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Spot Weakness

* Standard
* Beta Art

Spot Weakness is an Uncommon Skill for the Ironclad. If the target intends to attack, the player gains 3  (4 Strength if the card is ).

Spot Weakness can still target enemies that don't intend to attack, but has no effect when played.

If the selected enemy's attack has some extra effect, such as the Blue Slaver's Rake attack, Spot Weakness will still grant Strength. It will also still grant Strength if the enemy's attack will do zero damage.

## Strategy

* Although the  hides enemy intents, this card can help reveal if the enemy is attacking this turn, as it will either fail if they are not, or it will grant the player . This is useful against non-deterministic enemies like Thieves, but it can also lead to a waste of .

* The Strength gained from Spot Weakness is repeatable and lasts the rest of the battle, which makes it an excellent enabler for .

* The Strength bonus is more effective when combined with multi-attack cards like , or with .

* Spot Weakness is a strong utility card for defensive -heavy decks. It sets up future power turns while the player defends against incoming attacks.

* The card is more reliable than it initially appears, since most enemy turns are attacks. The times when it's inactive are also the turns that it's least useful - if the enemy doesn't intend to attack, the player can go all-out with attacks instead of playing defensive cards.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 1: The First of Many!
	+ Spot Weakness rare crash fix.
Storm of Steel

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* Beta Art

## Interactions

* Positive
	+ and  benefit from discarding.
	+ generates new cards to play after you play the Shivs.
	+ often gives you expensive, unplayable cards that can be turned into Shivs with Storm of Steel, which can also become cheaper.
	+ can give you very large hands that need to be discarded.
* Negative
	+ Using  on Storm of Steel achieves nothing besides filling your deck with Shivs.
	+ can not normally be played after the Shivs.

## Update History

* Patch V2.2: Happy Holidays!
	+ Storm of Steel card buffed. Cost lowered from 2 -> 1.
	+ Storm of Steel+ card buffed. Cost lowered from 2 -> 1.
* Patch V2.0: The Watcher
	+ Cards/powers/potions that generate Upgraded Cards now just describe them with a + in their name.
* Weekly Patch 34: Malaise
	+ CARD\_OBTAIN sfx no longer stacks for add card to hand actions like Storm Of Steel.
* Weekly Patch 8: Ooh Shiny!
	+ Storm of Steel+ reworked to give upgraded Shivs rather than lowering cost.
Taskmaster

The Taskmaster is an enemy encountered in Act 2, either as an Elite encounter, or in the second fight of the Colosseum event. In the Elite encounter, he is accompanied by a Blue Slaver and a Red Slaver. In the Colosseum encounter, he is accompanied by a Gremlin Nob.

## Tips

* The large number of  he shuffles in your deck can be very troublesome, especially on higher Ascension levels. If playing as the Ironclad, this can be countered by  and/or . Other characters can counter the  by exhausting them or using the  relic.
* If playing as the Silent,  is extremely useful, as all enemies will attack most turns. For other characters,  has a similar effect.
* It may be best to kill the Red Slaver in the back first, so that he can't use his Entangle ability to prevent you from attacking. In addition, the  he applies is very dangerous when 3 enemies are attacking.
* After killing the Red Slaver, it may be a good idea to kill the Blue Slaver next, as it applies , which will actively make your attacks less effective. However, on Ascension 18 and higher, it may be preferable to kill the Taskmaster earlier due to his  gain.
* A powerful card that damages all enemies such as ,  and  is extremely useful in this fight.

## Update History

* Slay the Spire 1.0: Farewell Early Access
	+ Colossuem Nob fight ordering swapped so that the Nob can apply Vulnerable.
* Weekly Patch 56: The Collector
	+ Colosseum event's second fight is now a Gremlin Nob + Taskmaster (rather than 2 Gremlin Nobs)
* Weekly Patch 5: Happy Holidays!
	+ Taskmaster's AI is reworked to be more straightforward.
* Weekly Patch 2: Slimes!
	+ Taskmaster gets yet another nerf.
* Weekly Patch 1: The First of Many!
	+ Slaver Boss now referred to as Taskmaster.
	+ Taskmaster now always uses Str up on turn 1 and his Whip attack is now a multi-hit with lower starting damage.
Sozu

### Flavor

You notice that magical liquids seem to lose their properties when near this relic.

### Class

Any

Gain 1 Energy at the start of each turn. You can no longer obtain Potions.

You can still use potions but will be unable to obtain them. If an effect would obtain a potion, Sozu will flash.

* Reward screen (such as after combat) potions disappear when you click on them.
* Merchant potions will not be purchased. Gold will not be spent.
	+ However, you *can* buy  for no benefit.
* Knowing Skull: HP will be lost with no benefit.
* : Will play without effect.
* : Consumed without effect.

Sozu is a Boss Relic.

## Update History

* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Knowing Skull event can no longer give you a potion if you have the Sozu relic.
* Weekly Patch 13: Thinking Ahead
	+ Sozu now prevents you from acquiring new potions rather than preventing usage (similar to Ectoplasm).
Scrape

### Effect+

Deal 10 damage.Draw 5 cards.Discard all cards drawn this way that do not cost 0.

**Scrape** is an Attack card for The Defect that combines solid damage with a powerful card-draw effect. As an uncommon card, Scrape can be acquired as a battle reward card or purchased from the Merchant.

### Strategy

* Scrape is a critical piece of The Defect's 0-cost archetype, drawing into your key cards while dealing relevant damage. Some zero-cost synergies include:
	+ , , upgraded , and double-discounted  to stack up massive damage.
	+ and fully-discounted  for combined attack and defense.
	+ , , , , , and  generate "real" card draw and surplus Energy.
	+ Be careful when using this with a 0-energy build featuring , as Scrape can sometimes discard All For One.
	+ enables The Defect to recover useful, but non-0-cost cards from the discard pile.

