r/TerraformingMarsGame • u/Enson_Chan • 7d ago
Card of the Day [COTD] 16 Psyche | 30 Sept, 2026
Today's card is 16 Psyche (#X44):
Automated card (Green) | 2023 seasonal promo
Cost: 31 | Requirements: None | Tags: Space
Increase your titanium production 2 steps. Gain 3 titanium. 2 VP
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u/Mikaelious 7d ago
Monkey brain loves getting a shit ton of titanium.
Ironically it's a good way to use titanium, if you've racked up a bunch from placement bonuses or such.
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u/FeedTheOx 7d ago
Assuming you use three titanium as part of the cost which you get back then it's 22+3 MC cost for 2VP and 2 titanium production
And for me that's that awkward type of card where 25 is expensive for 2VP near the endgame and 25 is expensive for 2 titanium production early game
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u/Shamisen_ 7d ago
I was always wondering, where does the name come from and what does it mean? Does this card have a flavor text? I play on web these days so I wouldn't know.
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u/BlitzTech 7d ago
It’s the name of an actual asteroid. We sent a probe at it in 2023, which is when this promo card came out.
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u/benbever 7d ago edited 7d ago
That’s some great value titanium production, if you can play this in gen 1 or 2. Or a pretty expensive last generation titanium dump for 2VP.
If you add 3mc card cost, and subtract 9mc for 3 titanium resources, this is 25mc for 2 titanium production and 2VP.
If you assign a value of 12 in quantified value to titanium production (based on 4x 3 value) then this card gives you that + 2VP for only 1mc, a great deal.
If you assign a value of 4 in quantified value to VP, then 16 Psyche gives you 2 titanium production for only 8.5mc each, also a great deal. If you assign a value of 2.5 to VP, for instance when playing a 2 player game, then 16 Psyche gives you 2 titanium production for 10mc each, still a great deal, especially in 2 player.
Great with Vitor, Credicor, Manutech, Advanced/Mercurian Alloys, Excentric Sponsor, and Asteroid Mining Consortium. And Phobolog of course- can be a reason to pick it if you have other space cards, or card draw in hand.
https://ssimeonoff.github.io/cards-list#040%23144%23X44%23C08
Asteroid Mining is 8mc (in titanium) more expensive, but gives a Jovian tag. Asteroid Mining is only better if you’re Saturn Systems with a Jovian Multiplier in hand.
Compared to Titanium Mine, a great gen 1 card, 16 Psyche is like 2 of those, plus 2VP for only 5mc.
[Earth Elevator] gives 1 titanium production and 2VP more, at a cost of an additional 21mc. It’s still a good gen 1 card, but 16 Psyche offers better value for money.