Dampen

Debuff

While Magi Knight is alive, ALL your cards are Downgraded.

Magi Knight: casts it with its Dampen move on its second turn, in the Knights elite fight in Glory.
On landing: every upgraded card in your combat piles is downgraded, and its old upgrade level is stored.
No stacking: a second Magi Knight registers itself as another caster instead.
All casters dead: the power is removed, and each stored card is upgraded back to its recorded level.

Kind

Debuff

Stacks

Applied by

1 enemy

Where it comes from

Enemies that apply Dampen

Notes

A knight whose death is prevented does not count as dead. Cards generated after the debuff landed were never upgraded, so nothing is stored for them. Cards you upgrade in combat afterward keep that upgrade, with the stored levels added back on top when the power ends. Killing the Magi Knight first restores your upgrades for the rest of the fight.

Changes by version

14 Aug 2025Bug fixMagi KnightInternal playtest
Fixed an issue where, if a card with the Echoing enchantment was downgraded by an effect like Magi Knight's Dampen move, it would receive an additional Replay
30 Aug 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
Dampen now resets Searing Blow to correct amount of upgrades on removal
14 Jun 2024Bug fixHexInternal playtest
Dampen power no longer cancels out Hex

All 5 patch notes2 older

31 May 2024ChangeMagi KnightInternal playtest
Dampen power changed: "Downgrade all your cards. When Magi Knight is slain, return your cards to normal."
ChangeMagic BombInternal playtest
Now always uses Dampen, then Power Shield, then Magic Bomb
4 May 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
Dampen no longer procs incorrectly at end of the player turn

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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