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Transformers Trading Card Game

After the launch of the War for Cybertron Trilogy in toy form, its character models and design sensibilities soon filtered into other Transformers media, first with the 2019 ongoing comic book and later with the Netflix-original cartoon on the horizon. It's no surprise, then, that Wizards of the Coast's Transformers Trading Card Game also adopted some of War for Cybertron's conventions, beginning with its third wave, entitled "War for Cybertron: Siege I". While broadly following the same ranking system as the toyline, the card game has its own idiosyncrasies: for starters, the actual insignias are not used, and while each character receives a division and rank, units are usually absent. Each character also receives a function; for example, Optimus Prime's Siege I card is named "General Optimus Prime – Infantry · Leader", where "Leader" is his function.

Siege I Autobots

	Infantry	Medical	Engineering	Special Ops	Artillery
General	Optimus Prime
Major	Prowl Ultra Magnus
Captain	Ironhide		Wheeljack	Elita-1
Sergeant	Hound			Chromia Overdrive	Cog
Private	Red Heat Sideswipe Stakeout Trailbreaker	Red Alert		Arcee Camshaft Downshift Mudslinger Tote	Flak Top Shot Ground Command:^[1] Firedrive Lionizer Smashdown Air Command:^[1] Pteraxadon
Specialist			Ratchet

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 In what is going to become a recurring theme for Battle Masters, the cards for Firedrive, Lionizer, Pteraxadon, and Smashdown all use a "division · unit" layout instead of the standard "unit · function". Since all four have the "function" of "Artillery", this table has elected to put them in the Artillery unit.

Siege I Decepticons

	Infantry	Espionage	Applied Sciences	Black Ops	Weapons	"Air Force"^[1]
General	Megatron
Major		Soundwave	Shockwave
Captain	Starscream
Sergeant	Skrapnel			Sparkstalker Skywarp
Raider	Detour Ion Storm Road Hugger Runabout Runamuck Storm Cloud Visper	Laserbeak Ravage		Cindersaur Flamefeather	Ground Force:^[2] Nightstick Air Force:^[2] Aimless Blowpipe	Needlenose^[1] Triggerhappy^[1]
Specialist				Flamewar

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The cards for Needlenose and Triggerhappy list "Air Force" as their unit, when it usually considered a division. Unlike the Battle Masters, their functions do not concretely correspond to a proper unit: Needlenose's function is "Soldier", while Triggerhappy's is "Gunner".
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 As with the Autobot Battle Masters, the cards for Aimless, Blowpipe, and Nightstick list their division "Ground" or "Air Force" as their unit and the unit "Weapons" as the character's function.

The fourth wave of the card game expanded the roster with "War for Cybertron: Siege II". As with the toyline, the importance of the ranking system saw a decline, introducing many inconsistencies with the units and divisions that came before it. Siege II also introduced the Mercenary faction in advance of the Earthrise toyline; none of the Mercenaries made use of the ranking system.

Siege II Autobots

	Infantry	Engineering	Special Ops	Artillery	Transport	Other units
General						Optimus Prime^[1]
Major
Captain		Jetfire	Impactor		Omega Supreme
Sergeant			Mirage Springer	Crosshairs Six-Gun
Private	Hot Rod		Greenlight Smokescreen	Ground Command:^[2] Dazzlestrike		Battle Patrol:^[3] Sidetrack, Sunrunner Off-Road Patrol:^[3] Highjump^[4], Powertrain Rescue Patrol:^[3] Fixit^[5], Seawatch Ground Command · Advance Guard:^[6] Vanguard Air Command · Evac:^[6] Turbo Board
Specialist			Sandstorm

↑ Optimus Prime's card completely omits any kind of unit, calling him only "General Optimus Prime · Galactic Commander", representing his "Galaxy Upgrade" toy. As such, we can confirm that he is a general, and infer that he is in the Space division, but any choice of unit would be speculative.
↑ Another Siege Battle Master, Dazzlestrike's division and unit are misrepresented as their unit and function respectively.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 The previous wave had placed Micromaster characters into various suitable units; this wave instead replaces the units with individual Micromaster Patrols.
↑ Though we don't have a proper unit for many of these Micromasters, Highjump's function is "Infiltration", one only previously used by Autobots in the Special Ops unit.
↑ Similarly, Fixit's function is "Medic", suggesting a connection to the Medical unit.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 These two Battle Master cards do not originate from the Siege toyline; rather, Vanguard and Turbo Board are reimagined Action Master partners. Instead of giving their unit/function, or even their division/unit like previous Battle Masters, Vanguard and Turbo Board get the combination of division/function, meaning they cannot be concretely placed into a unit. If nothing else, Vanguard's function of "Advance Guard" is shared with Specialist Sandstorm.

