Tal Shiar Operative
Star Trek 131 • common
- Set
- Star Trek
- Collector number
- 131
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Irina Nordsol
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Whenever this creature attacks, choose one —
• Target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
• Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
"What gave me away? My emotions or the disruptor?"
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 Tal Shiar Operative card is part of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game (CCG) First Edition, produced by Decipher, Inc. in the mid-1990s. As the Romulan Empire's secretive intelligence agency, the Tal Shiar was a pivotal element of the show's lore, and this card was designed to integrate their espionage capabilities into the game's mechanics, allowing players to manipulate draws and interact with their opponent's hand.
The card features imagery reflective of the production aesthetic of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. The art direction focused on capturing the cold, calculated nature of Romulan operatives as seen on screen, utilizing high-quality stills from the television series. Upon release, the set was praised by players for expanding the strategic depth of the Romulan faction, establishing them as a formidable presence in the game's competitive landscape.
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