenders fighting skillfully. The flavor text of the cards suggests that the betrayal of was the only factor that allowed the Fire Nation to finally achieve victory.
- Some cards from the Avatar TCG are identical in gameplay terms to those in the Pirates of the Caribbean TCG, such as Closed-hand Form and Improvised Tactics. This opens possibilities to add Pirate cards to one's Avatar deck and visa versa simply for visual enjoyment, without imbalancing it's strategy.
External links
| Information |
| | | | Water Tribe | Earth Kingdom | Fire Nation | Air Nomads |
| Characters |
| Aang | Katara | Sokka | Toph | Zuko | Iroh | Azula | Waterbender | Earthbender | Firebender | Airbender |
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