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Smash Up: Munchkin
MAGES
Medium
Discard cards for benefits, such as power gain, minion destruction, extra cards, and monster manipulation.
Description
The Mages are one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Munchkin set.
The Mages focus on discarding cards for good effects.
Other factions from the same set: Clerics, Dwarves, Elves, Halflings, Orcs, Thieves, Warriors.
Cards Overview
The Mages have the usual 10 minions and 10 actions. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is unusually low at only 28 or an average of 2.8 per minion compared to the usual 30 and 3.
Among their actions, there are:
* 0 play-on-minion actions,
* 1 play-on-base action: Portal to Beyond,
* 9 standard actions (4 that affect one or more minions, in bold): Charm, Embiggen, Mass Summoning, Recover Arcane Wisdom (2x), Some Enchanted Evening, Speed Reading, Zzzzzap! (2x),
* 1 action that directly increases a minion's power: Embiggen.
1x Charm - Take control of a monster and treat it as one of your minions until the end of the turn.
1x Embiggen - Choose a minion. Discard any number of cards. The minion gets +1 power until the end of the turn for each card you discarded.
1x Mass Summoning - Play a monster on each base.
1x Portal to Beyond - Play on a base. Talent: Discard a card to play a monster here.
2x Recover Arcane Wisdom - Draw until you have five cards in your hand.
1x Some Enchanted Evening - Discard any number of cards. Play an extra minion of power 3 or less for each card you discard.
1x Speed Reading - Discard a card. Draw three cards.
2x Zzzzzap! - Discard a card to destroy a minion of power 3 or less.
Actions
1x Charm - Take control of a monster and treat it as one of your minions until the end of the turn.
1x Embiggen - Choose a minion. Discard any number of cards. The minion gets +1 power until the end of the turn for each card you discarded.
1x Mass Summoning - Play a monster on each base.
1x Portal to Beyond - Play on a base. Talent: Discard a card to play a monster here.
2x Recover Arcane Wisdom - Draw until you have five cards in your hand.
1x Some Enchanted Evening - Discard any number of cards. Play an extra minion of power 3 or less for each card you discard.
1x Speed Reading - Discard a card. Draw three cards.
2x Zzzzzap! - Discard a card to destroy a minion of power 3 or less.
Characters
1x Blaster Master - power 5 - Talent: Discard a card to destroy a minion of power 2 or less.
2x Happy Zapper - power 3 - Talent: Discard a card to give this minion +2 power until the end of the turn. Special: Before this base scores, you may use this minion’s talent.
3x Wand Whiz - power 3 - You may discard a card to play an extra minion or action.
4x Scroll Shuffler - power 2 - Discard a card. Draw a card.
Mechanics
Discard cards for benefits, such as power gain, minion destruction, extra cards, and monster manipulation.