Nog, Ambitious Cadet
Star Trek 249 • rare
- Set
- Star Trek
- Collector number
- 249
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Darren Tan
- Market price
- $2.31
What it does
Menace
1 generic mana: If Nog is a Rogue, he becomes a Ferengi Scout with base power and toughness 3/4 and gains "Whenever Nog becomes tapped, surveil 2."
3 generic mana: If Nog is a Scout, he becomes a Ferengi Officer and gains "You may play lands from your graveyard" and "You may play an additional land on each of your turns."
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
Nog, Ambitious Cadet was released as part of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game (CCG) Second Edition, published by Decipher in the early 2000s. The card depicts the character Nog, the first Ferengi to join Starfleet, during his formative years at the academy. This period of the character's arc, featured prominently in Deep Space Nine, highlights his transition from a mischievous youth to a disciplined, goal-oriented officer under the mentorship of Captain Benjamin Sisko.
The card design captures the transition of the Ferengi identity within the game's mechanics, emphasizing Nog's unique position as an outlier among his species. The card art utilizes stills characteristic of Decipher's production style, which prioritized screen-accurate representation of the source material. It was designed to provide players with a low-cost, high-potential personnel card, reflecting the character’s earnest attempts to integrate into Starfleet operations during the game's competitive heyday.
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