History TabletopGame / Highlander

* BladeOnAStick: A Broad-Bladed Spear is a Weapon of Choice. It lets you play basic attacks after a Back Away, but you cannot make hidden attacks.

* AnAxeToGrind: The War Axe Weapon Of Choice. You can't keep up Standing Defenses, but Power Blows do an additional point of damage. [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks You can also throw it with a Special Attack card]], [[SubvertedTrope but this isn't a highly effective use.]]

* KatanasAreJustBetter: The katana is the only WeaponOfChoice that has no drawback. But it doesn't have an advantage, either. The only thing the Katana provides intrinsically is the ability to switch between being one- and two-handed. What it ''does'' have is a plethora of Weapon-specific attacks, defenses, Edges, and Special cards with which one can puree one's opponent. Most of these will require the katana to be specifically one- or two-handed before they can be played.

** Also applies to interactions between her Persona power, the Rapier WeaponOfChoice, and the Kurgan Quickening:

* WeaponOfChoice: Introduced by name in the "Arms And Tactics" expansion. Weapons of Choice provide a benefit and a drawback. The rapier, for instance, replicates part of Amanda's Persona power, letting you play an additional attack but reducing the damage of your attacks by one. In combination with certain Persona powers, however, the drawback is negligible (such Amanda with a rapier; since her attacks already do only one damage, she gets a third attack for free). Or give a rapier to [[TheBrute The Kurgan]] and play two attacks that do the same damage as everyone else's one attack.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Weapons of Choice weren't introduced until the "Arms And Tactics" expansion, the second-to-last expansion of the first edition. As such, most weapons mimicked (or came close) to the Persona powers of some Immortals (or those Persona powers were revealed to be the result of a "built-in" Weapon of Choice). This could result in the ability to dial that Persona's power UpToEleven, such as Amanda with a Rapier getting three attacks per turn, or Kurgan with a Claymore making or blocking Power Blows with a 1-card exertion.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Power Blows. They do four damage if successful (normal attacks do two), and even if you block you take two damage. You have to block with an exertion, with a card that specifically blocks Power Blows without an exertion, or dodge to take no damage. In compensation, if your opponent makes a Power Blow, your next attack can be hidden.

** Amanda, by virtue of the fact that "Power Block" wasn't a defined term until the game's second edition. There was only "block" and "block with an exertion." Cards that let you "[[ExactWords block a Power Blow without an exertion]]" bypassed Amanda's drawback of still taking damage if she blocked a Power Blow. Such cards were thus extremely useful for an Amanda player, and if they had the Quickening that mimicked Luther's ability to block Power Blows without an exertion, she became a borderline LightningBruiser (and she'd cross the border with the addition of The Kurgan's Quickening, cancelling her other drawback of reduced attack damage).

** An Immortal-specific card for [[MsFanservice Amanda]], [[InvokedTrope Distract]], is a dodge that covers the whole grid with no penalty. [[{{Stripperiffic}} The picture is Amanda in a very skimpy leather outfit.]]

** Duncan has been in the game from the start, but his tin adds lots of Pregame and in-game cards to really bring him to the level of superlative badass he is in the show. With cards from this tin, Duncan is one of the only Immortals who can reliably pull off an unblockable, undodgeable head shot. (Others can, but it usually requires a rather elaborate combo and at least a little luck). Duncan's Master's Head Shot is unblockable if your last successful defense was Jump, and the tin also includes Leg Sweep, which makes your next attack undodgeable and gives you an additional attack with which to play the Head Shot. And Leg Sweep is a Special Attack that cannot be blocked, the Head Shot is a non-Special attack. So all you have to do is Jump over any middle or upper attack, then play Leg Sweep and Master's Head Shot, and if your opponent can't dodge the Sweep, you win.

** Methos isn't even playable without the tin, as it's the only place to get his Persona and a bunch of other cards. Methos' Persona power is a better version of Richie's, letting him use other Immortals' cards (referencing either that, as one of the oldest Immortals, everyone [[MasterApprenticeChain learned their tricks from him, if only remotely]], or that being so old, ProperlyParanoid, and a Watcher, he's studied other Immortals enough to use their tricks against them). His own cards are pretty good, too. Tellingly, Methos' [[FatalFlaw Nemesis]] card is available in a regular set, and prevents Methos from playing Immortal-specific cards '''at all'''.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Richie Ryan. He was still TheScrappy on the series when the TCG was first released, and his Persona power mimicked his newbieness by letting him use cards from other Immortals, similar to a "Generic Immortal." Certain combinations of Immortal-specific cards never intended to work together could turn him into a game-wrecking asshole.

* DecapitationRequired: ZigZagged. You can defeat your opponent by running them to zero ability, but there are attacks considered "head shots." If you play one of these and your opponent can't defend against it, they lose their head and the game. [[SingleStrokeBattle It's entirely possible for this to result in winning the game on your first turn if your opponent got very unlucky with their shuffle.]]

** Duncan has been in the game from the start, but his tin adds lots of Pregame and in-game cards to really bring him to the level of superlative badass he is in the show. With cards from this tin, Duncan is one of the only Immortals who can reliably pull off an unblockable, undodgeable head shot. (Others can, but it usually requires a rather elaborate combo and at least a little luck). Duncan's Master's Head Shot is unblockable if your last successful defense was Jump, and the tin also includes Leg Sweep, which makes your next attack undodgeable and gives you an additional attack with which to play the Head Shot. And Leg Sweep is a Special Attack that cannot be blocked, the Head Shot is a non-Special attack. So all you have to do is Jump over any middle or upper attack, then play Leg Sweep, and if your opponent can't dodge it, you win.

** Duncan has been in the game from the start, but his tin adds lots of Pregame and in-game cards to really bring him to the level of superlative badass he is in the show. With cards from this tin, Duncan is one of the only Immortals who can reliably pull off an unblockable, undodgeable head shot. (Others can, but it usually requires a rather elaborate combo and at least a little luck).

* SpecialAttack: Called such, and noted by a yellow grid (non-Special attacks, including the nine basic attacks, have an orange grid). Special attacks usually require some kind of preparation or setup on behalf of the Immortal, if not the player. For instance, "Pistol" is a ranged attack that can only be played after a Back Away. You cannot play more than one Special Attack per turn, even if you have several abilities to play multiple attacks. Oh, and a Special Attack is not a Special Card, but many will include additional powers if you do not play a Special Card the same turn you play the Special Attack.

* {{Flynning}}: Any card with a title like "Fleche" or "Flashing Blade" is evoking this trope. Usually Edge cards played in conjunction with an attack to make it flashier and deadlier.

* DistractedByTheSexy: An Immortal-specific card for [[MsFanservice Amanda]], [[InvokedTrope Distract]], is a dodge that covers the whole grid with no penalty. [[{{Stripperiffic}} The picture is Amanda in a very skimpy leather outfit.]]