Injury

Curse
  • Unplayable: a curse with no rider, it sits in your Hand as a dead card until discarded.
  • Sources: it enters your deck through two doors.
  • Punch Off: the Punch Off event's Nab option adds Injury and gives a random relic.
  • Hefty Tablet: offered by Neow, it lets you choose 1 of 3 Rare cards and adds Injury alongside.
  • Removal: it is not Eternal, so a shop removal clears it, and exhaust effects get it out of a Hand.
Type
Curse
Cost
Unplayable

When to take Injury

Taking it is usually right, since a random relic for a removable curse is a good trade, and Hefty Tablet's Rare pick is strong early. Remove it at the first shop if your deck is thin.

Cards that synergize with Injury

Purity
Skill
0
Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Purity and Second Wind exhaust it for value.Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Second Wind
Skill
1
Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Purity and Second Wind exhaust it for value.Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Fiend Fire
Attack
2
Exhaust your Hand.
Deal 7 damage for each card Exhausted.
Exhaust.
Fiend Fire counts it toward damage.Exhaust your Hand.
Deal 7 damage for each card Exhausted.
Exhaust.
Tyranny
Power
1
At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
Tyranny exhausts a card each turn.At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
Ashen Strike
Attack
1
Deal 6 damage.
Deals 3 additional damage for each card in your Exhaust Pile.
Ashen Strike and Feel No Pain profit from the exhaust.Deal 6 damage.
Deals 3 additional damage for each card in your Exhaust Pile.
Feel No Pain
Power
1
Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
Ashen Strike and Feel No Pain profit from the exhaust.Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
✦
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.
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.
Doubt
Curse
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, gain 1 Weak.
Folly
Curse
Ethereal.
Innate.
Unplayable.
Eternal.

Changes by version

  1. 19 Mar 2026Related relicNeowHefty TabletBeta branch
    Added new Neow blessing: Hefty Tablet -"Choose 1 of 3 Rare cards to add to your Deck. Add 1 Injury to your Deck."
  2. 2 Oct 2025Bug fixPunch OffInternal playtest
    Punch Off event now shows an Injury preview for the first option
  3. 11 Sep 2025ChangeInternal playtest
    "Nab" option now gives you an Injury instead of damaging you
All 6 patch notes3 older
  1. 12 Jul 2024Bug fixHungry for MushroomsWritheInternal playtest
    Medley option in Hungry for Mushrooms now correctly specifies Injury and not Writhe
  2. 29 Jun 2024ChangeHungry for MushroomsWritheInternal playtest
    Changed Medley option from Hungry for Mushrooms event: now heals more and gives Injury instead of Writhe
  3. 30 Jun 2023ChangeInternal playtest
    Updated card portrait for Injury

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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