Difference between revisions of "Card Trivia:Planet Pathfinder"

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"Planet Pathfinder":

This card is based on the Mars Pathfinder, a robotic spacecraft used in a mission to analyze the atmosphere, climate, and geology of the planet Mars in 1997.
- However, this monster is based on the Curiosity rover, which features a distinct size and bulk in comparison to previous rovers.
  - Coincidentally, the date the Curiosity landed on Mars was on August 6th, 2012, three weeks after this card's OCG release in Abyss Rising on July 21, 2012.

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-* This monster's name is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Mars Pathfinder|Mars Pathfinder mission]], though the machine in question is actually based on ''[[wikipedia:Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner]]'', the Pathfinder probe, instead of Pathfinder proper.
-** Coincidentally, the ''[[wikipedia:Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]]'' rover landed on Mars August 6th, 2012, which is within 3 weeks of this card's ''[[OCG]]'' release in ''[[Abyss Rising]]''. This monster also bears resemblance to the design of the ''Curiosity'' rover in its distinct size and bulk in comparison to previous rovers.
 * This monster appears in the artwork of "[[Tannhauser Gate]]".
-* This card has a Spell counterpart: "[[Terraforming]]".
+* This card is based on the [[wikipedia:Mars Pathfinder|Mars Pathfinder]], a robotic spacecraft used in a mission to analyze the atmosphere, climate, and geology of the planet [[wikipedia:Mars (planet)|Mars]] in 1997.
+** However, this monster is based on the ''[[wikipedia:Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]]'' rover, which features a distinct size and bulk in comparison to previous rovers.
+*** Coincidentally, the date the ''Curiosity'' landed on Mars was on August 6th, 2012, three weeks after this card's ''[[OCG]]'' release in ''[[Abyss Rising]]'' on July 21, 2012.