* Note that , , and X-cost cards like  do not cost 0, and will be discarded by Scrape.

* When The Defect is , cards whose costs are reduced to 0 will not be discarded, while cards whose costs are increased above 0 will be discarded.

* Because Scrape draws through your deck faster, it allows you to shuffle more often. This can be used to enable effects like .

* Scrape's effect is much stronger than it initially appears. You can immediately play every card you draw, even if you played Scrape with your final Energy.

* You don't even need many 0-cost cards to get value from Scrape — upgrading your starting  and  reduces their costs to 0, and even two  can become exceptionally powerful during a long game.

* Be sure to check upgrades while building around Scrape. Many of The Defect's cards drop to 0 cost when upgraded.

* Scrape is one of the few Attacks that can actually draw cards. This makes it useful against Chosen, Gremlin Nob, and other enemies that punish non-Attack cards.

* Be careful not to inadvertently draw , , or  with Scrape — they will be discarded instead of .

* When you have eight or fewer cards in your deck, check your decklist before playing Scrape. If your remaining cards aren't particularly powerful, you may want to deliberately discard them so you'll reshuffle next turn.
* As Scrape puts cards that do not cost 0 directly into the discard pile, it can be used to increase the block that  grants without having to use any energy on the cards that Scrape drew.

## Update History

* Patch V2.2: Happy Holidays!
	+ Scrape card draws 3 -> 4 cards.
	+ Scrape+ card buffed. Damage increased from 9 -> 10.
	+ Scrape+ card draws 4 -> 5 cards.
* Weekly Patch 50: The Final Act
	+ Scrape card gets VFX.
* Weekly Patch 37: Darkness
	+ Scrape and All For One cards now correctly work with cards that set cost to 0 until played.
* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ This week adds the long anticipated third character into the game!
	+ A new character with unique mechanics, keywords, and art.
	+ Content: 75 Cards.
True Grit

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* Beta Art

**True Grit** is a Skill card for the Ironclad. It grants 7  (9 if ), and  a random other card in hand. If True Grit is Upgraded, the player chooses the card in hand to Exhaust.

## Tips

* While True Grit only grants 2 more  than a basic , its real strength lies in the ability to  cards. Exhausting cards can trigger many strong effects, including , , , , and the . It also disposes of  and  cards.

* Even without dedicated combos, this card can still temporarily remove cards that are undesired in the current combat (e.g. having  when fighting a Spiker).

* Upgrading True Grit is highly recommended. Without the ability to select the card, combos are die rolls, and the player runs the risk of Exhausting useful cards.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 47: Metamorphosis
	+ Fixed issue where True Grit card was not behaving correctly with seeded runs.
* Weekly Patch 23: Testing Continues...
	+ True Grit card is now properly seeded.
Self-Forming Clay

### Flavor

"Most curious! It appears to form itself loosely on my thoughts! Tele-clay?" - Ranwid

### Class

Ironclad

Whenever you lose HP in combat, gain 3  next turn.

Self-Forming Clay can be activated multiple times in a single turn.

Self-Forming Clay is an Uncommon Relic.

## Tips

* Self-Forming Clay is activated by cards that cost your HP. Therefore, assuming the block it produces actually gets used, it will effectively negate the disadvantage of paying 3 HP, and can even turn paying 1 or 2 HP to your advantage. For example,  or  will cause you to gain 3 block a turn. However, note that having multiple of the same power that does this (for example, having 2 Combusts) will still only grant 3 block for that turn.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 51: Recursion
	+ Fixed Self-Forming Clay relic triggering incorrectly off of prevented damage from Buffer power.
* Weekly Patch 5: Happy Holidays!
	+ Bird-Faced, Well-Laid, All-Out, Self-Forming gets hyphenated.
* Day 1 Patch
	+ Self Forming Clay wording fixed to make more sense with what it actually does.
The Collector

* Boss
* Map Icon

**The Collector** is one of the three bosses encountered at the end of Act 2.

## Pattern

Always starts with Spawn and always uses the Mega Debuff on turn 4. Can only have a maximum of 2 Torch Heads throughout the battle.

If one or more of the Torch Heads are dead, has a 25% chance of using Spawn, 45% chance of using Fireball and 30% chance of using Buff.

If both Torch Heads are alive, has a 70% chance of using Fireball and a 30% chance of using Buff.

Cannot use Buff twice in a row and cannot use Fireball three times in a row.

 Fireball
 Mega Debuff
 Applies 5 19+ , 5 19+ , and
 Spawn

## Torch Head

### Powers

None

A Minion spawned by the Collector.

## Trivia

* The Collector is confirmed to be female by one of the developers.

## Gallery

The Collector presented in Weekly Patch 56 banner.
## Update History

* Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
	+ Updating SFX for Collector Debuff and Summon.
* Weekly Patch 41: Chill
	+ Added SFX for Minion spawn and Debuff attack for the Collector.
* Weekly Patch 11: A Library of Features
	+ The Collector changes. Now only spawns 2 minions. However, revives both minions at once.
	+ Torch Head buffed (24 - 31 HP) -> (38 - 40 HP). 6 -> 7 damage.
* Weekly Patch 9: Ascension
	+ The Collector respawns its minions considerably less often when certain criteria is met: (100% -> 25%)
Wing Statue

**Wing Statue** is an event found exclusively in Act 1. You find a blue, wing-shaped statue that has gold spilling out from it.

## Options

* **[Pray]** Remove a card from your deck. Lose 7 HP.

* **[Destroy]** Gain 50-80 Gold.
	+ Requires the player to possess a card that deals 10 or more damage **per hit** in their deck.

* **[Leave]** Nothing happens.

## Trivia

* "...a cult that worshipped a giant bird." possibly references the cult of Awakened One.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 21: Channel Lightning
	+ Seeds are now utilized for Wing Statue event.
* Weekly Patch 3: Balance Balance Balance
	+ Fixed a hyphen not being green for the Golden Wing event.
* Day 1 Patch
	+ Fixed typo for Golden Wing locked option.

