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Skill Cards

Complete guide to Skill cards in Slay the Spire 2 — all block, utility, and support cards across every character.

Skill cards in Slay the Spire 2 are green-bordered cards that provide block, utility, status effects, and support functions. While attack cards deal damage, skills are the backbone of any successful deck's defensive and synergistic capabilities. Mastering skill card selection is often what separates winning runs from losing ones.

Block skills are the most common and crucial category. Cards like Shrug It Off, Leg Sweep, and Glacier provide direct block generation. Some block skills offer additional benefits — drawing cards, applying debuffs, or generating orbs. The efficiency of block skills determines how much damage you can mitigate each turn, directly impacting your survival through tough encounters.

Utility skills provide temporary or permanent advantages that shape combat outcomes. Powers — a subset of skills with persistent effects — include build-defining cards like Demon Form, Wraith Form, and Echo Form. These cards represent long-term investments that pay dividends across entire fights. Other utility skills apply debuffs (Weak, Vulnerable), remove debuffs, or manipulate cards in hand and draw pile.

Every character relies on skills differently. The Silent has the deepest skill pool, with an emphasis on poison application, card draw, and discard synergies. The Ironclad's skills often involve self-damage or status-inflicting mechanics that turn penalties into advantages. The Defect's skills focus on orb generation and Focus manipulation.

Skill card cost efficiency varies widely. Zero-cost skills like Deflect provide free block, while high-cost skills like Impervious offer premium protection. Block-to-cost ratios, additional effects, and synergy potential all factor into a skill card's true value. The Corruption + Dead Branch interaction demonstrates how skills can become exponentially more powerful under the right conditions.

230 cards
Acrobatics card image

Acrobatics

Common · Skill · Silent

1

Draw 3 cards. Discard 1 card.

Adrenaline card image

Adrenaline

Rare · Skill · Silent

0

Gain . Draw 2 cards.

Afterlife card image

Afterlife

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Summon 6.

Alchemize card image

Alchemize

Rare · Skill · Colorless

1

Procure a random potion.

Alignment card image

Alignment

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

0

Gain .

Anointed card image

Anointed

Rare · Skill · Colorless

1

Put every Rare card from your Draw Pile into your Hand.

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Anticipate

Common · Skill · Silent

0

Gain 3 Dexterity this turn.

Apotheosis card image

Apotheosis

Ancient · Skill · event

2

Upgrade ALL your cards.

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Apparition

Ancient · Skill · event

1

Gain 1 Intangible.

Armaments card image

Armaments

Common · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 5 Block. Upgrade a card in your Hand.

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Backflip

Common · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 5 Block. Draw 2 cards.

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Battle Trance

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

0

Draw 3 cards. You cannot draw additional cards this turn.

Beat Down card image

Beat Down

Rare · Skill · Colorless

3

Play 3 random Attacks from your Discard Pile.

Believe in You card image

Believe in You

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Another player gains .

Big Bang card image

Big Bang

Rare · Skill · Regent

0

Draw 1 card. Gain . Gain . Forge 5.

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Blade Dance

Common · Skill · Silent

1

Add 3 Shivs into your Hand.

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Blade of Ink

Rare · Skill · Silent

1

This turn, whenever you play an Attack, gain 2 Strength this turn.

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Blood Wall

Common · Skill · Ironclad

2

Lose 2 HP. Gain 16 Block.

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Bloodletting

Common · Skill · Ironclad

0

Lose 3 HP. Gain .

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Blur

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 5 Block. Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.

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Bodyguard

Basic · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Summon 5.

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Boost Away

Common · Skill · Defect

0

Gain 6 Block. Add a Dazed into your Discard Pile.

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Boot Sequence

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

0

Gain 10 Block.

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Borrowed Time

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Apply 3 Doom to yourself. Gain .

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Bouncing Flask

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

2

Apply 3 Poison to a random enemy 3 times.

