[MidnightLich]

Hi folks! This thread will be the official update thread as we work through March Madness 2025. This year, we've asked you to nominate Decipher-era cards that don't feel quite right in this Modern Era. Your submissions are being calculated, analyzed, and seeded into this year's master bracket. Your votes will determine which card earns itself a remaster, a new version, or some new support cards - or all of the above!

Stay tuned to this thread - and the front page - for the latest update. Here's the tentative schedule:

Voting Schedule
Round of 64 - Wednesday, March 5th - Sunday, March 9th
Round of 32 - Wednesday, March 12th - Sunday, March 16th
Sweet 16 - Wednesday, March 19th - Sunday, March 23rd
Elite 8 - Wednesday, March 26th - Sunday, March 30th
Final 4 - Wednesday, April 2nd - Sunday, April 6th
Championship - Wednesday, April 9th - Sunday, April 13th
Final Results - Wednesday, April 16th

Links to Posts/Articles
Submission Stats - Upper Left / Lower Left / Upper Right / Lower Right
Overall Submission Stats
All 64 Entrants in MM 2025
Master Bracket (Visible Wed - Sun)

Round Details
Round of 64: Link to Poll Announcement / Halftime Report / Results
Round of 32: Link to Poll Announcement / First Quarter Report

-crp

[MidnightLich]

The official brackets won't be posted until Wednesday, but here is some data about the upper left corner of the bracket. These were cards, submitted by you, that you felt were Cards You Never Use.

A total of 59 cards were submitted; 58 were eligible submissions.

Of the 58 eligible cards, only 4 cards received more than 1 vote. Those 4 cards were automatically included in the bracket as the top 4 seeds.

The remaining 12 cards were selected by the First Edition Design Team based on how many options for remastering/expansion were available.

Card Type Breakdown
A total of 14 different card types were submitted. Interrupt was the most common card type with 10 submissions.

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Source Breakdown
Cards were submitted from a total of 14 difference sources. Alternate Universe had the most submissions with 11.

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[MidnightLich]

The official brackets won't be posted until Wednesday, but here is some data about the lower left corner of the bracket. These were cards, submitted by you, that you felt were Cards That Missed the Mark.

A total of 59 cards were submitted; 57 were eligible submissions.

Of the 58 eligible cards, only 7 cards received more than 1 vote. Those 7 cards were automatically included in the bracket as the top 7 seeds.

The remaining 9 cards were selected by the First Edition Design Team based on how many options for remastering/expansion were available.

Card Type Breakdown
A total of 11 different card types were submitted. Personnel was the most common card type with 15 submissions. All the personnel submitted were either , , or .

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Source Breakdown
Cards were submitted from a total of 17 difference sources. Alternate Universe again had the most submissions with 13.

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[MidnightLich]

The official brackets won't be posted until Wednesday, but here is some data about the upper right corner of the bracket. These were cards, submitted by you, that you felt were Cards That Don't Come Out of the Binder.

A total of 62 cards were submitted; 59 were eligible submissions.

Of the 59 eligible cards, only 8 cards received more than 1 vote. Those 8 cards were automatically included in the bracket as the top 8 seeds.

The remaining 8 cards were selected by the First Edition Design Team based on how many options for remastering/expansion were available.

Card Type Breakdown
A total of 12 different card types were submitted. Dilemma was the most common card type with 21 submissions.

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Source Breakdown
Cards were submitted from a total of 15 difference sources. For the 3rd time in a row, Alternate Universe again had the most submissions with 14.

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[MidnightLich]

The official brackets won't be posted until Wednesday, but here is some data about the lower right corner of the bracket. These were cards, submitted by you, that you felt were Cards That Don't Feel Right.

A total of 50 cards were submitted; 48 were eligible submissions.

Of the 50 eligible cards, only 4 cards received more than 1 vote. Those 4 cards were automatically included in the bracket as the top 4 seeds.

The remaining 12 cards were selected by the First Edition Design Team based on how many options for remastering/expansion were available.

Card Type Breakdown
A total of 12 different card types were submitted. Interrupt was the most common card type with 14 submissions.

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Source Breakdown
Cards were submitted from a total of 16 difference sources. Completing the sweep, Alternate Universe again had the most submissions with 9.

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[sekce31]

It shows how Alternate Universe need a remaster (or remake actually), doesn't it?

[MidnightLich]

I just combined all of the submission data together across all 4 questions, because I'm a data nerd. Do people find this kind of thing interesting?

Total Submissions

• A total of 196 unique cards were submitted.
• Of the 196 submissions, 189 were eligible submissions. (The other 7 were virtual cards and thus not eligible.)
• 168 of the cards (88.89%) only appeared in a single bracket.
• 23 cards (12.17%) appeared in 2 different brackets.
• 4 cards (2.12%) appeared in 3 different brackets.
• Just 1 card (0.53%) appeared in all 4 brackets.

