Trading card games have some historically bizarre cards to play with. There are some that are just inside jokes in the fandom, made playable in card form. Others, however, are just bizarre additions to the game that don’t seem to have any explanation whatsoever.
And in the case of Star Wars customizable trading cards, there are several that are made out of details or dialogue from the movies that don’t seem to translate particularly well into gameplay or at the very least leave players scratching their heads over the choices. That’s not even to mention all of the strange creatures that sometimes turn up in card packs.
10 Kabe
Kabe is a Chadra-Fan, which is a small rodent-like creature that looks a little like a bat combined with a squirrel. She’s really cute, so from that perspective, why not have her on a card? But then again, she doesn’t really offer much in the Star Wars franchise.
She’s a thief and spends most of her time at the original cantina scene getting drunk, making her a slightly weird addition to the deck.
9 Brainiac
Brainiac is one of those characters who definitely feels like they just didn’t quite know how to name species yet in Star Wars. The name makes sense in a way, since he’s an alien with a big, bulbous, veiny head that definitely looks like a brain.
But it’s clear he’s just a strange background character, especially since he doesn’t even have a proper name in the films (he was dubbed Pons Limbic after the fact). Not helping matters is that his card's abilities are an equation that only a Star Wars nut and a mathematician can solve. If you don't remember him, he was briefly seen in the original Star Wars' cantina scene and more importantly, The Star Wars Holiday Special.
8 Droopy McCool
Droopy McCool is definitely a product of the times when it comes to his name. He’s another Star Wars character that seems to have just been given a name that was vaguely descriptive of him.
Since he’s in a band in the cantina seen in Return of the Jedi, he’s probably pretty hip and cool. That, and t’s easy to describe him as droopy, considering the shape of his head. Still, he’s a weird addition to a trading card game.
7 Rug Hug
Chewbacca is a big, scary, hairy animal, as the series constantly reminds viewers. He has a short temper and is bigger than everyone else. Still, he’s also incredibly loyal, and he’s always looking out for his friends. When Chewie finds that Luke is all right, he gives him a really big hug to let him know that he’s happy about that.
Chewie being called a rug in the movies is a running gag, which makes a card calling him just that extra funny on a meta level since his hair is artificial. But the card is pretty useful in battle, particularly if a player is playing Luke and Chewie at the same time.
6 Yub Yub!
For players using a lot of Ewoks in their game play, this is a pretty handy card. Still, it’s a great example of the slightly bizarre ways some of these Star Wars cards are laid out.
The title of the card being “Yub Yub!” with no additional explanation as to why this card works the way it does (i.e. benefiting the user's Ewok cards) a little bit bizarre. Instead, it just has a quote from Princess Leia in the film from when she first meets the Ewoks on Endor.
5 Frozen Dinner
The thing that makes this card weird is the goofy flavor text explaining it.
Instead of describing the scene of Luke hanging in a wampa cavern or giving some background to the card like many of the cards do, this one decided to approach it as if it was an ad for a food that wampas could buy for their families, right down to a Tony the Tiger-style “They’re gr-r-reat!”
4 NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The most iconic scene in all of Star Wars is when Luke finds out Darth Vader is his father in The Empire Strikes Back, so of course there had to be a card for this moment in the game. But the actual execution of the card is pretty hilarious, particularly given just how many o’s are in the word “No.”
Plus, a player holding the card can cause their opponent to lose three Force if the user has answered a hypothetical question with the word “No.”
3 Freon Drevan
Freon Drevan is an interesting addition simply because characters from the Prequel Trilogy are not generally well-liked. What’s more, he’s a minor background character in The Phantom Menace who has a surprising amount if personality and backstory despite relatively limited screen time.
As it turns out, Freon was hung out to try by his business partner and became a con artist after being unable to pay his debts.
2 Joh Yowza
Like Droopy McCool, Joh Yowza is a member of the Max Rebo band who is first seen in the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi. He has slightly more backstory and character than Droopy, like how he got his name and the fact that Jabba likes him despite the fact that he hates his species.
Joh is surprisingly useful in gameplay if an opponent draws destiny, but the fact that they refer to the move he can do as “jamming” is pretty goofy.
1 Ghoel
Ghoel is interesting because it’s clear that, at some point, someone took the time to decide a lot of things about Ghoel. You see, Ghoel isn't a major character or creature in the films; he's just some weird slug thing stuck on the wall of Jabba's palace. And yet, he gets a card all to himself.
Ghoel can’t move, but he is (apparently) intelligent; it’s likely he would be of great use as a spy, since he can be stuck into a corner and ignored. Still, considering he doesn’t do much in the films besides lick C-3PO as he walks by in Return of the Jedi, it seems strange to include him as a card.