Brand card image

Brand

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

0

Lose 1 HP. Exhaust 1 card. Gain 1 Strength.

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Brightest Flame

Ancient · Skill · event

0

Gain . Draw 2 cards. Lose 1 Max HP.

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Bubble Bubble

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

1

If the enemy has Poison, apply 9 Poison.

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Bullet Time

Rare · Skill · Silent

3

You cannot draw additional cards this turn. ALL cards in your Hand are free to play this turn.

Bulwark card image

Bulwark

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

2

Gain 13 Block. Forge 10.

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Bundle of Joy

Rare · Skill · Regent

2

Add 3 random Colorless cards into your Hand.

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Burning Pact

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

Exhaust 1 card. Draw 2 cards.

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Burst

Rare · Skill · Silent

1

This turn, your next Skill is played an extra time.

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Calculated Gamble

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

0

Discard your Hand, then draw that many cards.

Capture Spirit card image

Capture Spirit

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Enemy loses 3 HP. Add 3 Souls into your Draw Pile.

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Cascade

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

-1

Play the top X cards of your Draw Pile.

Catastrophe card image

Catastrophe

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

2

Play 2 random cards from your Draw Pile.

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Chaos

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Channel 1 random Orb.

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CHARGE!!

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Choose 2 cards in your Draw Pile to Transform into Minion Strikes.

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Charge Battery

Common · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 7 Block. Next turn, gain .

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Chill

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

0

Channel 1 Frost for each enemy.

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Cleanse

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Summon 3. Exhaust 1 card from your Draw Pile.

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Cloak and Dagger

Common · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 6 Block. Add 1 Shiv into your Hand.

Cloak of Stars card image

Cloak of Stars

Common · Skill · Regent

0

Gain 7 Block.

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Colossus

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 5 Block. You receive 50% less damage from Vulnerable enemies this turn.

Compact card image

Compact

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 6 Block. Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.

Conqueror card image

Conqueror

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Forge 3. Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.

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Convergence

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Next turn, gain and . Retain your Hand this turn.

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Coolheaded

Common · Skill · Defect

1

Channel 1 Frost. Draw 1 card.

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Coordinate

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

Give another player 5 Strength this turn.

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Corrosive Wave

Rare · Skill · Silent

1

Whenever you draw a card this turn, apply 3 Poison to ALL enemies.

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Cosmic Indifference

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 6 Block. Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.

Dark Shackles card image

Dark Shackles

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Enemy loses 9 Strength this turn.

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Darkness

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Channel 1 Dark. Trigger the passive ability of all Dark Orbs.

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Deadly Poison

Common · Skill · Silent

1

Apply 5 Poison.

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Deathbringer

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

2

Apply 21 Doom and 1 Weak to ALL enemies.

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Death's Door

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Gain 6 Block. If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.

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Decisions, Decisions

Rare · Skill · Regent

0

Draw 3 cards. Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.

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Defend

Basic · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 5 Block.

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Defend

Basic · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 5 Block.

Defend card image

Defend

Basic · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Gain 5 Block.

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Defend

Basic · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 5 Block.

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Defend

Basic · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 5 Block.

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Deflect

Common · Skill · Silent

0

Gain 4 Block.

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Defy

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Gain 6 Block. Apply 1 Weak.

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Delay

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

2

Gain 11 Block. Next turn, gain .

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Demonic Shield

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

0

Lose 1 HP. Give another player Block equal to your Block.

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Dirge

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Summon 3 X times. Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.

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Discovery

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

Choose 1 of 3 random cards to add into your Hand. It costs 0 this turn.

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Distraction

Event · Skill · event

1

Add a random Skill into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.

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Dodge and Roll

Common · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 4 Block. Next turn, gain 4 Block.

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Dominate

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 1 Strength for each Vulnerable on the enemy.

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Double Energy

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Double your Energy.

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Dredge

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Put 3 cards from your Discard Pile into your Hand.

