Kitchen Nightmares - Patch #47

Team Horizon

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Jul 01, 2020

This week is overflowing with new units as well as some new animations for Wither that we’ve been brewing. We hope you enjoy the new flavor! At the end of the day though, we know it always boils down to the cards, for which we have 177 changes! Have it while it’s hot πŸ₯£

Changes βš™οΈ

  • We added a new Feedback form to the options/settings menu. To help make us aware of any good/bad moments you experience (like pesky bugs). We will continue to improve this feature in the coming months!

New Art 🎨

  • Five new units added to the game including Chester, Casket, Xero, Homebrew, and Toll Bell! Try to guess which name belongs to who!

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Cards

A sizable balance patch, using the closed beta time while we have it. Swapping some effects around for better thematic matches. Heart has been weak. Some changes omitted, such as template or name only.

Hush - Give target unit Silence.

Demon Pact - Kill ally units. Summon The Beast.

Grave Omen - Dust your top dead unit to give target unit -3/-3.

Steel Shield -

Jacko - Death: Both players draw a low-cost dark spell onto their hero.

Bit - Sunrise: Swaps power and health.

Spiderella - Glory: Give the enemy hero Dazed.

Grime - Glory: Give enemy units -1 Power.

Volcanic Blast - Dust the top three cards of both graves to do 3 Damage to each unit. Give units Flames if fire was dusted.

Fury Mask - Your hero fights target unit. If lethal, give ally units +1 Power.

Extinction Event - Do damage to each unit equal to its cost.

Enfuego - Your fire and light spells do 1 Damage more.

Chester - Death: Draw two spells.

Casket - Death: Draw a unit. Give it Fate and reveal it. Trigger its death effects.

Xero - Death: Dust the enemy's top two dead cards.

Homebrew - Summon & Death: Both players draw a 1 cost card.

Redwood - Sunrise: Spend 1 mana to get +1/+1.

Toll Bell - When the enemy overdraws their hand, do 1 Damage to a random enemy.

Nightmare - Inspire Spell: Gets +2/-2.

Alight (424)

Alight - Draw a low-cost light card. Reveal it and spells in the enemy hand.

    Text: Draw a low-cost light spell onto your hero. Reveal spells in the enemy hand. ➞ Draw a low-cost light card. Reveal it and spells in the enemy hand.

    Keywords: banner ➞ None

Opening up the draw to any light card. Banner nerf now that the draw is to hand.


Desire (648)

Desire - Summon: Gets -1 Power for each card in your deck.

    Power: 10 ➞ 9

    Health: 10 ➞ 9

Unbuffed.


Twist & Turn (716)

Twist & Turn - Dust target unit. That player draws a unit into play of its element. Give it Dazed.

    Cost: 5 ➞ 4

    Text: Dust each unit. Both players draw a unit into play of each element they dusted. Give each Dazed. ➞ Dust target unit. That player draws a unit into play of its element. Give it Dazed.

Making it harder to mass Daze this patch. The mass dusting was also doing work.


Egoize ➞ Meme (552)

Meme - Dust your hand. Draw a spell for each card in the enemy hand.

    Text: Dust your hand. Conjure a card for each card in the enemy hand. ➞ Dust your hand. Draw a spell for each card in the enemy hand.

Another rework to get some consistency back, though it's still an odd way to refill your hand.


Toil & Trouble (1003)

Toil & Trouble - Do 1 Damage to a target and the characters next to it.

    Text: Do 1 Damage to enemy units. If lethal, give ally units +1 Power. ➞ Do 1 Damage to a target and the characters next to it.

    Keywords: None ➞ wither

Testing another adjacency mechanic. I don't want too much of it, as I prefer focusing on which unit to play over where to place it. However, the natural order of units - other/stealth/hero/guard - may create some healthy adjacency design space.


Mootichi (670)

Mootichi - Inspire Spell: Draw a high-cost unit of the spell's cost or less into play.

    Text: Inspire Spell: Draw a high-cost unit that costs less than the spell into play. ➞ Inspire Spell: Draw a high-cost unit of the spell's cost or less into play.

    Health: 5 ➞ 4

Former glory restored, can now find units of matching cost.


Luna (1109)

Luna - Sunset: Gets +1/+1 if an enemy is sleeping.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 4

    Text: Summon: Conjure an enemy spell onto this unit. Give it -1 cost. ➞ Sunset: Gets +1/+1 if an enemy is sleeping.

    Keywords: stealth ➞ lifesteal

    Prism: int ➞ wis

    Health: 3 ➞ 4

    Spell: None ➞ Twist & Turn

Redesigned for dazed synergy, and this patch expands on the sleeping mechanic.


Gear Grind (820)

Gear Grind - Damage target unit equal to the size of your hand. Give metal cards in your hand -1 cost. Mulligan your hand.

    Text: Damage target unit equal to the size of your hand. Mulligan your hand. ➞ Damage target unit equal to the size of your hand. Give metal cards in your hand -1 cost. Mulligan your hand.

Expanding on elemental cost reduction, similar to Head in the Clouds.


