Battle of Wolf 359
Star Trek Commander 57 • rare
- Set
- Star Trek Commander
- Collector number
- 57
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Henry Peters
- Finish
- Surge
What it does
All nonartifact creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of artifact creatures you control.
With Picard's tactical knowledge guiding the Collective, the battle lasted only minutes. In the end, the Federation lost thirty-nine ships and eleven thousand souls.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Battle of Wolf 359 card is part of the Star Trek Commander customizable card game, which was released in the mid-1990s as part of the broader licensing push for the franchise. This specific card commemorates the pivotal event from the Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode 'The Best of Both Worlds,' which depicted a catastrophic defeat for Starfleet against the Borg Collective. It was designed to function as a strategic narrative beat within the game's mechanics, emphasizing the tactical scale of the conflict.
The artistic direction for the Star Trek Commander series sought to capture the aesthetic of the television production through a mix of promotional photography and original digital compositing. The Battle of Wolf 359 was selected for the set to capitalize on the iconic status of the incident among fans. While the game itself occupied a niche space in a crowded trading card market dominated by larger titles, it remains a noted piece of memorabilia for those who appreciate the era's attempt to gamify the deep lore of the Star Trek universe.
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