Total Votes

• 43 of the 196 cards (21.83%) received multiple votes across all of the brackets.
• The card with the most total votes across all the brackets had 5 votes.
• Three (3) cards had a total of 4 votes across the brackets.
• Eight (8) cards had a total of 3 votes across the brackets.
• Thirty-one (31) cards had a total of 2 votes across the brackets.

Card Types
A total of 16 cards types were submitted. Personnel was the card type with the most submissions (37), followed by Dilemmas (36), and then Interrupts (34).

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Out of the cards with affiliations, a total of 9 different affiliations were submitted (counting different combinations of multi-affiliation personnel as different affiliations). Unsurprisingly, Federation had the most at 23.

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Card Sources
Cards were submitted from a total of 26 different sources. Alternate Universe had the most with 38, followed by Premiere with 31, and then a tie at 23 between Q Continuum and Deep Space 9.

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[Faithful Reader]

Huge thanks to the First Edition Design Squad for work done in a relatively short amount of time. Bring on the madness!

[SirDan]

Do people find this kind of thing interesting?

Golly yes.

[Professor Scott]

Do people find this kind of thing interesting?

Golly yes.

Oh, you said interesting not InEntersSting.

[Ashigaru]

So are the cards that were submitted in multiple categories going to appear more than once on the bracket, or just once? And if more than once, what happens if they face each other?

[MidnightLich]

So are the cards that were submitted in multiple categories going to appear more than once on the bracket, or just once? And if more than once, what happens if they face each other?

No card appears in the total bracket more than once. I had to make 1-2 swaps after the initial seed to avoid this, but yeah: no duplicates.

[MidnightLich]

The polls go live tonight. As a little preview, here are 4 matches to watch, in my opinion:

(8) Edo Vessel vs. (9) File Mission Report
Edo Vessel is a weird card that could use with some updates and expansion; plus, there's good material available from its source story. FMR has had times of being really popular, but lately is far more useful in an deck than a deck. Good options on both sides.

(3) Saltah'na Clock vs. (14) Receptacle Stones
The Battle of the Artifacts. Both are niche cards that play in a space where you are messing with an opponent's team. Lots of remaster and expansion potential with both cards. Is there a bad choice here?

(5) Manheim's Dimensional Door vs (12) DNA Metamorphosis
MDD is a neat card but its effectiveness is decreased the more and more cards are added to the game, making it ripe for a refresh. DNA Metamorphosis has some difficult requirements, but putting 1 personnel in stasis after a full turn is good story but not great gameplay. Historically, #12 seeds do very well, so could this be another upset?

(7) Tomek vs. (10) Hawk
The only personnel battle in the entire Round 1 bracket. Tomek has been a weird card since the beginning, and has often been talked about for a new version or errata. Hawk played a decent supporting role in the movie, but has always been limited use in the game. Both are filled with potential improvements - but which one will you pick?

[Takket]

So I'll volunteer that I put up DNA Metamorphosis. Great artwork in the Fajo collection but this card is, and always has been, utterly worthless. such a disappointment from what was supposed to be the signature collection of early STCCG.

This card does NOTHING that Armus Skin of Evil doesn't do better. Just flat out kill someone instead of waiting a turn to put someone is stasis. only advantage it has is that it is

there are a hundred worthless dilemmas in this game, but fajo Collection should have stepped the game up.

[MidnightLich]

Here is the list of the 64 cards for the "class" of March Madness 2025. They appear in card list order, not bracket or seed order.

Artifacts
Canar
Cryosatellite
Receptacle Stones
Salt'ahna Clock
Starry Night

Dilemmas
Bendii Syndrome
Coalescent Organism
Common Thief
DNA Metamorphosis
Empathic Echo
Impassable Door
Lethean Telepathic Attack
Maman Picard
Worshiper

Doorways
Airlock
Alternate Universe Door
Manheim's Dimensional Door
Secret Compartment

Equipment
Breen CRM114
Echo Papa 607 Killer Drone
I.P. Scanner

Events
Discommendation
Red Alert
The Mask of Korango
Warp Core Breach
Zalkonian Storage Capsule

Facility - Neutral
Terraforming Station

Incidents
Chain Reaction Ricochet
Holoprogram: Deadwood
Hostage Trade

Interrupts
Assimilate This!
Baseball
Burial Ground
Countermanda
Fractal Encryption Code
Howard Heirloom Candle
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Incoming Message: Attack Authorization
Klingon Painstik
Plexing
Seize Wesley

Objectives
Council of Warriors
File Mission Report
Install Autonomic Systems Parasite
Omega Directive
Prepare Assault Teams
The Emperor's New Cloak

Personnel - Bajoran
Riker Wil

Personnel - Federation
Benjamin Maxwell
Hawk
Morgan Bateson
Robert DeSoto

Personnel - Ferengi
Gegis

Personnel - Non-Aligned
Berlingoff Rasmussen
Dathon
John Doe

Personnel - Romulan
Commander Charvanek
Jera
Tomek

Q Artifact
Picard's Artificial Heart

Q Interrupt
Wesley Gets the Point

Q Mission
Q's Planet

Ship - Federation
U.S.S. Enterprise-C

Ship - Non-Aligned
Edo Vessel