Block

Card effect

Until next turn, prevents damage.

Block is a shield of points that damage must chew through before it touches HP.

Each hit removes Block first: only the remainder hurts you.
Cleared at the start of your turn, not the end, so anything gained during the enemy turn still protects you until you act.
Turn 1 skips the clear: that is why Anchor's 10 Block survives your first draw.
Dexterity raises the Block of every card, and Frail cuts card Block by 25%. Both apply per card.
Barricade and Burrowed stop the clear for a creature, Blur stops it for one turn, and Sturdy Clamp keeps up to 10 Block across turns.
Enemies follow the same rules and lose their Block when their turn starts.

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27 relics3 potions, 31 powers, 2 events

Cards with Block

Whenever you play a card, gain 1 Block.

Gain 5 Block.
Upgrade a card in your Hand.

Gain 5 Block.
Draw 2 cards.

Block is not removed at the start of your turn.

Whenever you gain Block on your turn, other players gain half that much Block.

Lose 2 HP.
Gain 16 Block.

Gain 5 Block.
Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.

Deal damage equal to your Block.

If Osty is alive, he deals 9 damage to ALL enemies and you gain 9 Block.
Osty dies.

Gain 6 Block.
Add a Dazed into your Discard Pile.

Innate.
Gain 10 Block.
Exhaust.

Gain 12 Block.
Forge 10.

Gain 7 Block.
Next turn, gain .

Child of the Stars

Whenever you spend , gain 2 Block for each spent.

Cloak and Dagger

Gain 6 Block.
Add 1 Shiv into your Hand.

Gain 5 Block.
You receive 50% less damage from Vulnerable enemies this turn.

Gain 6 Block.
Transform all Status cards in your Hand into Fuel.

Another player draws 1 card, gains , and gains 9 Block.

At the start of your turn, gain 2 Block for each unique Orb you have.

Cosmic Indifference

Gain 6 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.

At the start of your turn, lose 1 HP and gain 8 Block.

Whenever you play a card that costs or more, gain 4 Block.

Gain 10 Block.
Deal 10 damage.

Gain 6 Block.
If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.

Ethereal.
Gain 6 Block.
Apply 1 Weak.

Gain 11 Block.
Next turn,
gain .

Lose 1 HP.
Give another player Block equal to your Block.
Exhaust.

Gain 4 Block.
Next turn, gain 4 Block.

Double your Block.

Gain 13 Block.
Retain your Hand this turn.

Draw 1 card.
If you draw a Skill, gain 3 Block.

Gain 8 Block.
Gain another 8 Block if you have Exhausted a card this turn.

Remove all Artifact and Block from the enemy.
Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.

Gain an additional 4 Block from Defend cards.

Whenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.

Gain 13 Block.
Add 2 Wounds into your Discard Pile.

Gain 4 Block.
Draw 1 card.

Deal 7 damage.
Gain Block equal to damage dealt.

Gain 12 Block.
Whenever you are attacked this turn, deal 4 damage back.

Gain 8 Block.
Gain .

Genetic Algorithm

Gain 1 Block.
Permanently increase this card's Block by 3.
Exhaust.

Gain 6 Block.
Channel 2 Frost.

Gain 5 Block.
Channel 1 Glass.

Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.

Gain 8 Block.
Add a Soul into your Draw Pile.

Gain 7 Block.
Add Sly to a Skill in your Hand this turn.

This turn, your Frost grants ALL allies Block.
Channel 2 Frost.

Gain 3 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.

I Am Invincible

Gain 10 Block.
At the end of your turn, if this is on top of your Draw Pile, play it.

Gain 30 Block.
Exhaust.

Gain 9 Block.
Redirect all incoming attacks that would be dealt to another player this turn to you.

Gain 5 Block.
Deal 5 damage.

Whenever you gain Block, deal 6 damage to a random enemy.

Apply 2 Weak.
Gain 11 Block.

Give another player 11 Block.

Gain 4 Block.
At the start of the next 2 turns, Channel 1 Lightning.

Manifest Authority

Gain 7 Block.
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.

Gain 13 Block.
Reduce this card's cost by whenever ANYONE dies.

Gain Block equal to the Block on another player.
Exhaust.

Minion Sacrifice

Gain 8 Block.
Exhaust.

Gain Block equal to Poison on ALL enemies.
Exhaust.

Gain 5 Block.
Apply 7 Doom to ALL enemies.

Gain 30 Block.
You cannot gain Block from cards for 2 turns.
Exhaust.

Sovereign Blade now gains 10 Block.

Gain 9 Block.
Return this card to your Hand.

Gain 8 Block.
Gain 2 Vigor.

Pillar of Creation

Whenever you create a card, gain 3 Block.

Next turn, gain Block equal to your current Block.
Exhaust.

Summon 4.
Gain 7 Block.

Whenever you play an Attack this turn, gain 3 Block.

ALL players gain 12 Block.

Gain 15 Block.
Blocked attack damage is reflected to your attacker this turn.

Gain 15 Block.
Next turn, draw 2 cards and gain .
Exhaust.

Retain.
If Osty is alive, he dies and you gain Block equal to double his Max HP.

Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.

Double your Block gain this turn.

Gain 11 Block.
Channel 1 Dark.

Whenever you apply Doom, gain 2 Block.

Gain 8 Block.
Draw 1 card.

Sly.
Whenever another player attacks an enemy, gain 1 Block.

Whenever you play an Ethereal card, gain 4 Block.

Gain Block equal to the number of cards in your Discard Pile.

Gain 8 Block.
Discard 1 card.

Gain 7 Block.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.

Gain 50 Block.
If you take unblocked attack damage this combat, die.

Toric Toughness

Gain 5 Block.
Gain 5 Block at the start of the next 2 turns.

Gain 7 Block.
Exhaust 1 card at random.

Ultimate Defend

Gain 7 Block.
Add a copy of this card into your Discard Pile.

The first time you gain Block from a card each turn, double the amount gained.

Sly.
Gain 6 Block.

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Notes

Every character's Defend gives 5 Block, 8 upgraded. Payoffs: Body Slam deals damage equal to your Block, Entrench doubles it, Barricade and Blur keep it. Bulwark and Glacier bundle Block with the Regent's Forge and the Defect's Frost. Relics: Anchor, Vambrace, Sturdy Clamp, Pael's Legion, Cloak Clasp, Orichalcum. Powers: Dexterity, Frail, Barricade, Blur, Burrowed.

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