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The Bigger Geekier Box
SMASH UP ALL STARS
Medium
Draw and retrieve cards from your deck and discard pile to get your best cards out as soon as possible and keep them around for as long as possible.
Description
:This page is about the faction. For the pack of the same name, see Smash Up All Stars (pack).
The Smash Up All Stars were the single faction in the All Stars Event Kit. They are now available in The Bigger Geekier Box (along with the Geeks).
This faction had no official flavor text when it first came out, because the All Stars Event Kit had no rulebook. However, the following flavor text can be found in The Bigger Geekier Box rulebook:
This faction is entirely composed of cards from previous sets.
This faction specializes in cycling through your deck and retrieving cards from your deck and discard pile.
Their complexity rating is: Medium.
Other factions from the All Stars Event Kit: (none).
Other factions from The Bigger Geekier Box: Geeks.
Cards Overview
The Smash Up All Stars have the usual 10 minions and 10 actions. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is unusually high at 32 or an average of 3.2 per minion compared to the usual 30 and 3. Every card in this deck is unique.
Among their actions, there are:
* 0 play-on-minion actions,
* 1 play-on-base action: Full Moon,
* 9 standard actions (3 that affect one or more minions, in bold): Begin the Summoning, Favor of Dionysus, Friendship Power, Ghostly Arrival, It’s Astounding, Non-Infinite Loop, Prepare for Battle, Seeing Stars, Square Deal,
* 2 actions that directly increase a minion's power: Favor of Dionysus, Full Moon.
1x Begin the Summoning - Place a minion from your discard pile on top of your deck. You may play an extra action this turn.
1x Favor of Dionysus - One of your minions gains +1 power until the end of the turn. Play an extra action. You may place this card on top of your deck instead of the discard pile.
1x Friendship Power - Move one of your minions to a base where you have a minion. You may place this action into your hand instead of the discard pile.
1x Full Moon - Play on a base. Ongoing: Each of your minions here has +1 power.
1x Ghostly Arrival - You may play an extra minion and/or an extra action.
1x It’s Astounding - Play an action from your discard pile as an extra action.
1x Non-Infinite Loop - Choose an action in your hand. Play it as an extra action, then you may put it back into your hand instead of the discard pile.
1x Prepare for Battle - Reveal the top two cards of your deck. Place one into your hand and the other on the bottom of your deck.
1x Seeing Stars - Destroy a minion of power 3 or less.
1x Square Deal - Draw cards until at least one player has fewer cards in their hand than you.
Actions
1x Begin the Summoning - Place a minion from your discard pile on top of your deck. You may play an extra action this turn.
1x Favor of Dionysus - One of your minions gains +1 power until the end of the turn. Play an extra action. You may place this card on top of your deck instead of the discard pile.
1x Friendship Power - Move one of your minions to a base where you have a minion. You may place this action into your hand instead of the discard pile.
1x Full Moon - Play on a base. Ongoing: Each of your minions here has +1 power.
1x Ghostly Arrival - You may play an extra minion and/or an extra action.
1x It’s Astounding - Play an action from your discard pile as an extra action.
1x Non-Infinite Loop - Choose an action in your hand. Play it as an extra action, then you may put it back into your hand instead of the discard pile.
1x Prepare for Battle - Reveal the top two cards of your deck. Place one into your hand and the other on the bottom of your deck.
1x Seeing Stars - Destroy a minion of power 3 or less.
1x Square Deal - Draw cards until at least one player has fewer cards in their hand than you.
Characters
1x King Rex - power 7 - (no ability)
1x Granny - power 4 - Talent: Look at the top card of your deck. Place it on the top or bottom of your deck.
1x G.E.L.F. - power 4 - Talent: Search your deck for a non-G.E.L.F. minion of power 4 or less. Shuffle this minion into your deck and play that minion here as an extra minion.
1x Imperial Dragon - power 3 - Ongoing: After another player plays or moves a minion here, draw a card.
1x Lab Assistant - power 3 - Place a +1 power counter on another one of your minions.
1x Puck - power 3 - Play an extra action OR draw a card.
1x Ensign - power 2 - Ongoing: When an opponent plays a card that directly affects one of your other minions here, you may have it affect this minion instead.
1x Fan - power 2 - Special: On your turn, you may discard this card from your hand to draw a card.
1x Servitor of Cthulhu - power 2 - Talent: Destroy this minion and place an action card from your discard pile on top of your deck.
1x Sprout - power 2 - Ongoing: Destroy this card at the start of your turn. You may search your deck for a minion of power 3 or less, and play it here as an extra minion. Shuffle your deck.
Mechanics
Draw and retrieve cards from your deck and discard pile to get your best cards out as soon as possible and keep them around for as long as possible.