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Welcome back to No Recent Decks, the series in which we take a look at cards which have not seen a lot of use recently. Today we review Quark’s Treasure, the ship Quark got from his cousin in the DS9 episode Little Green Men. This ship appeared in the 2006 expansion Captain’s Log.

Why does this card not see a lot of play?
Quark’s Treasure has a unique ability which allows you to take an additional turn. This ability comes with the downside that if you fail to win the game with your extra turn, you lose the game instead. Even when you have only one mission to go with lots of dilemmas beneath it, do you really want to risk the whole game on whether or not your opponent is holding Uninvited? The risk of losing the game means you only want to trigger this ability if you know your opponent would win on their next turn. You cannot build around such an ability, which is why today’s deck will focus on the other outstanding quality - it has a corresponding commander.

How can we play to Quark’s Treasure’s strengths?
Alongside Quark’s Treasure, Captain’s Log introduced its commander, Quark (Little Green Man). Ferengi also have access to two other Na’Far Class ships with corresponding commanders, Audit’s Spoils and Aurulent. While they do not have quite the same discipline as Federation captains, these ships and their commanders can still make use of some of the same cards. In today’s deck, we will take advantage of Deploy the Fleet and Mission Accomplished to win with an easy set of missions.

Ideally this deck can win with 10 points from Mission Accomplished. You can score these points while attempting missions normally, and a single copy played early enough will suffice. At Falsify Distress Signal you will need to make sure your commander stays unstopped, so this deck includes Ferengi Computer.for protection. At planet missions you can keep your commander out of the fray, aboard the staffed ship in orbit.

Deploy the Fleet takes a bit more set-up, since you have to send your ships to your opponent’s missions. On the other hand, you can score up to 20 points at a time, since this deck has four ships with corresponding commanders. If you If you can set up this card, you might actually consider using Quark’s Treasure to take an extra turn and finish out the game. Just be careful to have a back-up plan if your opponent can prevent the event!

As much as I would like to rely on Quark and his ship to score the points to round up to 100, I also like having back-up plans. In case your commanders do not come together with their ships, this deck includes two point-scoring dilemmas. Soul Searching and Forewarned. The majority of the dilemma pile focuses on Chula dilemmas, since Falow fits right in and can set up the dilemma you want.

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This deck is currently eligible for the following family or families of achievements:

• Ferengi Player
• Nonlethal Force
• How About a New Mission, Admiral? I
• Chula: Not a Game

Decklist

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Missions Headquarters 7 U 48 •Ferenginar, Financial Hub Planet 1 U 164 •Deneb IV, Encounter at Farpoint 1 U 192 •Qualor II Rendezvous Space 21 V 14 •Alpha 5 Approach, Transport Crash Survivor 23 V 28 •Falsify Distress Signal

Draw Deck (47) Equipment 0 VP 8 2x Emergency Transport Unit 7 U 16 2x Ferengi Computer Event 25 V 6 1x •1962 Roger Maris 24 V 13 2x Christening 0 VP 65 2x Deploy the Fleet 1 R 90 2x How Would You Like a Trip to Romulus? 4 U 61 2x Mission Accomplished 26 V 12 2x Rule of Acquisition #194 25 V 16 2x Tacking Into the Wind 25 V 17 3x Tulaberry Wine Personnel Ferengi 46 V 23 2x Broik 7 R 74 1x •Brunt, FCA Liquidator 26 V 38 1x •Gint, Avaricious Author 7 R 77 1x •Ishka, Moogie 35 V 31 2x Kayron 32 V 14 1x •Neelix, Grand Proxy 13 U 87 1x •Nog, Bar Owner 10 R 86 1x •Quark, Little Green Man 26 V 39 1x •Stol, Wealthy Cousin 10 U 88 1x •Tog, Lecherous DaiMon 7 R 94 1x •Zek, The Grand Nagus Non-Aligned 48 V 15 1x •Cyrano Jones, Troublesome Peddler 51 V 17 2x D'Jamat 32 V 15 1x •Falow, Gamemaster 7 R 102 1x •Kivas Fajo, Collector 50 V 14 1x •Kurros, Brilliant Tactician 34 V 41 1x •Penk, Unscrupulous Promoter 43 V 25 1x •Sfreett, Deadly Flower 51 V 20 1x •Thelev, "Andorian" Terrorist 27 V 16 1x •Zorn, Prevaricating Groppler Ship Ferengi 7 U 115 1x •Audit's Spoils 7 R 116 1x •Aurulent 10 R 115 1x •Quark's Treasure, Sabotaged Shuttle Non-Aligned 10 U 118 1x •Jovis, Museum

Dilemma Pile (28) Dual 51 V 1 1x Anachronistic Meddlers 1 C 15 1x Chula: Echoes 8 U 6 1x Chula: Move Along Home 1 C 16 3x Chula: Pick One to Save Two 0 VP 176 3x Chula: The Chandra 13 R 4 2x Chula: The Dice 30 V 2 3x Chula: The Game 19 V 1 1x Chula: The Precipice 30 V 3 1x Chula: Trickery 16 V 5 1x Chula: Unfortunate Roll 51 V 3 2x Forewarned 0 AP 11 2x Stripped Down 0 VP 63 2x Timescape Planet 6 P 6 3x Hard Time Space 29 V 8 2x Soul Searching

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