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The History of Star Trek CCG: Blaze of Glory
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Updated May 28, 2004
One hundred and thirty cards. A new battle side deck, two dozen Klingons
and Romulans, collectible diffraction foil cards, powerful new starships,
new ways to take (and exploit) captives, an arsenal of hand weapons... "It
is a good day to die!"
– Rules Supplement
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Released
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August 18, 1999
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Design Team
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Tim Ellington, Sandy Wible, Bill Martinson
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Product Configuration
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130 cards (50 R - 40 U - 40 C)
9-card expansion packs (1 R - 3 U - 5C)
30 expansion packs per display
Rules supplement/collector's card list in display
18-card foil subset.
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Press Sheets
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Rare 10x10; uncommon, common 8x10
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New Mechanics
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Battle Bridge side deck
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New Rules
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New ship battle rules; new capture rules; Q-Continuum side deck now recycles.
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New Features
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 New
card type: Tactic. New side deck: Battle Bridge. New terms: brig, "off
line". Jem'Hadar Alphas.
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Highlights
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First Star Trek CCG diffraction foils. The most new Klingon and Romulan
personnel in a single set since Premiere. Cards based on "A Klingon
Challenge."
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Packaging
Expansion Icon
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Factoids
- 18 rare cards were also produced in foil versions, replacing the rare
in approximately 1 in 9 packs (roughly 3 or 4 per box). The foils themselves
had differing rarities, with 4 Ultra-Rare foils (URF), 6 Super Rare foils
(SRF), and 8 Very Rare foils (VRF). Each individual foil's frequency was
about 1:106 packs (VRF), 1:225 packs (SRF), or 1:450 packs (URF).
- Originally intended to be part of The Dominion expansion, the "battle
expansion" was ultimately split off into its own set. Other names
were contemplated – notably A Call to Arms – before Blaze of
Glory was finally selected. On the message boards it was informally known
as "BaH!" (Klingon for "Fire!").
- Two cards, Kavok and Commandeer Ship, sported a property logo from a
somewhat less well-known property than any of the TV series – Star
Trek: A Klingon Challenge. The images were taken from an interactive
VCR board game of that name, produced by Decipher in 1993. Kavok was played
by Robert O'Reilly, the actor who portrayed Gowron throughout The Next
Generation and Deep Space Nine.
- The first Blaze of
Glory pre-release tournament, held at Gen Con on August 7, 1999, drew
100 players, the largest Star Trek CCG tournament to date. It would have
been even larger, but several would-be players had to be turned away due
to lack of available booster packs and the special Battle Bridge side
decks supplied to each player. Dan Allman took away the victory and a
complete 18-card foil subset.
Notable Cards
The Deep Space Nine expansion introduced most of the main "ops crew"
characters from the series, with the notable exception of Miles O'Brien.
Although a Next Gen version of Miles had been included in the Fajo Collection,
Miles fans had to wait until Blaze of Glory to get his DS9 persona. Oddly
enough, Romulan fans of Miles got a their own O'Brien at the same
time, the holographic Chief O'Brien who was "killed" repeatedly
by Geordi La Forge during his brainwashing.
  
One of the most popular cards in the set was the Klingon "Blood Oath"
Jadzia Dax. With stunning attributes and an array of valuable skills –
and the ability to boost all the attributes of her Klingon buddies Kang,
Kor, and Koloth – Jadzia was a perfect addition to any Klingon deck
in either plain or foil version.
Links
Blaze of Glory expansion
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Card list HTML
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Foil card list HTML
Spoiler list PDF
Rules supplement PDF | HTML
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