William Regal

REGAL STRETCH Trademark Finisher / Reversal: Submission As a maneuver, you may play the card titled Maintain Hold after this card. As a reversal, can reverse any Submission maneuver and end your opponent's turn. F: 30 D: 20 SV: 3 (Foil: Mania) Unique	COMMISSIONER REGAL'S DECREE Action You may remove any card from your opponent's Ring area and put it into his Ringside pile. Opponent must shuffle the cards in his cards in hand into his Arsenal. He then must draw the same number of cards he shuffled into his Arsenal. Opponent skips his next turn. F: 15 D: 0 (Rare: Mania) Unique
UNION JACK Grapple / Reversal: Special Can reverse any Strike maneuver or the card titled Offer Handshake and end your opponent's turn. When successfully played, opponent must discard 1 card. F: 18 D: 12 SV: 2 (Rare: Mania) Unique	I'VE BEEN BESMIRCHED! Action / Reversal: Special As an action, you may shuffle this card into your Arsenal and opponent must discard 1 card. As a reversal, when overturned from your Arsenal can reverse any Strike, Grapple, Submission or High Risk maneuver and end your opponent's turn. F: 0 D: 0 (Uncommon: Mania)
GOODWILL AMBASSADOR Action You may look at your opponent's hand and you may shuffle up to 3 cards from your Ringside pile into your Arsenal. F: 2 D: 0 (Uncommon: Mania)

UNDERRATED SUPERSTAR Pre-Match Event At the end of the Pre-Match phase, if your Superstar Value is 2 or less, draw 3 cards and add them to your starting hand. If your Superstar Value is the same as or higher than any other player, you must then discard 1 card of your choice. This card cannot be played by Tazz. F: 0 D: 0 (Rare: Backlash) Unique	SUSTAINED DAMAGE Mid-Match Reversal: Special Can only be played if your opponent plays a maneuver and you do not reverse it from your hand; does not end opponent's turn. When this card is in your Ring area, you may discard any number of cards from your hand whenever you must overturn cards from damage to reduce the damage by 2 for each card discarded. You may not discard any further cards once you have begun to overturn cards from your Arsenal. F: 0 D: 0 (Rare: Mania) Unique
CLUTCH ONTO OPPONENT Submission May only be reversed by the card titled Clean Break. The card titled Maintain Hold cannot be played after this card. F: 0 D: 1 (Common: Backlash)	APPLY ILLEGAL LEVERAGE Submission Can only be played after a successfully played Submission maneuver. When this card is played, it is considered to have the same effects (not the same damage) as the previously played Submission maneuver. If the card Maintain Hold is played after this card, refer to the previous Submission initially played. F: 3 D: 7 (Uncommon: Backlash)
CHARISMATIC STYLE Action: Face Put any non-unique Action or non-unique Maneuver card from your Ringside pile into your hand. If that is not the next card you play, then end your turn. If played by Kurt Angle, he is not restricted to selecting a non-unique card. F: 0 D: 0 (Common: Backlash)	GREAT TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE Action Draw 1 card. When this card is in your Ring area, all your Submission maneuvers are +1D. You may not have more than one Great Technical Knowledge card in your Ring area at a time. If played by Kurt Angle or Chris Benoit, submissions are instead +3D. F: 1 D: 0 (Common: Backlash)
WHO BOOKED THIS MATCH? Action: Face Playable only if your Fortitude Rating is less than your opponent's Fortitude Rating. You may either draw 2 cards or force your opponent to discard 2 cards. F: 2 D: 0 (Uncommon: Fully Loaded)	DRAWING EXTRA HEAT Action: Heel Can only be played by a Superstar with a total Superstar Value of 3 or less. You may draw 1 card; your opponent must discard 1 card and then put the top card of his Arsenal into his Ringside pile. F: 3 D: 0 (Uncommon: Backlash)
COMMISSION-ER RULES! Action Look at your opponent's hand. If you find any Reversal cards you may choose 1 and your opponent must discard the card chosen. F: 4 D: 0 (Common: Fully Loaded/Survivor Series)	ENTER THE STRATUS-PHERE Action When successfully played, opponent must take the top 2 cards from his Arsenal and put them into his Ringside pile. At the start of your turn, before your draw segment, once per turn you may discard 1 card and your opponent must take the top 2 cards from his Arsenal and put them into his Ringside pile. F: 10 D: 0 (Rare: Fully Loaded/Survivor Series)

In The Ring: William Regal was the Commissioner of the WWF for quite some time, able to wield political power backstage; but in the ring, he has always been a crafty competitor, able to pull clever tactics unexpectedly.

In The Game: Regal's ability allows you to, once per turn, grab one of 6 cards from your deck.

Using All Foils/Uniques: The Trademark Finisher, Regal Stretch, is the standard for Submission-style TMFs (like Walls Of Jericho or Crippler Crossface), though it's ability to reverse Submissions can be a pleasant boost. Commissioner Regal's Decree is a great Action for getting rid of an annoying card, as well as scrambling your opponent's hand, and cost them a turn. Union Jack is fantastic as a good maneuver, a good reversal, and a total shock when you catch someone trying to Offer Handshake! I've Been Besmirched! is a great overturned reversal with an additional discard effect when used as an Action, especially once you use all 3 of them. And finally, Goodwill Ambassador makes a handy little pair of Action abilities - peeking at your opponent's hand while getting some recovery, not restricted by Right To Censor or Two-Man Power Trip.

Using Some/No Foils/Uniques: If your deck has a low-Fortitude benchmark, Stretch can be left out, as can Union Jack - most people won't play Handshake once you hit 18F anyway! Decree is an excellent card (especially against Christian!), unless your decks functions below 15F, keep this one around. Also worth keeping are all 3 copies of Ambassador and Besmirched - they're low in Fortitude and have excellent uses!

Deck Ideas: Regal's foils give him quite a selection of style to play. For example, you could use High Risk after a Clutch/Leverage chain, or use several Commission-ers to clean their hand of reversals to make sure the set-up maneuver goes through. Another idea is to use Enter The Stratus-Phere to use the extra card you draw each turn and burn your opponent's deck, perhaps enhanced by cards like Daddy's Little Girl and Backed By Stephanie McMahon. A discard theme is also possible, with Commissioners on tap and use of key cards.

Recommended Stipulations: If you go Heel, No DQ can prevent a pesky Disqualification or having Hebner interfere. However, Duchess Of Queensbury might be a good choice, and not just for Hell In A Cell defense - it gives an extra kick to Regal, who recovers 1/5th of his deck!

Watch Out For: J.R. Style Slobber-Knocker can hurt your deck by stopping 5 of the 6 cards Regal can retrieve - consider using Indian Strap Match (since you draw another card to discard with whatever you use) or carrying Money Talks, BS Walks.

How I Play: My plan for Regal is to absorb a lot of damage using Over Sell Maneuver, I've Been Besmirched, and Sustained Damage while building Fortitude with Submissions - the choice is, do you Turn The Tide into a big maneuver after clearing their hand using Besmirched and Who Booked This Match?, or do you launch an attack with Clutch/Leverage barrage after clearing their hand of Clean Break and Strangle Hold with Commission-er Rules?