Playtest notes 13 Nov 2025

Internal playtest58 entries24 content additions18 balance changes7 art updates6 interface changes3 bug fixes

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.

Items in this note

28 cards

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

Take double damage from enemies.
Allies take half damage from enemies.

Another player gains .

Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.

ALL players gain .
Exhaust.

Whenever an Attack deals unblocked damage, apply 1 Poison.

The first time you play a
0 Attack each turn,
return it to your Hand.

Osty deals 3 damage.
If this is the first time this card has been played this turn, draw 1 card.

The enemy takes double attack damage from other players this turn.

Osty deals 12 damage.
This card costs 0 if Osty has attacked this turn.

Gain 5 Block.
Channel 1 Glass.

ALL players add 3 Souls into their Draw Pile.
Exhaust.

Deal 4 damage.
Put a card from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.

Deal 4 damage 3 times.
Add a Slimed into your Discard Pile.

Another player Channels Plasma.
Exhaust.

Next turn, Summon 2 and gain .

Another player adds 1 random Colorless card to their Hand.

ALL players Summon 6.
Exhaust.

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

Gain 1 Orb Slot.
Draw 1 card. Increase this card's cost by 1.

Summon 5.
Whenever Osty loses HP,
ALL enemies lose that much HP as well.

Every 3 times you apply Poison, deal 11 damage to ALL enemies.

Deal 7 damage to ALL enemies.
Evoke all of your Orbs twice.

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

Osty deals 25 damage.
Deals 5 additional damage for ALL your other Osty Attacks.

Whenever you play a Power, Channel 1 Lightning.

Gain .
Add a Void into your Discard Pile.

Osty deals 6 damage.
Deals additional damage equal to Osty's current HP.

Relics, potions and powers

Fairy in a Bottle

Reptile Trinket

Enemies and events

Content

Silent

Added new card, Outbreak

Defect

Reworked the following cards:
Compactor
Refactor
Reworked Glasswork card
Deprecated Iterate card

Necrobinder

Reworked the following cards:
Eidolon
Empower
Fetch
Flatten
Graveblast
Invoke
Make Use
Necro Mastery
Unleash
Restrain (now renamed Squeeze)

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Enemies

Reworked Test Subject

Multiplayer

Added new character-specific multiplayer cards:
Ironclad: Body Block, The Tank (no longer colorless)
Silent: Flanking, Sneaky
Defect: Energy Surge, Ignition
Necrobinder: Glimpse Beyond, Legion of Bone
Regent: Present, Largesse

Balance

General

Nerfed Weary Traveler Ascension: healing increased from 75% -> 80%

Silent

Changed Envenom card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare

Defect

Nerfed Boost Away card: Block decreased from 7(10) -> 6(9)
Changed Feral card: upgrade changed from 1 additional time -> energy cost lowered by 1
Changed Lightning Rod card:
Turns channeled increased from 1 -> 2
Block decreased from 6(9) -> 4(7)
Buffed Modded card:
Now also draws 1 card
Upgrade changed from gains Innate -> +1 card draw
Buffed Shatter card: now hits ALL enemies
Changed Storm card: upgrade changed from gains Innate -> +1 Lightning channeled

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Ancients

Changed Neow's Bundle blessing: Defect's Evolve/Turbo/Boost Away bundle changed -> Compactor/Gunk Up/Boost Away

Multiplayer

Changed Well Laid Plans card: no longer appears in Multiplayer
Nerfed Believe In You card: Energy cost increased from 0 -> 1
Changed The Tank card:
Pool changed from colorless multiplayer -> Ironclad multiplayer
Rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon

Art

Cleaned up and added VFX for the following events:
Endless Conveyor
Unrest Site
Whispering Hollow
Added Large Magic Missle VFX
Added Small Magic Missle VFX
Added Sneaky Gremlin animations

User interface & experience

Adjusted Ancient name banner text a bit
Adjusted text and spacing for Relic Collection and Potion Lab
Sly cards no longer glow gold in discard selection screens when they're Unplayable or Bound
Relics are now sorted in Relic Collection by agnostic > character-specific in standard rarity categories
When viewing relics in the Relic Collection, character-specific relics are now colored to match that characters colors
Speech and thought bubbles are now dark and text is white, improving contrast

Bug fixes

Potions & Relics

Belt Buckle and Reptile Trinket relics now trigger properly when Fairy in a Bottle potion is used
Fixed Merchant Potion breaking if you try to buy it with no free potion slots

Enemies

Knowledge Demon's Sloth power now properly refreshes its displayed card counter at the beginning of your turn

Newer: 20 Nov 2025 All patch notes Older: 6 Nov 2025

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