Mechabun (1038)

Mechabun - Sunrise: Dust your top dead metal card to get +1/+1.

    Text: Summon: Draw a metal unit. ➞ Sunrise: Dust your top dead metal card to get +1/+1.

Trying an additional dusting cost for some metal mechanics, along with the Gear Grind buff. Heavy Cavalry took the metal draw.


Glitter (1013)

Glitter - Glory: Conjure a 1 cost enemy spell.

    Text: Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead spell to give their hero Dazed. ➞ Glory: Conjure a 1 cost enemy spell.

Reworked to be less of a lock-out. (Spiderella got the old effect, up the curve.)


Seer's Mask (35)

Seer's Mask - Get 1 mana. Mulligan your hand.

    Text: Get 2 mana. Mulligan your hand. ➞ Get 1 mana. Mulligan your hand.

The nerfs to 0c cards will continue until morale improves. I'm not sure if Seer's Mask will survive as a playable card, but this nerfed version will likely show up more as an attachment.


Turn the Tide (829)

Turn the Tide - Both players return their hand to their deck and draw five. If your mana is empty, get 5 mana.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 5

    Text: Both players return their hand to their deck and draw five. Give your hero Vapors. ➞ Both players return their hand to their deck and draw five. If your mana is empty, get 5 mana.

Changing up the spice, and free is spicy.


Take Flight (461)

Take Flight - Return target sleeping unit to hand. Give it Silence.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 3

    Text: Return target sleeping unit to hand. ➞ Return target sleeping unit to hand. Give it Silence.

A few bounce spells are getting bumped from 2c to 3c, that seems to be the sweet spot.


Voodoo Doll (1071)

Voodoo Doll - Give target enemy unit Hex. Summon a copy as 0/1 with Fate.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Text: Give target enemy unit Hex. Summon a copy as 1/1 with Fate. ➞ Give target enemy unit Hex. Summon a copy as 0/1 with Fate.

Pushing a card with a low winrate. I'm hesitant to push stealing effects too far, so we'll see.


Suit Up (1163)

Suit Up - Draw a unit. Give it Lead and +3/+3.

    Text: Give target unit Lead and +2/+2. ➞ Draw a unit. Give it Lead and +3/+3.

New simple buff effect. Old effect went to Twisted Metal.


Twisted Metal (626)

Twisted Metal - Give target enemy unit -1/-3 and Lead, or give target ally +3/+1 and Lead.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Text: Give target enemy unit -3/-3 or target metal ally +3/+3. ➞ Give target enemy unit -1/-3, or target ally unit +3/+1. Give it Lead.

Reworked to be more efficient and versatile.


Apollo (1167)

Apollo - Sunrise: Gains Shield if an enemy card is revealed.

    Text: Play: Fights target enemy unit. Give it Blind. ➞ Sunrise: Gains Shield if an enemy card is revealed.

    Prism: int ➞ wis

    Power: 2 ➞ 3

    Spell: Shield ➞ Barrier

Reworked for more reveal synergy, and I like the combo of Barrier with Sunrise Shield.


Eye Spider (1150)

Eye Spider - Summon: Give target sleeping enemy Dazed.

    Text: Summon: Give sleeping enemies Dazed. ➞ Summon: Give target sleeping enemy Dazed.

    Keywords: wither ➞ guard,wither

    Health: 3 ➞ 4

Another rework to be less of a mass Daze.


Clapback (641)

Clapback - Do 2 Damage to the back enemy, the front enemy, and the enemy hero.

    Text: Give your hero Shield. Do 2 Damage to the back enemy, the front enemy, and the enemy hero. ➞ Do 2 Damage to the back enemy, the front enemy, and the enemy hero.

Nerf and simplify.


Shredder (1085)

Shredder - Play: Fights target enemy unit.

    Text: Play: Your hero fights target enemy unit. ➞ Play: Fights target enemy unit.

Simple rework as another expression of fast units. Old effect went to Fury Mask.


Coffin Moth (717)

Coffin Moth - Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead unit to summon Zomboid. Ready it.

    Keywords: stealth ➞ stealth,wither

    Power: 2 ➞ 1

    Spell: None ➞ Barrier

Spiced up, and lowering the overall hero damage.


Cosmicon (1020)

Cosmicon - Your hero gets +1 Health more from healing effects.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 4

    Text: Heroes can't attack. ➞ Your hero gets +1 Health more from healing effects.

    Keywords: stealth ➞ lifesteal

    Power: 2 ➞ 1

    Health: 2 ➞ 6

    Spell: Barrier ➞ Sanctuary

Redesigned as heal synergy.


Krakus (962)

Krakus - Sunset: If you have no mana, do 2 Damage to the front and back enemy.

    Power: 4 ➞ 3

Small nerf to damage output.


Stir the Kraken (1067)

Stir the Kraken - Draw a water unit. Do damage to target unit equal to your mana.

    Text: Draw a high-cost water unit. Do damage to target unit equal to your mana. ➞ Draw a water unit. Do damage to target unit equal to your mana.

Simplified, not every draw needs to be low/high cost.


