When WizKids revealed giant crabs as a new ship type for Pirates: At Ocean's Edge, I got all excited and bought a bunch of packs. And, of course, I did not pull a single crab. Turns out there's only three of them. So I ordered them all at a very good price from Strike Zone Online, the only singles joint I ever bother with these days.

I also bought two of the three giant sharks (I already had one of them.) The sharks aren't as visual as the crabs, but they do eat every crew member on a ship should they successfully perform a boarding party.

Since I already have plenty of sea serpents, krakens - and both of the super-sized sea dragons - I now have a full assortment of Pirates monstrosities. Has WizKids strayed from the more-or-less historically accurate sets of Pirates past? You think?

And isn't it kind of lame that the latest Pirates set is called "At Ocean's Edge" and the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie is called "At World's End"?

I also bought some forts (who cares; nobody uses forts) and some subs, since I missed out on all the subs back in the dopey Mysterious Islands set.

Happily, all of those wrappers from my crab hunting days came into good use. I mailed them in for the new 10-master gihugic ship, the Zeus. (One of WizKids' ridiculously complicated free offers... but this one is at least attainable because you don't need to collect a set of random "secret message" inserts.) Turns out the Zeus is actually a storyline "repaint" of the previous 10-master, the Baochuan. Turns out Pirates has a story now. Oh boy. Remember when that killed Magic?