The Regent
75 HPMax HP on floor one. No Ascension level changes it.
Heir to the Throne of Stars.
Wields cosmic powers but his minions do the work.
Gold
99 GoldGold on floor one. No Ascension level changes it; Ascension 3 only cuts what fights and chests drop.
Card pool
88 cardsCards only the Regent finds: 32 Attacks, 37 Skills, 19 Powers. The card list also shows 3 playtest cards, marked, that the live game leaves out.
Starting relic
Divine RightIn hand from floor one. Hover the name for what it does.
Divine RightIn hand from floor one. Hover the name for what it does.
Play a single run with The Silent to unlock this character.
Starting deck
Regent relics
Regent potions
How the Regent plays
Runs onForgeThe first time you Forge each combat, add Sovereign Blade into your Hand. Adds additional damage to Sovereign Blade.
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The basics
- The Regent has 75 HP, 3 Energy and 99 Gold, plus a second resource nobody else has: Stars.
- Many of his cards cost Stars as well as, or instead of, Energy.
- Stars do not drain at the end of your turn. The only time the code sets them to 0 is when the player dies, so they bank across turns.
Each combat begins with 3 from his relic, Divine Right.
Starting deck
- The starting deck is ten cards: four Strike, four Defend, one Falling Star and one Venerate.
Falling Star costs 0 Energy and 2 Stars for 8 damage plus 1 Weak and 1 Vulnerable, so turn 1 is Falling Star from the Divine Right Stars, then Strikes into the Vulnerable target.- Venerate is 1 Energy for 2 Stars, exactly one more Falling Star.
Forge and the Blade
- The other half of his kit is Forge.
The first time you Forge in a combat, a Sovereign Blade appears in your hand: a 2-Energy Attack with Retain that starts at 10 damage.- Every later Forge adds its number to the Blade's damage for the rest of that combat.
- Forge cards are cheap and do other things too, so the Blade grows as a side effect of normal play.
Regent card pool
Meteor Shower
Attack
0
2
Deal 14 damage to ALL enemies.
Apply 2 Weak and Vulnerable to ALL enemies.
Apply 2 Weak and Vulnerable to ALL enemies.
Big Bang
Skill
0
Draw 1 card.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
The Sealed Throne
Power
1
3
Whenever you play a card, gain .
Beat into Shape
Attack
1
Deal 5 damage.
Forge 5.
Forges an additional 5 for every other time you've hit the enemy this turn.
Forge 5.
Forges an additional 5 for every other time you've hit the enemy this turn.
Bundle of Joy
Skill
1
Add 3 random Colorless cards into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Arsenal
Power
1
Whenever you create a card, gain 1 Strength.
Bombardment
Attack
3
Deal 18 damage.
At the start of your turn, if this is in your Exhaust Pile, play it.
Exhaust.
At the start of your turn, if this is in your Exhaust Pile, play it.
Exhaust.
Decisions, Decisions
Skill
0
6
Draw 3 cards.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.
Genesis
Power
2
At the start of your turn, gain .
Comet
Attack
0
5
Deal 33 damage.
Apply 3 Weak.
Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Apply 3 Weak.
Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Foregone Conclusion
Skill
1
Next turn, put 2 cards from your Draw Pile into your Hand.
Hammer Time
Power
2
Whenever you Forge, all allies Forge as well.
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- Big BangSkill0Draw 1 card.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust. 
TyrannyPower1At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
ReflectSkill13Gain 15 Block.
Blocked attack damage is reflected to your attacker this turn.- CometAttack05Deal 33 damage.
Apply 3 Weak.
Apply 3 Vulnerable. 
CHARGE!!Skill1Choose 2 cards in your Draw Pile to Transform into
Minion Dive Bombs.
What to pick up
Fits any deck
- Big Bang fits any deck: for 0 Energy it draws a card, gains 1 Energy and 1 Star, Forges 5 and Exhausts.
