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Smash Up: Disney Edition
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Low-Medium
Gain benefits for discarding cards, especially cards that become playable when they are discarded from the hand.
Description
Beauty and the Beast is one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Disney Edition set.
Beauty and the Beast discard cards for effects, with several cards becoming playable when they are discarded from your hand.
Their complexity rating is: Low-Medium.
Other factions from the same set: Aladdin, Big Hero 6, Frozen, Mulan, The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wreck-It Ralph.
Cards Overview
Beauty and the Beast has 11 characters and 9 actions compared to the usual 10 and 10. The total character base power (not counting any abilities) is 30 or an average of 2.73 per character compared to the usual 30 and 3.
Among their actions, there are:
* 0 character modifiers,
* 3 base modifiers: Be Our Guest, Gaston, Petals of the Rose,
* 6 standard actions (2 that affect one or more characters, in bold): Break the Curse, Discover the Library (2x), Ever a Surprise (2x), This Provincial Town,
* 2 actions that directly increase a character's power: Break the Curse, This Provincial Town.
[FACTION ICON]
1x Be Our Guest - Base modifier. Talent: If you have discarded a card from your hand this turn, draw a card.
1x Break the Curse - Choose a base. Each of your characters currently there gains +1 power until the end of the turn. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action.
2x Discover the Library - Draw two cards, then discard a card. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action.
2x Ever a Surprise - Shuffle up to two characters from your discard pile into your deck. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action.
1x Gaston - Base modifier. Ongoing: This base’s breakpoint is increased by 5. On each player’s turn, that player may discard two cards to destroy this card.
1x Petals of the Rose - Base modifier. Ongoing: After you discard one or more cards from your hand, you may look at the top two cards of your deck. Place them on the top and/or bottom of your deck in any order.
1x This Provincial Town - Play an extra character of power 3 or less. Then you may discard a card to place a +1 power counter on it.
Actions
1x Be Our Guest - Base modifier. Talent: If you have discarded a card from your hand this turn, draw a card.
1x Break the Curse - Choose a base. Each of your characters currently there gains +1 power until the end of the turn. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action.
2x Discover the Library - Draw two cards, then discard a card. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action.
2x Ever a Surprise - Shuffle up to two characters from your discard pile into your deck. Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra action.
1x Gaston - Base modifier. Ongoing: This base’s breakpoint is increased by 5. On each player’s turn, that player may discard two cards to destroy this card.
1x Petals of the Rose - Base modifier. Ongoing: After you discard one or more cards from your hand, you may look at the top two cards of your deck. Place them on the top and/or bottom of your deck in any order.
1x This Provincial Town - Play an extra character of power 3 or less. Then you may discard a card to place a +1 power counter on it.
[FACTION ICON]
Characters
1x Belle - power 5 - If Beast is here, you may draw up to three cards. Talent: Draw a card, OR discard a card.
1x Beast - power 4 - If Belle is here, place a +1 power counter on it and on this card. Talent: Discard a card to place a +1 power counter on this card.
1x Cogsworth - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to play an extra action.
1x Lumiere - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to play an extra character of power 3 or less here.
1x Mrs. Potts and Chip - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to draw a card.
6x Enchanted Objects - power 2 - Special: After you discard this card from your hand, you may play it as an extra character. Use only one Enchanted Objects ability per turn.
Strategy
Team up with Big Hero 6 or Frozen for a magical mashup that brings out the best in Beauty and the Beast.
Synergies
* Big Hero 6
* Frozen
Tips
* When you discard a card to activate an ability, discard one that then plays itself, if you can.
* Belle, Mrs. Potts and Chip, and Be Our Guest can replenish your hand.
* Belle and Beast help each other, but their talents are useful enough that you shouldn’t hesitate to use them alone.
Mechanics
Gain benefits for discarding cards, especially cards that become playable when they are discarded from the hand.