# What is the best God card in Julius Caesar (Columbia Games)?

> Seven gods on seven cards. A few can swing a whole campaign, others only pay off in the right corner of the map.

*By YPB Team · Published October 31, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-god-card-in-julius-caesar-columbia-games*

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1. **Apollo**
   Copies the card your opponent played last turn, event cards included, exactly as they played it.
2. **Jupiter**
   Makes one enemy block next to a friendly city defect to your side, one step weaker; leaders and navis never switch.
3. **Mars**
   A surprise attack: every attacking block in one battle fires before any defender in the first combat round.
4. **Mercury**
   Lets the blocks of one group move one extra city, in any direction you like.
5. **Neptune**
   The naval Mars: your ships fire first in a sea battle or a shore attack.
6. **Pluto**
   Raises the road limits for one group move, so a far bigger army can pour into a single battle.
7. **Vulcan**
   Knocks one step off every block in a chosen city, and anything already at strength one, leaders included, is gone.

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