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Dual Wield

Event · Skill · event

1

Choose an Attack or Power card. Add copies|a copy} of that card into your Hand.

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Dualcast

Basic · Skill · Defect

1

Evoke your rightmost Orb twice.

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Eidolon

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

2

Exhaust your Hand. If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.

End of Days card image

End of Days

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

3

Apply 29 Doom to ALL enemies. Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.

Energy Surge card image

Energy Surge

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

ALL players gain .

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Enfeebling Touch

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Enemy loses 8 Strength this turn.

Enlightenment card image

Enlightenment

Event · Skill · event

0

Reduce the cost of ALL cards in your Hand to 1 this turn.

Entrench card image

Entrench

Event · Skill · event

2

Double your Block.

Equilibrium card image

Equilibrium

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

2

Gain 13 Block. Retain your Hand this turn.

Escape Plan card image

Escape Plan

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

0

Draw 1 card. If you draw a Skill, gain 3 Block.

Evil Eye card image

Evil Eye

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 8 Block. Gain another 8 Block if you have Exhausted a card this turn.

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Expect a Fight

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

2

Gain for each Attack in your Hand.

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Expertise

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

1

Draw cards until you have 6 in your Hand.

Expose card image

Expose

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

0

Remove all Artifact and Block from the enemy. Apply 2 Vulnerable.

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Feeding Frenzy

Event · Skill · event

0

Gain 5 Strength this turn.

Fight Through card image

Fight Through

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 13 Block. Add 2 Wounds into your Discard Pile.

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Finesse

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Gain 4 Block. Draw 1 card.

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Flame Barrier

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

2

Gain 12 Block. Whenever you are attacked this turn, deal 4 damage back.

Flanking card image

Flanking

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

2

The enemy takes double damage from other players this turn.

Foregone Conclusion card image

Foregone Conclusion

Rare · Skill · Regent

1

Next turn, put 2 cards from your Draw Pile into your Hand.

Forgotten Ritual card image

Forgotten Ritual

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

If you Exhausted a card this turn, gain .

Fuel card image

Fuel

Token · Skill · token

0

Gain . Draw 1 card.

Fusion card image

Fusion

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

2

Channel 1 Plasma.

Gather Light card image

Gather Light

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 7 Block. Gain .

Genetic Algorithm card image

Genetic Algorithm

Rare · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 1 Block. Permanently increase this card's Block by 3.

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Glacier

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

2

Gain 6 Block. Channel 2 Frost.

Glasswork card image

Glasswork

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 5 Block. Channel 1 Glass.

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Glimmer

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Draw 3 cards. Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.

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Glimpse Beyond

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

1

ALL players add 3 Souls into their Draw Pile.

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Glitterstream

Common · Skill · Regent

2

Gain 11 Block. Next turn, gain 4 Block.

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Glow

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Gain . Draw 2 cards.

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Grave Warden

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Gain 8 Block. Add a Soul into your Draw Pile.

GUARDS!!! card image

GUARDS!!!

Rare · Skill · Regent

2

Transform any number of cards in your Hand into Minion Sacrifice.

Hand Trick card image

Hand Trick

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 7 Block. Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.

Havoc card image

Havoc

Common · Skill · Ironclad

1

Play the top card of your Draw Pile and Exhaust it.

Haze card image

Haze

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

3

Apply 4 Poison to ALL enemies.

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Hidden Cache

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Gain . Next turn, gain .

Hidden Daggers card image

Hidden Daggers

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

0

Discard 2 cards. Add 2 Shivs into your Hand.

Hidden Gem card image

Hidden Gem

Rare · Skill · Colorless

1

A random card in your Draw Pile gains Replay 2.

Hologram card image

Hologram

Common · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 3 Block. Put a card from your Discard Pile into your Hand.

Hotfix card image

Hotfix

Common · Skill · Defect

0

Gain 2 Focus this turn.

