It’s been a while since the last patch. Unfortunately the second set of the Sister cards need more time in the oven, so in the meantime we’re releasing a few simple balance changes that aims to shake up the meta slightly and keep things interesting.
The patch will go live October 12th at around 7pm EST.
New Keyword: Fading
Cards with Fading cannot be replaced and disappear at the end of your turn.
The following token cards now have Fading:
– Afterglow
– Blink
– Malice
Balance Changes
Note that any given balance change falls under 1) a feel-good change that makes the card better to play with 2) a change to make the card less frustrating to play against or 3) a change to increase the card’s play rate. As a result, there wont be explanations for each card as to why it was changed.
Divine Bond
[Old] Lyonar | Spell | 3 | Give a minion +Attack equal to its Health.
[New] Lyonar | Spell | 1 | Set a minion’s Attack equal to its Health.
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Sunforge Advance
[Old] Lyonar | Minion | 4 | 3 | 5 | When this attacks, add a True Strike to your action bar.
[New] Lyonar | Minion | 4 | 4 | 5 | When this attacks, add a Fading True Strike to your action bar. It costs one less.
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Echo Mage
[Old] Lyonar | Minion | 5 | 4 | 6 | Zeal: When you play a spell, put a 1 cost copy of that spell into your action bar until the end of your turn. (once per turn)
[New] Lyonar | Minion | 5 | 4 | 6 | Zeal: When you play a spell, put a 1 cost Fading copy of that spell into your action bar until the end of your turn. (once per turn)
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Gore Horn
[Old] Songhai | Minion | 3 | 3 | 3 | Backstab: 2 After this attacks, it gains +1/+1
[New] Songhai | Minion | 3 | 3 | 4 | Backstab: 2 After this attacks, it gains +1/+1
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Portal Guardian
[Old] Vetruvian | Minion | 3 | 1 | 7 | Frenzy When you summon a minion, this gains +1/+0
[New] Vetruvian | Minion | 3 | 0 | 7 | Frenzy When you summon a minion, this gains +1/+0
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Soulstone Obelysk
[Old] Vetruvian | Structure | 6 | 0 | 6 | Gateway Opening Gambit: Destroy a minion. Dying Wish: Summon it on this space for its owner.
[New] Vetruvian | Structure | 6 | 0 | 6 | Gateway Opening Gambit: Remove a minion from the board. Dying Wish: Summon it on this space for its owner.
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Blood Siren
[Old] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 2 | Dying Wish: If it’s your turn, heal your General for 3. Otherwise deal 3 damage to the enemy General.
[New] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 2 Dying Wish: If it’s your turn, heal your General for 2. Otherwise deal 2 damage to the enemy General.
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Gloomchaser
[Old] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 1 | Opening Gambit: Summon a Wraithling directly behind this.
[New] Abyssian | Minion | 2 | 3 | 1 | Opening Gambit: Summon a Wraithling on a nearby space.
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Predation
[Old] Magmar | Spell | 1 | An allied unit fights an enemy minion nearby it.
[New] Magmar | Spell | 1 | An allied unit fights a nearby enemy unit.
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Boundless Courage
[Old] Vanar | Spell | 2 | Give an allied minion +2/+0. This turn, give it “This takes no damage”.
[New] Vanar | Spell | 2 | This turn, give a unit +2/+0 and “This takes not damage”.
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Coldbiter
[Old] Vanar | Artifact | 2 | At the end of your turn, your General deals 2 damage to nearby enemy minions.[New] Vanar | Artifact | 2 | At the end of your turn, your General deals 2 damage to nearby enemies.
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Arctic Displacer
[Old] Vanar | Minion | 5 | 10 | 3 | Airdrop Opening Gambit: Stun a nearby minion.
[New] Vanar | Minion | 4 | 4 | 6 | Airdrop Opening Gambit: Stun a nearby minion.
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Sarlac The Eternal
[Old] Neutral | Minion | 3 | 1 | 1 Dying Wish: Summon a copy of this on a random space.
[New] | Neutral | Minion | 2 | 1 | 1 | Dying Wish: Summon a copy of this behind your General.
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Whistling Blade
[Old] Neutral | Minion | 7 | 3 | 13 | Veil
[New] Neutral | Minion | 7 | 5 | 10 | Veil, Provoke
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Skins
Dragonbone Golem – Titan has been added to the shop. It can be purchased for 200 Shards. Designed by StrawberryChewy and Pasty.
Songhai – Dark Skin Bundle has also been added to the shop. It can be purchased for 3000 Shards.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where Penance did not damage structures
Board Game News
Hello, Anjo here. Duelyst II: The Board Game is essentially done and I have ordered the first copy, so I should have more to share with you within a month. For now, if you want to check out the finalized decks/cards or play the game for free before it’s cool, head over to the game page. Here’s one of the new cards with pixel art by my brother:
