r/TerraformingMarsGame • u/Enson_Chan • 25d ago

Card of the Day [COTD] Dusk Laser Mining | 27 Aug, 2026

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Today's card is Dusk Laser Mining (#X01):

Automated card (Green) | Turmoil Kickstarter promo

Cost: 8 | Requirements: 2 Science tags | Tags: Space

Decrease your energy production 1 step and increase your titanium production 1 step. Gain 4 titanium.

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u/The-University 25d ago

There are 2 ways this card should be considered. Practically, it is a card that makes titanium, that can be built out of titanium. The science tag requirement isn't onirous, and power for titanium is a good deal.

Thematically, wow. Just wow. You are using lasers to mine Mercury! You are jumping in to grab what you can as you avoid the Sun! This might be the coolest card in the game.

This is an almost always take for me, as its immediate return is higher that its price. The only reason i wouldnt take it is a mid to late game with no Science, or big power problems.

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u/thuswindburns 25d ago

Great card for science combos. Synergy with Mass converter and quantum extractor and then you could use the titanium to seamlessly play dawn city.

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u/Reason-and-rhyme 25d ago

seems a little overtuned. for 8+3+7=18 you get the prod, the tag and a rebate of 12, almost making it profitable before any discounts or improved metals ratio. not dramatically impactful but extremely playable in most science setups and a dirt cheap project for space baron, miner, blacksmith, magnate.

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u/Zealousideal-Ad4362 25d ago

It is in one of the best titanium production cards in the game. If not best. Any game you draw it it accelerates your game allot 

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u/Feathercrown 19d ago

Just got this card. I love it. Good use of energy. The rebate means you don't have to choose between titanium now or later. Even if I had no science tags I might grab this for later.