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The Moai Head

**The Moai Head** is an event found exclusively in Act 3. You encounter a statue of a Moai head, with gaping maw and teeth stained with blood.

## Options

*Numbers in parentheses are for Ascension 15 or higher.*

**[Jump Inside]** Heal to full HP. Lose 12.5% (18) of your Max HP.

**[Offer: ]** Receive 333 Gold. Lose .

**[Leave]** Nothing happens.

## Related

* The Act 1 event Golden Idol (Event) gives you the Golden Idol (Relic) if you survive the boulder trap guarding it.
* The Act 2 event Forgotten Altar will trade the Golden Idol (Relic) for a Bloody Idol and avoid negative options.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 36: Power Through
	+ Fixed an incorrect interaction with the Mark of the Bloom and the Moai Head event in Act 3.

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Ssserpent Head

The **Ssserpent Head** is an Event Relic which can be obtained from the Face Trader (Event).

## Effect

* Causes the player to gain 50 Gold whenever they enter a ? room.

## Trivia

In future battles, the face of the player will stay the same despite exchanging faces with the Face Trader.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 40: Forethought
	+ Face Trader event will no longer give out duplicate relics on Endless mode.
* Weekly Patch 32: Face Trader
	+ Adding event relic Ssserpent Head.
Ritual Dagger

**Ritual Dagger** is a Colorless Card that can only be obtained from The Nest Event.

Killing an enemy with **Ritual Dagger** will increase the card's damage by 3(5) for the rest of the run. Using it will exhaust it, whether it kills an enemy or not.

Some enemies do not count for kills to increase **Ritual Dagger'**s damage, listed below under Interactions.

## Interactions

* can be used to return **Ritual Dagger** to your deck, allowing for more than one use or kill per battle.
* gives a 50% chance that Ritual Dagger will not exhaust on use.

* Minions do not count as kills. These are recognized by the  icon. For a list of minion enemies, see the Minion page.
* As with all Fatal cards, if fighting Darklings reducing the HP of one of them to 0 does not count as a kill unless it was the final enemy from the batch.
* Defeating the first phase of the Awakened One does not count as a kill.
* Using  to kill two separate enemies with **Ritual Dagger** will not cause it to upgrade twice, only once.
* Killing enemies with Ritual Daggers that were copied with  will not increase in your kill count.

## Update History

* Patch V2.0: The Watcher
	+ Fatal keyword added for cards which have effects upon killing a non-Minion enemy.
* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Fixed Automaton's orbs preventing scaling of Genetic Algorithm and Ritual Dagger.
* Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
	+ Fixed Ritual Dagger card portrait shape.
* Weekly Patch 37: Darkness
	+ Ritual Dagger card buff: 12 -> 15.
	+ Ritual Dagger+ card buff: Upgrade amount 1 -> 2.
* Weekly Patch 34: Malaise
	+ Ritual Dagger card buff. Base damage +3. (9 -> 12)
	+ Improved formatting for Tactician and Ritual Dagger cards.
* Weekly Patch 29: TURBO
	+ Ritual Dagger card is marked as seen when you obtain it now.
* Weekly Patch 28: The Ritual
	+ New Card: Ritual Dagger
Thunder Strike

**Thunder Strike** will deal 7 (9) damage to random enemies for each  channeled during the combat. For example, if the player has channeled 3 lightning orbs during a combat **Thunder Strike** will deal 7 (9) damage 3 separate times to random enemies.

## Interactions

* will increase the damage of each of **Thunder Strike's** attacks by 3.
* bonuses will increase the damage of each attack from **Thunder Strike**, despite appearing to be lightning attacks.

## Update History

* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Fixed Rip and Tear, Sword Boomerang, and Thunder Strike continuing its hits over Thorns and Shifting powers.
	+ Fixed Wrist Blade not affecting Sword Boomerang, Rip and Tear, and Thunder Strike.
* Weekly Patch 54: Loop
	+ Tingsha, Sword Boomerang, Bouncing Flask, Rip and Tear, Thunder Orbs, Havoc, and Juggernaut now utilize seeded enemy target randomization.
* Weekly Patch 37: Darkness
	+ Thunderstrike card no longer shoots a single lightning if you have channeled no Lightning.
* Weekly Patch 28: The Ritual
	+ Fixed issue where Strike (blue), Thunder Strike, and Meteor Strike weren't used by Perfected Strike.
* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ This week adds the long anticipated third character into the game!
	+ A new character with unique mechanics, keywords, and art.
	+ Content: 75 Cards.
April 29

**April 29th**

* 1862 – Joseph Alexander Altsheler born.
* 1872 – The James Gang robbed a bank in Columbia of $1,500 with 1 person killed.
* 1896 – Johnnie Heving born.
* 1909 – Tom Ewell born.
* 1989 – Richard C. Lord died, aged 78.
* 1999 – Country Estates of River Road listed on National Register of Historic Places.
The Joust

**The Joust** is an event found exclusively in Act 2. A knight settles the score with the murderer of his pet. He tells you to bet on who you think will emerge victorious.

## Options

There is no option to avoid betting.

* **[Murderer]** Bet 50 Gold - 70%: win 100 Gold.

* **[Owner]** Bet 50 Gold - 30%: win 250 Gold.

## Notes

* means you can't win, but you still have to bet, making it a guaranteed loss of 50 gold.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 21: Channel Lightning
	+ Seeds are now utilized for The Joust event.
* Weekly Patch 2: Slimes!
	+ Joust event now has correct wording for some incorrect options.

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Sensory Stone

**Sensory Stone** is an event that can appear in Act 3. You encounter a mysterious tesseract that holds a distant memory.

## Options

* **[Recall]** Add 1 Colorless Card to your deck.

* **[Recall]** Add 2 Colorless Cards to your deck, take 5 damage.