Bathe (1015)

Bathe - Give a target Vapors. Give the characters next to it Mana Potion.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Text: Give allies with attachments Vapors. Give other allies Mana Potion. ➞ Give a target Vapors. Give the characters next to it Mana Potion.

Another rework, playing with ally adjacency.


Flashbang (659)

Flashbang - Death: Give a random enemy Blind.

    Text: Death: Give the front enemy Blind. ➞ Death: Give a random enemy Blind.

Changing from front to random should be a nerf, since it's easier to stop the Blind from getting on your hero.


Cobalt (939)

Cobalt - Summon: Draw a metal spell onto this unit.

    Text: Summon: Draw a low-cost metal spell onto this unit. ➞ Summon: Draw a metal spell onto this unit.

    Health: 2 ➞ 3

Nerfing the consistency of the effect to buff the stats.


Angler (1089)

Angler - Summon: If you have no mana, draw a low-cost water spell onto this unit.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Keywords: guard ➞ None

    Power: 3 ➞ 2

    Health: 3 ➞ 4

Down the curve with more efficient stats.


Forest Fire (80)

Forest Fire - Do 3 Damage to each unit. For each killed, its hero summons Elderwood with Flames.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Prism: int ➞ hrt

Unnerfed due to winrate.


Steady Shot (1081)

Steady Shot - Do 8 Damage to target unit.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 4

    Text: Do 3 Damage to target sleeping unit, or 5 Damage to target awake unit. ➞ Do 8 Damage to target unit.

Simple redesign.


Meranda (857)

Meranda - Summon: Give enchanted allies Vapors.

    Text: Play: Give target character Vapors. ➞ Summon: Give enchanted allies Vapors.

    Keywords: None ➞ guard

More enchant synergy and counterplay.


Magnanimous (1062)

Magnanimous - Summon: Give mind cards in your hand and deck -1 cost.

    Cost: 7 ➞ 6

    Text: Summon: Give spells and mind units in your hand and deck -1 cost. ➞ Summon: Give mind cards in your hand and deck -1 cost.

Narrowed the cost reduction to focus on role as elemental booster.


Draco (1136)

Draco - Summon: Ready this unit if a deck or grave is empty.

    Text: Summon: Ready this unit if a deck is empty. ➞ Summon: Ready this unit if a deck or grave is empty.

Spiced up. This patch features more grave dusting, maybe it's possible.


Bauble (940)

Bauble - Death: Draw a 2 cost card.

    Text: Summon: Draw a low-cost air spell onto this unit. ➞ Death: Draw a 2 cost card.

Reworked as a 2c tool. Lau Sensei picked up the old effect.


Sunson (1107)

Sunson - Sunrise: Reveal a random card in the enemy hand.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Keywords: lifesteal ➞ stealth

    Health: 4 ➞ 3

Bumped down the curve, to try Godlike at a more accessible cost.


Trident True (1001)

Trident True - Sunset: Gets Mana Potion if you have no mana.

    Text: Sunset: Gets Mana Potion and guard if you have no mana. ➞ Sunset: Gets Mana Potion if you have no mana.

    Keywords: None ➞ guard

    Prism: int ➞ hrt

Buff and simplify.


Scraggy (287)

Scraggy - Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead card to get +1/+1 and Scorch.

    Text: Glory: Gets +1/+1 and Scorch. ➞ Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead card to get +1/+1 and Scorch.

More incidental grave dusting.


Opal Golem (1151)

Opal Golem - Death: Give units in your hand -1 cost and guard.

    Text: Death: Give units in your hand -1 cost. ➞ Death: Give units in your hand -1 cost and guard.

Guard spice, the last time we saw this effect may have been in alpha.


Ifrit (235)

Ifrit - Death: Discard your non-fire cards. Draw that many fire cards.

    Text: Death: Discard your hand. Draw that many fire cards. ➞ Death: Discard your non-fire cards. Draw that many fire cards.

Buff to fire synergy, your Mothermander is safe.


Getum Gang (960)

Getum Gang - Summon: Spend your mana. Gets +1/+1 for each.

    Health: 4 ➞ 3

Nerf to a stat powerhouse.


Tatt (244)

Tatt - Play: Give target ally Shield.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Health: 3 ➞ 1

Bumped down the curve to make the stats more fragile, dies to Zap. Should still be a fine tempo tool.


Glacia (1073)

Glacia - Death: Give enemy units Frozen.

    Text: Death: If you have no mana, give enemy units Frozen. ➞ Death: Give enemy units Frozen.

    Keywords: guard,banner ➞ guard

Reverted to a simpler time.


Dragomantium ➞ Dracomantium (634)

Dracomantium - Death: Dust your top two dead metal cards to give your hero armor.

    Text: Death: Give your hero armor. ➞ Death: Dust your top two dead metal cards to give your hero armor.

    Health: 8 ➞ 9

More metal dusting cost so that hero armor isn't a free roll, especially with an early cheat summon.


