Atlas of the Transformers Universe

In a recent post, Wizards of the Coast teased locations as a possible feature in future sets.  How would these things work?  Well, the thing about a location is, I think both sides would have to be there, in order to fight each other.  So, perhaps each player picks a location and the venue changes each round.  I'm guessing they would have stars attached to them, but some of them might not if they could help both sides equally.  Below is a my Atlas to the Transformers Universe, a guide to some Transformers locations that hopefully could find their way into the game. I am most familiar with G1, so most locations come from that source:

Earth Locations

The Ark

 

What is it: The Ark is the spaceship the Autobots used to escape Cybertron.  After it crashed landed on Earth, it served as their base.

Source: Gen1 Cartoon

What it could do: Boosting teams of Autobots in some way, since it is their home base. 

Autobot City

What is it: The Autobots' base on Earth was the location for one of the epic battles in Transformers the Movie.  Starscream shot his own foot, Springer had better things to do than die, and all the cassettes got to face off.  When I was a kid, I thought it was Metroplex, but while it kind of transforms, Autobot City seems to just be a base.  

Source: Transformers the Movie

What it could do: It would be fun if Devastator got some sort of bonus to make him more useful, since he tore it to shreds. This would be nuts and game breaking, but maybe when you are on your last character, you can bring Optimus Prime in from outside the game (or your sideboard) and he gets some attack to save the day and then he dies.

The Golden Lagoon

What is it: I pitched this in my Most Wanted Generation 1 Characters article.  Beachcomber found a golden lagoon filled with Electrum, which had the effect of temporarily making Transformers invincible.

Source: Gen1 episode, The Golden Lagoon

What it could do: Temporarily block damage, perhaps for one character on each side.

Space Bridge

What is it: In the Gen1 Cartoon, the Space Bridge is the key element in Megatron's plans. It allows him to send energon back to Shockwave on Cybertron.  It is through the space bridge that we get most of our glimpses of Cybertron. Optimus used it to go save his long lost love interest Elita-1 (which became its own theme deck)

Source: Gen1 cartoon

What it could do: The Space Bridge was used to transport stuff across long distances. It could allow you to swap out cards in your deck for cards in your sideboard, which could allow you to adapt your deck based on your opponent.  Or you could use it to transport the battle to a new location (which you might want to do depending on what your opponent has).  Since it takes energon to power the bridge, maybe to trigger it, you need to lose a health point.

Sherman Dam

What is it: The site of the first epic battle between Prime and Megatron.  While I don't recall seeing it again, it showed the Mace/Axe weapons.
Source: Gen1 episode, More than Meets the Eye, Part 2.
What it could do: Two bots start with a weapon and slug it out one on one until one is beaten, regardless of who is tapped/stealth/brave.  They'd probably have to be the similar star totals to be fair.

Dinobot Island

What is it: Robot dinosaurs were not enough for the Transformers cartoon.  Bumblebee and Powerglide found an island full of extinct creatures, including dinosaurs.  When the Dinobots went to the island, they dug it.
Source: Gen1 episodes, Dinobot Island 1 and 2
What it could do: Dinobots need some help to be playable, and the Jurassic Punch stratagem didn't really help.  They would get some sort of bonus at this location.

Arctic Circle

What is it: It's the arctic circle, man!  But in Transformers, it is important because that's where Jetfire (aka Skyfire) was found, having been encased in the ice (memorialized in my deck, Fire in the Sky).
Source: Gen1 episode, Fire in the Sky
What it could do: Since he was thawed out, then ended up back in the ice, and then got thawed out again, this location could give Jetfire some sort of bonus.  It would be a very specific card, but so far, we do have two Jetfire cards so it could be useful.

Britain, 542 A.D.


What is it: Warpath, Hoist and a bunch of Decepticons (mostly seekers) were transported back in time to Britain in 543 A.D.  This bonkers episode featured Rumble riding Ramjet in a jousting tourney.
Source: G1 episode, A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court
What it could do: I'll leave it up to the genius developers, but some bonus for Warpath would be nice. Or we could get really wonky and benefit Rumble and Ramjet, to commemorate their entry in the jousting tourney.

