Innate
Card property
Start each combat with this card in your Hand.
On the first turn of combat, every Innate card in your Draw Pile is moved to the top before you draw, so it is guaranteed in your opening Hand.
If you own more Innate cards than your draw size, the draw grows to match them, capped by the 10-card Hand limit.
Effects that shrink your first draw, such as Big Mushroom, cannot push an Innate card out.
Cards that an enchantment sends to the bottom of the pile are excluded.
Innate does nothing on later turns, does not stack, and does not make the card playable, which is why Writhe is a nuisance rather than a threat.
Cards with Innate
Afterimage
Power
1
Whenever you play a card, gain 1 Block.
Aggression
Power
1
At the start of your turn, put a random Attack from your Discard Pile into your Hand and Upgrade it.
Apotheosis
Skill
2
Innate.
Upgrade ALL your cards.
Exhaust.
Upgrade ALL your cards.
Exhaust.
Arsenal
Power
1
Whenever you create a card, gain 1 Strength.
Assassinate
Attack
0
Innate.
Deal 10 damage.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Deal 10 damage.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Exhaust.
Backstab
Attack
0
Innate.
Deal 11 damage.
Exhaust.
Deal 11 damage.
Exhaust.
Beacon of Hope
Power
1
Whenever you gain Block on your turn, other players gain half that much Block.
Big Bang
Skill
0
Draw 1 card.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
Gain .
Gain .
Forge 5.
Exhaust.
Boot Sequence
Skill
0
Innate.
Gain 10 Block.
Exhaust.
Gain 10 Block.
Exhaust.
Call of the Void
Power
1
At the start of your turn, add 1 random card into your Hand. It gains Ethereal.
Dramatic Entrance
Attack
0
Innate.
Deal 11 damage to ALL enemies.
Exhaust.
Deal 11 damage to ALL enemies.
Exhaust.
Entropy
Power
1
At the start of your turn, Transform 1 card in your Hand.
Folly
Curse
Ethereal.
Innate.
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Innate.
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Hello World
Power
1
At the start of your turn, add a random Common card into your Hand.
Infinite Blades
Power
1
At the start of your turn, add 1 Shiv into your Hand.
Juggling
Power
1
Add a copy of the third Attack you play each turn into your Hand.
Machine Learning
Power
1
At the start of your turn, draw 1 additional card.
Mad Science
Attack
1
??????
Mind Blast
Attack
1
Innate.
Deal damage equal to the number of cards in your Draw Pile.
Deal damage equal to the number of cards in your Draw Pile.
Soulbound
Power
1
Choose an ally.
Whenever you create a Soul, add a Soul to their Draw Pile.
Whenever you create a Soul, add a Soul to their Draw Pile.
Speedster
Power
2
Whenever you draw a card during your turn, deal 2 damage to ALL enemies.
Suppress
Attack
0
Innate.
Deal 11 damage.
Apply 3 Weak.
Deal 11 damage.
Apply 3 Weak.
Trash to Treasure
Power
1
Whenever you create a Status, Channel 1 random Orb.
Tyranny
Power
1
At the start of your turn, draw 1 card and Exhaust 1 card from your Hand.
Writhe
Curse
Innate.
Unplayable.
Unplayable.
Notes
Innate is printed on cheap openers: Backstab, Assassinate, Dramatic Entrance, Boot Sequence, Mind Blast, Suppress. Upgrading many Powers adds it: Afterimage, Aggression, Infinite Blades, Machine Learning, Speedster, Tyranny, Trash to Treasure and Big Bang. Folly and Writhe are Innate curses. The Royally Approved enchantment gives Innate and Retain to any card, and Toasty Mittens skips Innate cards when it Exhausts the top of your Draw Pile.
Changes by version
- Vakuu's Jeweled Mask relic now chooses a non-Innate power unless all powers in the player's deck are Innate
- Changed Trash to Treasure card: upgrade changed from gains Innate to lowers cost by 1
All 40 patch notes37 older
- Changed Sealed Throne card: upgrade changed from Innate to lowering Energy cost by 1
- Changed Sealed Throne card: upgrade changed from Innate to lowering Energy cost by 1
- Upgrade changed from +1 damage to Gains Innate
- No longer gains Innate on Upgrade
- Changed Infinite Blades card: upgrade changed back from upgrading Shivs to gaining Innate
- Reworked Royal Stamp relic: now gives Innate and Retain instead of prior effectChangeInternal playtestChanged Perfect Fit enchantment: no longer also counts as Innate, not counting the initial deck shuffle at the start of combat
- Upgrade changed to gain Innate
- Changed Infinite Blades card: upgrade changed from gains Innate to Shiv+
- Now has Innate
- Upgrade changed from gains Innate to +1 card draw
- Upgrade no longer grants Innate
- Changed Entropy card: upgrade changed from +1 card to gains Innate
- Changed Genesis card: upgrade changed from +1 star to InnateTextInternal playtestUpdated wording
- Hungering Portrait relic no longer exhausts Innate cards on turn 1 unless the entire deck is Innate
- No longer gains Innate on upgradeUpgradeDarvForbidden GrimoireRetainInternal playtestChanged Darv's Forbidden Grimoire card: upgrade changed from Innate to Retain
- Changed Tracking card: upgrade changed from gaining Innate to lower cost by 1
- If you have more Innate cards than your starting hand size, you now properly draw them all (up to the max hand size)
- Tinker Time event's "Speed" choice no longer incorrectly claims to add Innate when creating a Power
- Tinker Time event's Speed option now properly mentions that it adds Innate if you're creating a power card
- Changed Call of the Void card: upgrade changed from 1 additional card to gains Innate
- Upgrading it gives it InnateTextTinker TimeInternal playtestTinker Time event's "Speed" choice no longer claims to add Innate to powers
- Fixed an issue where the Innate keyword wasn't working properly when added by the Royally Approved enchantment
- Reworked Assassinate card: "Innate. Deal 10(13) damage. Apply 1(2) Vulnerable. Exhaust."
- Changed Call of the Void card: upgrade now increases the number of Ethereal cards generated from 1 to 2 instead of adding InnateChangeInternal playtestChanged Read the Bones card: now increases its card draw from 1 to 2 instead of adding Innate
- ChangeInternal playtest"Speed" choice no longer gives Innate to power cards
- Pale Blue Dot card is no longer Innate
- No longer Innate
- Reworked Patience card: "Innate. Ethereal. At the end of combat, gain a random relic instead of a Card Reward."
- Changed Stampede card: upgrade changed from Innate to 1 additional attack played
- Changed Master Planner: no longer gains Innate on upgrade, gains Sly instead
- "(Innate) At the start of your turn lose 1 star and Forge 9."
- No Escape base turns changed from 3 to 2. Upgrade changed to add Innate
- "Innate. At the start of your turn, add 1 Ethereal card to your hand."
Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.
Other card properties
Purchase today
If you haven't bought Slay The Spire 2 yet, it's time. Support the devs, they made an amazing game.
Get it on Steam