Calaveras

## Overview

Meet the OG skeletons, the Calaveras! These little ghouls revolve around cards with abilities that can only be used while they're in the Land of the Dead (your discard pile). However, in order to activate their abilities, they need to make a journey back from the Land of the Dead and cross into the Land of the Living (your deck), just as the spirits of family and friends are traditionally believed to make on Día de Muertos. Most of these abilities give you card draws or extra minion plays, as the fiestas tend to draw crowds of people together in celebration.

### Details

#### General

* Name: Calaveras (aka Skeletons)
* Author: Awesom360
* Complexity: 2.5/5
* Version:
* Last updated: 2023/07/17

#### Mechanics

* Specials, especially at the start of your turn and/or from your discard pile
* Draw
* Recursion
* Some extra minion plays

#### Special details

As featured on Crank It Up: https://youtu.be/IXb4gVj8YgM

## Cards

### Breakdown

Most factions have the standard 10 minions and 10 actions (but you may describe any deviations from that here). Most factions have a standard 30 total minion power or an average minion power of 3 (again, describe any deviations here). Among their actions, they have:

* 1 play-on-minion actions: The Book of Life
* 1 play-on-base actions: Remember Me
* 8 standard actions, 1 of which directly affect one or minions (in **bold**): 2x ¿Me Da Para Mi Calaverita?, Cempasúchil, Grim Fandango, Iluminación, **Momento Mori**, 2x Pan de Muerto
* 0 actions directly increase a minion's power: n/a

### Minions (10)

* **1x La Muerte (5):** Talent: Shuffle your deck. Special: If this card is in your discard pile, after the first time each turn a minion goes to your discard pile, you may draw a card.
* **2x La Catrina (4):** Special: If this card is in your discard pile at the start of your turn, you may place it on the bottom of your deck to play an extra minion. Only use one *La Catrina*'s ability each turn.
* **3x La Calaca (3):** Special: If this card is in your discard pile at the start of your turn, you may place it on the bottom of your deck to draw a card. Only use one *La Calaca*'s ability each turn.
* **4x La Angelita (2):** Special: If this card is in your discard pile after another minion goes to your discard pile, you may shuffle this minion into your deck. Only use one *La Angelita*'s ability each instance.

### Actions (10)

* **2x Pan De Muerto:** Discard any number of cards in your hand. Draw a card for each card you discarded. Play an extra action.
* **2x ¿Me Da Para Mi Calaverita?:** Play an extra action. Special: If this card is in your discard pile at the start of your turn, you may place it on the bottom of your deck to draw two cards. Only use one *¿Me Da Para Mi Calaverita?*'s ability each turn.
* **1x Cempasúchil:** Draw a card. Special: If this card is in your discard pile at the start of your turn, you may place it on the bottom of your deck to play an extra minion.
* **1x Grim Fandango:** Draw a card. Special: If this card is in your discard pile at the start of your turn, you may place it and another card in your discard pile on the bottom of your deck.
* **1x Iluminación:** Draw a card. Special: If this card is in your discard pile, after the first time each turn an action goes to your discard pile, you may draw a card.
* **1x Momento Mori:** Destroy a minion you own. Choose a number of cards in your discard pile equal to or less than that minion’s power and place them on the bottom of your deck.
* **1x Remember Me:** Play on a base. Ongoing: After the first time each turn you place a card on the bottom of your deck, you may draw a card.
* **1x The Book of Life:** Play on a minion. Ongoing: After this minion goes to the discard pile, place this minion and this action on the bottom of their owner's deck.

### Bases

* **(20) Afterdeath Bar (3 2 1):** At the start of your turn, you may move one of your minions from here to another base to put a card in your discard pile on the bottom of your deck.

* **(25) Offerings Altar (5 3 2):** Once per turn when you play a minion here, you may put a card in your hand on the bottom of your deck to give your minions here +1 power until the end of the turn.

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