Literal Wild Card
For a character with unpredictable allegiance, see Wild Card.
In many Tabletop Games, players will have their options limited by the supplies they have on hand, meaning if you don't have the last piece required to make a play, you'll have to make do without. However, some games have alternatives that can be subbed in for the missing piece. For example, if a player held two red cards, two green cards, and a wild card, they could use their wild to make a three-of-a-kind in either color without having to wait. Or if you need five stones to build something and only have four, you can spend them and a wildcard resource to build it without having to wait for your fifth stone.
Joke Attack
A Joke Attack is an attack, technique, spell, or some other action that simply puts the user at a disadvantage, usually because of a prank by the creators. They are best seen in either tabletop or video games, where they might be severely underpowered, have no effect, or even harm the user more than helping them (if at all). This is a Sister Trope to Joke Character and Joke Item.
Joke Attacks are usually reserved for
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