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The History of Star Trek CCG: Mirror, Mirror
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Updated May 5, 2004
"One hundred and thirty-one cards. The Intendant, the Terran Empire,
the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance, the Horta, Spock with a goatee... 'See
you on the other side.' " – Rules Supplement
The second expansion to revolve around an "intersection" of the
original series and the 24th-sentury Star Trek series, the Mirror,
Mirror set had quite a bit more material to work with than The Trouble With
Tribbles had. In addition to the original series episode Mirror, Mirror,
five more episodes involving the Mirror Universe played out on Deep Space
Nine (Crossover, Through the Looking Glass, Shattered Mirror, Resurrection,
and The Emperor's New Cloak).
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Released
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December 6, 2000
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Design Team
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Bill Martinson (lead), Tim Ellington, Evan Lorentz
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Product Configuration
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131 cards (1 UR - 50 R/R+ - 40 U - 40 C)
11-card expansion packs (1 R - 10 mixed C/U)
30 expansion packs per display
Rules supplement/collector's card list
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Press Sheets
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11x11 card sheets. First set to have a single press sheet for C and U,
yielding an average of approximately 3.3 uncommons per pack.
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New Mechanics
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None – the "Mirror Quadrant" acts exactly like any other
quadrant in the STCCG universe.
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New Rules
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Mirror Universe implemented as a "quadrant." "Mirror versions"
of personnel implemented similar to impersonators.
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New Features
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Mirror Universe factions: Terran Empire, Klingon/Cardassian Alliance.
First special download for an artifact.
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Highlights
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Ultra-rare First Officer Spock ("evil Spock"); first enigma icon
card (Fontaine) since Borg Queen.
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Packaging
Expansion Icon
 
Klingon/Cardassian Alliance
and Terran Empire Icons
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Factoids
- A "Behind the Scenes" note on Miles O'Brien in The Fajo Collection
rules supplement said "... look for a future card to take advantage
of his 7-7-7 attributes." It took three years, but Royale Casino:
Slots finally fulfilled that cryptic prediction.
- The STCCG version of the female Romulan Commander from The Enterprise
Incident, unnamed in the script, was named Commander Charvanek. The
name was taken from a Star Trek novel, Vulcan's Heart, by
Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz.
- One easy-to-overlook aspect of the mirror personnel: unlike the DS9
mirror versions, the images of James Tiberius Kirk, Chief Surgeon McCoy,
Comm Officer Uhura, and Chief Engineer Scott don't actually show the mirror
versions of these personnel – they show the "normal universe"
versions in their mirror counterparts' clothing. We only saw the mirror
versions in this universe, in the normal versions' clothing.
- Only three Mirror Universe missions were ever made, a deliberate move
by the designers to increase player interaction by preventing a Mirror
deck from totally isolating itself in the Mirror Quadrant.
- The expansion icon pictures a Terran "Agonizer."
Notable Cards
The first artifact to be "earned" by a special download, the
Tantalus Field became the base of a literally "killer deck" with
its ability to kill a selected personnel at the cost of discarding one to
three cards from the draw deck.
The Type 18 Shuttlepod was one of only three Star Trek CCG ships
actually to have an occupancy limit.
  
Commander Charvanek's special skill finally reined in the often-abused
Patrol Neutral Zone deck by limiting X (for the 10X point value) to 3, even
if the mission had been previously solved.
Links
Mirror, Mirror Expansion
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Card list HTML
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Spoiler
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Rules supplement
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