Spore Mind

Curse

A Curse you can actually play: pay 1 Energy and it Exhausts itself, nothing more.

  • No upgrade: there is no upgrade.
  • Source: the Luminous Choir event, where the Reach into the Flesh option removes 2 cards of your choice from the deck and adds Spore Mind.
  • Modifiers: the code marks it as never generated by run modifiers, so curse-dealing modifiers cannot hand it out.
  • Trigger: because it Exhausts on play, every on-exhaust effect treats it as a real trigger.
Type
Curse
Cost
1 Energy

When to take Spore Mind

Worth taking when your deck still carries Strikes and Defends worth cutting, since two removals for one 1-cost blank is a good trade.

Cards that synergize with Spore Mind

Feel No Pain
Power
1
Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
Feel No Pain gives 3 Block when it Exhausts.Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.
Dark Embrace
Power
2
Whenever a card is Exhausted,
draw 1 card.
Dark Embrace draws a card for it.Whenever a card is Exhausted,
draw 1 card.
Purity
Skill
0
Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.
Purity clears it from hand for free.Retain.
Exhaust up to 3 cards in your Hand.
Exhaust.

Relics that synergize with Spore Mind

Charon's Ashes
Charon's Ashes deals 3 to everyone.Whenever you Exhaust a card, deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
Joss Paper
Joss Paper counts it toward a draw.Every 5 times you Exhaust a card, draw 1 card.
Darkstone Periapt
Darkstone Periapt pays 6 Max HP the moment you obtain it.Whenever you obtain a Curse, raise your Max HP by 6.

Rules and timing

Excluded from cards generated by run modifiers.

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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.
Enthralled
Curse
2
If this is in your Hand, it must be played before other cards.
Eternal.

Changes by version

  1. 18 Dec 2025ReworkExhaustInternal playtest
    Reworked Spore Mind event curse into a 1 cost curse with Exhaust and no other text
  2. 20 Nov 2025ArtInternal playtest
    Added portrait 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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