Huddle Up card image

Huddle Up

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

ALL allies draw 2 cards.

I Am Invincible card image

I Am Invincible

Rare · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 9 Block. At the end of your turn, if this is on top of your Draw Pile, play it.

Ignition card image

Ignition

Rare · Skill · Defect

1

Another player Channels Plasma.

Impatience card image

Impatience

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

If you have no Attacks in your Hand, draw 2 cards.

Impervious card image

Impervious

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

2

Gain 30 Block.

Infernal Blade card image

Infernal Blade

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

Add a random Attack into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.

Intercept card image

Intercept

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

Gain 9 Block. Redirect all incoming attacks that would be dealt to another player this turn to you.

Invoke card image

Invoke

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Next turn, Summon 2 and gain .

Jack of All Trades card image

Jack of All Trades

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.

Knife Trap card image

Knife Trap

Rare · Skill · Silent

2

Play every Shiv in your Exhaust Pile on the enemy.

Know Thy Place card image

Know Thy Place

Common · Skill · Regent

0

Apply 1 Weak. Apply 1 Vulnerable.

Largesse card image

Largesse

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

0

Another player adds 1 random Colorless card to their Hand.

Leap card image

Leap

Common · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 9 Block.

Leg Sweep card image

Leg Sweep

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

2

Apply 2 Weak. Gain 11 Block.

Legion of Bone card image

Legion of Bone

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

2

ALL players Summon 6.

Lift card image

Lift

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

Give another player 11 Block.

Lightning Rod card image

Lightning Rod

Common · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 4 Block. At the start of the next 2 turns, Channel 1 Lightning.

Luminesce card image

Luminesce

Token · Skill · token

0

Gain .

Malaise card image

Malaise

Rare · Skill · Silent

0

Enemy loses X Strength. Apply X Weak.

Manifest Authority card image

Manifest Authority

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 7 Block. Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.

Master of Strategy card image

Master of Strategy

Rare · Skill · Colorless

0

Draw 3 cards.

Melancholy card image

Melancholy

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

3

Gain 13 Block. Reduce this card's cost by whenever ANYONE dies.

Metamorphosis card image

Metamorphosis

Event · Skill · event

2

Add 3 random Attacks into your Draw Pile. They're free to play this combat.

Mimic card image

Mimic

Rare · Skill · Colorless

1

Gain Block equal to the Block on another player.

Minion Sacrifice card image

Minion Sacrifice

Token · Skill · token

0

Gain 9 Block.

Mirage card image

Mirage

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

1

Gain Block equal to Poison on ALL enemies.

Modded card image

Modded

Rare · Skill · Defect

0

Gain 1 Orb Slot. Draw 1 card. Increase this card's cost by 1.

Monologue card image

Monologue

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

0

Whenever you play a card this turn, gain 1 Strength this turn.

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Multi-Cast

Rare · Skill · Defect

0

Evoke your rightmost Orb X times.

Negative Pulse card image

Negative Pulse

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Gain 5 Block. Apply 7 Doom to ALL enemies.

Nightmare card image

Nightmare

Rare · Skill · Silent

3

Choose a card. Next turn, add 3 copies of that card into your Hand.

No Escape card image

No Escape

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Apply 10 Doom, plus an additional 5 Doom for every 10 Doom already on this enemy.

Oblivion card image

Oblivion

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Whenever you play a card this turn, apply 3 Doom to the enemy.

Offering card image

Offering

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

0

Lose 6 HP. Gain . Draw 3 cards.

One-Two Punch card image

One-Two Punch

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

1

This turn, your next Attack is played an extra time.

Outmaneuver card image

Outmaneuver

Event · Skill · event

1

Next turn, gain .

Overclock card image

Overclock

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

0

Draw 2 cards. Add a Burn into your Discard Pile.

Panic Button card image

Panic Button

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Gain 30 Block. You cannot gain Block from cards for 2 turns.

Parse card image

Parse

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Draw 3 cards.

