Pyramid Review: Star Wars Trading Card Game: Attack of the Clones

Pyramid Review

Star Wars Trading Card Game: Attack of the Clones (Two-Player Starter Set)

Published by Wizards of the Coast

Designed by Richard Garfield

Two-Player 60-card Starter Set: $9.95; 11-card Booster Pack: $3.29; 5-card Booster Pack: $1.49

It has been a few weeks since the release of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Along with the much-anticipated film have come a massive deluge of merchandise. Wizards of the Coast wanted to be among the first to seize the opportunity to cash in on this enterprise, so they called in their best. Designer Richard Garfield (of Magic: The Gathering fame) was called upon to design the new Star Wars Trading Card Game. Garfield and his team opened themselves to the light side of the force and designed a quick-moving action game.

But first, let's get one point out of the way: The good news for the many fans of Jar Jar is that he made it into the card game. The good news for the Jar Jar haters out here is that according to the card list offered by Wizards of the Coast, Jar Jar Binks is a rare card.

There are only five types of cards in the entire game. Each type of card has a unique color assigned to it. The purple-bordered cards are character cards that feature some familiar characters as well as some new characters from the current film. Some of these characters have special combat abilities, and they all have speed, power and health stats. Ground unit cards have a green border and feature droids, walkers, . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: June 7, 2002

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