* **[Recall]** Add 3 Colorless Cards to your deck, take 10 damage.

## Notes

* Each choice is treated like a typical card reward for combat; you pick from 3 possible colorless cards (affected by , and ), skip picking a card, or gain 2 Max HP with .

## Trivia

* When completing this event, you 'recall' what appear to be memories regarding the pasts of the characters.
	+ The "Fear" memory may recount the demonic encounter that gave the Ironclad his powers.
	+ The "Triumph" memory may recount a battle between the Silent and the Nemesis elite.
	+ The "Confusion" memory may recount the Defect's reawakening at the bottom of the Spire.
	+ The "Serenity" memory may recount a moment in the Watcher's journey to the Spire.
* The "Fear" and "Triumph" memories appear to be linked to the  and  powers respectively.
* The memory dialogue is randomly picked regardless of your current character.
* The "Serenity" memory could also be a reference to The Joust event as in this event two knights fight over a dead dog.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
	+ Adding ambient SFX for Sensory Stone event.
* Weekly Patch 29: TURBO
	+ Fix grammar issue in Sensory Stone event.
* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ Additional lore in the Sensory Stone event.
	+ Egg relics now show pre-upgraded cards for Sensory Stone event's choices.
* Weekly Patch 21: Channel Lightning
	+ Sensory Stone event wording fix.
* Weekly Patch 20: Immolate
	+ Wording fixes in Sensory Stone event.
* Weekly Patch 19: Seed
	+ Grammar improvements for Sensory Stone event.
* Weekly Patch 18: Paranormal
	+ Hotfix: Fixed issue where Sensory Stone event may give you colored cards.
	+ New Event (Beyond): Sensory Stone.

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Self Repair

As **Self Repair** is a healing card, it can't be generated by sources of random card generation such as , , and .

## Strategy

Note that the buff you receive from playing this fight doesn't provide any benefit until the fight actually ends, unless you have other ways to synergize with Powers.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 44: Chrysalis
	+ All sources of random temporary card generation in combat (like Dead Branch) can no longer generate cards that provide healing.
	+ New tip added to indicate that healing cards cannot be generated randomly during combat.
* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ This week adds the long anticipated third character into the game!
	+ A new character with unique mechanics, keywords, and art.
	+ Content: 75 Cards.
Sword Boomerang

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* Beta Art

**Sword Boomerang** is an Attack card for the Ironclad. It deals 3 damage to random enemy 3 times. Each target is picked randomly from live targets for each attack. As a Common card, it can be found as a reward after combats.

Upon upgrade, it attacks one more time.

## Interactions

* As a multi-hit attack, it benefits three times from  bonuses (four times when upgraded).

## Trivia

* This card is possibly a reference to Disney's Hercules. During the training montage with Philoctetes, Hercules bends his sword into a boomerang, cutting off the heads of many training dummies.

## Update History

* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Fixed Rip and Tear, Sword Boomerang, and Thunder Strike continuing its hits over Thorns and Shifting powers.
	+ Fixed Wrist Blade not affecting Sword Boomerang, Rip and Tear, and Thunder Strike.
* Weekly Patch 54: Loop
	+ Tingsha, Sword Boomerang, Bouncing Flask, Rip and Tear, Thunder Orbs, Havoc, and Juggernaut now utilize seeded enemy target randomization.
Wing Boots

**Wing Boots** is a Rare Relic. It allows the player to choose any room on the next floor when going to the next floor, without being restricted by the paths. The player may not choose a room on the same floor they are currently at, skip floors, or go back a floor. The relic allows the paths to be ignored 3 times across a run before it is used up.

This relic does not spawn beyond floor 40, excluding Endless mode. This relic is removed from the pool of available relics if the current run uses the Flight or Certain Future run modifiers, as either one would make the effect of this relic pointless.

## Update History

* Patch V2.0: The Watcher
	+ Relics which gray out are now grayed out using a shader, rather than a grayscale image.
* Weekly Patch 51: Recursion
	+ Wing Boot relics were still spawning beyond certain floors when they should not.
* Weekly Patch 50: The Final Act
	+ Wing Boots relic no longer appers after floor 40 (except with the Endless mod on).
* Weekly Patch 47: Metamorphosis
	+ Wing Boots relic will no longer spawn on Certain Future daily mod.
* Weekly Patch 44: Chrysalis
	+ Adding controller support for Wing Boots relic map navigation.
* Weekly patch 42: Reboot
	+ Adding a used up image for Winged Boots relic.
* Weekly Patch 41: Chill
	+ New Rare Relic: Wing Boots.
A Chance Hero

A Chance Hero is a young adult novel written by Ann H. Gabhart. It was first published in 1985.

## Description

Shane lives with his dad in the middle of a thick woods, which he likes to explore by himself. Here he meets and befriends Big Foot. There are some realistic elements, with his dad pushing him to succeed in sports and his infatuation with a girl who doesn't know he exists and some suspense over his mother's death.
Terror

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**Terror** is a Skill for the Silent. It inflicts 99  on a selected enemy. When , Terror costs 0  instead of 1.

## Tips

* This card effectively makes an enemy Vulnerable for the entire rest of the fight. As such, it can find a place in almost any non- deck, as all Attacks will deal 50% more damage after it is played.
* Ensure that the target does not have any , as this will entirely negate Terror.
Secret Weapon

The attack is not random, you get to search the deck.

## Trivia

* The beta art version of Secret Weapon resembles the Hydro-Dynamic Spatula from SpongeBob SquarePants.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 8: Ooh Shiny!
	+ Colorless cards can now be upgraded! This was also a good time to re-examine and balance several of the cards.
	+ Secret Technique+ and Secret Weapon+. Removes Exhaust on upgrade.
* Weekly Patch 1: The First of Many!
	+ Wording for select screens for Secret Tech and Secret Attack cards improved.
	+ Secret Tech and Secret Attack when bursted with full hand no longer breaks the Hand.
Strike (Silent)

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* Beta Art

This is the Silent's Strike card. Click here for the Ironclad's Strike card, the Defect's Strike Card, or the Watcher's Strike Card.

