Pond Biodiversity Deck (Beta)
2015 – (See Cards/Deck Info | Download | Purchase)…
This deck, hosted by the Keeling Lab at UBC, is a special microbial STARTER deck. It includes a variety of organisms that were found in a small riparian system outside the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia. As such, it is a good representation of pond microbial biodiversity. Note the game is currently in beta as the scientific content is continually being vetted by experts. Note that the general game play is based on trophic connections that are all “black” in colour, and represented by the usual FOOD CHAIN numbers of 1 to 3. This game does not work with other PHYLO game systems.
Drought
Event Card
Play: Place this card on any ocean or freshwater based SPECIES card
Effect: The SPECIES card is IMMEDIATELY discarded.
Cosmarium
Desmidiales order
2 POINTS
Play: Cosmarium is considered an AUXOTROPH
Fact: Desmids tend to assume highly symmetrical and attractive shapes.
Micrasterias
Micrasterias genus 
2 POINTS
Play: Micrasterias is considered an AUXOTROPH
Fact: Micraserias is a type of green algae, and always has shapes that exhibit bilaterial symmetry.
Closterium
Desmidiales order 
2 POINTS
Play: Closterium is considered an AUXOTROPH
Fact: Desmids tend to assume highly symmetrical and attractive shapes.
Climate Change
Event Card
Play: Place this card on top of any SPECIES card.
Effect: The SPECIES card is IMMEDIATELY discarded. In the same action, this EVENT card then moves to an adjacent SPECIES card. A game of rock-paper-scissors determines whether this 2nd SPECIES card is also discarded. Continue moving the EVENT card and removing SPECIES cards until your opponent wins at rock-paper-scissors. This card can only be played once per game.
Ciliophrys
Heliozea type 
7 POINTS
Play: Ciliophrys has a MOVE of 1,and is considered a EUKARYOTROPH
Fact: Heliozoa is a type of amoeba that is spherical with stiff prjections (axopods) radiating outwards from its body.