Edit Node Title in Template.php
The easiest (and less expensive) way I see to do this is as follows (did not try this, but should work):


Copy node.tpl.php from the core node module (/modules/node) to your theme's folder (/sites/all/themes/).
Modify the code to display the desired title. By default the code to display the title is:

&lt;h2&lt;?php print $title_attributes; ?&gt;&gt;
  &lt;a href="&lt;?php print $node_url; ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php print $title; ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h2&gt;


can be changed to:

&lt;h2&lt;?php print $title_attributes; ?&gt;&gt;
  &lt;?php if($unique_card == 1) { ?&gt;
    &lt;a href="&lt;?php print $node_url; ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php print "*" . $title; ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;?php } else { ?&gt;
    &lt;a href="&lt;?php print $node_url; ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php print $title; ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;?php } ?&gt;
&lt;/h2&gt;


Note: I used the variable $unique_card because the comments from node.tpl.php mentions:


  Field variables: for each field instance attached to the node a corresponding
  variable is defined; for example, $node->body becomes $body. When needing to access a field's raw values, developers/themers are strongly encouraged to
  use these variables. Otherwise they will have to explicitly specify the
  desired field language; for example, $node->body['en'], thus overriding any
  language negotiation rule that was previously applied.