Debt

Curse
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, lose 10 Gold.

Unplayable. If it is in your hand when your turn ends, you lose 10 Gold; the code caps the loss at the Gold you actually have, so it never goes negative. It fires every turn it is in hand, then it is discarded and comes back with the shuffle. It touches only Gold, never HP or Block.

Type
Curse
Cost
Unplayable

When to take Debt

One of the gentlest curses, costing 10 to 30 Gold a fight. Remove it at a shop only when the price is right and you have Gold worth protecting.

Cards that synergize with Debt

Purity
Skill
0
Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Purity and Burning Pact exhaust it on demand, Second Wind exhausts it for 5 Block, and Eidolon counts it toward its 9 exhausted cards.Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Burning Pact
Skill
1
Exhaust 1 card.
Draw 2 cards.
Purity and Burning Pact exhaust it on demand, Second Wind exhausts it for 5 Block, and Eidolon counts it toward its 9 exhausted cards.Exhaust 1 card.
Draw 2 cards.
Second Wind
Skill
1
Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Purity and Burning Pact exhaust it on demand, Second Wind exhausts it for 5 Block, and Eidolon counts it toward its 9 exhausted cards.Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Eidolon
Skill
2
Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
Purity and Burning Pact exhaust it on demand, Second Wind exhausts it for 5 Block, and Eidolon counts it toward its 9 exhausted cards.Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.

Relics that synergize with Debt

Ectoplasm
Ectoplasm leaves you with no Gold to lose, so Debt does nothing.You can no longer gain Gold. Gain at the start of each turn.
Darkstone Periapt
Darkstone Periapt pays 6 Max HP for picking it up.Whenever you obtain a Curse, raise your Max HP by 6.

Changes by version

  1. For Neow's Bones' curse, we use the decimal to pick from a list of ten curses. Between 0 and 0.1 you get Clumsy, between 0.1 and 0.2 you get Debt, and so
  2. 30 Oct 2025ArtInternal playtest
    Added art for new Debt curse card

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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