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Oops, You Did It Again
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
High
Bury cards for use in the future and gain benefits from burying and uncovering cards.
Description
The Ancient Egyptians are one of the 4 factions from the Oops, You Did It Again set.
They focus on burying cards, usually gaining extra power from having buried cards in play, and uncovering them quicker for various effects.
Their complexity rating is: High.
Other factions from the same set: Cowboys, Samurai, Vikings.
Cards Overview
The Ancient Egyptians have the usual 10 minions and 10 actions. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is the usual 30 or an average of 3 per minion.
Among their actions, there are:
* 2 play-on-minion actions: Ancient Curse (2x),
* 0 play-on-base actions,
* 4 "normal" standard actions (2 that affect one or more minions, in bold): Lost Knowledge, Mummy Strength, Plague of Locusts, Seal the Tomb,
* 4 actions that aren't standard when they bury themselves, but become standard when uncovered (3 that affect one or more minions, in bold): Blessing of Anubis, Tomb Trap (2x), You Can Take It With You,
* 2 actions that directly increase a minion's power: Blessing of Anubis, Mummy Strength.
2x Ancient Curse - Play on a minion. You may remove a +1 power counter from it. Ongoing: This minion has -2 power.
1x Blessing of Anubis - Bury this card. Special: When this card is uncovered, your minions here each gain +2 power until the end of the turn.
1x Lost Knowledge - Bury a card from your hand OR uncover one of your buried cards. Special: You may play this card before a base scores.
1x Mummy Strength - Choose one of your minions. If there is a card buried on its base, it gains +4 power until the end of the turn, otherwise it gains +2 power until the end of the turn.
1x Plague of Locusts - Choose a base. All other players’ minions there get -1 power until the end of the turn. Special: You may play this before a base scores.
1x Seal the Tomb - Bury up to two cards from your hand on the same base OR uncover up to two of your buried cards on the same base.
2x Tomb Trap - Bury this card. Special: When this card is uncovered, you may destroy a minion of power 4 or less here.
1x You Can Take It With You - Bury this card. Special: When this card is uncovered, draw three cards.
Actions
2x Ancient Curse - Play on a minion. You may remove a +1 power counter from it. Ongoing: This minion has -2 power.
1x Blessing of Anubis - Bury this card. Special: When this card is uncovered, your minions here each gain +2 power until the end of the turn.
1x Lost Knowledge - Bury a card from your hand OR uncover one of your buried cards. Special: You may play this card before a base scores.
1x Mummy Strength - Choose one of your minions. If there is a card buried on its base, it gains +4 power until the end of the turn, otherwise it gains +2 power until the end of the turn.
1x Plague of Locusts - Choose a base. All other players’ minions there get -1 power until the end of the turn. Special: You may play this before a base scores.
1x Seal the Tomb - Bury up to two cards from your hand on the same base OR uncover up to two of your buried cards on the same base.
2x Tomb Trap - Bury this card. Special: When this card is uncovered, you may destroy a minion of power 4 or less here.
1x You Can Take It With You - Bury this card. Special: When this card is uncovered, draw three cards.
Characters
1x Pharaoh - power 5 - Ongoing: After another buried card is uncovered, draw a card. Special: Before this base scores, you may uncover one of your buried cards here.
2x Priest of Anubis - power 4 - Ongoing: This minion has +2 power if you have a card buried here.
3x Pyramid Engineer - power 3 - You may uncover one of your buried cards here.
Talent: Bury a card from your hand here.
4x Mummy - power 2 - Special: After this base scores, you may bury this minion on another base.
Strategy
Synergies
* Dinosaurs: Dinosaurs like any faction that gives them extra plays. King Rex and Rampage are a great 1-2 punch for uncovering with Seal the Tomb.
* Ghosts: Burying cards from your hand reduces the number of cards in your hand, making it easier to hit the "two or less" threshold.
* Mythic Greeks: Mythic Greeks like extra action plays. Jason and Blessing of Anubis are a powerful combo even with just one or two other minions on Jason's base.
* Skeletons: Another faction focused on burying, minions in particular. Returned One and Pyramid Engineer are great for uncover chains.
Mechanics
Bury cards for use in the future and gain benefits from burying and uncovering cards.