Particle Wall card image

Particle Wall

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

0

Gain 9 Block. Return this card to your Hand.

Patter card image

Patter

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 8 Block. Gain 2 Vigor.

Piercing Wail card image

Piercing Wail

Common · Skill · Silent

1

ALL enemies lose 6 Strength this turn.

Prepared card image

Prepared

Common · Skill · Silent

0

Draw 1 card. Discard 1 card.

Primal Force card image

Primal Force

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

0

Transform all Attacks in your Hand into Giant Rock.

Production card image

Production

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Gain .

Prolong card image

Prolong

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Next turn, gain Block equal to your current Block.

Prophesize card image

Prophesize

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

2

Draw 6 cards.

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Pull Aggro

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

2

Summon 4. Gain 7 Block.

Purity card image

Purity

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.

Putrefy card image

Putrefy

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Apply 2 Weak. Apply 2 Vulnerable.

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Quadcast

Ancient · Skill · Defect

1

Evoke your rightmost Orb 4 times.

Quasar card image

Quasar

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

0

Choose 1 of 3 random Colorless cards to add into your Hand.

Rage card image

Rage

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

0

Whenever you play an Attack this turn, gain 3 Block.

Rainbow card image

Rainbow

Rare · Skill · Defect

2

Channel 1 Lightning. Channel 1 Frost. Channel 1 Dark.

Rally card image

Rally

Rare · Skill · Colorless

2

ALL players gain 12 Block.

Reanimate card image

Reanimate

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

3

Summon 20.

Reboot card image

Reboot

Rare · Skill · Defect

0

Shuffle ALL your cards into your Draw Pile. Draw 4 cards.

Refine Blade card image

Refine Blade

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Forge 6. Next turn, gain .

Reflect card image

Reflect

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 17 Block. Blocked attack damage is reflected to your attacker this turn.

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Reflex

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

3

Draw 2 cards.

Relax card image

Relax

Ancient · Skill · event

3

Gain 15 Block. Next turn, draw 2 cards and gain .

Resonance card image

Resonance

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 1 Strength. ALL enemies lose 1 Strength.

Restlessness card image

Restlessness

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

If your Hand is empty, draw 2 cards and gain .

Royal Gamble card image

Royal Gamble

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

0

Gain 9 .

Sacrifice card image

Sacrifice

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

1

If Osty is alive, he dies and you gain Block equal to double his Max HP.

Scavenge card image

Scavenge

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Exhaust a card. Next turn, gain .

Scourge card image

Scourge

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Apply 13 Doom. Draw 1 card.

Scrawl card image

Scrawl

Rare · Skill · Colorless

1

Draw cards until your Hand is full.

Seance card image

Seance

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Transform a card in your Draw Pile into Soul.

Second Wind card image

Second Wind

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.

Secret Technique card image

Secret Technique

Rare · Skill · Colorless

0

Put a Skill from your Draw Pile into your Hand.

Secret Weapon card image

Secret Weapon

Rare · Skill · Colorless

0

Put an Attack from your Draw Pile into your Hand.

Shadow Shield card image

Shadow Shield

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

2

Gain 11 Block. Channel 1 Dark.

Shadow Step card image

Shadow Step

Rare · Skill · Silent

1

Discard your Hand. Next turn, Attacks deal double damage.

Shadowmeld card image

Shadowmeld

Rare · Skill · Silent

1

Double your Block gain this turn.

Shared Fate card image

Shared Fate

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Lose 2 Strength. Enemy loses 2 Strength.

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Shockwave

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

2

Apply 3 Weak and Vulnerable to ALL enemies.

Shrug It Off card image

Shrug It Off

Common · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 8 Block. Draw 1 card.

Signal Boost card image

Signal Boost

Rare · Skill · Defect

1

The next Power you play is played an additional time.

Skim card image

Skim

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Draw 3 cards.