Cloud Kid (921)

Cloud Kid - Inspire Air: Mulligan your high-cost cards in hand.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 1

    Text: Summon: Give your left and right spells in hand -1 cost. ➞ Inspire Air: Mulligan your high-cost cards in hand.

    Prism: int ➞ agy

    Power: 2 ➞ 1

    Spell: Shroud ➞ Hush

Reworked to pick up Inspire Air from Lau Sensei, and expand on Silence. Also replaces Grifter as Agility's 1c air unit, less knives.


Mad Hat (1029)

Mad Hat - Summon: Give your left and right cards in hand -1 cost.

    Text: Play: A target's owner draws a low-cost mind spell onto it. ➞ Summon: Give your left and right cards in hand -1 cost.

Old Cloud Kid.


Cryogen (328)

Cryogen - Glory: Give enemies Frozen.

    Keywords: armor ➞ armor,stealth

Winrate buff.


Sanctuary (1155)

Sanctuary - Return target ally's spell to your hand. Give it Shield and +2 Health.

    Text: Return target ally's spell to your hand if it has one. Give it Shield and +3 Health. ➞ Return target ally's spell to your hand. Give it Shield and +2 Health.

Healing nerf, a proactive Shield can save a lot of health.


Breaker Crab (366)

Breaker Crab - Death: Get 2 mana.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Text: Death: Get 3 mana. ➞ Death: Get 2 mana.

    Keywords: None ➞ guard

    Prism: hrt ➞ str

    Power: 4 ➞ 2

Bumped down the curve to make the mana boost more accessible.


Chain Toss (1129)

Chain Toss - Give target unit Chains. Dust your top dead metal card to target a hero.

    Text: Give target unit Chains. ➞ Give target unit Chains. Dust your top dead metal card to target a hero.

Adding the flexibility to Chain heroes in the long run.


Chain Golem (1028)

Chain Golem - Death: Give your hero Chain Toss.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Text: Death: Give enemies Chains. ➞ Death: Give your hero Chain Toss.

    Power: 5 ➞ 4

    Health: 2 ➞ 1

    Spell: Lead ➞ Chain Toss

Reworked to be a flagship Chain Toss carrier.


Tide Hunter (1002)

Tide Hunter - Summon: The enemy draws a 1 cost unit into play. Give it Dazed.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Health: 5 ➞ 4

Another bump down the curve, this should be a more efficient slot for threatening 1c enemies.


Supercharge (778)

Supercharge - Spend 1 mana for each ally unit. Give ally units Zap.

    Text: Pay 1 for each ally unit. Give ally units Zap. ➞ Spend 1 mana for each ally unit. Give ally units Zap.

    Keywords: None ➞ banner

Winrate buff, has been a sleeper since Zam's heyday.


Shockpaw (709)

Shockpaw -

    Text: Glory: Give the enemy hero Blind. ➞ None

    Keywords: lifesteal ➞ wither

Simplified with Supercharge buff, focus the healing on the spell.


Roothog (760)

Roothog - Summon: Dust your bottom dead earth card to give enemy units Roots.

    Text: Summon: Dust your top dead earth card to give the front and back enemy Roots. ➞ Summon: Dust your bottom dead earth card to give enemy units Roots.

    Power: 5 ➞ 3

    Health: 5 ➞ 6

    Spell: Stranglehold ➞ None

Return to the impact of the original effect with the dust cost.


Headcase (832)

Headcase - Sunset: Dust your top dead spell to gain power equal to its cost.

    Text: Summon: Dust your top high-cost dead spell to gain power equal to its cost. ➞ Sunset: Dust your top dead spell to gain power equal to its cost.

    Prism: int ➞ str

    Health: 6 ➞ 5

Reworked to be more of a curve play.


Chief Justice (1026)

Chief Justice - Glory: Give light cards in your hand -1 cost.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Text: Play: Give target unit Silence. ➞ Glory: Give light cards in your hand -1 cost.

    Keywords: armor ➞ banner

    Prism: wis ➞ hrt

    Spell: Smite ➞ Ragnarok

Redesigned as a light booster, and I like pairing it with Ragnarok's anti-dark.


Andromeda (1134)

Andromeda - Your light and metal spells do 1 Damage more.

    Text: Your spells do 1 Damage more. ➞ Your light and metal spells do 1 Damage more.

Narrowing the value of the effect, to split the design space up and add elemental incentive. With Andromeda, and as you'll see on Enfuego, I like the spice of light (and Zap) as a shared synergy.


Timber (974)

Timber - Death: Do 5 Damage to the front enemy.

    Cost: 6 ➞ 5

    Text: Death: Do 6 Damage to the front enemy. ➞ Death: Do 5 Damage to the front enemy.

    Power: 1 ➞ 0

    Health: 6 ➞ 5

Bump down the curve to lower the overall damage/healing, and I like the 0pow with Anima shtick.


Unstoppable Chop (416)

Unstoppable Chop - Give target unit Silence. Do 4 Damage to it.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Text: Give target unit Silence. Do 5 Damage to it. ➞ Give target unit Silence. Do 4 Damage to it.

Bump down the curve to make Silence more accessible.


