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Smash Up: Disney Edition
MULAN
Low
Generate +1 power counters and trigger the abilities of your characters each turn they get a counter.
Description
Mulan is one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Disney Edition set.
They focus on placing +1 power counters on your characters, preferably on those that give you a card draw for doing so.
Their complexity rating is: Low.
Other factions from the same set: Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Big Hero 6, Frozen, The Lion King, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wreck-It Ralph.
Cards Overview
Mulan has the usual 10 characters and 10 actions. The total character base power (not counting any abilities) is the usual 30 or an average of 3 per character.
Among their actions, there are:
* 1 character modifier: Family Sword,
* 1 base modifier: Be a Man,
* 8 standard actions (7 that affect one or more characters, in bold): Avalanche, Call Up New Recruits, Dragon Cannon (2x), Group Training, Prepare to Fight (2x), Shan Yu,
* 4 actions that directly increase a character's power: Family Sword, Group Training, Prepare to Fight (2x).
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1x Avalanche - Choose a base. Discard a card to shuffle all characters there of power 3 or less into their owners’ decks.
1x Be a Man - Base modifier. Talent: Place a +1 power counter on up to two characters here.
1x Call Up New Recruits - Play an extra character of power 4 or less, OR draw two cards.
2x Dragon Cannon - Destroy a character of power 3 or less.
1x Family Sword - Character modifier. Ongoing: This character has +3 power.
1x Group Training - Place a +1 power counter on each of your characters.
2x Prepare to Fight - Place two +1 power counters on a character. Draw a card.
1x Shan Yu - Special: Before a base scores, destroy a character there with power less than or equal to one of your characters there.
Actions
1x Avalanche - Choose a base. Discard a card to shuffle all characters there of power 3 or less into their owners’ decks.
1x Be a Man - Base modifier. Talent: Place a +1 power counter on up to two characters here.
1x Call Up New Recruits - Play an extra character of power 4 or less, OR draw two cards.
2x Dragon Cannon - Destroy a character of power 3 or less.
1x Family Sword - Character modifier. Ongoing: This character has +3 power.
1x Group Training - Place a +1 power counter on each of your characters.
2x Prepare to Fight - Place two +1 power counters on a character. Draw a card.
1x Shan Yu - Special: Before a base scores, destroy a character there with power less than or equal to one of your characters there.
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Characters
1x Mulan - power 5 - Talent: If you have placed a +1 power counter on this character this turn, play an extra action, OR draw a card.
1x Chien Po - power 3 - Until the start of your next turn, your characters on this card's base are not affected by other players’ cards. Ongoing: Once per turn, after you place a +1 power counter on this character, draw a card.
1x Ling - power 3 - You may play an extra character of power 2 or less here. Ongoing: Once per turn, after you place a +1 power counter on this character, draw a card.
1x Yao - power 3 - You may destroy a character of power 2 or less here. Ongoing: Once per turn, after you place a +1 power counter on this character, draw a card.
1x Cri-Kee - power 2 - If you have another character here, you may play an extra character of power 3 or less.
2x Li Shang - power 4 - Talent: Place a +1 power counter on another character here.
3x Mushu - power 2 - You may place a +1 power counter on another character here.
Strategy
Good partner factions: Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6
Synergies
* Wreck-It Ralph
* Big Hero 6
Tips
* Power counter use is straight-forward, but you can also leverage it for extra card draw with Yao, Ling and Chien Po.
* Plan ahead for the use of Shan Yu by making a character at least as strong as the character you want to eliminate before scoring.
* Also plan for the use of Avalanche by not having weaker characters on the target base.
Mechanics
Generate +1 power counters and trigger the abilities of your characters each turn they get a counter.