Soot

Status

It cannot be played and has no end-of-turn effect. It sits in your hand until it is discarded and then comes back on the next shuffle. The code flags it so that effects which add a random Status never produce it; its only source is the Biiig Hug relic, which puts one into your draw pile every time you shuffle.

Type
Status
Cost
Unplayable

When to take Soot

There is nothing to pick, since the relic that makes it already removed four cards from your deck, so each Soot is one dead draw in a smaller deck.

Cards that synergize with Soot

Compact
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.
Compact turns it into Fuel.Gain 6 Block.
Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.
Flak Cannon
Attack
2
Exhaust ALL your Status cards.
Deal 8 damage to a random enemy for each card Exhausted.
Flak Cannon exhausts it for 8 damage.Exhaust ALL your Status cards.
Deal 8 damage to a random enemy for each card Exhausted.
Second Wind
Skill
1
Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Second Wind exhausts it for 5 Block.Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.
Purity
Skill
0
Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Purity exhausts it for free.Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Iteration
Power
1
The first time you draw a Status each turn, draw 2 cards.
Iteration draws 2 the first time you draw one each turn.The first time you draw a Status each turn, draw 2 cards.

Rules and timing

Excluded from random card generation in combat.

✦
Burn
Status
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, take 2 damage.
Dazed
Status
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Infection
Status
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, take 3 damage.
Void
Status
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Whenever you draw this card, lose .
Wither
Status
Unplayable.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, take 3 damage.
Wound
Status
Unplayable.
Beckon
Status
1
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand,
lose 6 HP.
Debris
Status
1
Exhaust.

Changes by version

  1. 4 Dec 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Fixed Soot card preview overlapping with Dust Bunny text tips in Run History screen
  2. 2 Oct 2025Bug fixTezcataraInternal playtest
    Tezcatara's Dust Bunny relic hovertip now includes preview for Soot card
  3. 27 Feb 2025ArtInternal playtest
    Added portrait art for some Necrobinder cards

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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