GUARDS!!!

RegentSkillRare
Transform any number of cards in your Hand into Minion Sacrifice.
Exhaust.

Choose any number of cards in your hand; each one becomes a Minion Sacrifice, a 0-cost Skill with the Minion tag that gives 8 Block and Exhausts. GUARDS!!! then Exhausts. The tokens are yours to play this turn, so four cards become 32 Block for 2 Energy and nothing more. Upgraded the tokens are Minion Sacrifice+, worth 11 Block each.

Character
Regent
Type
Skill
Rarity
Rare
Cost
2 Energy
Target
Yourself

When to take GUARDS!!!

Hold it for a boss's big attack turn or a hand that drew nothing useful, taking it in decks that often have spare cards in hand. It is not a card to play every turn.

Cards that synergize with GUARDS!!!

Glimmer
Skill
1
Draw 3 cards.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.
Glimmer and Prophesize fill the hand first.Draw 3 cards.
Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.
Prophesize
Skill
2
Draw 6 cards.
Glimmer and Prophesize fill the hand first.Draw 6 cards.
Collision Course
Attack
0
Deal 11 damage.
Add a Debris into your Hand.
Collision Course and Crash Landing leave Debris to feed it.Deal 11 damage.
Add a Debris into your Hand.
Crash Landing
Attack
1
Deal 21 damage to ALL enemies.
Fill your Hand with Debris.
Collision Course and Crash Landing leave Debris to feed it.Deal 21 damage to ALL enemies.
Fill your Hand with Debris.
Convergence
Skill
1
Next turn,
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.
Convergence keeps a full hand ready for it.Next turn,
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.

Relics that synergize with GUARDS!!!

Vitruvian Minion
Vitruvian Minion doubles Minion Block, so each token gives 16 or 22.Cards containing “Minion” deal double damage and gain double Block.
Burning Sticks
Burning Sticks triggers when cards are Exhausted, and GUARDS!!! Exhausts itselfThe first time each combat you Exhaust a Skill, add a copy of it into your Hand.
Joss Paper
Joss Paper triggers when cards are Exhausted, and GUARDS!!! Exhausts itselfEvery 5 times you Exhaust a card, draw 1 card.
Forgotten Soul
Forgotten Soul triggers when cards are Exhausted, and GUARDS!!! Exhausts itselfWhenever you Exhaust a card, deal 1 damage to a random enemy.
Intimidating Helmet
Intimidating Helmet triggers on cards that cost 2 or more, and GUARDS!!! is oneWhenever you play a card that costs or more, gain 4 Block.
✦
Big Bang
Skill
0
Draw 1 card.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
Bundle of Joy
Skill
1
Add 3 random Colorless cards into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Decisions, Decisions
Skill
0
6
Draw 3 cards.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.
BEGONE!
Skill
1
Choose a card in your Hand to Transform into Minion Strike.
CHARGE!!
Skill
1
Choose 2 cards in your Draw Pile to Transform into
Minion Dive Bombs.
Know Thy Place
Skill
0
Apply 1 Weak.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Royal Gamble
Skill
0
5
Gain 9 .
Exhaust.
Bombardment
Attack
3
Deal 18 damage.
At the start of your turn, if this is in your Exhaust Pile, play it.
Exhaust.

Changes by version

  1. 2 Jul 2026NumberPlaytest
    's Minion Sacrifice token: Block gain decreased from 8 to 7 (upgraded 11 to 10)
  2. 18 Jun 2026Bug fixv0.107.1
    Fixed not being able to select cards with a controller when you choose your whole hand via GUARDS!!!
  3. 7 May 2026Bug fixBeta branch
    Fixed not being able to select cards with controller when you choose all the cards in your hand via GUARDS!!! card
All 6 patch notes3 older
  1. 25 Sep 2025TextInternal playtest
    GUARDS!! to GUARDS!!! (one extra !)
  2. 17 Apr 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed softlock when playing GUARDS!!! card
  3. 7 Nov 2024ArtInternal playtest
    Added card art

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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