Incinerate (934)

Incinerate - Do 4 Damage to target unit and 1 Damage to your hero.

    Text: Do 4 Damage to target unit and 2 Damage to your hero. ➞ Do 4 Damage to target unit and 1 Damage to your hero.

Buff, it only burns a little.


Capsize (234)

Capsize - Return target unit to hand. Give it Mana Potion.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 3

    Text: Return target unit to hand. Give it Mana Flask. ➞ Return target unit to hand. Give it Mana Potion.

Cost bump with a potion nerf. Unconditional bounce seems more fair at 3c.


Tempest Brew (261)

Tempest Brew - Draw three units of different elements. Give them Zap.

    Text: Draw three units of different elements. Give each Zap. ➞ Draw three units of different elements. Give them Zap.

    Keywords: None ➞ banner

Winrate buff.


Seek (623)

Seek - Draw a high-cost spell. Give your hero Mana Potion.

    Text: Draw a high-cost spell. Give your hero Mana Flask. ➞ Draw a high-cost spell. Give your hero Mana Potion.

    Keywords: None ➞ banner

Nerfing the mana efficiency of a tutor. Is this +1c banner?


Evermore (1041)

Evermore - Return your top and bottom dead unit to hand.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

I was afraid of this card at 4c, but here we are. Winrate buff.


Treasure Chest (560)

Treasure Chest - Give your hero +2 Health. Draw a spell and a unit.

    Text: Draw a spell and a unit. ➞ Give your hero +2 Health. Draw a spell and a unit.

The health returns. Heart buff.


Backstab (794)

Backstab - Do 3 Damage to the back enemy.

    Text: Do damage equal to the number of enemies to the back enemy. ➞ Do 3 Damage to the back enemy.

    Keywords: lifesteal,wither ➞ lifesteal

Simplified, seems potent but fair.


Snap Trap (798)

Snap Trap - Give a sleeping target Chains. Do 3 Damage to it.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Text: Give target unit Chains. Do 3 Damage to it. ➞ Give a sleeping target Chains. Do 3 Damage to it.

    Prism: str ➞ agy

Taking up the mantle of 2c disruption and expanding on sleep punish to represent traps.


Dive Bomb (825)

Dive Bomb - Do 2 Damage to a target. Draw a 2 cost unit into play. Give it Shroud.

    Text: Do 2 Damage to a target. Draw a 2 cost unit into play. ➞ Do 2 Damage to a target. Draw a 2 cost unit into play. Give it Shroud.

    Keywords: banner ➞ None

I expect that losing banner for Shroud is an overall nerf, though there is some upside.


Card Sling (847)

Card Sling - Discard your left card in hand to draw two of its element and do 4 Damage to target unit.

    Text: Discard your left card in hand to do damage equal to its cost to target unit and draw two. ➞ Discard your left card in hand to draw two of its element and do 4 Damage to target unit.

Simplifying the damage output so filtering is more reliable.


Volcanic Potion (610)

Volcanic Potion - Dust the top card of both graves. Do 2 Damage to each unit. Both players lose 1 max mana.

    Text: Do 2 Damage to each unit. Both players lose 1 max mana. ➞ Dust the top card of both graves. Do 2 Damage to each unit. Both players lose 1 max mana.

More incidental dusting in fire.


Blademaster (1112)

Blademaster - Costs less equal to your hero's power.

    Health: 4 ➞ 3

I like the lifesteal combo with Banner, but it has been better than wither. Winrate nerf.


Charkram (761)

Charkram - Do 2 Damage to a target. Add Firemander to your hand.

    Keywords: wither ➞ lifesteal

Nerfing the efficiency of killing units, with consolation healing.


Griff Scout (285)

Griff Scout - Glory: Dust your top dead metal card to summon Armored Guard.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Text: Glory: Summon Armored Guard. ➞ Glory: Dust your top dead metal card to summon Armored Guard.

    Health: 2 ➞ 1

Another use of metal dusting to make a trigger less of a free roll, with improved tempo.


Hammerhead (1082)

Hammerhead - Summon: Give Dazed to the low-cost enemy units.

    Text: Summon: Give 3 cost or less enemy units Dazed. ➞ Summon: Give Dazed to the low-cost enemy units.

Improved utility, though a less reliable mass Daze against aggro.


Forcefield (1108)

Forcefield - Give target ally Shield. Give other allies Barrier.

    Keywords: banner ➞ None

Nerf, the protective enchants are doing work.


Halcyon (303)

Halcyon - Glory: Dust the enemy's top three dead cards.

    Keywords: armor ➞ armor,lifesteal

    Spell: Ragnarok ➞ Shield

Less scaling armor stats. Chief Justice took the Ragnarok.


Squiddy (980)

Squiddy - Glory: Conjure a 1 cost enemy unit.

    Text: Glory: Conjure a 1 cost enemy card. ➞ Glory: Conjure a 1 cost enemy unit.

Narrowing the steal effect, alongside Glitter drawing spells.


Wicked Twister (27)

Wicked Twister - Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead card for each damage dealt.

