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[emtzalex]

In honor of the big game coming up in a couple of hours, here is a special fan exception. The main theme is the Roster mechanic (which was explained in Week 45 of the fan card mechanic contest). Most (but not all) of the Kingdom cards use the mechanic. The other thematic element is that each of the cards are the singular noun of the name of each team in the National Football League (NFL). Three of those names were already taken:

Cardinal	Giant	Raider

But I turned the other 29 team names into cards. It was a lot of cards, and I had to stretch for some, but I'm pretty happy with a lot of them. I also tried to use a number of fan mechanics. Here are the cards:

Chief • $4 • Action - Duration - Command - Roster Now and at the start of your next turn, play a card costing up to $1 per Chief any player has in play (including this), from your Roster, leaving it there.

Eagle • $5 • Action - Command - Roster +2 Cards Discard a card. Play a card costing up to $1 per Roster card you have in play (counting this), from your Roster, leaving it there.

Bill • $3 • Action - Command - Roster Freeze this up to 6 times. Play a card costing up to $1 per Ice token on this, from your Roster, leaving it there. When you remove an Ice token from here, take {1}.	Dolphin • $4 • Action - Activation - Roster +2 Cards When you trigger this, play a card costing up to $1 per Dolphin you have in play, from your Roster mat, leaving it there.
Jet • $5 • Treasure - Duration - Roster - Command Choose one: +$2; or add a token here per Jet you have in play, and at the start of your next turn, remove them and play a card costing up to $1 per token removed, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Patriot • $5 • Action - Command - Roster +1 Card +1 Action Discard a card. Play a card costing up to $1 more than it from your Roster, leaving it there.

Bengal • $4 • Action - Command - Roster +2 Cards Discard the top card of your deck. You may trash it to play a card costing less than it, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Brown • $3 • Action - Command - Roster Choose one to play from your Roster, leaving it there: a card costing up to $2; or a card you haven't played this turn, costing exactly $1 more than one you have played this turn.
Raven • $4 • Action - Attack +2 Cards You may play a Raven from your hand. If this is the third time you've played a Raven this turn, each other player gains a Curse.	Steeler • $4 • Action - Level - Command - Roster Play a card costing up to $1 per level, from your Roster, leaving it there. Setup: Each player puts a Level token here.

Colt • $6 • Action +2 Cards +1 Action During your turn, this costs $1 less per card you've trashed this turn.	Jaguar • $4 • Dawn - Night - Command - Roster If it's your Night phase, trash a card other than this that you would discard from play this turn. Otherwise, play a card costing up to $1 per Jaguar you have in play, from your Roster, leaving it there.
Texan • $4 • Action - Attack - Command - Roster Discard any number of cards. Each other player with at least 3 cards more than you in hand discards a card. Play a card costing up to $1 per card you discarded, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Titan • $6 • Action - Command - Roster +5 Cards Reveal your hand. Discard any copies of a card beyond the first. Play a card costing up to $1 per card discarded, from your Roster, leaving it there.

Bronco • $3 • Action +2 Cards +1 Action If you have more cards in your hand than you have Action cards in play, discard 2 cards.

Charger • $4 • Action - Command - Roster +2 Cards Discard any number of cards, at least one per Charger you have in play. Play a card costing up to $1 per card discarded, from your Roster, leaving it there.

Commander • $6 • Action - Command - Roster Play two differently named cards, each costing up to $1 per Action card you have in play (counting this), in either order, from your Roster, leaving them there.

Cowboy • $4 • Action - Command - Roster +$1 Reveal your hand. Play a card costing up to $1 per Action card revealed, from your Roster mat, leaving it there.

Bear • $5 • Action - Kin - Command - Roster +4 Cards Do this 4 times: You may play a non-Bear Kin card from your hand, and if you don't, discard a card. Play a card costing up to $1 per Kin you have in play, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Lion • $7 • Action - Attack - Command - Roster Each other player with 5 or more cards in hand discards an Action (or reveals they can't). You may reveal an Action from your hand to play a card costing less than it, from your Roster, leaving it there.
Packer • $4 • Action - Command - Roster +$2 Play up to 2 Treasures from your hand. Then, pay up to $6 to play a card costing the amount you paid, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Viking • $5 • Action - Attack - Command - Roster +$3 Each other player with 4 or more cards in hand discards a card. Play a card costing less than the first card discarded, from your Roster, leaving it there.

Buccaneer • $5 • Action - Duration - Command - Roster +3 Cards Put a token on your Roster. Move any number of those tokens here. At the start of your next turn, remove them all to play a card costing up to $1 per token removed, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Falcon • $5 • Action - Reaction - Command - Roster Reveal a card from your hand. Play a card costing up to $2 per type (Action, Attack, etc.) the revealed card has, from your Roster, leaving it there. When any player gains a card with 2 or more types, you may play this from your hand.
Panther • $5 • Action - Command - Roster +2 Cards Trash a card from your hand. Choose one: +1 Power per $1 it costs; or spend up to 6 Power to play a card costing up to $1 each, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Saint • $3 • Action - Command - Roster Trash a card from your hand. Play a card costing as much as it or less, from your Roster, leaving it there.

49er • $4 • Action - Command - Roster +1 Card Reveal the top card of your deck. If it's a Gold, gain a Gold to your hand. Otherwise, play a card costing less than it, from your Roster, leaving it there.	Ram • $4 • Action - Mount - Command - Roster +$2 Mount: When you play a Ram, you may play a card costing up to $1 per Ram you have in play, from your Roster, leaving it there. Dismount when you gain a Treasure.
Seahawk • $4 • Action - Duration - Command - Roster +1 Card +1 Action At the start of your next turn, reveal your hand, then play a card costing up to $1 per Duration card revealed, from your Roster, leaving it there.

Let me know what you think.

[AJD]

I think Colt and Bronco should be swapped.

(Also overall I'm impressed by the amount of work and attention you put into this, though I don't think I have any ability to evaluate the design of most of them.)

[emtzalex]

I think Colt and Bronco should be swapped.

(Also overall I'm impressed by the amount of work and attention you put into this, though I don't think I have any ability to evaluate the design of most of them.)

Thanks for the feedback!!!

In terms of Colt/Bronco, the term "bronco" refers to a horse with a tendency to buck (lower its head and raise its backside while kicking out its back legs, generally in an attempt to throw off a rider). I wanted to represent the risk of being thrown off as the risk of having to discard, and the strength to stay on as the number of Actions you have in play. Thus, that design is Bronco.

A "colt" is just a term for a younger male horse. The Destrier-but-for-trashing is an idea I had anyway, and just applied to another kind of horse.

[AJD]

I was thinking, Young Witch is like Witch but you have to discard, so Colt ( = Young Horse) should be like Destrier but you have to discard. Whereas a Bronco is harder to get under your control unless you "bust" it (by trashing cards).

But, you know, they're your cards, and overall I think the theming is very impressive, especially given the raw material you had to work with!