Strike is a Basic card. The Silent begins a run with 5 copies of Strike in the deck.

## Trivia

* The beta art version of strike is based off the Batman slapping Robin meme.

## Update History

* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Silent's starting Strikes are put before Defends (to be consistent with other characters)
* Weekly Patch 18: Paranormal
	+ Perfected Strike now counts Strikes from other characters.
* Weekly Patch 1: The First of Many!
	+ Falling Event can now hit Strikes and Defends, making the event potentially not as bad.
A Few Pecans Short of a Pie

A Few Pecans Short of a Pie is a novel written by Molly Harper. It was first published in 2019.

## Description

Sexy school principal Kyle faces the biggest challenge of his career: getting his (pregnant) event planner girlfriend Margot down the aisle before the baby arrives!

Readers first fell in love with big city event planner Margot in the first Southern Eclectic novel, Sweet Tea and Sympathy, as she discovered a long-lost branch of her family - the McCreadys, of McCready's Bait Shop & Funeral Home. To Margot's surprise, she's taken a liking to life in small-town Georgia...helped along by a romance with the hot elementary school principal.

The two of them have been taking it slow - or they were until Margot gets pregnant! Kyle wants to make an honest woman of her, but Margot's still trying to proceed with caution. After all, she was the best event planner in Chicago before she ever came to Lake Sackett - her wedding has to be perfect, and perfect includes not having the baby halfway down the aisle.

With her trademark witty prose and warmhearted storytelling, Molly Harper's newest glimpse of the McCready family will be perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Amy E. Reichert.
April 19

**April 19th**

* 1769 – James Taylor born.
* 1779 – William Brown born.
* 1791 – William Orlando Butler born.
* 1865 – Samuel F. Swope died, aged 56.
* 1872 – Ella Broadus Robertson born.
* 1898 – Nelly Nichol Marshall died, aged 52.
* 1919 – Bernie Crimmins born.
* 1944 – Anna Mac Clarke died, aged 24.
* 1976 – Scott Padgett born.
Spire Shield and Spire Spear

## Surrounded

### Description

Receive 50% more damage if attacked from behind. Use targeting cards or potions to change your orientation.

## Back Attack

* Left
* Right

### Description

Deals 50% more damage as it is attacking you from behind.

### StackingBehavior

None

The **Spire Shield and Spire Spear** is the Elite encounter always fought in Act 4. Their block, damage, and Surrounded mechanic make them a tough adversary.

The player starts combat between the two enemies, facing right, and can use targeting cards or potions to face the opposite direction. Additionally, using a Smoke Bomb Potion will not work until one of the two enemies is killed.

## Spire Shield

### Powers

Artifact 1Artifact 2 (Ascension 18+)

Despite its lower HP, the Spire Shield is the tankier of the two enemies. Its Smash attack may be dangerous in the beginning of the fight, but Spire Spear will begin to hit much harder.

### Pattern

1. 50% chance of using Bash then Fortify or Fortify then Bash.
2. Uses Smash.
3. Repeat.

 Fortify
 Smash

## Spire Spear

### Powers

Artifact 1Artifact 2 (Ascension 18+)

Spire Spear, despite having more HP than Spire Shield, is the more offensive of the two enemies and will buff its  throughout the fight to hit even harder.

### Pattern

1. Uses Burn Strike
2. Uses Skewer
3. 50% Chance of using either Burn Strike then Piercer or Piercer then Burn Strike
4. Repeat 2 through 4.

 Piercer
 Skewer

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 53: Blizzard
	+ Spire Spear was incorrectly buffed on Ascension 17 instead of 18.
* Weekly Patch 51: Recursion
	+ Spire Shield's intent was incorrect for one of its moves. Attack -> Attack + Debuff.
Aunt Jane of Kentucky

Aunt Jane of Kentucky is a collection of nine short stories written by American author Eliza "Lida" Calvert Obenchain. Obenchain wrote the book under the pen name Eliza Calvert Hall, a pseudonym that she frequently used when writing her fictional works. Set in rural western Kentucky in the late nineteenth century, the book recounts an elderly quilt-maker Aunt Jane's memories of life in the rural south as told to an unnamed younger woman visitor.

The collection under the title Aunt Jane of Kentucky was first published together in 1907. The book appeared in at least thirty-three editions and reached approximately one million readers.

The most famous reader was perhaps United States President Theodore Roosevelt who suggested reading the book to listeners during a 1908 speech: "I cordially recommend the first chapter of Aunt Jane of Kentucky as a tract in all families where the menfolk tend to selfish or thoughtless or overbearing disregard to the rights of their womenfolk."

Beulah Strong, an artist trained in Paris and teaching at Potter College in Bowling Green, Kentucky, used the description of Aunt Jane at the beginning of the story, "Sally Ann's Experience," as her model for the book's frontispiece. Strong created fourteen more pen and ink illustrations to open nine of the stories and to serve as tail-pieces at the end of five stories.

## Contents

* Sally Ann's Experience
* The New Organ
* Aunt Jane's Album
* "Sweet Day of Rest"
* Milly Baker's Boy
* The Baptizing at Kittle Creek
* How Sam Amos Rode in the Tournament
* Mary Andrews' Dinner Party
* The Gardens of Memory
Tools of the Trade

* Standard
* Beta Art

**Tools of the Trade** is a Rare Power for The Silent. When played, the player will draw 1 additional card on all future turns, but they will also be forced to choose a card to Discard. The  makes this card cost 0  to play.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
	+ Updating icon for Tools of the Trade power.
* Weekly Patch 1: The First of Many!
	+ Tools of the Trade card nerf. No longer innate.
The Abacus

* The Abacus is, naturally, stronger in smaller decks, since you will shuffle more often.
* It combos with any effects that cause you to shuffle your deck, including  and ; both cards become better once you have it.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 47: Metamorphosis
	+ Reboot and Deep Breath cards no longer trigger shuffle-based relics twice.
* Weekly Patch 44: Chrysalis
	+ Localization: Mutagenic Strength, Meal Ticket, and Abacus now support more flexible descriptions.
* Weekly Patch 32: Face Trader
	+ Adding shop relic The Abacus.
Symbiotic Virus

Symbiotic Virus is an uncommon relic unique to the Defect that starts each combat with 1  in your orb slots.