Siege II Decepticons

	Infantry	Espionage	Special Ops^[1]	Weapons / Artillery^[2]	Transport	Other units
General
Major
Captain					Astrotrain^[3]
Sergeant	Barricade Thundercracker			Soundblaster
Raider	Chop Shop Kickback Nova Storm Spinister	Apeface	Skytread^[1]	Brunt Air Force:^[2] Caliburst Sights		Air Strike Patrol:^[4] Nightflight, Tailwind Sports Car Patrol:^[4] Blackjack, Hyperdrive Spy Patrol:^[4] Ratbat, Rumble Ground Force · Demolitions:^[5] Needler

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Skytread is the only Special Ops Decepticon in Siege II... and, in fact, the only Special Ops Decepticon ever, as the rest of them use the more sinister appellation "Black Ops".
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 At the risk of repeating ourselves, the Battle Masters Caliburst and Sights list the "Air Force" division as their unit. Sights is also listed as being "Artillery", which is the Autobot name for the "Weapons" unit.
↑ A lot like the Battle Masters, Astrotrain's card lists "Space Force" as his unit, with "Transport" as his function. We've put him in the Transport unit.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Just like the with the Autobots, the Decepticon Micromasters in this wave are organised into patrols instead of units.
↑ Needler follows the pattern set by Vanguard and Turbo Board in that he is given a division and function, but no unit.

Cards with no rank

Discounting the deliberately rankless Mercenaries, only two characters ended up with no place in the military structure: noted non-combatant Alpha Trion, and a variant of Megatron that drops his "General" and "Infantry" titles for the more evocative "Lord Megatron – Conqueror of Cybertron".

Autobots

Decepticons

Mercenaries

Siege I

Alpha Trion

Siege II

Lord Megatron –
Conqueror of Cybertron

Siege II

[artillerycommand-1] 1.0 ^1.1 In what is going to become a recurring theme for Battle Masters, the cards for Firedrive, Lionizer, Pteraxadon, and Smashdown all use a "division · unit" layout instead of the standard "unit · function". Since all four have the "function" of "Artillery", this table has elected to put them in the Artillery unit.

[needlenose-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The cards for Needlenose and Triggerhappy list "Air Force" as their unit, when it usually considered a division. Unlike the Battle Masters, their functions do not concretely correspond to a proper unit: Needlenose's function is "Soldier", while Triggerhappy's is "Gunner".

[artilleryforce-3] 2.0 ^2.1 As with the Autobot Battle Masters, the cards for Aimless, Blowpipe, and Nightstick list their division "Ground" or "Air Force" as their unit and the unit "Weapons" as the character's function.

[4] Optimus Prime's card completely omits any kind of unit, calling him only "General Optimus Prime · Galactic Commander", representing his "Galaxy Upgrade" toy. As such, we can confirm that he is a general, and infer that he is in the Space division, but any choice of unit would be speculative.

[5] Another Siege Battle Master, Dazzlestrike's division and unit are misrepresented as their unit and function respectively.

[micromasterii-6] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 The previous wave had placed Micromaster characters into various suitable units; this wave instead replaces the units with individual Micromaster Patrols.

[7] Though we don't have a proper unit for many of these Micromasters, Highjump's function is "Infiltration", one only previously used by Autobots in the Special Ops unit.

[8] Similarly, Fixit's function is "Medic", suggesting a connection to the Medical unit.

[actionmaster-9] 6.0 ^6.1 These two Battle Master cards do not originate from the Siege toyline; rather, Vanguard and Turbo Board are reimagined Action Master partners. Instead of giving their unit/function, or even their division/unit like previous Battle Masters, Vanguard and Turbo Board get the combination of division/function, meaning they cannot be concretely placed into a unit. If nothing else, Vanguard's function of "Advance Guard" is shared with Specialist Sandstorm.

[skytread-10] 1.0 ^1.1 Skytread is the only Special Ops Decepticon in Siege II... and, in fact, the only Special Ops Decepticon ever, as the rest of them use the more sinister appellation "Black Ops".

[sights-11] 2.0 ^2.1 At the risk of repeating ourselves, the Battle Masters Caliburst and Sights list the "Air Force" division as their unit. Sights is also listed as being "Artillery", which is the Autobot name for the "Weapons" unit.

[12] A lot like the Battle Masters, Astrotrain's card lists "Space Force" as his unit, with "Transport" as his function. We've put him in the Transport unit.

[decepmm-13] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Just like the with the Autobots, the Decepticon Micromasters in this wave are organised into patrols instead of units.

[14] Needler follows the pattern set by Vanguard and Turbo Board in that he is given a division and function, but no unit.

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+Discounting the deliberately rankless Mercenaries, only two characters ended up with no place in the military structure: noted non-combatant Alpha Trion, and a variant of Megatron that drops his "General" and "Infantry" titles for the more evocative "Lord Megatron – Conqueror of Cybertron".
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