Card Extra

Primitive Culture from Kathy McCracken (06/14/2000)

On the face of it, this classic wall dilemma presents plenty of ways to get past it. The catch is that most of them are affiliation-specific. Vorta and 4 Jem'Hadar is the method of choice for the Dominion, while 2 Obsidian Order and two Tal Shiar are for the Cardassians and the Romulans. 6 Klingons or 4 [Def] Borg are about as specific as you can get; even the Federation can't muster that many Klingons in a non-treaty deck.

The remaining three sets of conditions present multi-affiliation possibilities, however. While Acquisition and 2 Greed is obviously the key Ferengi option, the Non-Aligned Kivas Fajo can pass this dilemma singlehandedly. 3 Vulcans will be easiest for the Federation, but Tallera, T’Shonra, Solkar, Sevek and Sakonna are all Non-Aligned and may be used by any non-Borg affiliation. And finally, it is possible for any affiliation (except perhaps Borg) to come up with Anthropology and CIVILIAN.

Combos:

• Primitive Culture + The Higher...The Fewer + Cardassian Trap: Drain your opponent of a few points, then trap one of his personnel. There's an excellent chance of at least one of the Away Team being unique. If you're worried about Empathy, throw in Empathic Echo before the Trap.
• Primitive Culture + Bendii Syndrome + Alien Parasites: With Vulcans available for everyone, you have a chance of lowering the AT's INTEGRITY enough to trigger an Alien Parasites infestation. Or, if your opponent uses Kivas Fajo to pass Primitive Culture, his utter lack of INTEGRITY will be no help at all.