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作者：籽

種族分析：Tricksters

在神話內，Tricksters 擔當著充滿智慧和秘術的角色，是代表陰謀詭計和離經叛道的騙術家。著名的 Tricksters 有 Loki 和 Leprechaun 等，常見於電影角色。

與 Dinosaurs、Robots 和 Wizards 不同的地方是，Tricksters 在意的並不是增強自己，而是擅於擾亂對手。這對很多玩家來說，是咭牌遊戲的魅力所在。”Discard a card” 是 Tricksters 的常見效果，透過強迫丟棄手牌，妨礙對手計劃。

Minion
Leprechaun (5) x 1 - Ongoing: After another player plays a minion here with less power than this minion's power, destroy it (resolve its ability first).

Brownie (4) x 2 - Ongoing: After another player plays a card that affects this minion, that player discards two random cards.

Gnome (3) x 3 - You may destroy a minion on this base with power less than the number of minions you have here.

Gremlin (2) x 4 - Ongoing: After this minion is destroyed, draw a card and each other player discards a random card.

Action
Block the Path x 1 - Play on a base and name a faction. Ongoing: Minions of that faction cannot be played here.

Disenchant x 2 - Destroy an action that has been played on a minion or base.

Enshrouding Mist x 2- Play on a base. Ongoing: On your turn, you may play an extra minion here.

Flame Trap x 1 - Play on a base. Ongoing: After another player plays a minion here, destroy it (resolve its ability first) and this card.

Hideout x 1 - Play on a base. Ongoing: If another player's action would affect your minions here, destroy this card and the action does not affect your minions.

Mark of Sleep x 1 - Choose a player. That player cannot play actions on his or her next turn.

Pay the Piper x 1- Play on a base. Ongoing: After another player plays a minion here, that player discards a card.

Take the Shinies x 1 - Each other player discards two random cards.

力量分布：5/4/4/3/3/3/2/2/2/2
總力量值：30
一回合最大力量：9 (Enshrounding Mist + Leprechaun + Brownie)
兩回合最大力量：17 (Enshrounding Mist + Leprechaun + Brownie + Brownie + Brownie)

如果玩家選擇每回合打出 Minion 和 Action 各一張，而種族內沒有抽牌的 Minion 和 Action，那麼他只能靠回合結束時抽兩張咭補充手牌，手牌數量不變。這意味著 card advantage 沒有加減，還要冒著被 Tricksters 丟棄手牌的危機。

Card advantage 是 deck 手必需懂的術語，Eric Taylor 定義 card advantage 為 "... any process by which a player obtains effectively more cards than his opponent." 擁有比對手多的咭牌，代表著你有更多的選擇和計劃。那麼我們如何製造 card advantage 呢？

拿取咭牌：
前篇提及，Wizards 靠 “Draw a card.” 和 “Draw two cards.” 等效果補充手牌，除了使其更快得到強效的咭牌，亦可以加速把墓地的咭牌洗進牌庫。

Mystic Studies - Draw two cards.
Enchantress (2) x 3 - Draw a card

打出 Mystic Studies 後，手牌數量加一，因此 Card advantage +1，而 Enchantress 的 card advantage 是 ± 0。Card advantage ± 0 並非代表沒有用處，因為大部份的咭牌打出後不會讓你抽牌，因此 Draw a card 這種效果相對的 card advantage 便是 +1，Draw two cards 的相對 card advantages 則是 +2。

玩家在回合內可以選擇不打出任何咭牌，這樣做可以增加手牌的數量，但卻放棄了出牌的機會，是策略還是錯誤則由玩家衡量。

丟棄咭牌：
由於 card advantage 比較自己和對手的咭牌數量，因此對手 “Discard a card.” 為你帶來 +1 card advantage，”Discard two cards.” 則是 card advantage +2。丟棄手牌這種效果，若果對手不能選擇丟棄那張手牌，必需隨機丟棄，將會帶來更大的破壞力。

Brownie (4) x 2 - Ongoing: After another player plays a card that affects this minion, that player discards two random cards.

Gremlin (2) x 4 - Ongoing: After this minion is destroyed, draw a card and each other player discards a random card.

Take the Shinies x 1 - Each other player discards two random cards.

以上三張 Tricksters 咭牌 card advantages 都是 +2，可是 Take the Shinies 是主動效果，而 Brownie 和 Gremlin 則是被動效果，因此看上去是 Take the Shinies 比較厲害。

破壞、無效化、禁止打出咭牌：
除了丟棄手牌，破壞對手已打出場中的咭牌與禁止其打出某些咭牌也是增造 card advantage 的方法。

Gnome (3) x 3 - You may destroy a minion on this base with power less than the number of minions you have here.

Disenchant x 2 - Destroy an action that has been played on a minion or base.

Gnome 和 Disenchant 分別是破壞對手已打出的 Minion 和 Action 之手段，card advantage +1。

Block the Path x 1 - Play on a base and name a faction. Ongoing: Minions of that faction cannot be played here.

Mark of Sleep x 1 - Choose a player. That player cannot play actions on his or her next turn.

Block the Path 和 Mark of Sleep 是禁止打出的代表作，讓對手在的 Base 上不能打出指定種族的 Minion，或使對手於下一回合不能打出 Action。這些都是擾亂敵陣的進階謀略。

雖然 Cuddle 屬於 Teddy Bear 而不是 Tricksters 這個種族，但使其他咭牌無效化這種效果必須要在這裏談及。

Cuddle x 2 - Play on a minion. Ongoing: This minion's abilities are cancelled.
Laseratops (4) x 2 - Destroy a minion of power 2 or less on this base.

Cuddle 是 Teddy Bear 種族特有的 Action，能夠消除 Minion 的效果。消除效果在 Smash Up 中看上去效力可能比破壞對手的 Minion 弱，可是破壞 Minion 的咭牌通常有力量值的限制，像 Dinosaurs 的 Laseratops 般只能破壞力量值 2 或以下的 Minion。要對付流放於 Jungle Oasis 的 Archmage 可能要靠 Cuddle 作出抵抗。

Tricksters 不像 Dinosaurs 和 Robots 般以強大的力量值取勝，而是步步為營，慢慢控場，尋找勝利之道，比較適合稍為掌握咭牌遊戲的玩家使用。