    Text: None ➞ Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead card for each damage dealt.

Some counterplay spice.


Anti Mago (195)

Anti Mago - Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead card to give their hero Flames.

    Text: Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead spell to give their hero Flames. ➞ Glory: Dust the enemy's top dead card to give their hero Flames.

    Power: 3 ➞ 2

    Health: 2 ➞ 3

Simplifying the dust effect to match other fire cards. Reverted to the annoying stats.


Trapper Keeper (39)

Trapper Keeper - When the enemy plays a spell, kill this unit to cancel the spell.

    Text: Death: Draw two spells. ➞ When the enemy plays a spell, kill this unit to cancel the spell.

    Prism: hrt ➞ int

    Power: 2 ➞ 1

    Health: 2 ➞ 5

    Spell: None ➞ Fate

Trying a new kind of preemptive counterplay, the spell version of Fly Guy. (The old effect went to Chester.)


Starfield ➞ Cosmos (381)

Cosmos - Glory: Gets your top dead spell.

    Text: Glory: Draw a 2 cost spell onto this unit. ➞ Glory: Gets your top dead spell.

    Prism: hrt ➞ int

A new flavor of spell recursion for Intellect.


Earth Spike (815)

Earth Spike - Do 3 Damage to a target. Dust your bottom dead earth card to give it Roots.

    Text: Give a target Roots. Dust your bottom dead earth card to do 3 Damage to it. ➞ Do 3 Damage to a target. Dust your bottom dead earth card to give it Roots.

    Keywords: wither ➞ None

Swapped the effects for more reliable removal, less reliable hero Roots.


Ill Will (576)

Ill Will - Give enemy units Hex. Give cards in the enemy hand and deck +1 cost.

    Keywords: banner ➞ None

Unbuff. When Ill Will is good, it's an indicator that spells are too consistent and/or too fast. The nerfs to Seer's Mask and Call to Mind are in part aimed at Ill Will, and we'll keep an eye on it.


Fly Guy (1126)

Fly Guy - When an enemy is summoned, kill this unit to give it Hex.

    Power: 3 ➞ 2

    Spell: None ➞ Fate

Buffed to be better at trading.


Mr. Whiskers (260)

Mr. Whiskers - Sunset: Dust the enemy's top dead card.

    Text: None ➞ Sunset: Dust the enemy's top dead card.

Some incidental dusting on a role-player.


Frank (591)

Frank - Sunset: Dust the top unit of both graves to get +2 Health.

    Cost: 6 ➞ 5

    Text: Sunrise: Dust your top dead non-dark unit to get +5 Health. ➞ Sunset: Dust the top unit of both graves to get +2 Health.

    Power: 5 ➞ 4

    Health: 5 ➞ 4

    Spell: None ➞ Lead

Less dramatic stat growth, with some added utility.


Razzle Dazzle (920)

Razzle Dazzle - Give Dazed to enemies of target unit's element. Reveal that element in the enemy hand.

    Text: Give your hero Barrier. Give enemy units Dazed. ➞ Give Dazed to enemies of target unit's element. Reveal that element in the enemy hand.

    Keywords: None ➞ banner

    Prism: hrt ➞ int

This was the most consistent mass Daze. This version may be weak, but for now it will be less obnoxious.


Epic Eagle (852)

Epic Eagle - Summon: Set your max mana to one higher than the enemy's, if they have more.

    Power: 6 ➞ 5

    Health: 3 ➞ 4

Toughen up the stats.


Nessie (905)

Nessie - Sunset: Spend your mana. Gets that much power.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Power: 2 ➞ 1

Bumped down the curve with the 3c spell, which should make it easier to float mana.


Old Fogy (573)

Old Fogy - Death: Gain 1 max mana.

    Text: Death: Dust your bottom dead earth card to gain 1 max mana. ➞ Death: Gain 1 max mana.

Unnerf, removing the self dusting.


Arcadeum Mask (110)

Arcadeum Mask - Inspire Spell: Conjure a spell onto this unit. Give it -1 cost.

    Keywords: stealth ➞ None

Double nerf: minus stealth, minus one mana on Seer's Mask. Maybe we cut the -1c next. Or there's always +1c banner.


Icaru (569)

Icaru -

    Keywords: None ➞ stealth

Heart buff.


Hot Doge (816)

Hot Doge - Summon: Draw a low-cost fire spell onto this unit. Readies if you have fire in hand.

    Text: Summon: Ready this unit and draw a low-cost fire spell onto it. ➞ Summon: Draw a low-cost fire spell onto this unit. Readies if you have fire in hand.

Usability nerf, so it's not as good to play Hot Doge as your only fire card.


Call to Mind (1123)

Call to Mind - Draw a high-cost spell onto target ally with cost equal to your mana or less.

    Cost: X ➞ 1

    Text: Pay all your mana. Draw a high-cost spell onto your hero with that cost or less. Give it -X cost. ➞ Draw a high-cost spell that costs your mana or less onto target ally.

Converting an X spell to a simpler spell, and reducing the efficiency of a high winrate tutor - though cost reduction can undo the nerf.


