Enthralled

Curse
If this is in your Hand, it must be played before other cards.
Eternal.

While it sits in your hand, the game refuses every other manual card play until you have played it; only automatic plays and other copies of Enthralled slip through. Playing it costs 2 Energy, does nothing and sends it to the discard pile. Eternal means it can never be removed or transformed out of your deck, and run modifiers never generate it.

Type
Curse
Cost
2 Energy

When to take Enthralled

You never choose it; it comes from events and cannot be removed, so exhaust or discard it before it locks your turn. When it shows up with 2 Energy spare, play it first and move on.

Cards that synergize with Enthralled

Purity
Skill
0
Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Purity exhausts it for nothing.Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Calculated Gamble
Skill
0
Discard your Hand,
then draw that many cards.
Exhaust.
Calculated Gamble and Acrobatics discard it before it matters.Discard your Hand,
then draw that many cards.
Exhaust.
Acrobatics
Skill
1
Draw 3 cards.
Discard 1 card.
Calculated Gamble and Acrobatics discard it before it matters.Draw 3 cards.
Discard 1 card.
Tyranny
Power
1
At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
Tyranny can exhaust it at the start of the turn.At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
Danse Macabre
Power
1
Whenever you play a card that costs or more, gain 4 Block.
Because it costs 2, playing it still counts as a 2-cost card for Danse Macabre and Intimidating Helmet, which hand you 7 and 4 Block.Whenever you play a card that costs or more, gain 4 Block.

Relics that synergize with Enthralled

Intimidating Helmet
Because it costs 2, playing it still counts as a 2-cost card for Danse Macabre and Intimidating Helmet, which hand you 7 and 4 Block.Whenever you play a card that costs or more, gain 4 Block.

Rules and timing

Excluded from cards generated by run modifiers.

✦
Ascender's Bane
Curse
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Bad Luck
Curse
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, lose 13 HP.
Eternal.
Curse of the Bell
Curse
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Folly
Curse
Ethereal.
Innate.
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Greed
Curse
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Clumsy
Curse
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Debt
Curse
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, lose 10 Gold.
Decay
Curse
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, take 2 damage.

Changes by version

  1. 29 Jan 2026Bug fixBlood-Soaked RoseInternal playtest
    Hovering over Blood-Soaked Rose relic now properly shows Enthralled card hovertip
  2. 1 Jan 2026TextBlood-Soaked RoseInternal playtest
    Blood-soaked Rose description now mentions it adds the Enthralled curse to deck
  3. 23 Oct 2025ArtInternal playtest
    Added portrait art for Enthralled card
All 6 patch notes3 older
  1. 10 Apr 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed Enthralled card's portrait art aspect ratio
  2. 6 Mar 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed an issue where Enthralled curse was not applying to cards with enchantments that set their energy cost to 0 like Royally Approved
  3. 23 Aug 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Enthralled card now visually affects card costs

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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