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## Promos

*(Not included in above totals)*
* Jishu, the Burning Brush
* Albon Roa, of the Order
* Oizio, Adaptive Spy
* Garden of Omens

***Dark Frontier*** is the sixth pack-based expansion set for *Eternal Card Game*. It was released May 9, 2019 with 252 new cards.

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## How to Get

Packs of *Dark Frontier* are available for purchase from the in-game store, and individual cards may be crafted with Shiftstone.

*Dark Frontier* packs are also used in Drafts and Leagues, and *Dark Frontier* cards have been incorporated into the Forge mode.

### New Theme Decks

Six new preconstructed decks, featuring cards and themes from *Dark Frontier*, were added to the store with the set's release. They can each be purchased for 2500 Gold or 250 Gems. These decks are:

* Twist of Tocas (), Soothsayer Warp (), Ghar’s Travels (), Clodagh’s Scouts (), Chancellor’s Onslaught (), and Livia’s Armory ().

## Mechanics & Themes

### New Mechanics

Onslaught
Cards with Onslaught give you benefits for attacking. Attacking with your units in combat, using a Killer ability, and even getting into the mix yourself with a relic weapon all count as attacks, so you have some options when it comes to just how you want to plan your offensive.
Twist
Twist is a mechanic found on units. Spending power to twist a unit gives it +1/-1 and activates and additional effect. Twist can be used any number of times on your turn (until the unit dies from having 0 health).
Shift and Emerge
Shift is a new mechanical state for units. Units with the Shift keyword can optionally be played Shifted (they can still be played normally), and units may be Shifted by other effects. Some units have additional effects when played through their Shift cost.
Shifted units are in play, but they can’t attack, block, or be selected by any cards. The units' passive abilities still function, and they can still be killed by cards with global effects like Lightning Storm or Harsh Rule.
Units remains Shifted for three turns. At the start of your third turn, it will emerge immediately, ready to attack or block and it gains Unblockable for the turn.
### Returning Mechanics

Warp
*Dark Frontier* further explores Warp, featuring many cards with the keyword, and more ways to support decks with a Warp strategy.
### Other Themes

*Dark Frontier* takes things in a different direction than *Defiance's* three-faction themes, instead supporting mono-faction strategies. High influence mono-faction cards such as Rost, the Walking Glacier, and power like the *coins* cycle and Seal of Devotion, payoff devotion to one or two factions.

While it doesn't focus on multi-faction cards, *Dark Frontier* also rounds out support for the 5 two-faction alliances that weren't supported in *Defiance* with the *Insignia* power cycle and the remaining *smugglers*.

## Spoiler Season

*Dark Frontier* was first announced during DWD's live coverage of *The Winter Crown* ECQ, in a surprising deviation from *Eternal's* established release cycle.

*Dark Frontier's* spoiler season officially began April 23, 2019. In addition to the traditional spoilers revealed directly from DWD or assigned to community members, an experimental "Community Spoilers" program was introduced. It made limited number of spoilers available for purchase in the Community Store for 35,000 influence each, providing the opportunity for anyone (with enough influence) to reveal a new card.

## Achievements

Eight in-game and platform achievements were added for *Dark Frontier*.

*Note: ◊ is used to mark hidden achievements.*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 DWD News - *New Set: Dark Frontier* (April 23, 2019)
2. ↑ DWD News - *Dark Frontier: Twist* (April 30, 2019)
3. ↑ DWD News - *Dark Frontier: Shift* (May 06, 2019)
4. ↑ DWD News - *Insignias: Changing the Balance of Power* (May 03, 2019)
5. ↑ *The Winter Crown ECQ with Patrick Chapin, Andrew Baeckstrom, and LSV · 9* stream by DireWolfDigital on Twitch.tv (April 14, 2019)