Note that this relic will always put a  behind a  generated by , if you possess it (Exchanging the Cracked core with Neow or replacing it with the  can ensure the Dark orb is channeled into the first slot.).

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ This week adds the long anticipated third character into the game!
	+ Content: 9 Relics.
"X"

"X" Is a novel written by Sue Grafton. It was first published in 2015.

## Description

When a glamorous red head wishes to locate the son she put up for adoption thirty-two years ago, it seems like an easy two hundred bucks for P. I. Kinsey Millhone. But when a cop tells her she was paid with marked bills, and Kinsey's client is nowhere to be found, it becomes apparent this mystery woman has something to hide. Riled, Kinsey won't stop until she's found out who fooled her and why.

Meanwhile, the widow of the recently murdered P. I. - and Kinsey's old friend - Pete Wolinsky, needs help with her IRS audit. This seemingly innocuous task takes a treacherous turn when Kinsey finds a coded list amongst her friend's files. It soon leads her to an unhinged man with a catalogue of ruined lives left in his wake. And despite the devastation, there isn't a single conviction to his name. It seems this sociopath knows exactly how to cause chaos without leaving a trace.

As Kinsey delves deeper into the investigation she quickly becomes the next target of this tormentor. But can Kinsey prove her case against him before she becomes the next victim?
August 21

**August 21st**

* 1811 – William Kelly born.
* 1825 – John Richard Barret born.
* 1841 – Pierman Powell born.
* 1871 – Andrew Trumbo died, aged 73.
* 1899 – Olive Blakeney born.
* 1919 – Bob Clark died, aged 56.
* 1941 – Jackie DeShannon born.
* 1949 – Malachi Thompson born.
* 1955 – The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter occurred.
Spire Growth

**Spire Growth** is a Monster fought in Act 3 of the Spire.

## Pattern

If the player is not Constricted:

* 50% chance of using Constrict, 50% chance of using Quick Tackle.

If the player is Constricted or if Constrict was used last turn:

* 50% chance of using Quick Tackle, 50% chance of using Smash.

In Ascension 17+, Spire Growth will use Constrict on its first turn. Spire Growth will also always use Constrict if the player is not Constricted and it has not used Constrict last turn.

Spire Growth cannot use either attack 3 times in a row.

 Smash
 Constrict

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 56: The Collector
	+ Spire Growth's constrict power nerfed 15 -> 12 on Ascension 18.
* Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
	+ Updating SFX for Constricted Power.
* Weekly Patch 40: Forethought
	+ Adding SFX for Time Warp, Flight, Constricted, and Entangle Powers.
* Weekly Patch 37: Darkness
	+ Spire Growth enemy is now affected by Ascension 2 and Ascension 7.
* Weekly Patch 33: Terror
	+ Adding enemy Spire Growth.
The Boot

**The Boot** is a Common Relic. Anytime an Attack would deal 4 or less unblocked damage, it deals 5 damage instead.

The effect applies only to damage dealt by Attacks. It will *not* increase damage from other relics (, ), non-Attack cards that deal damage (, ), or the Defect's Lightning and Dark Orbs.

## Interactions

* Positive
	+ and  deal much more damage, since they are many small hits.
	+ The Boot bypasses enemies' innate damage reduction, such as Byrd's Flight and Nemesis's .
	+ Decks which utilize multiple low-damage 0  Attacks (, ) can especially benefit.
* Negative
	+ Gaining  will quickly make The Boot obsolete.
	+ Inflicting  also makes The Boot obsolete.
	+ If an Attack would deal 0 damage due to negative Strength, The Boot will *not* increase the damage to 5.
	+ Using Body Slam while having 0 Block will also occur in The Boot not increasing damage to 5.

## Trivia

The artwork for The Boot is a reference to Goomba's Shoe from the Mario Bros. franchise.

## Update History

* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Fixed Invincible power with interactions such as The Boot and Block.
* Weekly Patch 55: Blur
	+ Reaper card now heals the correct amount if the player has The Boot relic.
* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ Boot relic now triggers on 4 or less rather than 5, this caused it to flash when it did nothing.
* Weekly Patch 25: Building Blocks
	+ New common relic The Boot.
Becoming Alien

Becoming Alien is a novel written by Rebecca Ore. It was first published in 1988.

## Description

16-year old boy finds an alien crash-landed on a farm and ends up being recruited to join the Federation of Sapients - and adventuring out among the stars.

First book of a trilogy, although ends in a way that does not require continuation to the other books. Sequels are "Being Alien" and "Human to Human". Finalist for the 1989 Philip K. Dick Award. Nominated for the John W. Campbell Award. Nominated for the 1988 Locus Awards.
Sunder

**Sunder** is an Uncommon Attack for The Defect. It deals a lot of damage for a pricey  cost, but if this attack kills the target enemy, the energy is refunded. When , it deals an additional 8 damage.

## Usage

**Sunder** revolves around elimination. It can be recognised as a lesser , but is less rare, and killing an enemy with it regains its full cost. Generally, it's a good card for normal encounters with multiple enemies, and thus it's never too late to get your hands on one. Sunder should be  as soon as possible, because upgrading heightens the “finishing line” to 32, thus allowing higher chances to regain its cost.  or  can further increase it to 48, which is enough to defeat many monsters in one shot, even in The Beyond.

