Folly

Curse

Innate moves it to the top of the draw pile, so it is one of the 5 cards you draw on turn 1 of every combat. It is Unplayable, and Ethereal exhausts it at the end of that turn. Eternal means it can never be removed or transformed. The result is a 4-card opening hand in every fight for the rest of the run. Run modifiers never generate it.

Type
Curse
Cost
Unplayable

When to take Folly

You never choose it, an event gives it, and it can never leave your deck. Lean into it with exhaust payoffs and draw relics, since it never clogs later turns anyway.

Cards that synergize with Folly

Feel No Pain
Power
1
Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
Feel No Pain and Dark Embrace trigger when it exhausts.Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
Dark Embrace
Power
2
Whenever a card is Exhausted,
draw 1 card.
Feel No Pain and Dark Embrace trigger when it exhausts.Whenever a card is Exhausted,
draw 1 card.
Pagestorm
Power
1
Whenever you draw an Ethereal card, draw 1 card.
Pagestorm draws a card when you draw it.Whenever you draw an Ethereal card, draw 1 card.
Eidolon
Skill
2
Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
Eidolon and Fiend Fire count it as a hand card.Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
Fiend Fire
Attack
2
Exhaust your Hand.
Deal 7 damage for each card Exhausted.
Exhaust.
Eidolon and Fiend Fire count it as a hand card.Exhaust your Hand.
Deal 7 damage for each card Exhausted.
Exhaust.

Relics that synergize with Folly

Joss Paper
Joss Paper counts the exhaust.Every 5 times you Exhaust a card, draw 1 card.
Bag of Preparation
Bag of Preparation restores the missing draw.At the start of each combat, draw 2 additional cards.

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.
Clumsy
Curse
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Curse of the Bell
Curse
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Greed
Curse
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Writhe
Curse
Innate.
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. 19 Mar 2026ChangeEtherealBeta branch
    Folly curse is now Ethereal
  2. 20 Nov 2025ArtInternal playtest
    Added portrait art
  3. 10 Jul 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Folly curse card can no longer be upgraded
All 8 patch notes5 older
  1. 5 Dec 2024ChangeInternal playtest
    Folly card is now unplayable
  2. 24 Oct 2024DamageInternal playtest
    Folly curse card now does HP loss instead of damage
    Bug fixRuptureInternal playtest
    Folly curse card now procs Rupture power
  3. 3 Oct 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Folly correctly triggers on combats after the first one
  4. 26 Sep 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Folly curse card now only deals damage if it is in hand when a card begins play
  5. 6 Sep 2024ReworkInternal playtest
    Reworked Zlatir's Power choice: gives you 1 Folly (while in hand, take 1 damage whenever you play a card) instead of 3 Normalities

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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