Surface of the Moon

What is it: From time to time Transformers have been on the moon (especially if you followed the live action movies.
Source: Setting aside the movies for a minute, in the Japanese Super-God Masterforce series episode, Showdown on the Surface of the Moon, God Ginrai and BlackZarak (two dudes I have no idea about) were having a showdown ... on the surface of the moon. This is really just a way to show off that I've heard about the Japanese only series.
What it could do: If these dudes ever make it into the game, they'd love it here.

Cade Yeager's Barn

What is it: In the live action movies, Cade Yeager found a transformer, which caused him to say "I think we just found a Transformer."
Source: Transformers, Age of Extinction
What it could do: Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.

Planets

Junkion

What is it: Junkion is the Junk Planet Wreck-Gar and the Junkions call home.  It's basically a big planet of trash. 

Source: Transformers the Movie

What it could do: Seems like a great place to scrounge some upgrades from the scrap pile.

Quintessa

What is it: Home of the evil Quintessons and Sharkticons, this planet has large bodies of water.

Source: Transformers the Movie.  Hot Rod, Kup, and the dinobots crash landed on the planet

What it could do: This is where Kup said Ba Weep Grana Weep Nini Bong.  I don't know how, but they gotta work that in. More importantly, if I get my wish to add characters from the movie, it could provide a bonus for Sharkticons and Quintessons.

Chaar

What is it: Chaar is the planet the Decepticons retreated to when they lost Cybertron.

Source: Transformers G1, The Five Faces of Darkness. It also appeared in the Headmasters cartoon series.

What it could do: Give a bonus to all-Decepticon teams.

Nebulos

What is it: Nebulos is a planet where organic aliens with mind control or something ... ah it's terribly complicated. Basically, Transformers crashed there and teamed up with the residents to form headmasters and target masters. Somehow this teamwork was effective, so the Decepticons did the same thing.  Characters like Arcana and Stylor were introduced this way.
Source: Gen1, season 4 (The Rebirth)
What it could do: This location could give headmasters and battle masters a bonus.  Perhaps making it harder to knock off battle masters or giving them a +1 attack bonus.

Cybertron Locations

Iacon: 

What is it: The center of Autobot territory on Cybertron.

Source: Iacon appears in many Transformers media, including the Generation 1 cartoon, Marvel Comics (in which Iacon was Cybertron's capital) and the IDW comic series.

What it could do: Give bonus to all-Autobot teams.

Crystal City

What is it: Omega Supreme was the guardian of this city, along with the Constructicons, who helped build it.  The Constructicons got turned into Decepticons and they tricked Omega into leaving. When he did, they destroyed the city, earning Omega's enduring hate.
Source: Gen1 episode, The Secret of Omega Supreme (which I used for another theme deck)
What it could do: Give a bonus to Omega Supreme, which could make the Loot Crate Promo Omega card more useful...I mean useful at all.  One way would be to slightly raise the star cap if autobot characters are added, to make Omega fit with more partners.  This location could also provide a bonus to the Constructicons. Or, they could have the ability to destroy it, removing it's bonus to Omega.

Unicron's Head

What is it: After he got destroyed in Transformers the Movie, Unicron's head became a de facto moon of Cybertron.

Source: Transformers Season 3. Fun Fact, Unicron was voiced by Orson Welles. 

What it could do: Starscream's ghost reactivated Unicron's head and made a deal with him to bring him back to life (and of course double crossed him).  This location could pull an I Still Function with King Starscream, which is very specific, but could be powerful enough to make Starscream Decepticon King playable.

Moonbase Two

What is it: In Transformers the Movie, Cybertron's moons served as the Autobot staging grounds.
Source: Transformers the Movie
What it could do: Give you a chance to say "Jazz to Moonbase Two" and "Any Decepticon Shenanigans in your area?"