Data, New Life
Star Trek 52 • uncommon
- Set
- Star Trek
- Collector number
- 52
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
What it does
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Data.
"Does Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have. But I have got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself."— Captain Phillipa Louvois
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 Data, New Life card was released as part of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game, published by Decipher in the mid-1990s. The game emerged during the height of the Star Trek: The Next Generation era, designed to tap into the show's massive popularity by allowing players to simulate the strategic and diplomatic challenges faced by Starfleet crews. This specific card represents the character Lieutenant Commander Data, emphasizing his ongoing quest to understand and emulate human experience.
The design of the card utilizes high-resolution stills from the television series, characteristic of the production values maintained by Decipher throughout their license. The card's gameplay mechanics were developed to reflect Data's specific attributes, such as his superior processing power and his unique position as an android among humans. It was received favorably by the gaming community for its thematic accuracy and remains a staple for collectors focusing on the portrayal of the android character across the TNG-era expansions.
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