- Tyranny draws an extra card each turn, then exhausts a chosen card from the hand, so Strikes and Defends leave the fight.
Reflect gives 15 Block for 1 Energy and 3 Stars and returns blocked attack damage to the attacker that turn.- Comet deals 33 damage with 3 Weak and 3 Vulnerable for 0 Energy and 5 Stars.
- CHARGE!! turns 2 chosen draw-pile cards into Minion Dive Bombs, 0-cost attacks for 13 damage.
Act 1 picks
- Act 1 rewards cards that work at once.
Gamma Blast turns the 3 Stars from Divine Right into 13 damage, 2 Weak and 2 Vulnerable for 0 Energy.- Bulwark gives 12 Block and Forge 10 for 2 Energy.
- Bombardment pays 3 Energy once, then replays itself from the exhaust pile for 18 damage every turn.
- Star makers such as Hidden Cache can wait until the deck holds two or three spenders.
Two build shapes
- Star decks need spenders like Reflect and Comet plus generators, and Child of the Stars adds 2 Block per Star spent.
- Forge decks need a big Sovereign Blade before Seeking Edge, which hits all enemies, or Conqueror, double damage for a turn, pay off.
- Transformed cards and the Blade count as created, so CHARGE!! and GUARDS!!! feed Arsenal, 1 Strength each, and Pillar of Creation, 3 Block each.
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Upgrade order
- Upgrade Tyranny first, since Innate puts it in the opening hand, then Falling Star, 8 to 12 damage, and Void Form, which loses Ethereal.
- Big Bang gains only Innate and can wait.
Devastate looks strong but spends 4 Stars and 1 Energy on one 30-damage hit, and Solar Strike is 9 damage and 1 Star for 1 Energy, little more than a Strike.
Notes
The Regent unlocks after you play a run as the Silent. The run only has to end, not be won, and the unlock is presented on the Timeline screen afterwards.- He unlocks the Necrobinder in turn.
- Star-cost cards can only be played if you have the Stars, and the counter never dips below 0.
- Hammer Time and Largesse appear only in multiplayer runs.
Void Form ends your turn when played and is Ethereal, so it Exhausts if you hold it.- Meteor Shower and The Sealed Throne are his Ancient cards.
Changes by version
- Added new multiplayer Regent card; Plot: Uncommon - Skill - Cost 1 - "Next turn, ALL players draw 2(3) cards."; Constellation: Uncommon - Skill - Cost 0 - "Another player draws 1 card, gains Energy, and gains 9(12) Block."
- Added to the game
- Added new Regent Sovereign Blade animation
All 36 patch notes33 older
- The Regent's character select screen now properly displays all constellations among the stars in the background
- Updated Regent's top bar iconTextInternal playtest"Throne of Stars" is no longer colored gold in The Regent's character select screen descriptionBug fixThe NecrobinderThe DefectInternal playtestThe unlock instructions for The Regent, Necrobinder, and Defect now display the name of the pre-requisite character instead of ??? if that character is unlockedBug fixInternal playtestFixed Regent's sword hovertip sticking around if a player used numpad to play start dragging a card
- Updated some Epoch textBug fixSovereign BladeForgeInternal playtestFixed an issue where Sovereign Blade card's Forge achievement could not be earned if a later Regent achievement was already unlocked
- Bug fixThe NecrobinderInternal playtestFixed some story ordering issues in the Silent, Regent, and Necrobinder Epochs
- Regent's Gamma Beam card renamed to Gamma Blast
- Regent: Present, Largesse
- The Regent now has his own map marker icon instead of using The Ironclad's
- Changed Regent Epoch 5: now unlocks Lunar Blast instead of Hidden Cache
- Added portrait art for the following Regent cards
- Changed Regent's Neow Bundle blessing: no longer has a double Uncommon card bundle
- Added various placeholder Epoch portraits
- Regent no longer has a Neow bundle with a rare card; Beat Into Shape card replaced by Wrought in War card
- Regent's pronouns are now majestic
- Added a small flash when you gain stars as Regent