Soul Forge (896)

Soul Forge - Give your left unit in hand Lead. Summon a copy as 2/2 with armor.

    Text: Summon a copy of your left unit in hand as 2/2 with Lead and armor. ➞ Give your left unit in hand Lead. Summon a copy as 2/2 with armor.

Extending Lead to the unit in hand, as a berf.


Mass Confuse (134)

Mass Confuse - Each enemy fights itself.

    Cost: 8 ➞ 7

Buff to the new Mass Confuse, it's inconsistent for mass removal.


Mimic ➞ Impostor (1106)

Impostor - Summon: Steals target enemy's keywords.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 3

    Text: Summon: Gains the keywords of enemies. (Stealth over guard.) ➞ Summon: Steals target enemy's keywords.

    Keywords: None ➞ stealth

    Power: 2 ➞ 3

    Health: 3 ➞ 2

Spiced up the curve, much more disruptive.


Undragon (152)

Undragon - Summon: Summon two Zomboid.

    Health: 7 ➞ 8

Unnerf.


Jar of Souls (805)

Jar of Souls - Summon your top three dead units as 1/1. Give each Hex and wither. Ready them.

    Cost: 8 ➞ 7

Buff to new Jar of Souls, the fast souls haven't been too spooky.


Lau Sensei (1158)

Lau Sensei - Summon: Draw a low-cost air spell onto this unit. Give it banner.

    Text: Inspire Air: Mulligan your non-air cards in hand. Give your left card in hand -1 cost. ➞ Summon: Draw a low-cost air spell onto this unit. Give it banner.

    Spell: Shroud ➞ None

Simplified, picking up the air draw from Bauble.


Trinketeer (714)

Trinketeer - Summon: Return your top dead 1 cost card to hand.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 3

    Text: Summon: Return your top dead 1 cost or less card to hand. ➞ Summon: Return your top dead 1 cost card to hand.

    Spell: Toil & Trouble ➞ Shroud

Simplified to focus on niche recursion role.


Righteous (1135)

Righteous - When a non-metal card would enter a grave, dust it instead.

    Cost: 5 ➞ 4

    Text: When another unit is killed, dust it instead to give your hero +1 Health. ➞ When a non-metal card would enter a grave, dust it instead.

    Element: air ➞ metal

    Power: 4 ➞ 3

    Health: 5 ➞ 4

Reworked to better match metal art. Also dusts spells, which should be extra disruptive, though no healing on the trigger.


Fan of Knives (308)

Fan of Knives - Glory: Dust your top dead metal card to get Knives.

    Text: Glory: Gets Knives. ➞ Glory: Dust your top dead metal card to get Knives.

Minor cost addition, in part to teach the mechanic, in part to tidy up the grave.


Octavian (487)

Octavian - Inspire Water: Give water allies +1 Health.

    Keywords: guard ➞ guard,banner

Small buff to endgame.


Browl (567)

Browl - Summon: Mulligan spells in your hand.

    Power: 3 ➞ 4

    Health: 4 ➞ 3

Stat swap to be more fragile.


Heavy Cavalry (1057)

Heavy Cavalry - Summon: Draw a metal unit. Give it Lead and -1 cost.

    Text: Summon: Draw an armor unit. Give it -1 cost. ➞ Summon: Draw a metal unit. Give it Lead and -1 cost.

    Power: 4 ➞ 3

    Spell: None ➞ Lead

Picked up the metal draw from Mechabun. The winrate was high, so reducing the stats, and lead berf.


Sinstone (501)

Sinstone - Death: Summon Zomboid.

    Text: Death: Summon Zomboid with guard. ➞ Death: Summon Zomboid.

Finally going full force with the nerf to Sinstone, the winrate stays strong.


Swamp Walker (88)

Swamp Walker - When an ally dies, do 1 Damage to a random enemy.

    Power: 3 ➞ 4

Heart buff.


Carrion Crow (1074)

Carrion Crow - Summon: Dust the enemy's top dead unit to draw a low-cost dark spell onto this unit.

    Text: Summon: Dust the top dead unit of both graves to draw a low-cost dark spell onto this unit. ➞ Summon: Dust the enemy's top dead unit to draw a low-cost dark spell onto this unit.

Simpler dusting.


Fan Dancer (1000)

Fan Dancer - Glory: Do 2 Damage to the enemy hero.

    Spell: None ➞ Shroud

Buff to a sleeper.


Norsudovest (854)

Norsudovest - Summon: Return 3 cost or less enemies to hand.

    Power: 10 ➞ 12

    Health: 7 ➞ 6

Stats reverted to sharpness.


Hannah (663)

Hannah - Play: Swaps attachments with a sleeping target.

    Cost: 4 ➞ 2

    Text: Play: Swaps attachments with a target. ➞ Play: Swaps attachments with a sleeping target.

    Keywords: stealth,armor ➞ stealth

    Power: 3 ➞ 2

    Health: 2 ➞ 3

    Spell: Shroud ➞ Vile Vial

Redesigned to match art, more sleep effects.