## Update History

* Patch V2.0: The Watcher
	+ Fixed double-played Sunder gaining energy twice on Darklings and Awakened One.
* Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
	+ This week adds the long anticipated third character into the game!
	+ A new character with unique mechanics, keywords, and art.
	+ Content: 75 Cards.
A Penny's Worth of Character

A Penny's Worth of Character is a children's book written by Jesse Stuart.  It was first published in 1954.

## Description

Shan Shelton is going to the store for his mother. If he had a dime, he could buy his favorite treat, a chocolate bar and a lemon soda pop.

Shan knows that Mr. Conley, the storekeeper, pays a penny each for good used paper sacks returned to the store. There are ten sacks at home, but Shan's mother tells him to take only nine to Mr. Conley, because the tenth sack has a hole in it. Shan wants a chocolate bar and a lemon soda pop so much, he disobeys his mother and takes the tenth sack. He carries the sack with the hole in it concealed among the nine good sacks, hoping Mr. Conley won't notice it.

Mr. Conley overlooks it, but Shan, eating his chocolate bar and drinking his lemon soda pop, discovers something is wrong inside him and all around him.
April 15

**April 15th**

* 1864 – Hub Collins born.
* 1865 – Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.
* 1865 – Abraham Lincoln left office as US President.
* 1865 – Mary Todd Lincoln left US First Lady position.
* 1879 – Charles Neville Buck born.
* 1926 – Dee Huddleston born.
* 1978 – Chris Stapleton born.
* 1982 – "A" Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton published.
A Culinary History of Kentucky: Burgoo, Beer Cheese and Goetta

A Culinary History of Kentucky: Burgoo, Beer Cheese and Goetta is a book written by Fiona Young-Brown. It was first published in 2014.

## Description

Pull up a chair to the kitchen table and enjoy a delicious adventure through Bluegrass food history. Kentucky's cuisine can be traced back to Cherokee, Irish, Scottish, English and German roots, among others. A typical Kentucky meal might have the standard meat and three, but there are many dishes that can't be found anywhere else. Poke sallet, despite its toxic roots and berries, is such a favorite in parts of eastern Kentucky that an annual festival celebrates it. Find recipes for dishes from burgoo to hog to moonshine and frogs. Join author Fiona Young-Brown as she details all the delectable delights sure to make the mouth water.
April 20

**April 20th**

* 1813 – Stephen Ormsby entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 8th District.
* 1824 – Mary Elizabeth Bliss born.
* 1826 – Joseph Pryor Nuckols born.
* 1856 – James C. Crow died, aged ~66.
* 1860 – Anna J. Hamilton born.
* 1899 – Ellis Wilson born.
* 1908 – Lionel Hampton born.
* 1971 – Allan Houston born.
* 1979 – Sean Green born.
Angels at the Crossroads: Jerry Shepherd's Story of Redemption and Love

Angels at the Crossroads: Jerry Shepherd's Story of Redemption and Love is a book written by Ann H. Gabhart. It was first published in 2006.

## Description

"The chase is over." In April 1969, nineteen-year-old Jerry Shepherd stares in his rearview mirror at the two policemen approaching his car. He wants to run, make his escape, perhaps his final escape from life. Then he curls his fingers around the small Bible in his back pocket as the words "Peace be still" whisper through his head. He holds to those words as he steps from the car to be handcuffed and arrested. "Angels at the Crossroads" is the compelling true story of Shepherd's amazing journey from wrongdoing to redemption. Convicted of a crime he can hardly believe he could have committed, Shepherd faces life in prison and fears not only that he won't survive behind bars, but also that he has stepped beyond the hope of prayer or forgiveness. His parents say no as they cover him with fervent prayers, but Shepherd must find his own way through the jungle of prison life to the angels who can help him discover God's love knows no limits. On this introspective pilgrimage to self-acceptance, Shepherd learns to forgive the past and completely and unconditionally love again.

If you face a crossroads in your life, Shepherd's inspirational journey may help lead you down a new pathway to a life filled with compassion and love.
Sacred Bark

**Sacred Bark** is a Boss Relic. It doubles the effectiveness of Potions.

Blessing of the Forge, Elixir, Gambler's Brew, Stance Potion, Entropic Brew, Ambrosia and Smoke Bomb remain unaffected by this relic.

Potions that add a card to your hand will add two copies of the same card under the effects of Sacred Bark.
Ann Del Farrish

Ann Del *Smith* Farrish (February 27, 1953 - January 18, 2004) was an artist.

Farrish was born February 27, 1953 in Frankfort, Franklin County, to Bill and Ernestine Smith. She moved to British Columbia and worked for the ambulance service for over 13 years, becoming the station's unit chief.

She was also an artist. Her artwork titled "The Witch Wood" notably made the cover for the magazine *TransVersions Volume 1, Number 2*

Farrish died January 18, 2004 at the age of 50 at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Port Renfrew, British Columbia.
The Specimen

### Flavor

"Fascinating! I found a mutated creature demonstrating astounding toxic properties. Storing a sample for later examination." - Ranwid

### Class

Silent

Whenever an enemy dies, transfer any  it has to a random enemy.

Can only be obtained as the Silent.

With , 1 additional Poison will be added during the transfer.

If an enemy is killed by poison damage, the transferred poison will not deal damage this turn (regardless of what order enemies are in). If an enemy is killed by an attack which would also cause poison (due to  or ), that poison is not transferred.

The Specimen is a Rare Relic.

## Trivia

* The Specimen is a reference to Kaiman from the manga Dorohedoro.