Snakebite card image

Snakebite

Common · Skill · Silent

2

Apply 7 Poison.

Soul card image

Soul

Token · Skill · token

0

Draw 2 cards.

Splash card image

Splash

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

Choose 1 of 3 random Attacks from another character to add into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.

Spoils of Battle card image

Spoils of Battle

Common · Skill · Regent

1

Forge 10.

Spur card image

Spur

Uncommon · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Summon 3. Osty heals 5 HP.

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Stack

Event · Skill · event

1

Gain Block equal to the number of cards in your Discard Pile|}.

Stoke card image

Stoke

Rare · Skill · Ironclad

1

Exhaust your Hand. Draw a card for each card Exhausted.

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Storm of Steel

Rare · Skill · Silent

1

Discard your Hand. Add 1 Shiv into your Hand for each card discarded.

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Summon Forth

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Forge 8. Put Sovereign Blade into your Hand from anywhere.

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Supercritical

Rare · Skill · Defect

0

Gain .

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Survivor

Basic · Skill · Silent

1

Gain 8 Block. Discard 1 card.

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Synchronize

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Gain 2 Focus this turn for each unique Orb you have.

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Tactician

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

3

Gain .

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Taunt

Uncommon · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 7 Block. Apply 1 Vulnerable.

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Tempest

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

0

Channel X Lightning.

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Terraforming

Uncommon · Skill · Regent

1

Gain 6 Vigor.

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The Bomb

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

2

At the end of 3 turns, deal 40 damage to ALL enemies.

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The Gambit

Rare · Skill · Colorless

0

Gain 50 Block. If you take unblocked attack damage this combat, die.

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The Smith

Rare · Skill · Regent

1

Forge 30.

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Thinking Ahead

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

0

Draw 2 cards. Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.

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Toric Toughness

Event · Skill · event

2

Gain 5 Block. Gain 5 Block at the start of the next 2 turns.

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Transfigure

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

1

Add Replay to a card in your Hand. It costs an extra .

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Tremble

Common · Skill · Ironclad

1

Apply 2 Vulnerable.

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True Grit

Common · Skill · Ironclad

1

Gain 7 Block. Exhaust 1 card at random.

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TURBO

Common · Skill · Defect

0

Gain . Add a Void into your Discard Pile.

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Ultimate Defend

Uncommon · Skill · Colorless

1

Gain 11 Block.

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Undeath

Rare · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Gain 7 Block. Add a copy of this card into your Discard Pile.

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Untouchable

Common · Skill · Silent

2

Gain 9 Block.

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Up My Sleeve

Uncommon · Skill · Silent

2

Add 3 Shivs into your Hand. Reduce this card's cost by 1.

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Venerate

Basic · Skill · Regent

1

Gain .

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Voltaic

Rare · Skill · Defect

2

Channel Lightning equal to the Lightning already Channeled this combat.

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White Noise

Uncommon · Skill · Defect

1

Add a random Power into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.

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Wish

Ancient · Skill · event

0

Put a card from your Draw Pile into your Hand.

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Wisp

Common · Skill · Necrobinder

0

Gain .

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Zap

Basic · Skill · Defect

1

Channel 1 Lightning.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most important skill card type?

Block skills are universally important — every deck needs reliable block generation to survive. Beyond block, skills that provide card draw or energy generation are the most impactful, as they enable you to access your key cards more consistently.

How many skills vs attacks should I take?

Aim for roughly 40-50% skills in most decks, though this varies by character. The Silent tends toward more skills, the Ironclad toward more attacks. The key ratio to maintain is enough block to survive elite and boss encounters while having sufficient damage to end fights before your resources run out.

What makes a skill card worth taking?

A skill card is worth taking if it (1) provides efficient block for its cost, (2) offers utility that your deck needs (draw, debuffs, scaling), or (3) enables powerful synergies with your existing cards. Skills that do multiple things — block + draw, block + debuff, or block + orb generation — are particularly valuable.

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