Vitalize (1156)

Vitalize - Give target unit Roots and guard. Set its power equal to its health.

    Cost: 2 ➞ 1

    Text: Set target unit's power equal to its health. Give it Roots and guard. ➞ Give target unit Roots and guard. Set its power equal to its health.

    Prism: wis ➞ hrt

Buff to efficiency, let's see how scary the 1c version is. Though, not in Niko's prism.


See Shore (1166)

See Shore - Give your hero Vapors. Reveal the low-cost cards in the enemy hand.

    Text: Give your hero Vapors. If your mana is empty, reveal the low-cost cards in the enemy hand. ➞ Give your hero Vapors. Reveal the low-cost cards in the enemy hand.

    Prism: wis ➞ int

Simplified, no more mana hoop.


Hope (1065)

Hope - Summon: Give ally units Shroud.

    Health: 4 ➞ 5

Heart buff.


Fuji (956)

Fuji - Death: Give a random enemy Flames.

    Power: 2 ➞ 3

Buff to the 3c version.


Mighty Steed (98)

Mighty Steed - Your hero has armor.

    Power: 3 ➞ 2

    Health: 4 ➞ 5

Heart buff, back to the sturdier stats.


Priestess ➞ Mamba (964)

Mamba - Sunrise: Gets Fate

    Name: Priestess ➞ Mamba

    Cost: 6 ➞ 4

    Text: In hand, gets -1 cost when an ally dies. ➞ Sunrise: Gets Fate

    Keywords: guard,lifesteal ➞ stealth,wither

    Element: dark ➞ earth

    Prism: hrt ➞ agy

    Power: 1 ➞ 4

    Health: 6 ➞ 3

    Spell: Wed Dead ➞ Anima

Total redesign, pushing an Anima threat.


Vishiva (970)

Vishiva - When an ally dies, give your hero +1 Health.

    Cost: 3 ➞ 2

    Health: 3 ➞ 2

Back to 2c now that Royal Mummy is smaller.


Talonous (707)

Talonous - Summon: Gets guard and +1/+1 if an enemy has stealth.

    Power: 3 ➞ 5

    Health: 5 ➞ 4

Overall stat buff.

Sky Key ➞ Century Key (750)

Century Key - Conjure a spell. Give spells in your hand banner.

    Prism: hrt ➞ wis


Taykus ➞ Psychosis (397)

Psychosis - Glory: Draw an enemy card.

    Prism: int ➞ hrt


Scrollweaver (1079)

Scrollweaver - Summon: Mulligan units in your hand.

    Prism: wis ➞ int


Teleport (927)

Teleport - Draw a 2 cost unit into play. Give it Dazed.

    Prism: agy ➞ int


Bury in Snow (850)

Bury in Snow - Return target unit to deck. Give it Frozen.

    Prism: hrt ➞ agy


Bolster (711)

Bolster - Give target unit +1/+1 and guard. Give this spell to your hero with +1 cost.

    Prism: int ➞ hrt


Nature's Grasp (103)

Nature's Grasp - Give enemy units Roots. Summon two Elderwood.

    Prism: agy ➞ wis


Scorch (115)

Scorch - Do 2 Damage to a target.

    Prism: agy ➞ hrt


Skewer (1024)

Skewer - Do 2 Damage to the front enemy, and the enemy behind it.

    Prism: agy ➞ str


Blow Away (7)

Blow Away - Return target unit to hand. Mulligan it.

    Prism: agy ➞ hrt


Icy Touch (36)

Icy Touch - Do 1 Damage to target unit. Give it Frozen.

    Prism: int ➞ agy


Screech (704)

Screech - Give target ally Shroud. Mulligan both hands, but the enemy draws one less.

    Prism: tok ➞ agy


Mad Vibes (508)

Mad Vibes - Target unit fights itself. Mulligan that player's spells.

    Prism: hrt ➞ agy


Honor Guard (745)

Honor Guard - Death: Summon Armored Guard.

    Prism: str ➞ agy


Sudden Gust (348)

Sudden Gust - Return the enemy's left card in hand to deck.

    Prism: hrt ➞ agy


Skyfall (57)

Skyfall - Do damage equal to the number of ally elements to a target.

    Prism: int ➞ agy


Olympia (346)

Olympia -

    Prism: str ➞ int


Electric Eel (736)

Electric Eel - Sunset: Gets Zap if you have no mana.

    Prism: agy ➞ int


Vlad (441)

Vlad - Play: Do 3 Damage to a target. If lethal, gets Enrage.

    Prism: agy ➞ hrt


Shelly (800)

Shelly -

    Prism: str ➞ tok


Royal Mummy (341)

Royal Mummy - Death: Give your hero +2 Health.

    Prism: hrt ➞ tok


Doom Shroom (91)

Doom Shroom - Death: Do 1 Damage to enemy units.

    Prism: hrt ➞ tok


Epitaph (941)

Epitaph - Dust your top high-cost dead unit to do damage equal to its cost to target unit.

    Prism: str ➞ tok

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    Lightning Vial (448)

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    Sapphire (589)

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