The watchlist represents a list of cards that the errata team is currently monitoring in the tournament environment to ensure that they're functioning the way that they were designed, without causing undesirable interactions or unbalanced situations. If you have any recent experiences with these cards, and reason that you believe either they should be changed, or they should be left as they currently are, please send that feedback to Charlie Plaine (MidnightLich).
Current Watch List
| Card Name | Date Added | Reason it's being Watched |
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| Ceti Eel | 2022-06-24 | Updated with the release of TMP Remastered. Added to watch list to make sure the card is safe and stable. |
| What Does God Need With a Starship? | 2022-06-24 | Updated with the release of TMP Remastered. Added to watch list to make sure the card is safe and stable. |
| Borg Queen (Shades of Gray) | 2022-04-04 | This version of the queen has been flagged as a possible concern due to her ability to allow an otherwise slow deck to deploy very quickly. |
| Memory Wipe | 2022-02-07 | Automatically added to watch list after removal from ban list "on parole". |
| Smooth As an Android's Bottom? | 2022-02-07 | Automatically added to watch list after removal from ban list "on parole". |
| Defend Homeworld | 2021-11-09 | Two issues: 1) Ref icon makes this an offensive play instead of defensive, 2) combo with involuntary battle.
Balance Team discussing possible changes. |
| The Devil | 2021-05-03 | The Balance Team is concerned about the wide scope and availability of this card's treaty destruction, and has asked to keep an eye on it. Thus, it's added to the Watch List. |
| Lower Decks | 2021-04-06 | The Balance Team has noted this card has become ubiquitous and would like to collect information on its effect on the environment. |
| Space Amoeba | 2021-04-06 | The change to an alterable 5 attribute has led to unfavorable interactions. The Balance Team will be monitoring to see if the meta is able to adjust. |
| Smoke Bomb | 2020-07-06 | Decks have been appearing using this in multiple, especially in combination with Enemy of the State, to lock out missions longer than should be possible. Unrestricted battle avoidance is likely a problem, but more data is needed; thus, the card is going on the Watch List. |
| Containment Field | 2020-05-04 | This card is key to one of the few offensive uses of the Referee mechanic remaining in the game. Players can use this to "force" an opponent to discard cards by cycling this out of play, thus discarding cards on top of it. |
| Guinan | 2020-05-04 | The ability to repeatedly nullify dilemmas has grown in power over the past several years. The Department is now monitoring these abilities in order to gauge their true impact on the play environment. |
| Hoshi Sato | 2020-05-04 | The ability to repeatedly nullify dilemmas has grown in power over the past several years. The Department is now monitoring these abilities in order to gauge their true impact on the play environment. |
| Madam Guinan | 2020-05-04 | The ability to repeatedly nullify dilemmas has grown in power over the past several years. The Department is now monitoring these abilities in order to gauge their true impact on the play environment. |
| Holoprogram: Cafe des Artistes | 2020-03-02 | The proliferation of easy, customizable, and repeatable draw in the past several years is an area of concern. For this reason, we will be watching how this card is used before making a decision about the overall effect on the game. |
| Nine of Seventeen | 2020-03-02 | Battle Borg decks are a looming threat with a lot of moving pieces. We will be monitoring some of the key aspects to see if we can identify an acceptable solution. The ability for a single ship to annihilate an entire fleet, plus reports this card is being used incorrectly, is of concern. |
| Seven of Nine (The Borg) | 2020-03-02 | Battle Borg decks are a looming threat with a lot of moving pieces. We will be monitoring some of the key aspects to see if we can identify an acceptable solution. A single personnel that can meet three staffing requirements is potentially game-breaking speed. |
| Study Divergent History | 2020-03-02 | The proliferation of easy, customizable, and repeatable draw in the past several years is an area of concern. For this reason, we will be watching how this card is used before making a decision about the overall effect on the game. |
| To Boldly Go | 2020-03-02 | This card was created to address a perceived weakness of [OS] ships versus the modern game that may not be a true weakness. We will keep an eye on this card to determine if it is healthy and necessary. |
| You Are a Monument | 2016-03-07 | This card has been turned into a rule. The card is therefore banned. |