- Changed Regent's Neow blessing bundle: no longer contains Seven Stars card, replaced with Shining Strike card
- Fixed hitbox for Regent's top right constellation hover effect in multiplayer screen
- Regent: Falling Star to Meteor ShowerArtInternal playtestAdded portrait art
- Added portrait art for the following Regent cards; Convergence; Glow; Lunar Streak; Monologue; Quasar; Spectrum Shift
- Added card portrait art
- Renamed Regent card "Photon Blade" to "Photon Cut"
- The Insatiable and Regent particles no longer render on top of Game Over screen
- Added Regent star counter visual improvements
- Added colored card trails for Silent, Defect, Regent, Necrobinder
- Changed Regent Star Counter position in combat UI and card + outline color when on cards
- Regent character select BG constellations now only show up when you hover over them
- Updated Regent character select portrait
- Gave Regent unique character select screen text
- Added Regent rest site animations
- Added Regent animationsArtInternal playtestAdded star and character select assets for RegentArtInternal playtestAdded various Regent card art
- New card art has been added for Mad Science, Loyalty, and many Regent cards
- This build currently has sound disabled and is not yet perf optimized so you'll experience some hiccups. However, there should also be... THE REGENT!!!👑👑👑ChangeInternal playtestNamed in this patch note
Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.
Goes well with
Regent+Defect
- Hammer Time makes every ally Forge when he Forges: the Defect gets a Sovereign Blade of its own that grows all fight.
- Ignition Channels a Plasma orb for another player: the Regent gains 1 Energy at the start of every turn for the rest of the fight.
- Energy Surge gives all players 2 Energy, and Star cards still want Energy on top of Stars.
History
The story ofThe Regent7 chapters of the Timeline, from Flourish to Invitation
Flourish Chapter 1 of 7Discontent
On his home planet, the Regent proclaims to be the heir to the Sun and decides that all the other planets must know!
“Why do you wish for this, Regent? We have everything we need! We needn't eat, we have peace, we cannot die, and we are fashionable!” a fellow Starrian pleads.
“You are BORING!”
Flourish Chapter 2 of 7Anomalous Planet
His Majesty barely even looked anymore and swiped through planet profiles in the current constellation. “I DEMAND to visit a more exciting planet!”
The Regent slammed his fists down on the space console—
*BEEP BEEP BEEP*
Anomalous Planet Detected!
Flourish Chapter 3 of 7Friends
His Majesty attempted to make friends. Literally.
They're quite sturdy and decent at following instructions. They're terrible at chess and enjoy pop music. The minions were swiftly demoted from “Friend” to “Minion”.
Sigh...
Invitation Chapter 4 of 7I Arrive
*KABOOOOM*
A fantastic explosion marks the arrival of the Regent. His Majesty's spaceship shattered beyond repair.
“Finally, I arrive!”
Invitation Chapter 5 of 7We Need a Hero!
Deadly monsters had begun to trickle out of the Spire at an increasing pace ever since the Doors have reopened...
Brave warriors, explorers, and mercenaries have been sent in but few make progress.
Even fewer make it back alive.The Regent learns of this dismay and takes it upon himself to become the hero that Preon needs!
“I enter!!”
Invitation Chapter 6 of 7Grand Strategy
“Defeat!? Me!!? The Regent of Starris, does not know defeat! The strange man at the top of this tower must be defeated by me and only me!”
The Regent devises a royally brilliant plan to become stronger. To immortalize this, it is etched into a nearby stone.
T R Y H A R D E R
Invitation Chapter 7 of 7Little King
“LITTLE KING. YOU BRIM WITH MIGHTINESS LIKE I!”
Tanx is immediately taken with the Regent’s regal confidence.“DOMINATE THE SPIRE! CRUSH THEM ALL!!” he bellows, hurling a strange sceptre toward him.
“THIS WILL LET YOU FIGHT ON EVEN GROUND!”
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