Playtest notes 4 Sep 2025

Internal playtest58 entries18 balance changes13 bug fixes12 content additions8 art updates5 wording fixes2 interface changes

This is a pre-release internal note from the closed playtest, quoted as it was written for testers. It describes a build that no longer exists; treat it as history, not as a description of the current game.

We're back from PAX + an extended Labor Day holiday, so this week was also a bit of a shorter one. Still, this patch has a bunch of new Ironclad cards, another Knowledge Demon rework, balance changes, and new art!

Items in this note

21 cards

Invoke
Skill
1
Next turn, Summon 2 and gain .
Bloodletting
Skill
0
Lose 3 HP.
Gain .
Bundle of Joy
Skill
1
Add 3 random Colorless cards into your Hand.
Exhaust.
Cascade
Skill
X
Play the top X cards of your Draw Pile.
Fight Me!
Attack
2
Deal 5 damage twice.
Gain 3 Strength.
The enemy gains 1 Strength.
Flatten
Attack
2
Osty deals 12 damage.
This card costs 0 if Osty has attacked this turn.
Frantic Escape
Status
1
Get farther away.
Increase Sandpit by 1.
Increase the cost of this card by 1.
Hegemony
Attack
2
Deal 15 damage.
Next turn, gain .
Inferno
Power
1
At the start of your turn, lose 1 HP.
Whenever you lose HP on your turn, deal 6 damage to ALL enemies.
Kingly Kick
Attack
4
Deal 27 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1.
Knockout Blow
Attack
3
Deal 30 damage.
If this kills an enemy, gain .
Lightning Rod
Skill
1
Gain 4 Block.
At the start of the next 2 turns, Channel 1 Lightning.
Make It So
Attack
0
Deal 6 damage.
Every 3 Skills you play in a turn, put this into your Hand.
Pillage
Attack
1
Deal 6 damage.
Draw cards until you draw a non-Attack card.
Pillar of Creation
Power
1
Whenever you create a card, gain 3 Block.
Pyre
Power
2
Gain at the start of each turn.
Right Hand Hand
Attack
0
Osty deals 4 damage.
Whenever you play a card that costs or more, return this to your Hand from the Discard Pile.
Spite
Attack
0
Deal 5 damage.
If you lost HP this turn,
hits 2 times.
Stampede
Power
2
At the end of your turn, 1 random Attack in your Hand is played against a random enemy.
The Hunt
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage.
If Fatal, gain an additional card reward.
Exhaust.
Unmovable
Power
2
The first time you gain Block from a card each turn, double the amount gained.

Relics, potions and powers

Emotion ChipFoul PotionHistory CourseLizard TailPowdered DemiseIllusionStrength

Enemies and events

Knowledge DemonBrain LeechEye with TeethLiving ShieldNonupeipeOstyParafrightQueenSoul FyshTerror EelThe Insatiable

Content

Ironclad

Ancients

  • Deprecated Nonupeipe's Fancy Pin relic/blessing

Enemies

Balance

Ironclad

  • Changed Bloodletting card: rarity decreased from Uncommon -> Common
  • Changed Stampede card: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon
  • Changed Fight Me! card:
  • Damage decreased from 20(25) -> 16(20)
  • Self Strength gain decreased from 2(3) -> 1(2)
  • Enemy Strength gain decreased from 2 -> 1
  • Rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon

Defect

Necrobinder

  • Nerfed Flatten card: damage scaling decreased from 5(8) -> 3(4)
  • Buffed Restrain card: upgrade damage increased from +6 -> +8
  • Changed Right Hand Hand card:
  • Damage increased from 5(7) -> 8(11)
  • Cost increased from 0 -> 1
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Potions & Relics

  • Nerfed Pulsing Core relic: turn count increased from every 3 turns -> every 4

Enemies

  • Reworked Illusion monsters like Eye With Teeth and Parafright: no longer have infinite HP, and they no longer have both the Illusion and Disrupt power. Instead, when an Illusion is "killed", it immediately revives to full HP and is stunned.
  • Buffed Living Shield: Smash move damage increased from 13(15) -> 16(18)
  • Buffed Queen: Strength applied to Torchhead increased from 3 -> 4
  • Buffed Terror Eel: HP increased from 131(133) -> 140(150)

Art

User interface & experience

  • FTUE button outline now oscillates
  • The Hunt card now properly shows the hovertip for Fatal

Wording

  • Event text has been updated to properly reference relics whose names have recently changed
  • Updated Ambush card wording
  • Invoke card has been reworded to be more consistent with other cards with dynamic energy costs
  • Updated wording for Brain Leech event for clarity
  • Updated a game over quote to only be for Daily Runs

Bug fixes

General

  • Each act now properly shows its own different Rest Site visuals again
  • Ambush, Frantic Escape, and Kingly Kick cards now have proper energy icons in their descriptions
  • Confirm hotkey icon for FTUEs are no longer the incorrect color
  • Events should no longer go into your won fights in the progress file
  • Fixed being unable to open potion popup in shop

Necrobinder

  • If Invoke card is Transfigured and then Osty attacks, Invoke now properly costs 0 instead of 1

Potions & Relics

Ancients

  • Zlatir is now unlockable

Enemies

Multiplayer

  • Fixed timing softlock related to Emotion Chip relic
  • History Course relic no longer causes cards to get stuck on screen
  • There is now more robust error handling around joining a game
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