Borrowed Time

NecrobinderSkillUncommon
Gain 4.
Cards cost an additional this turn.
  • Gain 4 Energy, 6 upgraded, then a Borrowed Time stack.
  • Stack effect: every card you play for the rest of the turn costs 1 more, including 0-cost cards like Souls and Shivs.
  • The stack is removed at end of turn, and a second Borrowed Time adds another 1.
  • Net gain: 4 minus the number of cards you play afterward, so it is plus 3 with one big card and 0 with four cheap ones.
  • Play the cheap cards first, then Borrowed Time, then the expensive one.
Character
Necrobinder
Type
Skill
Rarity
Uncommon
Cost
1 Energy
Target
Yourself

When to take Borrowed Time

Fits a Necrobinder deck built around a few expensive cards like Bury or Reap, fine from Act 1 on. Upgrade it early, since 6 Energy covers Bury plus a 2-cost card.

Cards that synergize with Borrowed Time

Bury
Attack
4
Deal 52 damage.
Bury becomes castable at 5 with 1 to spare.Deal 52 damage.
Reanimate
Skill
3
Summon 20.
Exhaust.
Reanimate Summons 20 the same turn.Summon 20.
Exhaust.
Reap
Attack
3
Retain.
Deal 27 damage.
Reap and Squeeze are the other targets.Retain.
Deal 27 damage.
Squeeze
Attack
3
Osty deals 25 damage.
Deals 5 additional damage for ALL your other Osty Attacks.
Reap and Squeeze are the other targets.Osty deals 25 damage.
Deals 5 additional damage for ALL your other Osty Attacks.
End of Days
Skill
3
Apply 29 Doom to ALL enemies.
Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
End of Days gets its 29 Doom out a turn earlier.Apply 29 Doom to ALL enemies.
Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
Melancholy
Skill
3
Gain 13 Block.
Reduce this card's cost by whenever ANYONE dies.
Melancholy is 13 Block on the side.Gain 13 Block.
Reduce this card's cost by whenever ANYONE dies.
Dirge
Skill
X
Summon 3 X times.
Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Dirge costs X, so every Energy Borrowed Time gives goes into itSummon 3 X times.
Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Eradicate
Attack
X
Retain.
Deal 11 damage X times.
Eradicate costs X, so every Energy Borrowed Time gives goes into itRetain.
Deal 11 damage X times.
Volley
Attack
X
Deal 10 damage to a random enemy X times.
Volley costs X, so every Energy Borrowed Time gives goes into itDeal 10 damage to a random enemy X times.

Relics that synergize with Borrowed Time

Ivory Tile
Ivory Tile refunds 1 for each card costing 3 or more that you then play.Whenever you play a card that costs or more, gain .
✦
Delay
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Next turn,
gain .
Invoke
Skill
1
Next turn, Summon 2 and gain .
Friendship
Power
1
Lose 2 Strength.
Gain at the start of each turn.
Wisp
Skill
0
Gain .
Exhaust.
Demesne
Power
3
Ethereal.
At the start of your turn, gain and draw 1 additional card.
Neurosurge
Power
0
Gain .
Draw 2 cards.
At the start of your turn, apply 3 Doom to yourself.
Outmaneuver
Skill
1
Next turn, gain .
Production
Skill
0
Gain .
Exhaust.

Changes by version

  1. 18 Jun 2026Bug fixUnrelentingVoid FormSpiked Gauntletsv0.107.1
    Effects that make the next card free (Unrelenting, Void Form, etc.) now correctly take precedence over effects that increase all card costs (Entangled, Spiked Gauntlets, Borrowed Time, etc.)
  2. 26 Apr 2026Bug fixUnrelentingVoid FormSpiked GauntletsBeta branch
    Effects that make the next card free to play (Unrelenting card, Void Form card, etc.) now properly take precedence over effects that increase the cost of all cards (Entangled affliction, Spiked Gauntlets relic, Borrowed Time card, etc.)
  3. 9 Apr 2026Bug fixBeta branch
    Fixed Borrowed Time+ card not having green text in the upgrade preview
All 12 patch notes9 older
  1. 2 Apr 2026ReworkDoomBeta branch
    "Uncommon - Cost 0 - Skill | Apply 3 Doom to yourself. Gain 1(2) Energy." to "Uncommon - Cost 1 - Skill | Gain 4(6) energy. Cards cost an additional energy this turn."
  2. 19 Mar 2026Self-Doom3(3)6(3)Beta branch
    Self-Doom increased from 3 to 6 and Energy gain no longer increases on Upgrade
  3. 2 Oct 2025Self-Doom63Internal playtest
    Self-Doom decreased from 6 to 3
  4. 30 Jan 2025Self Doom96Internal playtest
    Self Doom decreased from 9 to 6
  5. 12 Dec 2024ExhaustExhaustno ExhaustInternal playtest
    Removed Exhaust and upgrade now grants 1 additional energy
    TextDoomEidolonInternal playtest
    Improved wording on cards which apply Doom to yourself like Borrowed Time and Eidolon
  6. 1 Nov 2024ReworkInternal playtest
    Reworked the card
  7. 17 May 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Borrowed time card now correctly glows when it would be lethal
  8. 4 May 2024ChangeDoomInternal playtest
    Gain 9 Doom to lose 2 HP
  9. 9 Feb 2023TextDoomInternal playtest
    Added Doom keyword to Borrowed Time

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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