McDohl (CS card 001)

McDohl (マクドール, Makudōru) is a Mastermind-class character card from the Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG. It is part of the Booster Pack Vol.1 expansion and is the card numbered 001, the first card in the series.

Release Information
This card was first released as card number 001 in the original Starter Box & Booster Pack Vol.1 release with artwork by Kawano Junko. It was a Booster Pack Vol.1 card, card number 001 in that set.

This card was later remade for Genso Suikoden Card Stories Chapter II's Remake Booster expansion as CS2-375/R001 with updated artwork and card text to better reflect its abilities and the changes in the game between the original Genso Suikoden Card Stories and Chapter II.

For Genso Suikoden Card Stories Chapter II purposes, its CS2-375/R001 card text is considered an erratum to the card text listed here, regardless of if a player is using the original or remake card in their actual deck. There are no real differences between the different versions of this card in terms of play, however.

Card Text
This Mastermind card holds an ongoing, passive ability. Once per game, if the player were to have exhausted their deck, normally a game-ending situation, the empty deck and discard pile of the player will be switched, effectively doubling their deck size to 100 cards.

This ability can help the viability of deck types that focus on rapid discarding or searching for particular cards to play.

Game Boy Advance
The McDohl card is also card 001 in the Genso Suikoden Card Stories video game for the Game Boy Advance. Its abilities are identical to the real card and can be obtained by defeating Flik in the Nearby Forest.

Card 224 is a video game-only glitter Leader version of this card with different stats from the later released Leader-type McDohl cards. Card 237 is a game-only glitter version of the Mastermind-type card and grants ATK +1 and CON +1 to all Third Force cards on the field when played. This cards can be purchased for 9,920 potch from Lorelai at the Cave of the Wind.