## Update History

* Patch V1.1: The Dealer
	+ Specimen relic now uses the same code as other relics for applying its effect.
* Weekly Patch 52: Release Date Price Increase
	+ Updated relic asset for The Specimen.
* Weekly Patch 47: Metamorphosis
	+ Fixed issue where The Specimen's Poison transfer failed if the target died before the transfer.
	+ Poison transfer target for The Specimen is now seeded random.
* Weekly Patch 19: Seed
	+ The Specimen relic rarity changed. Boss -> Rare.
* Weekly Patch 17: Patched in the Face
	+ Fixed issue where Specimen triggering + Exploder Explosion caused a crash.
Abraham Flexner Bibliography

## Non-Fiction

* 1908 – The American College: A Criticism
* 1910 – Medical Education in the United States and Canada
* 1912 – Medical Education in Europe, a Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
* 1916 – A Modern School
* 1916 – Public Education in Maryland: A Report to the Maryland Educational Survey Commission with Frank P. Bauchman
* 1918 – The Gary Schools with Frank P. Bauchman
* 1927 – "Do Americans Really Value Education?"
* 1928 – The Burden of Humanism
* 1930 – Universities: American, English, German
* 1939 – The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
* 1940 – I Remember: The Autobiography of Abraham Flexner
* 1943 – A biography of H.S. Pritchett
August 9

**August 9th**

* 1807 – Doublehead died, aged ~57.
* 1808 – William Thomas Ward born.
* 1858 – Christopher Tompkins died, aged 78.
* 1904 – George Graham Vest died, aged 73.
* 1921 – Katharine Crittenden born.
* 1964 – Fontaine Fox died, aged 80.
* 1966 – John Quast died, aged 66.
* 1982 – Tyson Gay born.
* 2002 – Marion L. Boswell died, aged 78.
Bell Street Cemetery

Bell Street Cemetery, also known as Bell Cemetery or Morgantown Colored Cemetery, is located at the end of Bell Street in Morgantown, Butler County.

From ‘African American Life in Butler County, Kentucky’ by Roger Givens: “ On June 22, 1893, W. S. Taylor, who later became Governor of Kentucky, gave land ‘out of respect of the colored people of Butler County’ and was theirs ‘to have and to hold said lot as a perpetual grave yard for the use of the Colored people of Butler County, Kentucky forever.’

## Notable Interments

* Omar D. Bratton
* Arnold Shultz
* Earl Sweatt
Torii

### Flavor

Holding the small Torii, you feel a sense of calm and safety drift through your mind.

### Class

Any

Whenever you would receive 5 or less unblocked Attack damage, reduce it to 1.

Works with multiple hit attacks. For example, an enemy that is attacking for 4x3 will effectively deal 3 instances of 1 damage (1x3).

Torii is a Rare Relic.

## Tips

* Can be a very effective way to mitigate the multi-attack from the heart.
* "Unblocked Attack damage" is whatever is left after block is applied, so partially reducing an attack with block may allow Torii to trigger on the remainder.

## Interactions

* : Torii activates before Tungsten Rod:
	+ Incoming damage > 5: Torii does not activate; Tungsten Rod reduces damage by 1.
	+ Incoming damage <= 5: Torii reduces damage to 1; Tungsten Rod activates and further reduces it to 0.

## Update History

* Weekly Patch 2: Slimes!
	+ FlameBarrier, Flight, Malleable, and Torii now have more checks to ensure that their effects trigger correctly.
* Weekly Patch 1: The First of Many!
	+ Torii gets a description that reflects what it does.
Toy Ornithopter

## Toy Ornithopter

### Flavor

"This little toy is the perfect companion for the lone adventurer!"

## Update History

* Patch V2.0: The Watcher
	+ Toy Ornithopter relic rarity changed from Shop -> Common.
* Weekly Patch 54: Loop
	+ Fixed issue where Toy Ornithopter relic wouldn't trigger outside of combat.
* Weekly Patch 39: We Meet Again!
	+ Toy Ornithopter relic buffed: Healing amount 3 -> 5.
Accidental Sire

Accidental Sire is a novel written by Molly Harper. It was first published in 2017.

## Description

In this exciting addition to Molly Harper's beloved Half-Moon Hollow series, the focus is on Gigi's ex-boyfriend Ben. When his new girlfriend is killed in a freak Ultimate Frisbee accident, he's determined to save her, no matter the cost, even if it means bringing her into the darkness of vampire life!
American Heroin

American Heroin is a novel written by Melissa Scrivner Love. It was first published in 2019.

## Description

The unforgettable protagonist of Lola returns in a gritty, high-octane thriller about a brilliant woman who will stop at nothing to protect her growing drug empire, even if she has to go to war with a rival cartel...or her own family

It took sacrifice, pain, and more than a few dead bodies, but Lola has clawed her way to the top of her South Central Los Angeles neighborhood. Her gang has grown beyond a few trusted soldiers into a full-fledged empire, and the influx of cash has opened up a world that she has never known--one where her daughter can attend a good school, where her mother can live in safety, and where Lola can finally dream of a better life. But with great opportunity comes great risk, and as Lola ascends the hierarchy of the city's underworld she attracts the attention of a dangerous new cartel who sees her as their greatest obstacle to dominance. Soon Lola finds herself sucked into a deadly all-out drug war that threatens to destroy everything she's built.

But even as Lola readies to go to war, she learns that the greatest threat may not be a rival drug lord but a danger far closer to home: her own brother.

Edgy, complex, and breathtakingly propulsive, Melissa Scrivner Love has crafted a novel sure to please not only those who loved her first book but everyone who enjoys a gripping thriller.
Art Ball

Arthur Clark Ball (April 1876 – December 26, 1915) was an American Major League Baseball player from Kentucky. Ball played parts of two seasons in the Majors; one game for the 1894 St. Louis Browns, and 32 games for the 1898 Baltimore Orioles.

After his professional baseball career ended after 1913, he moved to Chicago, where he was a nightwatchman. Ball died at the age of 39 in Chicago of liver cirrhosis and peritonitis with pulmonary tuberculosis, and is interred in Chicago's Mount Olivet Cemetery.